Mike Laubscher

We left Shayamoya at around 04h50 with our breakfast packs and went down to launch the boat, The wind was already starting to blow and it was still from the NE, the water surface temperature was still averaging around 22 deg. C.

The water was even more discoloured that the previous day and so I realised that we had another tough day ahead of us, it was a sunny and very hot day which went up to around 34 deg. C. We fished until 13h00.

I decided to use the same strategy at the previous day and stick to the water between the weed beds and the bank using surface lures and although we had several strikes we only landed 5 fish all around 1Kg (2.2lbs) and we had lost at least another 5 of similar size in the weeds.

We got to see some Rhino, Giraffe, Hippos and Wildebeest whilst out there.

Fish Species: Tiger Fish
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Mike Laubscher

About The Author: Mike Laubscher

Company: Blue Water Charters - Durban

Area Reporting: Durban. KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Bio: I have been fishing since I was 5 years old in Durban and have fished many places around the world and in South Africa, but Durban is my home waters. I fished competitive for many years and I have been running my own charters since 2008 with 2 companies and 2 boats, fish a variety of styles and target a variety of fish species in both Salt and Fresh water, have many published articles in several magazines on fishing. Love nature and outdoors, Am very conservation minded and have a passion for birds. I am crazy about big Tuna, Marlin Fishing and Game Fishing, and also love light tackle spinning, am a total lure junkie. Represented my province in fly fishing for many years and am also pro staff for Rapala/Shimano. I want to write a book on fishing one day. 3 items left on my fishing bucket list, guess then a new bucket list will be in order. As a writer I have my own quote: \"I love taking people fishing because it releases their inner child, and in doing so keeps my inner child alive.\"

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