Mike Laubscher

We launched from Durban Harbour at about 16h00 and went out to collect live bait, there was a moderate SW wind blowing and the water surface temp was around 22 deg. C.

After collecting our live bait we headed out to some pinnacles in the 40m depth area hoping for some Daga Salmon, the wind had shifted to a SE and had picked up considerably. The Mackerel were scarce but the ones we got were all big, there was also plenty small shad around.

At first our live baits kept on getting eaten and all than was left was their heads as smaller Sharks where just biting them as they hit the bottom. I then changed the way I rigged them and then the whole trace got bitten off again as the live bait hit the bottom. We then moved to about 50m depth and here we got some Daga Salmon on and they gave a real good fight, but before we could get them to the boat the Sharks were taking them and left us with just the heads, and in the end after about getting 6 or 7 heads and all our live bait was used up, we decided that the Sharks won that night and headed back at around 21h30.

Fish Species: Daga Salmon
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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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