Browse Recent Durban KwaZulu-Natal Fishing Reports

Dorado, Tuna, Monster Marlin, a Dropped Gaff and a Perch.by Mike Laubscher (1/10/2019)
A difficult report to write, it usually takes me about a week to get over a dropped Marlin. The currents have been a mess with a complete circular system

Dorado (Mahi) Fishing in Progress – 2019 is in Action.by Mike Laubscher (1/05/2019)
Have a Wonderful 2019. Bent Rods, Tight Lines, Screaming Reels and Bloody Decks to you all.

2 Cape White Eyes, 2 Marlin and lots of Dorado for end 2018.by Mike Laubscher (1/02/2019)
The weather has made it difficult but with some shifting around we managed to get all our trips in on both boats and accommodate everyone. So many trips I don’t know even where to start...

1 Bull and 4 Queens for Fat Girlby Mike Laubscher (12/22/2018)
We headed out for the deep and at the 90m we had our first Dorado on board, a nice Bull

2 Bulls and 3 Queens for Nawty Girlby Mike Laubscher (12/22/2018)
Nawty Girl had her first Dorado hook up long before reaching no.1

Backline Fun on Nawty Girlby Mike Laubscher (12/22/2018)
A fun backline trip with a good sized Rockcod. Also some Sarda Sarda a lot of Shad and a few Mackerel being caught

Ice Water, Bottoms up and a Tunaby Mike Laubscher (12/22/2018)
We got out to some reefs and did some bottom fishing catching a variety of bottom species including

Grand Slam on a Fantastic Dayby Mike Laubscher (12/21/2018)
Even though not an ideal temperature this water was holding a lot of fish but all the way there and all the way back was dead.

One Wave, the Anotherby Mike Laubscher (12/12/2018)
Finally the warmer water has arrived and we found 23.5deg.C water. We launched into what the forecast said will be a 15 knot NE, but in reality it was around 30 knots and as the morning went on the sea picked up and we ended up punching wave after wave.

Nawty Dorado Queen.by Mike Laubscher (12/07/2018)
With a short early morning trip on Nawty Girl we headed out in search of a Dorado that was requested in some difficult conditions

Good Bottoms and hungry Dorado.by Mike Laubscher (12/07/2018)
Fat Girl headed out for a short morning of bottom fishing .....some Dorado came up chasing the baits a few times but evaded getting landed

Little Guy gets his Doradoby Mike Laubscher (12/03/2018)
Of all the things we were not expecting in that cold green water was a Marlin hook up

Tough Fishing in Cold Waterby Mike Laubscher (11/27/2018)
We found lots of bird life and even small bait fish jumping but no fish. I was really disappointed as the water looked so good

Number 30by Mike Laubscher (11/25/2018)
Both fish were released and less than 1 hour from launch we were back on the dock and trip completed along with a completed list of things to do.

Big Sea, Xtreme Fishingby Mike Laubscher (11/20/2018)
We had not even finished putting out our spread when the one Tyrnos with the Rapala Xtreme running went off and we got.....

Tuna on Iceby Mike Laubscher (11/19/2018)
the wind so icy that my ears get extremely sore so it is still beanies on early mornings in November, going out the port the water temperature has been 18deg.C and deeper out a maximum of 20deg.C, the water is also green

Cold Green Xtreme Doradoby Mike Laubscher (11/17/2018)
to my dismay as I left port I saw the water temperature was 18deg C and it was green, I was hoping that deeper out maybe we could find warmer blue water but this did not happen. I was not optimistic.

Family Harbour Tripby Mike Laubscher (10/28/2018)
a delighted young man who had his first ever fishing trip on a boat. During the 3hrs we managed to hook up

Tuna Grand Slam on Nawty Girlby Mike Laubscher (10/28/2018)
after a good fight what we thought was a Yellowfin Tuna turned out to be a

Big Bull Dorado to open the season.by Mike Laubscher (10/01/2018)
It was just a matter of time before we got the big one and what a fight it gave

Marlin Food is Hereby Mike Laubscher (9/23/2018)
These Oceanic Bonito are Marlin food, and along with some flying fish that we saw, I am sure we will start getting Marlin early this season.

Bonito are getting bigger.by Mike Laubscher (9/22/2018)
A strong west wind blew for about an hour during our trip and made for a very choppy sea and then all calmed down and the rain set in making us soaking wet

Tuna, Tuna, Tuna, Fat Girl wins again.by Mike Laubscher (9/13/2018)
It was not long before we had our first bonnie on the line, then another and then another, the Bonnies are getting bigger now with a really nice one which was followed by a decent Yellowfin Tuna. After the excitement and 2 nice fish in the hatch and a bunch of others being caught I went to target my next spot and BINGO we all 9 lines go off at once

10 Years of Chartersby Mike Laubscher (9/04/2018)
10 Years of charters. From humble beginnings on the 1st of September 2018, a small boat and 6 fishing rods we have overcome many obstacles to be here today.

Good Tuna in a big swellby Mike Laubscher (9/03/2018)
The Bonnies have been thick this year and on our trip on Saturday afternoon we had some wild and crazy Bonnie action which broke all our previous records landing 34 Bonito in 30 minutes which was awesome fun on light tackle and the chaos and mayhem of so many fish happening at once just got everyone’s adrenalin pumping

Tuna Quadruple Hook up.by Mike Laubscher (8/21/2018)
The fish were not behaving normally today and most were biting the lures very close behind the boat and not the ones further back, they were also jumping out the water at the lures making a great show and one could watch them jump and hit the surface lures and then watch the road bend and the reel zing.

Tuna for Fat Girl and Nawty Girl.by Mike Laubscher (8/19/2018)
Yesterday I don’t think there was a moment when someone was not fighting a Bonnie or all the lines out on the light tackle these are great fun

Tuna Againby Mike Laubscher (8/10/2018)
Then all the action stopped and we were being entertained by 2 Albatross trying to snatch our Shotgun lure and we were all calling to the Tuna, when all a sudden. BANG the shot gun rigger snapped and ZZZZZZZZZZ as the shot gun rod bent over properly and the reel started to sing

Tuna are starting to make an appearance.by Mike Laubscher (7/21/2018)
Yesterday I saw some showings of larger fish which I thought were Yellowfin Tuna and so today we went out rigged accordingly with a plan and within 30 minutes we had a hook up

July Holidaysby Mike Laubscher (7/17/2018)
. One on long trip we went down South and found a pocket of sardines with Sharks, Sailfish and Marlin smashing them, we managed to hook up ...