Browse Recent Durban KwaZulu-Natal Fishing Reports

2013 Holidays Fishing Report - Durbanby Mike Laubscher (1/03/2014)
Wow, what a hectic holiday season, we have been fishing 12-16hrs every day without a rest. We got good fish.

Good Yellowfin in rough seasby Mike Laubscher (12/09/2013)
With a pumping NE wind and choppy seas, we managed to get some tuna today, was also goo to see flying fish around again

Dorado season starts with a bangby Mike Laubscher (12/02/2013)
The Dorado came late this year, but with our first Game Fish trip we did well, it felt so good to come back to port with a boat full of fish

3 Tuna Species in one day off Durbanby Mike Laubscher (10/20/2013)
When it was not raining the fish were biting, we managed 3 species of Tuna with a total of 10 fish landed, we got taxed by sharks with 2 fish and we lost 1

Monster Bonnies off Durban todayby Mike Laubscher (10/03/2013)
We went looking for Tuna, instead we found monster bonnies

Durban Fishing Reportby Mike Laubscher (9/30/2013)
We got spooled on 30lb line, wish we had the 50lb rigs out

Weekend Report - Hard Fishing off Durbanby Mike Laubscher (9/15/2013)
Lousy wind, screaming current but we still got

Let's talk Tunaby Mike Laubscher (9/09/2013)
An article on fishing for Yellowfin Tuna with some of the things I have learnt over the years

Past seasons fishing off Durbanby Mike Laubscher (9/06/2013)
Have not posted in a while, but am back on track again and will give a summary of the past few months

A very large Bull Doradoby Mike Laubscher (12/25/2012)
We went out in search of a marlin, but instead we landed a large Dorado Bull

First Dorado for the Durban Seasonby Mike Laubscher (11/02/2012)
Finally our Mahi mahi have arrived (A month late)

Fat Girls Week End.....with a Marlin surpriseby Mike Laubscher (8/28/2012)
We had a look at the canyons in some 2000m of water, and after 13.5hrs and some 320km we were rewarded with 2 Marlin strikes.

Some good bottom fishing off Durbanby Mike Laubscher (8/18/2012)
It was difficult to keep the boat on the mark, and it went over so fast and so we had to move the boat around a lot that day, it paid off with some really good fish. On our first drop we picked up a large Sailfin Rubber lips

Four Winds and a Rainbowby Mike Laubscher (7/01/2012)
it's the first time I can recall having four winds blowing in one trip with the day starting out with a SW, which then became a North wind and later a NE and by the time we came home it was a NW.

A winter's day on Fat Girlby Mike Laubscher (6/29/2012)
We saw Dolphins in the early morning but no whales, plenty of Albatross and Gannets. These Albatross are so clever, he knew there was a fish at the end of our drift shark bait and stated pulling the line until he got to the fish.

One Big Shark......many handsby Mike Laubscher (6/24/2012)
This shark fight was the highlight of the trip, and I enjoyed seeing all the excitement on every ones faces, it was good to get a chance to educate people on catch and release.

Winter fishing of Durban on Fat Girlby Mike Laubscher (6/10/2012)
It was interesting to see how the water temperature dropped over these 3 trips with Saturday morning giving us readings from 22deg.C up to 23.5deg.C and the afternoon giving us 20deg.C to 21deg.C, by Sunday the readings where from 17deg.C to 21deg.C and we even found a small current with 12.3 deg.C out deeper. With this cold front looming and the water temp dropping I think we will see sardines very soon.

This is what fishing is all aboutby Mike Laubscher (4/12/2012)
I love introducing little ones to our wonderful world of fishing, and today was one of those days.

Durban Dolly'sby Mike Laubscher (3/18/2012)
There was no activity early morning, could not even get a Kawa kawa to make a presence, and there were no birds to be seen at all, nothing with wings or feathers, and the only thing that we did see was some blue bottles.

Ultra Light Game Fishing offshore - Durbanby Mike Laubscher (2/07/2012)
I want to play, it was to rough to go deep and so I used my ultra light tackle and fished inshore for smaller fish, excpet the fish were not that small and our tackle got tested to its limits.

Blue Fridayby Mike Laubscher (2/07/2012)
We went out to specifically target a Marlin and we ended up landing a fine Blue Marlin

Durban Off-Shore Fishing Report Apr-Mayby Mike Laubscher (5/14/2011)
It's been a while since I last posted a report, charters have been slow and we have had a fair amount of lousy weather and a computer that died does not help for reporting either Whilst it has been slow I got a chance to service all my reels, and this was a big job but is now completed.

Wahoo…..and a Dorado in Aprilby Mike Laubscher (4/03/2011)
Our Gamefish season in Durban started early in October, 7months later in April it still going well, this is incredible.

Light Tackle Spinning Off-Shore Durbanby Mike Laubscher (4/02/2011)
I love spinning off shore with light tackle as it is such an interactive way to fish

This little Bonnie got some Love…by Mike Laubscher (4/02/2011)
It is refreshing to get a crew on board that have never been out to sea and are so inquisative and interested in everything, these girls loved it

Poor tangled little Sailfishby Mike Laubscher (2/21/2011)
Finally after 3 sightings and to miss strikes, we got this large Sailfish that has been around an area off-shore Durban

2011 Durban Billfish Tournament Reportby Mike Laubscher (2/14/2011)
My account of the annual Durban Billfish tournament

Black Marlin off Durbanby Mike Laubscher (2/14/2011)
Hard Fishing and long distances produced a Black.

Report – Gamefish & Tuna Course Jan 2011by Mike Laubscher (1/31/2011)
Our first Gamefish and Tuna course went well.

Yellowfin Tuna Countdown begins…by Mike Laubscher (1/08/2011)
With 249 Yellowfin Tuna landed in 2010, we start our count with 4 for 2011 with 300 being our target.