Mike Laubscher

Nikao Fishing Adventures took 2 clients from USA out for a day of Tiger Fish fishing at Lake Jozini also known as Pongolapoort Dam.

The weather was superb, and the water temperature was warm, the water was slightly stained.

We decided to target the Tiger Fish on a new method of artificial lures using soft plastics, and jig heads like they do for saltwater dropshot. The Tiger Fish were taking on Greens and Yellows and in the end we landed 9 fish all between 2Kg and 3.5Kg, and so the new drop shot method proved itself to be a worthy way to target the Tiger Fish. The Strike King 4" glass minnows in Green/Gold Flake on a ¼ ounce jig head with a 2/0 hook was responsible for most of our catch.

I have 2 more trips up there in the next month or so, and we will definitely be using this method again.

Fish Species: Tiger Fish
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Tiger Fish on Drop Shot
Tiger Fish on Drop Shot


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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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