Mike Laubscher

It was a cold windy miserable day to start with, that never went over 13deg, and then the wind died down and we had only a light drizzle. I was expecting the heavens to open, but they never did.

Water surface temp started at 16.4deg @ 07h00 and ended at 17.1deg @ 15h00.

Fishing proved to be tough.

First we fished some topwater at the bay by the campsite and got one fish of around 1.0Kg

Then I went to the S Bends and we got 6 fish deep on drop shot using purple worms and got 3 nice ones 1.20, 1.24 & 1.35Kg and 3 keepers of around 800gr

We found some sheltered areas with deep isolated structure but got nothing and then started throwing flukes at the edges and got 2 more, a 1.22Kg and a 1.8Kg.

So 9 fish in total for the day of around 10.2Kg total weight and if it were a comp we would have weighed in a 5 fish bag of around 6.8Kg.

Fish Species: Large Nouth Bass
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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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