2010 is upon us and it seems that the years are rolling by faster and faster and this was to be my first fishing adventure for 2010. I would like to take this opportunity to wish all the readers of my reports a super 2010.
We launched from Durban harbour at around 09h00 after the stiff morning winds had passed and made our way straight out of the harbour, there was a SW wind blowing and the conditions looked good even though there was a light rain, it was one of those few days in the year where the day just got better and better, the water surface temperature varied between 24-25deg C. The swell was less than a meter with around a 12 second interval which by late afternoon was over 15 seconds and we went onto a beautiful afternoon and sunset which you want to last forever and we eventually got back to port at around 19h30.
At around 50m I set our spread and started trolling the lures, we had just started getting comfortable when at around 80m one of the reels started to sing its song and at the end of the line a short while later was a superb Wahoo which gave an incredible account for itself. I am particularly pleased with this catch as it is the first Wahoo for this summer on my boat, and it is not a fish we encounter very often off Durban.
We continued out towards the 180m mark and observed several flying fish from around the 100m depth and then we turned North and it was not very long before we had hooked up a nice Dorado; and in a short space of time another one both on the same lure. We continued North where we hooked up a really nice sized Dorado which took one of the lures rigged with a bird at around 150m depth. Near Umdloti we turned and started heading back towards Durban where at around 100m we got a double hook up of Dorado which really caused us some mayhem with crossed lines, but a little patience helped us deliver the goods. This was around 17h00 and we got no more fish after this whilst we trolled back to Durban.
3 of the 5 Dorado we got all came off the same lure, which is the one that has been producing most of my fish lately.
