Mike Laubscher

The BETT was on and we only launched at 12pm to fish an afternoon session. I was not optimistic based on the previous day and the fact that a bunch of the top fishermen had been around the dam.

We got our first fish after 2 hrs on a senko in the shallows, and it was exactly 2.00Kg according to my Berkley scale. We then tried various other tactics and got 3 more on a shaky head at 12m of which 1 was 1.10Kg and the rest were just over keeper size. We also got 2 more keeper size at around 8m deep on carolina rigs with 7 inch finesse worms.

So six fish for the afternoon which would have given us a bag of around 4.8Kg. Not bad considering the weather and the fact that the BETT guys had been around that day. I was particularly happy with the 2Kg model and so was my client.

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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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