Mike Laubscher

First Marlin for the Durban Season on Fat Girl

Marlin Report  –  8 January 2020

With water temps sitting 28.4 deg.C and a 25 knot North Easterly wind made for very tough and difficult fishing conditions in choppy seas, at the end of the trip on the way home with only 1 Dorado in the hatch a small Black Marlin took the inside rigger. Sadly on a jump near the boat he got tail wrapped. We tried to revive him for some time as he was dragged backwards for a very short time and we released the fish even though the chance of surviving is lower than normal, the fish still stands a chance. Well done Reino on your first Marlin ever.

Fish Species: Black marlin, Dorado
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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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