Browse Recent Durban KwaZulu-Natal Fishing Reports

First Dorado for 2018by Mike Laubscher (1/03/2018)
With a stiff SW wind and unsettled seas from the SW Buster the day before we made our way out for a short morning trip, we eventually found some nice clean warm water

Last Dat out in 2017by Mike Laubscher (1/01/2018)
Both Fat Girl and Nawty Girl made their way out of port early on the 31st to do their last trips for 2017 after a very busy week. It was a stunning day with great conditions, warm clear water, light winds and flat seas.

Best of the Westby Mike Laubscher (12/28/2017)
we made our way out deep and headed south, we found warm, clear purple water just under 26deg.C. Birds diving and hovering, flying fish, bait schools and lots of small tuna jumping everywhere; we were excited and were expecting something big

Lonely Dorado - Fishing Report – Durban – 26-12-2017by Mike Laubscher (12/26/2017)
After yesterdays wind the water was all green again but it was warm with temperatures from 24.3deg.C to 24.8deg.C.

Early Morning Tuna Biteby Mike Laubscher (12/24/2017)
Today was one of those great mornings, flat seas and warm water at almost 25deg.C and very clean with a slight current. We had a 5 hour Mini Deep Sea so it was not a trip out to the deep

Little Guy Loves Fishingby Mike Laubscher (12/18/2017)
he had so much fun on Nawty Girl and caught a.......

Tuna off the bottom - Offshore Fishing Report – Durban – 17-12-2017by Mike Laubscher (12/17/2017)
Sea conditions were ideal for bottom fishing today with a 1-2knot S-N current and a very light SE wind, so light that one could hear a ship’s engines from 2 miles away.

Miles of ocean and one Hot Spotby Mike Laubscher (12/12/2017)
Inshore the water was cold and well under 23deg.C and so we headed out to deeper waters and eventually on the 200m Ballito side we found a warm patch of clear water with 24.5deg.C which was about 5km long in a sort of oval shape about 3km wide. So a rather strange patch of water that had a lot of activity and we got fish, at 08h00 we started up with a triple up .....

A Stormy Dorado into the backingby Mike Laubscher (12/11/2017)
The water was not that clean and but over a wreck in about 80m of water I saw some good fish showing on the sounder, but they were not coming up even after several passes, so we moved away, I saw no evidence of game fish anywhere else so decided to persist on the 80m wreck and after the 2nd pass the reel started screaming and line was peeling off.

Got the Hammer by the Tailby Mike Laubscher (11/26/2017)
. It was not long after we set our lines at about 06h00 when one of the reels started screaming with a serious bend in the rod and a big fight followed, I thought it was a large Yellowfin Tuna by the way the line went deep and about 1 hour later we found that we had tail hooked.......

A good tuna in bad waterby Mike Laubscher (11/21/2017)
On the way out the port right at the South Pier we spotted a large GT of about 30Kg dashing through the swells breaking over the sand bank.

Offshore Fishing Report – Nawty Girl Maiden Charter – Durban – 05-11-2017by Mike Laubscher (11/05/2017)
Today Nawty Girl did her first charter and it ended with pleasant results.

Offshore Fishing Report Durban 02-09-2017by Mike Laubscher (9/04/2017)
Looks like we may get an early start to our game fish season this year and if conditions continue like this we may even see a Dorado being caught on some boat during September and I anticipate some nice Yellowfin Tuna very soon. Marlin love these Skipjack so if the food is already here.......We wait and hope

Offshore Fishing Report – Durban – 4 June 2017by Mike Laubscher (6/04/2017)
I was expecting it to be cooler and am also anticipating seeing the first Whales arriving at anytime

Offshore Fishing Report – Durban – 27 May 2017by Mike Laubscher (5/29/2017)
There was loads of Skipjack Tuna (Oceanic Bonito) around and they provided some great lighter tackle fishing fun for everyone on board

Offshore Fishing Report – Durban – 19/20 May 2017by Mike Laubscher (5/21/2017)
bottom fishing got some nice results with some interesting species

Offshore Fishing Report – Durban – 17 May 2017by Mike Laubscher (5/17/2017)
It was only a short morning charter and we had 2 very unusual catches ......

Fishing Report – Durban – 5 May 2017by Mike Laubscher (5/06/2017)
with the exception of a sailfish that made itself known but showed very little interest after that.

Fishing Report – Durban – 25-30 April 2017by Mike Laubscher (4/30/2017)
The worst thing happened on Tuesday with a ....... hooks pulled ...... The highlight of the long weekend was a magnificent ....... caught on Saturday

Fishing Report – Durban – 22-04-2017by Mike Laubscher (4/24/2017)
I must make note that this was done on very light tackle and it was not long before the reel was screaming and an hour later with an epic light tackle fight

Offshore Fishing Report – Durban – 16-04-2017by Mike Laubscher (4/18/2017)
Easter weekend brought us a cold front and some strong SW winds and so we were only able to do one of our trips

Offshore Fishing Report – Durban – 11-04-2017by Mike Laubscher (4/11/2017)
We had some guests from Sweden today, sea conditions were great, water reasonably clear but the temperature is slowly dropping with today at 23.3deg.C.

Offshore Fishing Report – Durban – 09-04-2017by Mike Laubscher (4/09/2017)
With it being school holidays we have had many children along on our charters and today was no exception. I always love the pure joy that oozes out of them when they catch a fish, it's contagious and one ends up in a great mood feeling happy.

Offshore Fishing Report – Durban – 08-04-2017by Mike Laubscher (4/08/2017)
Light NE winds made for nice seas and water colour not to bad but not as blue as we like it. The water temps are starting to drop as we are in autumn already and were just under 24 deg.C. The fishing turned out great today with a lot of fish

Offshore Fishing Report Durban - 05/04/2017by Mike Laubscher (4/06/2017)
A short trip inshore for some young boys proved to be great fun on light spinning tackle and a great day out, sea conditions were Ok

Offshore Fishing Report Durban - 25-03-2017by Mike Laubscher (3/28/2017)
With overcast conditions, rain and low barometric pressure we were not expecting anything to bite, in the end we came home with a few fish, not the best day out, but we did not skunk.

Offshore Fishing Report - Durban - 24/03/2017by Mike Laubscher (3/24/2017)
Game Fish Grand slam on Fat Girl with Mahi Mahi, Wahoo, Yellowfin Tuna and SkipJack

Offshore Fishing Report Durban - 20-03-2017by Mike Laubscher (3/24/2017)
Some good Dorado (Mahi Mahi) for the kids who had great fun offshore

Wahoo, Blue Marlin and loads of small Tunaby Mike Laubscher (1/27/2014)
With bad weather patterns fishing has not been easy. We have however managed to get fish

The Three Tunas and the Big Oneby Mike Laubscher (1/08/2014)
Today in bad fishing conditions and green water we managed a really good size Yellowfin Tuna for our waters.