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Title: Some good bottom fishing off Durban
Post by: Capt. Hook on August 18, 2012, 09:38:08 PM
    At 04h40 Friday morning I was halfway down to the Marina  when my car just stopped working and tries as I did she would not start, it did  not help that she was stuck in the middle of a busy road and she is too heavy  for me to push alone. I was amazed at how many people hooted at me, pulled  signs at me and even slowed down to swear at me, yet not even one person  stopped to help or even asked if I was OK, not even one!
I was stressed as I could not leave my car where it was,  and I had eager clients already waiting for me at the boat, and eventually I  had to rely on help from family and friends, and with a real generous effort  from the client who arranged to collect my car and tow it to my home (Big  thanks)

Eventually at 08h00 we were on our way out the harbour  only to find rather big seas and an ice cold stiff SW wind blowing, water  temperature was under 20 deg.C and there was a screaming S-N current.
It was difficult to keep the boat on the mark, and it  went over so fast and so we had to move the boat around a lot that day, it paid  off with some really good fish.
On our first drop we picked up a large Sailfin Rubber  lips and the day continued like that with all the fish coming out of decent  sizes, we got a lot of good sized Sailfin Rubber Lips, plenty large Slinger and  Englishmen and a really stunning Tomato Rockod of good proportions and in the  end the 8 guys on board had about 35-40 fish between them before we headed back  to port with everyone having smiles on their faces and the morning frustration  forgotten, well except for me who still had to fix it. Turned out to be the  coil.
Title: Re: Some good bottom fishing off Durban
Post by: Debbie on August 19, 2012, 08:18:29 AM
Nice one Mike ............ are you going out on the 8th or 9th  of September?
Title: Re: Some good bottom fishing off Durban
Post by: REEFMAN on August 19, 2012, 08:39:52 AM
nICE Report Mike.

Sorry, what car was that again that broke down? Not a Landrover perhaps?  :hehe:
Title: Re: Some good bottom fishing off Durban
Post by: Debbie on August 19, 2012, 08:43:32 AM
nICE Report Mike.

Sorry, what car was that again that broke down? Not a Landrover perhaps?  :hehe:


I wasnt going to say it .......  :hehe: .
Title: Re: Some good bottom fishing off Durban
Post by: Capt. Hook on August 19, 2012, 10:20:52 AM
Nice one Mike ............ are you going out on the 8th or 9th  of September?
Not yet, those dates are available. You want a jump?
Title: Re: Some good bottom fishing off Durban
Post by: Capt. Hook on August 19, 2012, 10:21:28 AM
nICE Report Mike.

Sorry, what car was that again that broke down? Not a Landrover perhaps?  :hehe:
A 22yr old Landy  (bat (bat (bat (bat (bat
Title: Re: Some good bottom fishing off Durban
Post by: Debbie on August 19, 2012, 10:27:23 AM
Nice one Mike ............ are you going out on the 8th or 9th  of September?
Not yet, those dates are available. You want a jump?


 :blush: :blush:  well if you have a spare space in your hectic calendar. Im in Durbs that weekend. I cannot afford you on my own  w;k
Title: Re: Some good bottom fishing off Durban
Post by: shagnrelease on August 19, 2012, 01:18:42 PM
Nice one Mike ............ are you going out on the 8th or 9th  of September?
Not yet, those dates are available. You want a jump?
:hehe: :hehe: :hehe:
Title: Re: Some good bottom fishing off Durban
Post by: PH on August 19, 2012, 02:45:05 PM
nICE Report Mike.

Sorry, what car was that again that broke down? Not a Landrover perhaps?  :hehe:
A 22yr old Landy  (bat (bat (bat (bat (bat

It was the coil. Not the Landy  :hnthnt:
Title: Re: Some good bottom fishing off Durban
Post by: Capt. Hook on August 19, 2012, 03:38:17 PM
Nice one Mike ............ are you going out on the 8th or 9th  of September?
Not yet, those dates are available. You want a jump?


 :blush: :blush:  well if you have a spare space in your hectic calendar. Im in Durbs that weekend. I cannot afford you on my own  w;k

You and some mates  :happ:
Title: Re: Some good bottom fishing off Durban
Post by: Debbie on August 19, 2012, 07:35:40 PM
My mates are poorer then I am  :rotfl
Title: Re: Some good bottom fishing off Durban
Post by: Lichia amia on August 19, 2012, 08:10:12 PM
Nice one Mike ............ are you going out on the 8th or 9th  of September?
Not yet, those dates are available. You want a jump?
:hehe: :hehe: :hehe:
Hay sies ! Wha ha ha ha ha ha ha
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