Me and my brother in law launched from Durban Ski Boat Club at first light. There was livebait all over the place and we had enough within 20 minutes. Livebait rigs (yozuri's and sabiki's) worked well and we were hauling them in 4 at a time. We trolled south from the harbour mouth. Kona's rapala's and live-baits were trolled at varying speeds. Later we turned north again. We worked water from 20 meters deep up to 60 metres. Nothing. A complete blank. The last part of the trip we drifted with livies over structure, still nothing. So we ended up catching and releasing livies just for fun. There was a hell of a lot of plastic bags in the water which kept on fouling our konas and rapalas.
At least we saw dolphins, whales, a turtle and a shark. Also had a close up view of the helicopter dropping pilots on the deck of a huge container ship.
That night I called Mike from FA for some advice. He was very helpfull and told me where he got some YFT and suggested that we troll some feathers. It was nice talking to him again. Have some
Mike for helping a newbie again (and sorry for keeping you away from bed), he had had a long day on the water.
The forecast for Tuesday was very windy. We got to the beach while still dark and sat in the wind waiting for daybreak. We eventually launched but the chop was severe. Lots of livies again and we drifted them over some structure as I decided against going south as we had a NE wind that was going to pick up. At 08h00 we made a safety call to head back to the beach. We were hosing down the boat at the club when the wind really picked up and the sea got very rough, so we were happy to have made the call.
Negatives: We got no fish and conditions were not that good.
Positives: We made the trip. We are now comfortable dropping the boat on the sand and getting it back up on the trailer. We have more experience that will come in handy when we go to Ponta da Ouro for a week at the end of November. I got some screenshots of my Fishfinder that is bugging me, I hope John Easton will be able to give me his opinion on my perceived problem.
Thanks to everyone that gave advice. Now I just need to find out what feathers to buy. Please don't be shy in giving your opinions.
