Michael Van Der Bank

I am extremely motivated, hardworking and reliable individual. I am dependable and adaptable and have excellent communication skills. I am confident and have good sales skills, excellent leadership abilities and I enjoy working as part of a team. I take pride in my appearance, punctuality and attitude.

Fishing has been a major part of my life from a young boy to this current moment. I would often make weekends of fishing in the Transkei along with my father and uncles from Nqbaga through to Port St Johns. Freshwater fishing was where it all stemmed from where I grew up in King Williams Town and had easy access to both bass and trout fishing at Wriggleswade, Rooikranz and Maiden Dam.

I was then afforded the opportunity to become a crew member on a few big boats where we would take charters out from the East London harbour aswell out of kei mouth. We would target both bottom and game fish and had teach the guests about patience especially on the game fish run.

One of the biggest changes came where I met a gentleman by the name of Clint Gower who offers fishing charters as well as hunting to international guests. I often would get called up by Clint to assist him taking his clients on a charter and got to meet people from various parts of the world. I was fortunate enough to ride along with Clint and a team of scientists on multiple occasions to go into the esteries to gather information for research purposes.