O
ur Brand Ambassador and
die-hard Lowrance user, Alain
Kahn’s passion for fishing goes
back as far as he can
remember. His father Milton and older
brother Jerome were both avid rock and surf
anglers, so when three-year-old Alain picked
up a rod - he was just doing what came
naturally.
Growing up in Umhlanga and a�ending
Carmel College - Alain excelled at virtually
every sport he took part in, achieving half
colours for cricket, soccer, golf and athle�cs.
But fishing was his passion and the 1000’s of
hours he spent perfec�ng his skill off the
beaches paid off, leading to Junior Springbok
colours at the age of 17.
A�er being invited by friends to go skiboat
fishing, Alain was hooked and soon he was
begging rides from different skippers – the
start of his deepsea fishing career.
When he was 20, Dean Levy (then at Marine
& Boa�ng) sponsored his first boat – a 4.1m
Buccaneer with a 40hp Mercury, fi�ed with a
Lowrance LCD unit and separate GPS. “I’ve
never looked back and have been with
Lowrance ever since. They’re so user-friendly
and the backup service from Liz and her
team is excellent!”
Since those early beginnings, Alain has
owned four skiboats all ki�ed with Lowrance
units, including an HDS-8 and his current
Elite 9 Ti unit. This is the perfect unit for a
boat under 17 feet – he now has a Cobra Cat
500.
Over the years he’s caught many gamefish
including Couta, Dorado, Bo�omfish and
others. His biggest catch is a Blue Marlin of
around 150kg which he released off Ballito in
2016 and several Sailfish of over 40kg.
Un�l recently he’s concentrated on fishing
the major compe��ons each year and he
only started compe�ng in Inter-club
compe��ons last year. He was delighted to
be awarded KZN half-colours at the end of
the season.
Alain’s son, 12-year-old Jordan, is also
racking up the accolades (see our previous
issue) and Alain’s dream is for the two of
them to achieve Protea colours for Deepsea
Angling. “I would love to be pictured
together in our green and gold jackets.”
To this end, they’ll be focussing on entering
interprovincial and na�onal compe��ons.
Watch this spot for reports of their success
in the year to come!
Alain is the accountant at Natal Powerboats
and he has his own fishing lure business
called “Bite Me” - which is also the name of
his skiboat.