Captain's Log — tuna

Ocean trout (unavailable) This local hero has been well received by many of our happy customers... Unfortunately, the small-scale farming operator we are working with have been having some trouble. The seals in the area have found the trout so irresistible that they devised a cunning way to get inside the pens and have had a great feast. Sadly, due to this we don’t expect to have local ocean raised trout ready for home deliveries for the next few months.   Norwegian Salmon (NEW) In order to bring you a similar experience to our ocean trout, we have partnered up...

We can all feel the change in the weather, with the warmer days and Cape Town spoiling us with beautiful evenings. This is a turning point for us in our fishing season. We change up our fishing gear and prep the boat for the summer species that will frequent our shores. Our local braai hero, yellowtail, have just started showing themselves but are been particularly difficult to catch. We do expect catches to improve as the South Easter starts blowing more often, bringing the blue water closer to shore off Cape Point and pushing the bait fish onto the shallower...

This year has definitely been different for all of us on land. It seems that the fish are on a new schedule too. For the first time in the 20 years that I have been catching tuna, we are getting pole caught tuna in July/August.The water is a warm 19.5C and tropical blue. It's full of bird and marine life, flourishing with good healthy fat tuna - just what we want to catch. Nobody knows why these fish are here right now. It's certainly a reminder of how delicate the balance of our ocean's ecosystem is... The sustainable fishing methods...