Greenfish Blog

Organic Wild Caught Fish vs. Processed Foods In todays fast paced world its easy to succumb to convenience of processed foods.  They are fast, relatively cheap, and easy.  But what is one putting into their body when they eat these highly processed foods? Wild caught fish from the ocean is as natural and organic now as it was hundreds of years ago.  There are many benefits of eating organic and opting for this natural and wholesome food source, from superior nutrition to the low impact it has on our environment. With so many people distanced from where their food comes...

Silverfish (Carpenter Fish) – A Strange Catch Silverfish also called carpenter is an under rated table fish that is fast gaining popularity on the South African dinning room table – and it should as it ticks all the boxes if caught in the right manner. Living on deeper rocks anything from 50-80m, they have become a staple in the Western Cape hand line fishery around Struisbaai and Gaansbaai. Carpenter (silverfish) have a legal size limit of 35cm on traditional handline boats.  The benefit of hand line fishing is that if a fish is caught that is too small it can...

Yellowtail Run off Cape Point for the record books, could it be linked to El Nino? April started off as a good month for yellowtail catches down in Struisbaai with good daily catches.  What we though to be a little late for the traditional Struisbaai season we were happy to take the catches that Neptune released to us.  But what was to happen next is unprecedented in recent times and I have not seen since I was a young boy.  An explosion of yellowtail from Gaansbaai, over the hub of the mass at Cape Point and wrapping all the way...

Ultimate Braai Master Season 8 Episode 11 My experience on set and behind the scenes. There really isn’t anything more South African than a BRAAI. That’s why, when the producers of the South African production Ultimate Braai Master contacted me and said they wanted to do a full episode on the best tuna in Cape Town, I jumped at the opportunity. The scene was set at the De Hoop Nature Reserve, with a very early start.  I cannot believe the number of people, hours and work that goes into the few minutes of viewing that we see at home on...

Going Blue A few days after our tuna slam spirits are still running high as we head out into the deep blue again. With no boats having been out due to bad weather, this was the first fishable day.  We headed out into a similar area of where we SLAMMED it a few days prior and set out lines. But by 2pm we thought we were going home empty when suddenly a rod went and it quickly went from sitting still to having 3 younger 30-40kg Yellowfin on the boat. The next minute Andrew shouted that there is a fish...