Good Day All,
It’s been a somewhat subdued second half of the Tuna season with very few Yellowfin and no Long Fin Tuna, and apart from a few Word Class-sized Big guy (Southern Blue) itβs been dismal to say the least. I also donβt think there are any signs there i.e.(water color, temperature or even chlorophyll forecast) that makesΒ me want to jump up and down! It looks like we will fish this one out till end May/ mid June and then start to target the Inshore Game Fishing SpeciesΒ such as Snoek and Yellowtail with some family fill in trips for our Bronze Bream/ Katonkal
Well itβs not all bad and maybe time to reflect on what HOOKED ON AFRICA has achieved this year so far;
We are the current holders of the inter club/social Marlin Comp held this year with an estimated Black Marlin of 400lbs.
We are the current leaders in our very own Triple Challenge after winning it last time.
We landed the biggest Yellowfin Tuna out of Hout Bay so far this season of 98.9kgs.
We hosted an International, well supported by my friends from Turkey including 3 teams from here. AΒ big thank youΒ to the Atlantic Boat Club,Angus ButcheryΒ and Tucker’s TackleΒ for their support hopefully next year the fish play ball!
Hooked on Africa has now gone National with a franchiseΒ in Port Elizabeth under the watchful eye of Captain Chad!
Due to our very full order book we upgraded this year with 2 new 250hp Yamaha 4 strokes as well as a few upgrades to keep us ahead of the pack!
Our King Fisher Series is still being screened on the Nat Geo Channel on DSTV.
We are also currently running in Slovakia on one of their Travel channels see link to the website.
We’ re about to be seen on River Monsters with Jeremy Wade as theΒ host. Check it out here
So if itβs a quality operation your after were the team with a high class fleet of boats to suit all your needs and a track record and Trip AdviserΒ references, that speaks for itself.
With winter drawing near,Β things will slow down for a bit but as always we will be the crew to watch!
AlwaysΒ on the fish first!
THE CAPTAIN