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May 2023 Captain’s Log – Local Fishing News Out Of Cape Town

Well Good Day All From the admiral’s cabin and “Screaming Reels” there have been TUNA A PLENTY. Typical of this time of year with back-to-back charters and many of our handpicked associates booked through us as well. The fish are on the move and have moved into the WEST allowing us to fish alone [...]

By |2023-05-09T10:13:36+00:00May 9th, 2023|Categories: Blog, The Captains Log|

April 2023 Captain’s Log – Local Fishing News Out Of Cape Town

Well Good Day ALL From a very busy CAPTAIN'S CABIN, since we last spoke, plenty of TUNA ACTION with sizes from 25kgs to 80kgs and everything in between. Some nice class YELLOWTAIL on the current line and a few LONGFINS just to add species to our normal day. This is set to continue through [...]

By |2023-04-01T10:10:48+00:00March 31st, 2023|Categories: Blog, The Captains Log|

Saturday’s Pelagic Birding Trip Report Back From Trevor Hardaker

A quick report back on the Zest for Birds pelagic trip that went out on Saturday… Date: 04 March 2023 Departure point: Hout Bay Conditions: We left Hout Bay in the morning in windstill conditions with a glassy sea and had a very comfortable ride out into the deep. Skies ranged from partly cloudy [...]

By |2023-03-07T14:30:00+00:00March 7th, 2023|Categories: Birding, Pelagic Birding|

March 2023 Captain’s Log – Local Fishing News From The Best In The Cape

Well GOOD DAY ALL Who would have thought that we would have such a good FEBRUARY with great catches of TUNA, YELLOWTAIL and DORADO, very unseasonal but never impossible in these waters as this is usually MARLIN time. On those days that the wind has kept us inshore some good REEF FISHING and the [...]

By |2023-03-01T14:52:05+00:00March 1st, 2023|Categories: Blog, The Captains Log|

Dorado Fishing Cape Town Summer 2023

Now there's a pleasant surprise, our clients enjoyed catching Dorado earlier this week. One of the fastest game fish, the Dorado possibly the most colour game fish species with vibrant greens, yellows and blues and is also one of the most tastiest fish to eat. It is believed that they can reach speeds up to [...]

By |2023-01-13T05:15:51+00:00January 13th, 2023|Categories: Dorado, Fishing|

January 2023 Captain’s Log

So Good Day All Compliments of the season to you all may 2023 be filled with HEALTH, HAPPINESS and Financial well-being. Often it's good to reflect on what we have achieved at HOOKED ON AFRICA during 2022 and what to look forward to in 2023. After the COVID LOCKDOWN in MARCH, we repowered EXTRAVAGENCE [...]

By |2023-01-06T07:36:33+00:00January 6th, 2023|Categories: The Captains Log|

The Release of 67 Rehabilitated Turtles

67 rehabilitated turtles were released in conjunction with Two Oceans Aquarium and its Turtle Rescue Program yesterday. 𓆉 𓆉 𓆉 Thanks to the dedication and support of a team of individuals and sponsors, the release of turtles from the Turtle Rescue Program at the Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town was once again a [...]

By |2022-12-13T14:35:32+00:00December 13th, 2022|Categories: Green Turtles, Turtle Release, Two Oceans Aquarium|

The Final Turtle Release of 2022 With Two Oceans Aquarium

This is always a deeply special day, the culmination of months of hard, rewarding rehabilitation work. On Monday 12 December we will be releasing 65 post hatchling loggerheads, 3 sub-adult green turtles (Turbo, Kijani and Basil) and 1 juvenile Hawksbill (Juniper). Turbo, will have a satellite tag. On Monday morning at 08h00 we will [...]

By |2022-12-12T05:25:15+00:00December 11th, 2022|Categories: Turtle Release, Two Oceans Aquarium|

December 2022 Captain’s Log

Well Good Day All It’s been a FRENETIC NOVEMBER with FISH a PLENTY, from TUNA to YELLOWTAIL and even SNOEK in between. On the DEEP SEA, OFFSHORE, TUNA side lots of YELLOWFIN, LONGFIN, and even BIG EYE TUNA with the winning fish during our TUNA DERBY being that of 104kgs and we managed amongst [...]

By |2022-12-01T14:20:31+00:00December 1st, 2022|Categories: The Captains Log|

Golden Globe Race Yacht Bayanat Is Welcomed By Hooked On Africa As She Approaches Cape Town

Hooked on Africa was chartered to greet Abhilash Tomy aboard Bayanat in the 2022 Golden Globe Race, a single-handed yacht race around the world where entrants are limited to sailing similar yachts and equipment to what was available to Sir Robin in that first race. That means sailing without modern technology or the benefit of [...]

By |2022-11-11T15:19:22+00:00November 11th, 2022|Categories: News|
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