The Captain’s Log: End Sept – October 2026 Edition – Cape Town Fishing News

Good day ALL With Spring Having Sprung and things looking like were a month or so early with our seasons, here is a reflection of our WINTER MONTHS and what to look forward to. Weve had a somewhat mild winter except for those early storms BUT have managed to keep our clients busy with [...]

By |2026-09-24T03:24:04+00:00September 23rd, 2026|Categories: Fishing, The Captains Log|Tags: |

The Captain’s Log: July 2026 Edition – Cape Town Fishing News

Well good day all With WINTER in FULL SWING and NO OFFSHORE, DEEP SEA TUNA or BIG GAME FISHING till end SEPTEMBER or early OCTOBER it’s time to reflect of what’s been achieved, what’s available and what to look forward to. After a world class TUNA SEASON one of the longest seasons I can [...]

By |2026-09-24T03:23:23+00:00July 24th, 2026|Categories: Fishing, The Captains Log|Tags: |

The Captain’s Log: April 2026 Edition – Local Fishing News Out Of Cape Town

Good day ALL It’s been an EPIC SEASON so far and something we have not seen for many years with Yellowfin Tuna being available since OCTOBER last year. Traditionally they disappear from mid-December till end March but this year it’s been flat out with smaller class fish and NOW the BIG BOYS. Tuna Nationals [...]

By |2026-09-24T03:22:37+00:00April 13th, 2026|Categories: News, The Captains Log|

The Captain’s Log: Feb – March 2026 Edition – Local Fishing News Out Of Cape Town

Well Good day all From screaming reels, it’s been an EPIC few months. The Tuna just seem to hang around with plenty of that younger 30kg fish and a few 65-70kg fish in-between. As usual we have been very busy on both the FISHING and PELAGIC BIRDING Charters. Traditionally for this time of year [...]

By |2026-09-24T03:22:53+00:00February 21st, 2026|Categories: News, The Captains Log|

The Captain’s Log – January 2026 – Local Fishing News Out Of Cape Town

Well compliments of the season and happy new year. It’s been a busy time at HOOKED ON AFRICA FISHING CHARTERS with most good weather days having 1 to 3 boats at sea. The TUNA just keep biting which is very strange for this time of year and although a smaller class YELLOWFIN ( 15 [...]

By |2026-01-19T08:38:03+00:00January 19th, 2026|Categories: News, The Captains Log|

The Captain’s Log – December 2025 – Local Fishing News

Well good Day all With the SILLY SEASON upon us and plenty of Fish out there and A FULL order book into the new year thought it was time for an update from the CAPTAINS DESK. There are plenty of TUNA out there but with the water going over the 20 deg mark its [...]

By |2025-12-09T11:15:44+00:00December 9th, 2025|Categories: News, The Captains Log|

The Captain’s Log – November 2025 – Local Fishing News

Good Morning All With NOVEMBER upon us and our TUNA SEASON in FULL SWING our FISHING and PELAGIC CHARTERS are gaining momentum. Our Pelagic birding charters took a beating this month due to adverse weather conditions, but we did manage 2 trips with again great results. These are set to continue through till 2026 where [...]

By |2025-11-02T05:44:19+00:00November 1st, 2025|Categories: News, The Captains Log|

The Captain’s Log – October 2025 – Local Fishing News

Well Good Day all Spring has sprung and the TUNA have arrived! Since our last update we have been very busy with PELAGIC BIRDING CHARTERS as this is one of the best destinations in the world where one can see several ALBATROSS SPECIES in one day along with several other usual exotic sea birds [...]

By |2025-09-30T14:01:26+00:00September 30th, 2025|Categories: News, The Captains Log|

The Captain’s Log – July 2025 – Local Fishing News

Well WINTER is upon us! Cold Fronts, lots of Rain and our traditional north westerly winds - That’s WINTER. Fishing has been slow with a few YELLOWTAILS, ATLANTIC BONITO, and some CHINA SNOEK. This is set to continue through till mid-SEPTEMBER when again we start looking at temperature charts and currents for the arrival [...]

By |2025-07-22T06:22:16+00:00July 20th, 2025|Categories: News, The Captains Log|

The Captain’s Log – May 2025 – Local Fishing News

Well Good day all Its that time of year again with the changing of the seasons from Autumn into Winter and it’s changing quickly. We have had a good first part of the TUNA season with good catches of Yellowfin and Longfin Tuna as well as some Dorado and even Wahoo! I think the end [...]

By |2025-05-19T14:06:50+00:00May 19th, 2025|Categories: News, The Captains Log|
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