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 |2026-04-13T11:39:53+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 |2026-02-21T12:15:20+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|

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

Good Day from Screaming REELS It’s been a strange start to the first part of our TUNA SEASON with firstly, plenty of young Yellowfin Tuna (12-35kgs) and then of late a much larger size (65 to 100kgs) and a few mixed Longfin in between. Theres been a very good sign of Big eye Tuna [...]

By |2025-03-28T13:14:35+00:00March 27th, 2025|Categories: News, The Captains Log|

The Captain’s Log Feb March 2025 – Local Fishing News

Well Good Day All Since January there have been mixed fortunes with plenty of Juvenile Yellowfin Tuna around making for either a fantastic HALF or FULL day charter on light gear, with the odd 35 to 60kg in between. Hopefully, this continues until the BIG TUNA arrive and water temps drop a bit as [...]

By |2025-02-19T02:33:44+00:00February 18th, 2025|Categories: News, The Captains Log|
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