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Offshore tuna, inshore yellowtail, and the fishing that brought the skipper here.

OffshoreInshoreOwner / Operator

Offshore

Tuna fishing out beyond Cape Point: the run to the grounds, the fight, and the fish at the boat.

  • An angler in a fighting harness and orange waders leaning into a deeply bent stand-up rod over the side of the boat, offshore in flat morning light.
  • Three anglers behind a large yellowfin tuna laid across the gunwale, one with a hand raised.
  • Two crew lifting a yellowfin tuna over the gunwale with the open Atlantic behind them.
  • An angler braced against a deeply bent rod, backlit by low morning sun, fighting a fish alongside the boat.
  • An angler in orange bibs smiling behind a yellowfin tuna laid across the rail.
  • A yellowfin tuna held level at the rail by two crew, moments after being landed.
  • A trawler lying off in first light, framed between two rod tips from the deck of Benguela.
  • An angler kneeling on the deck holding a yellowfin tuna up by the tail, open blue water behind.
  • An angler in a fighting harness bracing against a rod loaded up with a running fish.
  • An angler standing behind a large yellowfin tuna laid across the gunwale under a clear sky.
  • A yellowfin tuna brought alongside the hull, still in the water, before being taken aboard.
  • An angler in a blue shirt holding a tuna upright by the tail on the deck.
  • A crew member rigging baits at the transom while the boat runs out at sunrise.
  • An angler holding a yellowfin tuna across the gunwale, with rods standing in their holders behind.
  • An angler seated on the gunwale, rod bent, working a fish on a calm sea.
  • An angler in orange bibs holding a tuna at the rail on a bright day.
  • A yellowfin tuna at the gunwale, held on a gaff at the surface.
  • An angler crouched behind a yellowfin tuna laid along the gunwale, rods overhead.
  • An angler smiling as the rod loads up, seen from low on the deck.
  • An angler holding a yellowfin tuna upright on the deck, with trolling lures beside it.
  • Two crew working at the transom with a large fishing vessel lying off in the background.
  • An angler in bibs holding a tuna across his body, with rods and open sea behind.
  • Close detail of a gold two-speed lever-drag reel mounted on a stand-up rod at the gunwale.
  • Crew leaning over the side to bring a fish aboard, seen from above.
  • Seabirds working a bait shoal on the surface while two anglers fish from the deck.
  • An angler standing a large tuna upright on the deck, taller than his waist.
  • An angler working a rod at the rail in late afternoon light, with a clear horizon behind.
  • An angler working a fish in flat grey overcast conditions with almost no swell.

Inshore

Light tackle and bottom fishing closer to the coast — yellowtail, skipjack and whatever the day brings.

  • Two anglers each holding a yellowtail, with grey water and mountains behind.
  • An angler casting from the teak bow deck on a flat, clear inshore day.
  • An angler holding a yellowtail on deck under a grey, overcast sky.
  • An angler leaning into a rod from the bow, working a fish on light tackle inshore.
  • Two anglers in bibs each holding a yellowtail on an overcast day.
  • A skipjack tuna held over the water at the rail, moments before release.

Owner / Operator

Captain Garreth’s own fishing over 25 years, much of it far from Cape Town and on other boats. This is his record, not a catch report from Benguela.

  • Captain Garreth crouched behind a very large tuna laid on the teak deck of a sportfishing boat, holding its tail upright.
  • Garreth leaning over the gunwale to a billfish held alongside in deep blue water.
  • Four anglers on a harbour quay beside a very large tuna hanging from the weigh scale.
  • Garreth seated on the gunwale holding a dorado under a blue sky.
  • Garreth holding a large silver tarpon on deck at night.
  • Garreth holding a roosterfish on deck, with a green headland behind.
  • Captain Garreth at the helm of Benguela, backlit by low sun on the run home.
  • Garreth leaning over the side to a sailfish alongside, with teaser lures in the water.
  • Garreth in orange bibs holding a large yellowfin tuna across the deck.
  • Garreth kneeling on a beach at the water’s edge holding a large trevally.
  • Garreth kneeling on a deck holding a large red reef fish.
  • A billfish alongside the boat in deep blue water, lure in its jaw.
  • Garreth holding a dorado upright by the tail on a sunny day.
  • Garreth kneeling in clear shallow water off a white-sand beach, holding a silver fish.
  • Garreth holding a large striped fish on deck in thick fog.
  • Garreth standing on a boat holding a red snapper-like fish.
  • Garreth smiling at the console of a centre-console boat on flat water.
  • Garreth seated on a boat holding a silver fish under a cloudy sky.
  • An overhead view of Garreth on the bow of a sportfishing boat at a jetty.
  • Garreth smiling in the cabin of a boat, with a crew member behind.
  • Garreth standing in the cockpit of a boat at anchor, with green hills behind.

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