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Big Game Fishing expeditions are very popular and leave from Hout Bay. This is classic water for Yellow fin Tuna. It is a most exhilarating experience to catch one of the fastest fish in the ocean.
DESCRIPTION: A Tuna species identified by its bright yellow dorsal and anal fins, hence the name "Yellowfin". The Yellowfin, as with the other Tuna species, is designed for speed and power, a robust streamlined body with cavities into which the pectoral, pelvic and first dorsal fins can be laid to assist in the hydrodynamics of the body. The top half of the Yellowfin is a dark metallic blue / black changing to yellow / iridescent blue stripe along the sides. The lower sides and belly are a silvery-white with gray lines evident in some freshly caught specimens. The length of the leading second dorsal and anal fins increases in the older, bigger fish. The flesh is light in comparison to other tunas and makes excellent eating either thinly sliced and eaten raw as the Japanese delicacy sashimi, pan fried, grilled or on a traditional South African braai (barbeque).
RANGE: A highly migratory species roaming the world's oceans. Assumed to be a combination of Indian and Atlantic ocean fish, the Yellowfin arrive in abundance off our west coast in October and remaining until late in June.
SIZES: Shoals are generally of similar sized fish ranging in common size from 40 to 100lb. although fish exceeding 200 lb. are caught every year.
FISHING TECHNIQUES: The shoals are located by trolling lures of various shapes, styles and sizes including diving plugs, plastic lures and metal head lures. Once located they can often be raised to the boat by chumming and spinning. They will take readily on drifted baits and spoons or jigs.
FIGHTING ABILITIES: The Yellowfin Tuna offer some of the most exhilarating and hectic sport as they travel in shoals often driving food-fish to the surface where they thrash and churn the ocean to a white foam. Rated as the strongest fighting fish in the ocean, they require the angler to be in good physical condition as the fight can last many hours. These fish will tear 100's of meters of line off the reels at a tremendous pace before settling down deep to a dogged "slug" type fight. Just when the angler believes the fish is beat and a substantial amount of line has been retrieved, the Yellowfin will turn around and take all the line back and some. An extremely tiring fight where the angler must maintain constant pressure and vigilance at all times to finally subdue this fish
Chapmans Peak
Chapmans Peak drive is the road that joins Hout Bay with Noordhoek. This is more than a road as all of the 10 Kilometers of the drive are a marvel of coastal views as it winds its way along cliffs. The road’s edge drops more than 600 meters to the ocean so caution should be exercised when driving this route. This is great route for either going or coming from a visit to Cape Point. On the way up Chapmans Peak you will see a statue of a Leopard which was placed there in memory of the last Cape Leopard, which was found in Hout Bay.
Chapmans Peak drive opened 1922 and was closed just recently to make upgrades to the road, which is a toll road for the section that runs along the cliffs.
For Accommodation we recommend:
Silvermist Mountain Lodge
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