Three minutes on the water

Read the forecast, pick a mark and fill the logbook.

Mark

Cape PointDeep reef. Yellowtail, snoek and katonkel. More seals. False BayShallow reef and sand. Kob, elf and reef fish. The CanyonBlue water, far out. Tuna, dorado, sharks, swordfish. The run costs 40 seconds.

Crew

DeckhandThe standard trip. SkipperStronger fish, shorter strikes, quicker seals.

• Hold Drop to send the jig down, Reel to bring it up. Fast fish chase a moving jig. Kob, poenskop and swordfish want it still, then you strike.
• Swell keeps the jig moving and tugs the line in a fight. Wind sets the bite and drifts the jig.
• Ease off when a fish runs, and land it before a seal or a mako takes it.

Start fishing

Keys: arrow down to drop, arrow up or space to reel.

Back at the slipway

Launch again