Fishing Tour — The authentic side of island life

The Idea

Not a fishing charter. A fishing morning.

This is not a sportsfishing trip. We do not chase tuna. We will not put you in a fighting chair. What we will do is take you out to one of the bays where the captain's family has fished since before the second war, hand you a hand-line, show you how to set it, and let you fish the way the island still does — slowly, by feel, with no hurry.

The catch on a typical morning is small: bream, picarel, a dentex if the day is good. Sometimes mackerel. Sometimes nothing — that is also a real fishing morning, and we will not pretend otherwise.

Duration~4 hours

Departure06:00 (best light)

Skill neededNone

BringHat · Patience

How it goes

Pre-dawn departure

We leave at six. The harbour is asleep. The fishermen of the village are already out — we wave to them on the way past.

The captain's bay

A specific bay on the south coast — we won't say which, on purpose — that has been productive for thirty years. We anchor in twelve metres. The sun comes up over the cliff.

First light, first lines

Hand-lines down. Small hooks, small bait. We show you how. The first hour is the best hour — sometimes you have a fish before you've had your coffee.

Slow drift

If the bay quiets, we move to a second spot. We never use sonar — we use the colour of the water and the shape of the cliff. It is older knowledge. It usually works.

Coffee & rusks

Around eight, we pause. Greek coffee from the thermos, a few hard rusks with tomato and oil. The sea has woken up. So have you.

Return with the morning

We come back to the harbour by ten. If the catch is good, we'll point you to the small taverna that will cook it for you for lunch. If not, you'll have had a quiet morning out at sea, which is its own kind of catch.

What we ask

We fish small. We respect size limits. We release what is below catchable size, and we never take more than the morning can give. This is the only way we know to fish this water and have it still be here for our children.

If the lionfish come up — we have written about them in the journal — we keep them. They are invasive, they are excellent eating, and the more we take out, the better.

If you have never fished before, that is the right reason to come. We will teach you. There is no test.

The authentic side of island life.

Not a fishing charter. A fishing morning.

A quiet morning at sea.

The authentic side of island life.

Not a fishing charter. A fishing morning.

A quiet morning at sea.

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