The Lake

Out before three. Back before the wind.

Every crew we buy from is registered with its Beach Management Unit and fishes legal mesh sizes. We do not buy beach-seined fish, and we do not buy in the closed season.

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Dunga Beach, Kisumu

Peter Ochieng

Boat “Nyar Nam” · 18 years fishing · 3,020 followers

4.9(189)

Peter goes out at three and is back before the wind gets up. Eighteen years on this water and he still reads it the way his father taught him — by the smell of it more than the look.

Nile Perch (Mbuta): 42 kg at 05:10
Tilapia (Ngege): 28 kg at 05:40
Catfish (Mumi): 11 kg at 06:05

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Mbita landing site, Homa Bay

Silas Omondi

Boat “Wuod Nam” · 26 years fishing · 1,670 followers

4.8(142)

Silas fishes the dark nights, when omena rise to the lamps. Twenty-six years of sleeping in the afternoon and working the water from dusk.

Omena (Silver Cyprinid): 190 kg at 04:20
Tilapia (Ngege): 16 kg at 05:55

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