The Smith Family

Grandfather Robert Smith OBE, fished from St Monans along with his father and brothers in the days of steam drifters, before branching out and moving to the port of Granton in Edinburgh, where he became one of the leading trawler skippers there.

Father David Smith MBE did it in reverse. After starting the trawling industry in Leith a boy, and eventually getting to be the 1st Mate of the steam trawler "Cairnburn", he decided in 1953 to leave trawling and have his own 72ft fishing boat built at the shipyard of Smith and Hutton's, which was sited almost directly cross the street from the Fish Bar. This was to be the start of a very successful series of fishing boats which all carried the name "Argonaut", and were to be skippered by David Smith for almost 40 years, and were well known throughout the country.

After father David retired in 1992, his son David, brother of Robert, took over as Skipper of "Argonaut 4", and since that time, has also fished very successfully.

Robert Smith (pictured far left), owner of the Anstruther Fish Bar, has been in the fish trade for 26 years, building up a very successful fish processing business in St Monans dealing only in fresh fish. It is from this small factory, that only the very best of their selected fish processed daily on the premises will be supplied to the Anstruther Fish Bar.