Summary

In San Francisco, cubicle caged accountant and single mom, Chris Johansen, thought she had outrun the pain from the loss of her fisher mother who was tragically washed to sea. The emotional wound resurfaces as her headstrong teen daughter, Lucie, turns out to be a chip off the old block of grandma. Still, Chris is determined to remain neutral on the subject. That is until a death in the family calls them home for a last summer season to grieve and – ultimately – to decide the fate of the debt-strapped salmon boat they’ve inherited.

In a close-knit rugged NorCal coast community taking matters into their own hands to save what’s left of their eco-friendly fishing tradition, sparks fly as Chris and Lucie do the tough healing work they can no longer avoid. But even as mother and daughter wake up to a simpler more honest way to live, what happens when the summer ends? They face an impossible choice – risk future security or lose all they love.

Catch of the Day is a powerfully moving drama about the danger of suppressing the desires of the heart for a someday payoff… only to end up spending a lifetime waiting to really live.