A great day out, blessed with fine weather and reasonably calm seas. As soon as we cleared the marina (10 mins.) we were fishing. Costal trolling on the way our to the bottom fishing ground with four rods out but no strikes outward bound. At the rocky outcrop toward mid-voyage we switched to bottom rigs and immediately started hitting the fish. John Melo and his crew mate Milton’s local knowledge and their radar fish finder were instrumental in our success. We caught Grouper of good size, a King fish, a Tiger fish (big, a good rod bender), White Sea Bream (nice size too - ideal for the plate) and another variety that I can’t remember - eighteen in all. On the return trip we re-rigged for trolling back to the marina and under overcast skies and a slight swell we caught a good size Barracuda. A very tidy boat well crewed and good equipment made for an excellent trip - I only get the time to fish when on holiday so this trip was particularly special for me - many thanks to John and Milton. I’ll upload some photo’s when I can.

What great day we had. Adriano was great and new the right place to fish.  In s short 2 hour trip we caught 11 porkfish, 1 grouper (which I think we would have caught more in the spot we were in but wife stated to get sick) and a couple other fish that I wasn’t sure that it was and a few more that we threw back in the ocean.  It was an amazing experience!

At the start of the day we set off in hope of a big game fish. Things were a bit slow, bit the company was good, and there was plenty of nice food laid on which I couldn’t stop pecking at all day long. We had beers, softdrinks and water, so overall I was really well catered for.

John is captain with vast experience and although his English is limited, the crew Milton did a great job of translating between me and the skipper.

In the morning as things didn’t go as I hoped (but hey that’s fishing) Milton asked me if I’d like to change tactics, I thought it’s best to land some fish than nothing at all (given I had taken the trip myself, I had to make it worthwhile)
A quick change of tackle to some lighter gear and we did some trawling a bit closer to shore for Barracuda. Thanks to the knowledge of skipper and crew I did not go home empty handed. I ended the day with 3 Barracuda and 1 lizard fish. All were new species for me so overall I was very happy with the day.

Milton (the crew) is very friendly and chatty and will happily answer any questions you may have. And anything he can’t answer he will find out from the skipper John.

I don’t know when exactly but I will be back to use these people again.

Adriano is very friendly and accommodating! I would recommend him highly if you are interested in fishing while in the Azores!

Excellent communication with the Captain when booking the trip and once on the island regarding set up and type of fishing we wanted to do.  Trolling was poor and we adjusted to put some fish in the boat and did a bit of bottom fishing filling the cooler with a variety of fish.  Nice day on the water!