Captain
Marjan Žitnik

Member since February 2018 Dubrovnik, Croatia
Background
Ever since I was born, my family has been passionate about the sea and fishing. As I grew up, fishing was a daily activity that followed me. I practice local fishing techniques crafted through the centuries around Dubrovnik, including bottom fishing, trolling, and light jigging. In recent years, the popularity of spinning around Dalmatia got my attention too.

Hey, I'm Captain Marjan Žitnik

Dubrovnik, Croatia
Background
Ever since I was born, my family has been passionate about the sea and fishing. As I grew up, fishing was a daily activity that followed me. I practice local fishing techniques crafted through the centuries around Dubrovnik, including bottom fishing, trolling, and light jigging. In recent years, the popularity of spinning around Dalmatia got my attention too.
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My Charter Listings

Maritimo Fishing & Blue Cave

Excellent
4.8 / 5
(30 reviews)
Dubrovnik
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Trips from US $815

Maritimo Tuna Fishing

Excellent
4.8 / 5
(12 reviews)
Dubrovnik
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Trips from US $1,048

Fishing Reports

Is there fishing afterlife?
Is there fishing afterlife?
Jun 3, 2022 Dubrovnik
"This is my 87th country I have visited and in most of them I have gone on fishing trips. My two sisters and I take my mother on trips around the world because she said we have to take her with us when she’s gone. And so every Mother’s Day, we meet and compete in the categories we have invented. "Who took the mother to the farthest place?", the highest, the most uncomfortable place for her, the most uncomfortable place for us, etc. Mom is at the top of the Empire State Building, at the Statue of Liberty, in Alaska, and at the Dalai Lama Temple. She is now in Dubrovnik as well. She was a great Democrat and I took her to the White House during the Republican rule - she must be turning in her grave, haha! I won!" - Margo, 79 P.S. The seagull was with us on the boat all day, without any fear... Who knows... ❤️
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Dubrovnik, the capital of sea monsters!
Dubrovnik, the capital of sea monsters!
Aug 6, 2020 Dubrovnik
After several hours of fishing on Sv. Andrija (Saint Andrews) island we finally got a good strike and at first we thought the lure was stuck to the bottom. The line started going out and it was obvious there was something on. And it was the biggest fish ever, we had no idea. Since we detected tuna on our fishfinder several times we thought that it was on the rod. But it acted weird, not a tipical tuna behaviour. The line got loosen and it looked like we have lost the fish. After 10 seconds, huge fish jumped out of the water, 1m aerial and it almost splashed us with water. I asked John "Is that on your rod? And he just nodded". During our fight with a monster, a 5 meter manta swam under our boat. After 45 minutes into fight there was a huge surprise. +200 kg beautiful sunfish that got stuck on our lure by accident. Terriffic, massive, impressive fish was released successfully. What a day!
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Customer reviews

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Excellent
4.8 / 5
out of 5 stars from 42 reviews
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Boat
Excellent
4.8 / 5
Crew
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.8 / 5
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Big Tuna
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Good experience
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Friendly captain
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Recommend this charter
93%
Appropriate for children
94%
Satisfied with the boat
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Caught fish
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Ashley S.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Great boat, brilliant Skipper.

VERIFIED   NEW  4 hour trip (morning) on July 30, 2025
No tuna sadly but Leon was superb. Did everything he could to get us a fish. Felt like we came close a couple of times but...
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Toni P.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Trip was fantastic!

VERIFIED   NEW  4 hour trip (morning) on July 20, 2025
The skipper Leon was well informed and so accommodating. My kids loved him and he was committed to making sure we had a great...
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Volker J.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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Fishing with Marjan

VERIFIED   NEW  6 hour trip (sunset) on August 5, 2025
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Michael F.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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Big Tuna

VERIFIED   4 hour trip (sunset) on July 28, 2024
Maroje was a great captain. He knew what he was talking about when it came to fishing. We went about 4 miles off the coast...
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Kieran G.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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Amazing family experience!

VERIFIED   4 hour trip (PM) on June 17, 2023
From start to finish, this trip was faultless. Marjan, our skipper was super helpful in every aspect of the day. Boat was super...
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