Captain
Howard Williams

Member since May 2018 Calheta, Portugal
Background
I have always been a keen fisherman. As a boy, I fished on the Gwendraeth for Sewin and Trout,etc. I had my first boat in the early '80s and since then have been building leisure fishing boats in the UK, striving to give the ordinary fisherman a strong, seaworthy, well-designed craft. A BSAC dive leader, my team produced dive ribs and ran a dive trip business in Pembrokshire. I caught my first Blue Marlin in Madeira and although I have fished in many countries, from that moment on I was hooked!

Hey, I'm Captain Howard Williams

Calheta, Portugal
Background
I have always been a keen fisherman. As a boy, I fished on the Gwendraeth for Sewin and Trout,etc. I had my first boat in the early '80s and since then have been building leisure fishing boats in the UK, striving to give the ordinary fisherman a strong, seaworthy, well-designed craft. A BSAC dive leader, my team produced dive ribs and ran a dive trip business in Pembrokshire. I caught my first Blue Marlin in Madeira and although I have fished in many countries, from that moment on I was hooked!
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Sorted Madeira Marlin Charters

Excellent
4.9 / 5
(7 reviews)
Calheta
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Celebratory Poncha Pescadora
Celebratory Poncha Pescadora
Jul 18, 2025 Calheta
Great day on the water, slow start fishing but stopped for a great lunch with swimming and diving off the boat. In the last hour we hooked a feisty blue marlin, on an 80lb rig and our proven tuna jet, got the fish to the boat and all of a sudden we were surrounded by a shoal of trigger fish, very feisty fish tested our captain aka wireman but released lit up blue.
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Fiesty Blue Marlin
Fiesty Blue Marlin
Jul 18, 2024 Calheta
July 17th. Out with experienced angler Terry, we raised and he got this fish to the boat. Safely released it swum energetically away..
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Blue Marlin World Cup 4th July.
Blue Marlin World Cup 4th July.
Jul 4, 2024 Calheta
21 boats fished this out of Madeira, 160 boats world wide. We won this competition for australian clients in 2019. We fished this year with Andy and Alison from Somerset. The competition started at 8.30, at 10. 35 we hooked a lively 500+ Blue marlin, a qualifying fish for the comp. After a spectacular display at the back of the boat the fish went down and took 1 3/4 hours to get to the boat. We had to take the fish to be weighed and it came in at a respectable 557lbs. It was the fourth biggest fish in the world and the only fish qualifying in Madeira. The fish was donated to the Madeiran fisheries for scientific research. It was a male fish previously males were only thought to reach a max of 350lbs, so maybe a record breaker in its own right.
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Marlin Catching!
Marlin Catching!
Jul 2, 2024 Calheta
1st time boat fishing Steve and Lorraine joined us for a full day big game marlin fishing. The action started with a blue marlin that hit the long then took the shotgun strpped a hundred yard off the reel before pulling the hook. Half an hour later we had a white marlin hit the shotgun, bill wrapped and pulled the hook. Later in the day we had an explosion on the rigger lure, the fish went nuts at the back of the boat jumping across the spread all lit up and then coming straight at the boat. Expending all its energy in the first manic 5 minutes Steve had the fish to the boat in 15 minutes, he took to the chair like a pro!.
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Jigging in idylllic waters
Jigging in idylllic waters
Jun 10, 2024 Calheta
Absollutely beatuiful day with a lovely dutch family, we trolled to a jigging mark off the south west point off Ponta do Pargo. We caught a variety of fish including, pargo, garoupa, mahi mahi, grouper 12lbs and a 20lb amberjack.
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First hook up of the season
First hook up of the season
Jun 5, 2024 Calheta
Out for 2 hours on our second trip of the season. Hooked up to a nice blue about 650lbs
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Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
4.9 / 5
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Boat
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.9 / 5
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Andrew S.
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Great two days on โ€˜Sortedโ€™

VERIFIED   NEW  Sportfishing on July 7, 2025
My two young sons and I spent a couple of days fishing for Blue Marlin on โ€˜Sortedโ€™.ย  Captain Howard and his lovely wife...
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Paul A.
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Fishing with Howard

VERIFIED   NEW  Half Day โ€“ย Big Game Trolling (AM) on July 19, 2025
Had a great time out in the water with the team. Very professional and easy to communicate with.
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Eddie H.
Excellent
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Great Day

VERIFIED   Full Day โ€“ Big Game Trolling on June 18, 2025
Capt Howard was fantastic. Superb knowledge and even better host on our trip. Very clean and comfortable boat. Would book again...
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Tony L.
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Great captain would definitely book again

VERIFIED   NEW  Full Day โ€“ Big Game Trolling on July 10, 2025
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Matt M.
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A good day at sea

VERIFIED   Half Day โ€“ Bottom Fishing on August 29, 2024
Enjoyed a nice few hours chasing fish. The fishing was, unfortunately, very poor, however the skipper kept plugging away. In...
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