Captain
Fishing Family

Member since November 2024 Funchal, Portugal
Background
Capt. Jose is experienced in navigating the waters of Funchal, Madeira and is ready to take you on a therapeutic fishing excursion. Keep your eyes peeled for Short-Tail Red Snapper (Ehu), Pacific Barracuda and Goliath Grouper as you try your hand at bottom fishing, spinning, trolling, jigging, and more. The only way to learn is to join them on the water.
Techniques
Bottom fishing and Jigging

Hey, I'm Captain Fishing Family

Funchal, Portugal
Background
Capt. Jose is experienced in navigating the waters of Funchal, Madeira and is ready to take you on a therapeutic fishing excursion. Keep your eyes peeled for Short-Tail Red Snapper (Ehu), Pacific Barracuda and Goliath Grouper as you try your hand at bottom fishing, spinning, trolling, jigging, and more. The only way to learn is to join them on the water.
Techniques
Bottom fishing and Jigging
Our Team
Jacinto C.
Captain
Sara V.
Captain

My Charter Listings

Excellent
4.7 / 5
(39 reviews)
Funchal
 5 bookings in the past week.
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Trips from US $141
Funchal
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Trips from US $585

Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
4.7 / 5
out of 5 stars from 39 reviews
Boat
Excellent
4.6 / 5
Crew
Excellent
4.8 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.7 / 5
Photos & videos by reviewers (51)
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Angler rating
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Anglers claimed
Good experience
95%
Friendly captain
95%
Recommend this charter
92%
Appropriate for children
89%
Satisfied with the boat
95%
Caught fish
95%
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Guus B.
Excellent
4.7 / 5
Experience:
Very good
4.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Overall

Great morning fishing with my son

VERIFIED   Bottom fishing on August 13, 2025
We had a great morning fishing. My son (15yr) and I started Pike fishing in the Netherlands some months ago, so this was our...
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Dillon S. O.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Overall

Great friendly crew and good fishing

VERIFIED   NEW  Big Game and Bottom Fishing on September 18, 2025
We caught fish for dinner and had a great laugh with Antonio and Filipo. Friendly and knowledgeable crew. Would recommend and...
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Timothy N.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Overall

Madeira fishing

VERIFIED   Fishing Tour on July 16, 2025
This morning my family.and I went fishing with fishing family. Captain was very safe and because my daughter is young he took...
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John A.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Overall

Relaxed trip

VERIFIED   Tuna fishing big Game on April 26, 2025
Had a great half day fishing. Crew were really friendly and helpful. We were quite inexperienced but still enjoyed every minute....
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Evgeny E.
Excellent
4.3 / 5
Experience:
Very good
4.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Very good
4.0 / 5
Overall

Interesting experience

VERIFIED   Shared fishing on March 5, 2025
The captain did everything he could to find large fish, we tried multiple spots but caught only small fish (which is perfectly...
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