My friend and I booked a full day big game trip with Captain George. Boat was a nice size and he bad quality fishing gear. He was knowledgeable and engaging and had some great stories but first and foremost his priority was putting us on fish - and he did!! An hour into the trip we had a giant rip which turned out to be a nice Bigeye tuna that broke off right at the boat. Shortly after we had a triple header!!! One broke off but we were able to land 2 nice Bigeye tuna. From there we got another drag screaming rip and managed to land a beautiful 150+ pound yellowfin tuna. Lots of dolphins around and the backdrop of Sao Miguel is stunning. Despite having such a great fishing day Jeorge still fished hard right to the end of the trip. It was a day to remember!!

Our group of 4 had an amazing experience fishing with Captain Jorge and 1st mate Vasco.  We caught lots of fish, including a few double headers!  We caught 3 varieties of bottom fish.  The crew were very accommodating with ensuring the reels accommodated our reeling preferences, baiting and taking fish off hooks too.  If the fish are biting they know where to find them!!

We were greeted at the marina by Frasier who spotted us just as we spotted the boat, a smart 23 footer with a 200hp outboard, four boat rods and out-riggers. We had booked an in-shore trip purely as that is all our budget would stretch too.
Frasier took us to meet Pedro (captain) on a nearby boat who greeted us warmly as did Frasier. A nice strong Portuguese coffee later and we were off, we motored down the coast for a while and then Frasier deployed the rods for trawling with barracuda as one of the target species. Pedro explained about the fancy sonar equipment and enthusiastically filled us in on Sao Miguel’s history and geology responding to our many questions in excellent English.
We trawled for quite some time but the fish were clearly not hungry. Our fortune briefly appeared to change when one of the rod’s clutches started to slip and the first fish was on. My son faught it to the boat but lost it before we could identify the species.
We were offered the chance to head to deeper water where a friend of Pedro was into some big tuna.  We regrettably turned this down in the hope that bottom fishing would be more productive. We spent the rest of the trip doing just this and landed a few tiddlers, sea bream mainly but nothing to get too excited about.
However, the trip was great fun and our lovely hosts did everything they could to get into some decent fish but it was not our day.
With hindsight we should have taken the opportunity to go to deeper waters where the tuna were, hey-ho, we live and learn.
Highly recommended

The crew was great. The weather was a little rough but that did not stop them from fishing. I was able to catch my first Spearfish first for the captain and mate. Would highly recommend.

I went fishing with Captain Pedro for three full days from Ponta Delgada. Brought my 80 year father and my sister. The boat is large, comfortable and clean with the latest sport fishing tackle and equipment. From the start, Pedro was welcoming and friendly, and he and his crew made us feel very comfortable. While we did not catch marlin, we caught some tuna, and Pedro and his crew used their best efforts devoting their full time and attention to fishing. I highly recommend captain Pedro!