Manu picked us up at 6. Took us a bit before we caught the first fish, but we also stopped for a snorkling with mantas, which was crazy beautiful. Then we pulled out four beautiful tuna - they were so delicious when we grilled them. Manu was the best guide and captain you can whish for, his ship is super and his equipment excellent. If you want to go fishing around Lembongan and Nusa Penida, go wirh Manu, it will be an unforgettable expirience.

Unfortunately the fish weren’t biting—fishing is fishing, not catching—but every effort was made by Manu to find them. No reef or drop-off was left unvisited, and we covered some serious nautical miles in search of action. Despite some challenging conditions, Manu demonstrated excellent boat handling throughout.

He was also very accommodating when my partner and I wanted to visit a local beach, and overall made the trip easy and enjoyable. Very sociable, great company, and clearly committed to giving us the best possible chance of success. I would absolutely book again—100%.

We also did a tour on Monday, and honestly we would have preferred to just go fishing again. Even that felt like the tour version of what we experienced out on the water—having rods out just made it way more enjoyable.

we took the scooter to meet Captain Manu at Song Lambung Beach at 06:00am, on the way to the fishing spot, we got to watch the sunrise on the boat - it was quite the experience.
we were lucky enough to catch a Mack Tuna towards the end of our boat ride!

But please remember that fishing is a patience game and you wont always catch a fish :)

overall great experience with Captain Manu!

From start to finish, everything was brilliantly organised. The captain arranged our hotel pickup (for a small extra cost) and sorted our ferry tickets over to Nusa Lembongan, making the whole experience seamless. Communication was very good.

We had a fantastic day on the water and managed to land two solid mack tuna before my son unfortunately came down with a bit of seasickness, which meant we had to head back earlier than planned. Even so, it didn’t take away from what was a great trip.

The captain went above and beyond, arranging for us to catch an earlier ferry back to the mainland and coordinating our driver so we weren’t left waiting around. Despite the seasickness, it was an excellent experience overall, and I’d happily recommend this charter to anyone looking for a well-run and memorable fishing adventure in Bali.

Not sure fishing in general is so amazing on Nusa Lembongan at this time of year but Manu was great, certainly better than our first attempt (trawling) with another guide. 
Manu’s english is good and he has a very nice personality.
We caught some reef fish.