Captain
Pigeot Jean-Pierre

Member since May 2014 Grande Riviere Noire, Mauritius
Background
Capt. Jean-Pierre has been sportfishing for over 20 years by now. A passionate angler, he's proud of his tournament record and in 2007 and 2013, he emerged as the winner of the coveted SIOBC - South Indian Ocean Billfish Cup. Among other notable achievements, he has also been a runner-up for the Marlin World Cup in 2004, and again in 2010, proving to you that he has just what it takes to land the ocean's biggest creatures. He promises to let you in on a few secrets to help you catch that trophy-sized beautye.

Hey, I'm Captain Pigeot Jean-Pierre

Grande Riviere Noire, Mauritius
Background
Capt. Jean-Pierre has been sportfishing for over 20 years by now. A passionate angler, he's proud of his tournament record and in 2007 and 2013, he emerged as the winner of the coveted SIOBC - South Indian Ocean Billfish Cup. Among other notable achievements, he has also been a runner-up for the Marlin World Cup in 2004, and again in 2010, proving to you that he has just what it takes to land the ocean's biggest creatures. He promises to let you in on a few secrets to help you catch that trophy-sized beautye.
93
Reviews
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Fishing Reports

My Charter Listings

Hooker 1

Excellent
4.6 / 5
(75 reviews)
Grande Riviere Noire
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Trips from US $350

Maui

Excellent
4.6 / 5
(18 reviews)
Albion
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Trips from US $500

Fishing Reports

Skipjacks and 523lbs blue marlin
Skipjacks and 523lbs blue marlin
Aug 2, 2015 Grande Riviere Noire
Great day for these first time fishermen. Started at 07h00 and after one hour, we came across hundreds of birds following a school of Skipjacks and as soon as we reached the school six of nine lines out started screaming and the action was on. Skipjacks everywhere and our customers were having fun. After a while and having caught around 15 Skipjacks, everything went quiet, could still see the birds and Skipjacks jumping around but no more bites....We did not give up and after one hour of moving around the school, we suddenly noticed a nice black shadow behind the teaser, no doubt it was a marlin! It left the teaser and went straight towards the lure on the shotgun and swallowed the lure straight away. The battle was on and after one and a half hour, it was done for these first time fishermen but it was not that easy for them. And the scale accused 523lbs for this nice blue marlin.
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Black marlin, yellowfin and bonito
Black marlin, yellowfin and bonito
Jun 14, 2015 Grande Riviere Noire
Started at 09h00 and went north for a change this time. Lot of rain and windy for the next three hours and no activity at the surface so we went to a nearby FAD and found lots of birds around. There we managed to catch seven yellowfin and three bonito and lost a few more. Customers were very happy as this was their first experience at sea. So we headed back slowly with a few lures at the back when suddenly at about 45minutes from the harbour the elastic on the short rigger snapped and that black marlin started jumping everywhere behind. After 30 minutes the fish was caught. Great day again on the Hooker 1.
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Non stop action
Non stop action
Jun 5, 2015 Grande Riviere Noire
Went for a night trip on Friday 06 june with some local customers. What a great time, non stop action with dogtooth tuna, trevally, , snapper, groupers and other bottom fish.
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Wahoo and dorados
Wahoo and dorados
May 26, 2015 Grande Riviere Noire
Our faithful customer Nigel came back again for a full day trip and again had a wonderful day with 17 wahoos and 3 dorados.
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Striped marlin, dorados and yellowfin.
Striped marlin, dorados and yellowfin.
May 19, 2015 Grande Riviere Noire
Another good day fishing on Hooker 1. Starting with some yellow fin and then found some dorados and managed to catch 10 nice dorados. And about one hour before coming back at around 5 miles from the harbour we caught a striped marlin.
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Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
4.6 / 5
out of 5 stars from 93 reviews
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Boat
Excellent
4.7 / 5
Crew
Excellent
4.7 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.5 / 5
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Hooker 1
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Angler rating
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Anglers claimed
Good experience
84%
Friendly captain
91%
Recommend this charter
95%
Appropriate for children
61%
Satisfied with the boat
100%
Caught fish
68%
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Yusuf T.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
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5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Helpful crew.

VERIFIED   NEW  Half Day Trip (AM) on August 19, 2026
we had been unlucky and couldnt catch any fish but the crew was helpful, experienced.
Yusuf T. recommends Maui
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Sébastien L.
Very good
3.3 / 5
Experience:
Good
3.0 / 5
Boat
Very good
4.0 / 5
Crew
Good
3.0 / 5
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Expecting something else

VERIFIED   NEW  Half Day Trip (AM) on August 1, 2026
Crew was nice but we got a strange feeling there. We had 3 small fishes in 6h. We would have appreciate to know...
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Petr B.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Super

VERIFIED   Full Day Trip on March 5, 2026
We didn’t catch any fish, but it was great.
Petr B. recommends Maui
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Riaan T.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Profesional

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (AM) on February 19, 2026
unfortunately no fish. only one boat out of 20+ boats got a marlin. its fishing, not catching but will use them again if im...
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John L.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Game fishing

VERIFIED   Full Day Trip on December 27, 2025
great day at sea , crew couldn’t do enough for you. targeted sharks unfortunately no success. 3 lovely yellow fins and a...
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