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Magic Dolphin Atividades Maritimas Lda

Member since August 2014 Funchal, Portugal
Background
Madeira Marlin - Balancal is run by Magic Dolphin Atividades Maritimas Lda, specializing in excellent game fishing and incredible customer services. Their captains are experienced, passionate, and will do everything to provide their customers with an incredible fishing experience. Born in the Madeira, Captain Fabio Abreu grew up on the sea, surrounded with boats and fishing. He used to worked many years in Magic Dolphin Catamaran, but his heart was always in fishing. When opportunity came, we did not think twice about putting Fabio in charge of Balancal big game fishing. He is one of the top captains in the area, specializing in pelagics.
Techniques
Trolling, bottom fishing, live bait, spinning, popping.

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Funchal, Portugal
Background
Madeira Marlin - Balancal is run by Magic Dolphin Atividades Maritimas Lda, specializing in excellent game fishing and incredible customer services. Their captains are experienced, passionate, and will do everything to provide their customers with an incredible fishing experience. Born in the Madeira, Captain Fabio Abreu grew up on the sea, surrounded with boats and fishing. He used to worked many years in Magic Dolphin Catamaran, but his heart was always in fishing. When opportunity came, we did not think twice about putting Fabio in charge of Balancal big game fishing. He is one of the top captains in the area, specializing in pelagics.
Techniques
Trolling, bottom fishing, live bait, spinning, popping.
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Madeira Fun Fishing

Excellent
4.8 / 5
(42 reviews)
Funchal
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No Reserve โ€“ Big Game Fishing

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Rating summary
Excellent
4.8 / 5
out of 5 stars from 43 reviews
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Boat
Excellent
4.8 / 5
Crew
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.7 / 5
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November fishing trip
Fun, easy going and also exciting day out!
Fun, easy going and also exciting day out!
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Angler rating
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Anglers claimed
Good experience
91%
Friendly captain
97%
Recommend this charter
84%
Appropriate for children
70%
Satisfied with the boat
97%
Caught fish
51%
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Ariana H.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Overall

Great time!

VERIFIED   Exclusive Morning Big Game Fishing on June 25, 2025
The crew and boat really made this an awesome introduction to Madeira. Although we didnโ€™t catch any fish we still had a great...
Ariana H. recommends Madeira Fun Fishing
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Victorien T.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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November fishing trip

VERIFIED   Shared Bottom Fishing Half Day on November 10, 2025
tres bonne partie de peche. equipage tres sympa
Victorien T. recommends Madeira Fun Fishing
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Geza B.

The captain canceled

VERIFIED   August 21, 2025
The charter operator canceled on trip date. This is an automated posting.
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Hill B.

The captain canceled

VERIFIED   July 21, 2025
The charter operator canceled 2 days prior to the trip date. This is an automated posting.
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Francesca W.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Overall

No fish today but a lovely trip all the same

VERIFIED   Winter Big Game Fishing 4h (PM) on March 2, 2025
We unfortunately didnโ€™t catch anything, but we did see Bottlenose Dolphins, had wonderful scenery. Crew were friendly and...
Francesca W. recommends Madeira Fun Fishing
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