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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
(43 reviews)
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Trips from US $177

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Rating summary
Excellent
4.8 / 5
out of 5 stars from 44 reviews
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Boat
Excellent
4.8 / 5
Crew
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.7 / 5
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January fishing trip
November fishing trip
Fun, easy going and also exciting day out!
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Angler rating
37
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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
53%
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Andrew S.
Pompano Beach, FL
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Overall

Wonderful day

VERIFIED   Winter Big Game Fishing 4h (AM) on November 11, 2022
5 stars to the crew. They made for a wonderful day and the icing on the cake was they spotted a wounded sea turtle and rescued...
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Liam G.
London, United Kingdom
Excellent
4.7 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Very good
4.0 / 5
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Hard days fishing

VERIFIED   Exclusive Big Game Fishing (PM) on July 21, 2022
As we all know , with fishing you are not guaranteed to catch. But you need a crew determined to help. We caught 4...
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Neil S.
Funchal, Portugal
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Overall

July fishing trip

VERIFIED   Exclusive Morning Big Game Fishing on July 19, 2023
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Mฤrtiล†ลก B.
Stockholm, Sweden
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Overall

May fishing trip

VERIFIED   Winter Big Game Fishing 4h (AM) on May 3, 2023
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Melvyn Y.
Lisbon, Portugal
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Overall

Full day

VERIFIED   Winter Big Game Fishing 7h on May 9, 2022
Fun day and great friendly crew (shame the fish werenโ€™t feeding) but crew gave all they could to catch
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