Captain
José Serrão

Member since October 2014 Funchal, Portugal
Background
Captain José Serrão was born on Madeira Island in April, 1973. At the age of 15 he emigrated to South Africa with his family, living in Cape Town for 12 years and working for commercial fishing in the area. In the year 2000, he returned to Madeira Island and has since been working as a captain for Madeira Big Game Fishing Company aboard the vessel "Our Mary."
Techniques
The boat "Our Mary" comes fully equipped with fighting chair by GameFisher, Riggers, Rod's and Reels (by Shimano) and Lures. Tackle is provided with Shimano Tiagra fishing reels: " 130", "80" and "50". We do Big Game Fishing trawling for the big Blue Marlins, White Marlins, Spearfish or Billfish, Big Eye Tuna, Blue Fin Tuna, Albacore Tuna, Dourados (Mahi-Mahi), Wahoos and Barracuda! We also do some Skate Fishing for Stingrays and Tope with Shimano reels weighing 30 pounds. Light tackle also provided for Bottom Fishing like Red snappers, Groupers, trigger fish, Amberjacks, Blue fish, breamfish, mackerel fish, etc.

Hey, I'm Captain José Serrão

Funchal, Portugal
Background
Captain José Serrão was born on Madeira Island in April, 1973. At the age of 15 he emigrated to South Africa with his family, living in Cape Town for 12 years and working for commercial fishing in the area. In the year 2000, he returned to Madeira Island and has since been working as a captain for Madeira Big Game Fishing Company aboard the vessel "Our Mary."
Techniques
The boat "Our Mary" comes fully equipped with fighting chair by GameFisher, Riggers, Rod's and Reels (by Shimano) and Lures. Tackle is provided with Shimano Tiagra fishing reels: " 130", "80" and "50". We do Big Game Fishing trawling for the big Blue Marlins, White Marlins, Spearfish or Billfish, Big Eye Tuna, Blue Fin Tuna, Albacore Tuna, Dourados (Mahi-Mahi), Wahoos and Barracuda! We also do some Skate Fishing for Stingrays and Tope with Shimano reels weighing 30 pounds. Light tackle also provided for Bottom Fishing like Red snappers, Groupers, trigger fish, Amberjacks, Blue fish, breamfish, mackerel fish, etc.

My Charter Listing

Excellent
4.5 / 5
(136 reviews)
Funchal
Trips from US $225

Fishing Reports

Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
4.5 / 5
out of 5 stars from 136 reviews
Boat
Excellent
4.6 / 5
Crew
Excellent
4.6 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.2 / 5
Photos & videos by reviewers (84)
Thats Fishing
Top boat, Captain and crew
Big game and bottom fishing
+81
Angler rating
84
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Anglers claimed
Good experience
74%
Friendly captain
98%
Recommend this charter
85%
Appropriate for children
54%
Satisfied with the boat
99%
Caught fish
53%
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Ondřej Z.

The captain canceled

VERIFIED   NEW  October 5, 2025
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Simon G.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Overall

Great trip!!

VERIFIED   NEW  Half Day Trip (AM) - Shared on October 12, 2025
It was a wonderful experience, we had many opportunities to bottom fish and attempt some big game fishing too. The captain...
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Yana V.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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September fishing trip

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (AM) - Shared on September 25, 2025
went fishing in Madeira and had a wonderful experience! Everything was very well organized — they gave us delicious tuna...
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Andy T.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Top boat, Captain and crew

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (AM) - Shared on August 18, 2025
Captain José was extremely welcoming and knowledgeable with snack, drinks and food a plenty.The fish god wasn’t quite on...
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Santeri K.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Really nice day!

VERIFIED   Full Day Trip - Shared on July 10, 2025
I had a really nice day fishing and trolling. Bottom fishing filled up a bucket it was nice to catch differenf kind of hungry...
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