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

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(139 beoordelingen)
Funchal
 3 boekingen in de afgelopen week.
Trips vanaf US $230

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Top boat, Captain and crew

GECONTROLEERD   Half Day Trip (AM) - Shared op Augustus 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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Írisz G.
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Good fishing

GECONTROLEERD   Half Day Trip (PM) - Shared op December 28, 2025
Our first of fishing was nice, memorable and the crew was great, thanks you for that.
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Santeri K.
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Really nice day!

GECONTROLEERD   Full Day Trip - Shared op Juli 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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Derek C.
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Big game fishing day

GECONTROLEERD   Full Day Trip - Shared op Juni 28, 2025
No luck catching but a great day out. Super friendly skipper as well as the staff in the office. Although we didn’t catch...
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Bahar F.
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Great fun

GECONTROLEERD   Half Day Trip (AM) - Shared op November 3, 2025
Great fun and a very professional crew. Highly recommend this tour!
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