Barracuda in action
Getting the fish into the boat!
Barracuda!
Trolling close to the coastline this day resulted in a nice Barracuda!
First fishing trip after lockdown!
Finally, we can go out fishing again!! After 10 weeks in lock down using the time for maintenance and upgrades on the Gavito, yesterday we did our first fishing trip. We left the marina at 1500 hours and put out a full spread targeting tuna. The conditions looked promising and we headed west towards […]
Nice Mahi Mahi for Michael
We left Calheta Marina at 0800hrs with Michael and his girlfriend on board. The targeted species for this trip was Amberjack so we started trolling close to the shore on 5-20 meters depth. The water was nice and clear and the tide was coming in so our chances looked very promising. After 30 minutes of […]
David draws an Amberjack
David and his son Matt chose a 1/2 day bottom fishing trip with Gavito. We left the marina a 1130 hrs. to catch the incoming tide. We motored to the West end of the Island and started to fish some of our favourite spots but the fish were a bit scarce and not very big. […]
Great day Mixed Fishing on Gavito
Neil and his son were celebrating Matt’s 21st Birthday which was on the 11th. On the day he caught a 650 lbs Blue Marlin on Our Mary out of Funchal (Well done Josie) and on the 12th they joined Gavito for a full day of mixed fishing. We started out bottom fishing and caught plenty […]
Another great day jigging
Terry Smith of Jigabite.co.uk had a second day exploring the possibilities for jigging in Madeira. We fished for 4 hours on the flood tide and Terry had 4 hits, landing one of them. A medium sized Red Snapper. We were hoping to hook up on Amberjacks and Grouper, but that was not to be. That’s […]
A good way to end the day!
A nice 4 hours bottom fishing topped off with coming back to the house to enjoy the days catch with a beer and a glass of wine in the beautiful sunshine. Fish caught were Trigger fish, red snapper and cardinal wrasse. They were caught on shrimp in 50 / 60 meters of water.