Skip to main content
Madeira Fishing
Madeira Fishing

About

About Madeira Fishing Tours

Independent reviews of every Madeira sport-fishing charter, written by a licensed sea captain with 16 years on Madeira big-game boats. No advertorial, no captain pay-to-play, no inflated review summaries.

Who we are

Lead reviewer is Miguel Pereira, a Funchal-based licensed sea captain who's worked deck on grander-class marlin catches during Madeira's Blue Marlin World Cup era. Miguel runs the monthly catch log used by several local charters and writes every captain review himself after a paid client trip.

Editorial oversight, fact-checking, and pricing audits are coordinated by the same independent Madeira-based editorial team that covers boats, jeeps, diving, biking, and wine touring across the island.

Why this exists

Most "Madeira fishing charter" listicles are SEO-padded affiliate spam ranked by FishingBooker commission rate, not by captain quality. Big-game vs bottom gets confused. Family-friendly options are mis-categorised. Catch-and-release regulation is glossed over.

A €1,000 big-game day with the right captain in peak marlin season is one of the great experiences in sport fishing. The same money on the wrong day with the wrong captain is heartbreak. We tell you which is which.

How we work

  • Quarterly captain sampling. Miguel takes a current-season trip with each major captain every quarter — big-game, bottom, shared, family.
  • Audits as fee-paying clients, never disclosed in advance. Captain experience, boat condition, tackle quality, mate competence, catch-and-release handling assessed from the buyer's seat.
  • Catch logs cross-checked against FishingBooker + The Billfish Foundation tag-and-release records.
  • Pricing refreshed quarterly from operator websites + our own bookings. Last-verified date on every captain and price page.
  • We never accept hosted trips without disclosing them.

How we make money

We earn affiliate commission when you book through GetYourGuide, Viator, or FishingBooker links on this site. The commission is paid by the platform, not by you — your price is identical whether you click through us or go direct. We disclose this on every page that contains affiliate links.

For private group bookings or tournament-week prep, contact us via WhatsApp. We don't sell ad placements, accept comped trips for placement, or rank captains by commission rate.

Trust + accuracy

Every captain, species, and guide page shows a "Last verified" date and the verifying author. If you find something out of date — pricing changed, captain retired, link broken — we want to know.

Email hello@madeirafishingtours.com or message us via WhatsApp. We update verified content within 7 days.

Start here