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Big Game Fishing in Madeira |
The Madeira Island Fishery has a rich but relatively short history. The
fishery was discovered some 30 years ago and visiting anglers have
traditionally targeted Blue Marlin, Big eye tuna and shark. Dr. Antonio
Ribeiro was supposedly the first person to catch a blue marlin off
Madeira bringing ashore a fish of 740 pounds in 1973. His sons Antonio
and Joe to this day religiously fish for Blue Marlin and carry on in
their fathers footsteps.
Madeira has over the past years has produced some of the world’s
largest blue marlin, which is also reflected by the results of the
annual July 4th Blue Marlin World Cup. Madeira was World Cup winner in
1995, 1996, 1997 and narrowly missed the World Cup fish in 2000. This
year’s result was a second place.
The marlin season in Madeira runs from May through to October, with a
fish average of about 700 lbs. About one in every ten is that fish of a
lifetime, a grander blue marlin. These huge creatures swim in its
predominantly calm blue waters, with the run to reach these leviathans
being practically non-existent. In fact it is not uncommon to catch
fish within 1 kilometre of leaving the marina! Add to this a delightful
temperate climate in which to fish, and all of this set in a safe,
civilised European environment you'll see why there is no finer
Atlantic Blue marlin fishery. For these reasons now some of the most
famous names in fishing such as Stewart Campbell, Jerry Dunaway, James
Roberts, Tracey Melton regularly make their way to Madeira for the
summers and those world record fish….
As Madeira's warm blue waters change to a cooler green the fishing also
undergoes a transformation. The marlin gradually leave, replaced by
shoals of big-eye tuna and albacore. These pelagic migrants provide the
angler with some truly world class tuna fishing from February to May.
Big-eye tuna of 150 lbs+ are regularly caught with fish in excess of
200 lbs being far from uncommon. Albacore whilst not reaching the
weights of the big-eye tuna do provide the angler with worthwhile sport
on lighter tackle.
Join us and catch the fish of your dreams with Balancal.
Visit the website here: www.madeira-marlin.com
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