We, the members of the sea fishing club Werneuchen/Germany, were able to spend four fantastic fishing days off Madeira at the end of September with the crew of Gavito Madeira Fishing Charters, Capt Anders and the fishing guides, Alphonso and David.We received great care from the crew of the boat “Gavito”. The food, drinks and guiding were excellent. We caught a 220 lbs. yellowfin tuna. The drill lasted into the night and the captain and crew gave the angler great support.We were particularly enthusiastic about the bottom fishing with the crew of the Gavito. We caught quite a few big snappers in one day and were thrilled.At all times Capt. Anders and his crew fantastic. One of the best we have ever experienced in fishing guiding in the world. We will come back in any case.

Had 2 great days on board the Gavito with Capt. Anders David and Alonso. We are family of 4 and everyone really enjoyed the time fishing. Went out trawling to the spot where we started bottom fishing and caught some nice Snappers and Trigger.
For lunch we had some nice Sandwiches prepared by the captains wife. After lunch we started trawling and hooked up to my son’s favourite fish ( Mahi Mahi). We decided to let him swim again as he was hooked nicely and we had enough fish already. On the way back to the marina the crew called a restaurant and made sure that they would prepare the fish for us.
We really enjoyed the fresh and tasty fish with some great Vinho Verde. Day 2 we went out for the big fish. We caught a good size Snapper for dinner. and then went trawling. Trawling was great as we saw a lot off Marine life, dolphins, wale, shark, turtle, flying fish and big tunas hunting and jumping out of the water. We hooked up to a good size tuna but unfortunately lost it. That’s fishing! We want to thank Captain Anders, David and Alonso for a great time and we will be back for more as we need that fresh Tuna Sashimi on the boat.

Thx again Anders, David and Alonso!

Best Wishes
Thomas, Moni, Jeremy and future Captain Johannes

Spent a day trolling for big game with Captain Anders and his excellent team.  No fish unfortunately but this was certainly not for want of trying!  (Virtually none of the boats in Calheta had bites that day)

I had my wife and 2 small kids with us.  Perfect size boat for 4 with a good front section where the kids spend time spotting dolphin and odd flying fish.

Equipment was excellent. Definitely geared towards catching large fish!
We changed over lures a couple of times through the day as well as adjusting teasers so were putting in effort to get some form of bite.  Captain Anders kept us out a 1/2 hour extra to see if that managed to translate into bite as well

Overall excellent day, friendly Captain and crew and a great equipment. I am sure we will be back next year!

Highly recommended.

My wife and I have fished on charter boats all over North America.  There are charter personnel that work as individuals and those that work as teams.  This is the best team I have ever worked with:  Capt.Anders, David, and Alphonso.  They truly magnify their efforts through teamwork.

We fished for two half-days separated by one day.  On the first day, there was little action.  I was very pleased with the effort I saw.  This team of professional fishermen showed they definitely knew how to fish.  We looked forward to the next day’s fishing.

On the second day, we had a couple of bytes, but no matter what we tried, bottom or trolling, nothing significant.  Since Captain Anders did not have an afternoon booking, we even added some time, but as we started to go in, all hell broke loose.

The real started screaming.  We hooked into something big, really big.  Through the teamwork of the captain and crew three hours later, we landed a 240 pound, 60” girth, 75” long Big Eye Tuna.
 
I had no worry about the quality of the equipment, as it is all-new, top-of-the-line gear.  The boat is immaculate.  With this charter, the fishing team, the gear, the boat, and the bait, give you the best odds you will have against fish.

Superb 4 hour fishing trip on Gavito.
We started out trolling for Bonito & Barracuda which had been good the previous day but didn’t return any fish today but that’s not unusual. The trip was in honour of my wife’s birthday & Capt Anders had got his wife to bake us some little cakes which we had with excellent coffee from a tiny portable espresso maker.
Next we went for deeper fish & the wife reeled in a lovely big Red Snapper which despite its size came up easily with the fantastic electronic reels assistance.
We tried a few more spots including finishing off with a wreck site that returned bream, grouper & a tropical green & blue small fish
Lastly Captain Anders pulled out an unexpected bottle of bubbles so we all had a toast.
Overall this was a wonderful trip on one of the best days in terms of sunshine of this spring. I couldn’t recommend the Gavito highly enough. These guys treat you as guest & friends not as customers and love to see new friends catch fish.
Thank you to Captain Anders & the Gavito kid (sadly didn’t catch his name but he was a great deck hand)
If you’re not sure who is good go with the Gavito & you’ll not be sorry - they are genuine & offer good value for money.