I booked two days fishing for a group of six, first day a combo of trolling and bottom fishing, the second was to be a full day bottom fishing…all confirmed by email.
The first day trolling started positively, the boat was in good shape and well equipped with good tackle.
After a few hours I asked when we would start the bottom fishing only to be told by the skipper and mate that there would be no bottom fishing that day as they had been informed that we only wanted to troll the first day and combo the second….how wrong could they get it?
I had to no alternative but to accept the first day of only trolling but insisted on a full day of bottom fishing the next day.
We didn’t catch a single fish the whole day but guess we were just a bit unlucky, the crew did try their best for us.
Second day…the bottom fishing tackle provided was very poor quality!
Some rods were in terrible shape with rings missing, half the reels had old mono line on them.
I don’t think the skipper was used to bottom fishing or knew any decent marks to target the bigger fish.
We caught only tiny reef fish in small numbers…tourist type trip and certainly not worth 1,000 euros for the day, we were very disappointed!!
This boat is really set up for trolling only, if you want to do any other method if fishing, try another boat.

The crew wre very friendly and helpful.
Unfortunately the fish weren’t playing ball this time, but the crew never gave up, trying different lures and areas.
That’s fishing.

Had 3 days fishing on the Lara Jade, the boat was exceptionally well maintained, the fishing equipment was 1st class Penn International 130’s, the crew were great, and did everything they should, hooking a 600lb Marlin on the first day set the Bar high, but the following 2 days resulted in nil, overall the experience was good, shame the fish failed to show the last 2 days. I would definitely fish with these guys again

Our second trip with Lara Jade and another successful outing catching a 50kg tuna. Crew very friendly and couldn’t do enough for us. Looking forward to next time.

Although I always enjoy fishing trips, I felt that I chose the wrong day. Whilst the crew did what they could, the actual fishing conditions were not quite at their best. I think the sea conditions were a little too choppy, with overcast conditions, which didn’t help either. Having said that, I would go again, but not in February.
What I did like was that fishing could start as soon as we were clear of the harbour and we didn’t need to travel many miles out to start fishing.
I would book and take another trip, probably July or August