Xavi and KJ were fantastic guides. Within 45 minutes of leaving the marina, we were catching fish (4 sea bream on 1 line!). We fished for sea bream and mackerel for about 90 minutes (and caught too many to count). Then we went trolling for tuna and caught 2 Albacore tuna at the same time (Xavi said that hadn’t happened to him in years).

Afterwards, KJ brought us and a bunch of the sea bream and Mackerel (Xavin kept the Albacore to sell off) to a local beach bar/restaurant where they cleaned and cooked the fish for us. Absolutely fantastic experience and certainly the highlight of our vacation.

After a warm and hearty greeting from captain Javi and KJ at the harbour, we went far out onto open sea were we started with trolling. Chances were good to get some little tunny, if we could locate them while they were on the hunt. As everyone knows, sometimes you need to be patient, but captain Javi had out fullest trust. It took us some time to find hunting fish, but when we did, we finally had our first strikes.
Unfortunatelly, we did not manage to hook them properly, but it was really spectactular seeing the tunny chase the little fish, while seagulls where hitting the surface to feed aswell.
Finally, it was just bad luck that after several strikes, we did not manage to properly hook and bring in our desired target fish. Hooks were sharp, found the hotspot, and the captain went far and beyond to find this honey hole. But we all know it, that‘s fishing… sometimes it‘s just not meant to be…
As we were already an hour over our booked time, captain Javi and KJ decided to make a last attempt to bring us a nice trophy fish. And then, suddenly all hell broke lose! One of the rods bent hard, and the reel started singing like a fat opera lady on steroids. Our pulses went bonkers, since we knew we had hooked something big. I had a hard and long drill, and as the fish finally came up to the surface, we were all in complete awe to see that it was an imperial swordfish!!! What a freaking beauty! I brought it carefully to side of the boat where captain Javi was ready with a huge landing net. But the fish had other plans. In a last attempt, it tried to make a last run, and one of the free dangling trebles got caught in the net. The headshakes were so hard and powerful, that it managed to break the hardbait, bend the hooks straight (high quality Owner hooks) and escape…
Oh man, what a downer, we all couldn‘t believe what just had happened… BUT: like i said before, that‘s fishing, and maybe that day, it just wasn‘t meant to be.
After a few moments of disapointment, we were able to just be grateful to even have seen such an amazing fish (amongst other beautiful scenes, like a big sunfish cruising at the surface close to the boat). Next time, we will take them all!

To finish off the day, we took a slow drift over a plateau for some „fun fishing“ with jigging and bottom fishing, where we caught a lot of smaller fish in all varieties. I need to emphasize that this was already nearly two hours later than what we had paid for! So great respect to the captain and his first mate for sacrificing their sunday time and doing everything they could to provide us with the best fishing experience possible.

All in all, captain Javi and KJ are THE crew you want to hire if you want to have the most competent and BEST fishing trip in Barcelona. Thank you guys, we will meet again!

When we arrived at the port, KJ and Nacho were extremely hospitable. The boat was very clean and organized. Their knowledge of the sea gave us the best experience possible, and we caught so many fish, including a blue fin tuna. Our guide Nacho helped me to land the biggest fish that I’ve ever caught. They took us to a wonderful restaurant at the port after our trip. Where we enjoyed great company and got to eat the fish that we had just caught. I did a lot of research prior to coming to Barcelona and I am so glad I did, because they exceeded my expectations. I highly recommend them if you are ever in Barcelona.

The Captain and Mate were very friendly and very kid friendly and very accommodating.  The experience went well beyond all my expectations!!  We caught alot of common fishes and even chased a big tuna!!  We were very close to catching it but it suddenly got away.  We highly recommend them to anyone.  When we come back, we will surely hire then again!!

Excellent day on the water with Captain Nacho and crew. Exceptional knowledge of the area, guaranteed to catch fish. Speaks very good English. You can’t go wrong with Captain Nacho.