Tangier Tuna ExperienceBluefin Charter
Where the Atlantic narrows into the Mediterranean, the giants gather. You came for the fish. You'll remember the silence before the strike.
The corridor where two seas meet, and giants pass through.
Atlantic Bluefin Tuna have followed this route for millennia, threading the Strait between the open Atlantic and their Mediterranean spawning grounds. Few places on Earth concentrate them in such density. Even fewer captains know these tides the way men born on this coast do.
- Explosive topwater strikes
- Deep, technical battles
- Consistent action through the season
- A rare blend of pelagic & bottom fishing
Dr. Saad Mrabet
Thirty years a doctor. A lifetime on the sea.
He is, first, a doctor.
For three decades, Saad has practiced general medicine in Tangier. He later complemented that training with the Eastern disciplines: cupping, acupuncture, moxibustion. Western precision learned from textbooks. Eastern intuition learned by hand.
He reads the Strait the same way he reads bodies. By current, by wind shift, by the angle of the birds at first light. Small signals. The things most people miss.
He never made fishing his profession. He chose, instead, to keep it the way most of us only hope to keep anything. As a passion. A second life. The one not measured in hours, fees, or schedules.
That is why you'll find him at the helm of the Outrage 25 in waters other captains rush across to reach their next charter. Saad doesn't rush. He has nothing to prove and nowhere else to be.
The trip is won the night before.
By the time you board at first light, Saad has been working since four in the morning. Sea-surface temperatures cross-checked. Current rips from the previous tide mapped. Calls to captains on the Spanish side, comparing notes.
Every leader checked. Every knot tied by hand. The kind of obsessive groundwork most clients never see, and always feel.
You arrive with coffee. He arrives with a plan, a backup, and a contingency.
- 04:00Currents, tides, sea-surface temperatures
- 05:00Phone the captains across the Strait
- 06:00Every leader, every knot, by hand
- SunriseYou step aboard.
Adaptability is everything.
Bluefin in the Strait don't bite the same way two days in a row. Saad reads the conditions in real time and switches gear, depth, and presentation accordingly. No two trips run the same. And they shouldn't.
Boston WhalerOutrage 25
Built for offshore performance, safety, and comfort. Fast enough to chase the bite across the Strait. Stable enough to fight a giant standing up.
- Power
- Twin Mercury 150HP 4-stroke
- Range
- Strait-wide capable
- Electronics
- Advanced marine suite
- Rig
- Pro sport-fishing equipped
See it in motion.
What a day on the Strait actually looks like. Sound on.
Music: “Rocket” · Kevin MacLeod · CC-BY 4.0
Arrive empty-handed.Everything is ready.
No compromises. Top-tier setups for every technique we use. Maintained between trips, rigged for the day's conditions, ready when you board.
- Popping setupsIncluded
- Jigging rodsIncluded
- Trolling spreadsIncluded
- Live & natural bait rigsIncluded
- Fly tackle on requestIncluded
Twelve frames.The fish, the man, the Strait.
The Fish
Bluefin. Sailfish. Amberjack. Marlin.
The Captain
Sometimes a doctor. Always a fisherman.
The Strait
Where two seas meet.
Gyotaku: the trace of the living.
Two years into the practice.Foreign artists already fly in to learn from him.
Saad picked up Gyotaku, the traditional Japanese art of fish printing, two years ago. Since then, artists have travelled to Tangier from abroad to study the discipline with him. The same eye that draws him to Eastern medicine drew him to this.
“Fishing captures the moment. Gyotaku preserves its soul.”
If you choose, the fish you land is inked, by his hand, onto rice paper. A one-of-one. Signed. Yours to roll up and carry home, frame in Tangier, or ship from the marina.
No other charter in the Strait offers this. Few in the world.
“Catch your fish first,then take your fish print.”
Bluefin are released after the print is taken. The fish swims on. The art stays. We fish for the experience, not the body count.
Designed for those who want more.
- Serious anglers chasing Bluefin in their natural corridor
- Travelers who value a captain, not a salesman
- Anglers who notice the difference between rushed and rigged
- First-timers welcome. Guided, never patronized
The essentials.
- Location
- Tangier Marina, Morocco
- Fishing Area
- Strait of Gibraltar
- Target Species
- Atlantic Bluefin Tuna
- Season
- May to October. Peak for bluefin.
- Duration
- Full day. Approx. 8 hours.
- Capacity
- 3 anglers maximum
- Techniques
- Multi-technique. Adapted on the day.
- Gear
- Fully included
- Pricing
- On request
He sees patients on weekdays.He takes guests when the tides are right.
Saad runs a small number of trips each season. Not because demand isn't there, but because the rest of his life isn't going anywhere. Bluefin season is short. Bookings are personal.
- Deposit
- 30% confirms the date. Balance settled before departure.
- Weather
- Trip rescheduled or fully refunded if conditions cancel the day.
- Cancellation
- Deposits are non-refundable unless cancelled for weather.
- Season
- May to October. Limited dates per month.