Fishing in Portugal
57 species across 52 spots
Portugal offers fishing across 52 spots with 57 species in marine, brackish, marine, marine, freshwater, brackish waters. Suitable for beginner to expert anglers.
Top Spots
Renowned for producing some of the largest Atlantic Blue Marlin in the world, Madeira is a top spot during the summer months.
This protected lagoon system is a haven for Dorade, offering shallow waters and a complex network of channels.
Seamounts and ridges around the Azores Islands are known for their abundant Splendid alfonsino populations.
57
Species
52
Spots
Species
57
Gilthead seabream
Sparus aurata
marine, brackish
Patzner's goby
Lebetus patzneri
marine
Common dentex
Dentex dentex
marine
Madeiran sardinella
Sardinella maderensis
marine, brackish
Splendid alfonsino
Beryx splendens
marine
Atlantic bonito
Sarda sarda
marine, brackish
Senegalese sole
Solea senegalensis
marine
European seabass
Dicentrarchus labrax
marine, freshwater, brackish
Albacore
Thunnus alalunga
marine
Blackspot seabream
Pagellus bogaraveo
marine
Drab longfin gurnard
Lepidotrigla calodactyla
marine
Southern rock bass
Paralabrax callaensis
marine
Plain bonito
Orcynopsis unicolor
marine, brackish
Sparus atlanticus
Sparus atlanticus
Lesser spotted dogfish
Scyliorhinus canicula
marine
Fries's goby
Lesueurigobius friesii
marine
Narrow-snouted pipefish
Syngnathus tenuirostris
marine
Sepedonium hyalospinosum
Sepedonium hyalospinosum
Dogtooth grouper
Epinephelus caninus
marine
Common dolphinfish
Coryphaena hippurus
marine, brackish
Diaphus suborbitalis
Diaphus suborbitalis
marine
Blackbellied angler
Lophius budegassa
marine
Mead's lanternfish
Diaphus meadi
marine
Scomber liza
Scomber liza
Skipjack tuna
Katsuwonus pelamis
marine
Atlantic bluefin tuna
Thunnus thynnus
marine, brackish
Shortfin mako
Isurus oxyrinchus
marine
Quagga goby
Pomatoschistus quagga
marine
Boulenger's snaggletooth
Astronesthes boulengeri
marine
Serranus cretaceus
Serranus cretaceus
Atlantic mackerel
Scomber scombrus
marine, brackish
Sargassumfish
Histrio histrio
marine
Bolin's lanternfish
Protomyctophum bolini
marine
Plectrogenium nanum
Plectrogenium nanum
marine
European conger
Conger conger
marine
Leptostomias robustus
Leptostomias robustus
marine
Bigeye tuna
Thunnus obesus
marine
Splendid snaggletooth
Astronesthes splendidus
marine
Cynolebias akroa
Cynolebias akroa
freshwater
Black lantern fish
Lampanyctus niger
marine
Blue marlin
Makaira nigricans
marine
Atlantic white marlin
Kajikia albida
marine
Bigeye sand tiger shark
Odontaspis noronhai
marine
Highfin lizardfish
Bathysaurus mollis
marine
Ebinania brephocephala
Ebinania brephocephala
marine
Tautog
Tautoga onitis
marine, brackish
Shortbill spearfish
Tetrapturus angustirostris
marine
Coryphaenoides oreinos
Coryphaenoides oreinos
marine
Glyptorhynchus sulcatus
Glyptorhynchus sulcatus
Indo-Pacific blue marlin
Makaira mazara
marine
Coelorinchus radcliffei
Coelorinchus radcliffei
marine
Error Seamount Catshark
Bythaelurus stewarti
marine
Longwing spinyfin
Diretmoides pauciradiatus
marine
Small-eyed abyssal eel
Haptenchelys parviocularis
marine
Tucker's frostfish
Benthodesmus tuckeri
marine
Epigonus ctenolepis
Epigonus ctenolepis
marine
Vaillant's grenadier
Bathygadus melanobranchus
marine