Cairns trip October 2011

robby017 · October 23, 2011, 14:34:30 CET

Excluding the flight from here to Aussie and back.... how much would a trip like that cost you?

twoutes · October 23, 2011, 23:59:43 CET

Quote from: robby017 on October 23, 2011, 14:34:30 CET
Excluding the flight from here to Aussie and back.... how much would a trip like that cost you?

There are many charter operators that operate out of Cairns during the 'Heavy Tackle' season which runs from the end of September through till late November.

And also a few different options on boat sizes depending on what tye of charter you want to do. Day trip charters can cost anywhere from $1000 to $2000 per day, but only gives you a small window of time to do actual heavy tackle fishing, as its a couple of hours run out to the fishing grounds from the marina, and usually the 'hot bite' time is towards the end of the day, and you're already making the run back home.

What l reccommend is doing the 'Live on Board' Charter which means you spend the nights anchored in behind the protection of one of the massive reefs of the Great Barrier Reef. Not only do you get to experieance quality night time fishing, but also have time in the mornings for some sports fishing, spearfishing or just a snorkle on the reef, and then its a few minutes run to the outside of the reef where the marlin congregate, and fish till dark or sometimes through the night if you're hooked up on a beast.

A suitable boat to do this type of charter is equiped with state rooms, well equiped galleys, freezers, washing machine, water desaltinaters etc etc etc meaning that your doing it in comfort. These type of boats are skippered and usually also include two crew and start from around $3000 per day. If you are interested l would highly recommend doing it with 3 other good friends and each pay for one day each, making a four day charter a good time frame to enjoy the full experienace.

The first time l did this with my friends we thought it was going to be a once off experiance, and more that 10 years later l'm still finding myself up there, though nowadays l'm invited to join the crew, and help with looking after the clients catching fish, recording their experianaces and maknig more good friends.

If any on here is seriously considering doing any type of fishing here in Australia, just let me know and l'll be more than happy to hook you with the right people.

Put yourself in this picture

Cheers.

Joe

twoutes · October 30, 2011, 08:15:30 CET

Just a very short clip of some of the highlights from my recent trip.
I'm off again in a few weeks and hope to get some more great footage and photos to share with you all.

cla144 · October 30, 2011, 08:48:48 CET

Fantastic experience :-) well done

baghira · October 30, 2011, 09:49:44 CET

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH my god....
What an experiance.....
You made me remember of my Liveabord diving trip to the Red Sea......

What an experiance guys....
I would take twoutes advice.... Never go on such a trip for a day fishing/diving etc....
Always opt for a Liveabord......
You reach places you would never in a day, diminish most of the hassle, and enjoy the best times in divin/fishing in the right spots. Besides the experiance of sipping a shot of whiskey beside a beautiful reef, in the middle of nowhere.....
wowow

robby017 · October 31, 2011, 09:45:54 CET

thanks joe......... better start saving up, hehe

Saupe · October 31, 2011, 15:36:09 CET

What an experience

Thanks for sharing .

twoutes · November 06, 2011, 06:19:00 CET

Thanks again for the comments guys.

Here is part 2 which l just finished editing.

......I'm off again on the 18th of November for another go...YIPPEE!!!

benri · November 06, 2011, 09:00:10 CET

..............WOW!

baghira · November 06, 2011, 13:27:49 CET

Amazing....
I can say no more....

malvizzu · November 06, 2011, 14:27:37 CET

Simply fantastic. Great footage once again. Thanks for sharing.

twoutes · November 27, 2011, 06:14:08 CET

I have just arrived back home to sunny Melbourne (NOT!) from a seven day charter for Ichoro Takahashi from Japan.
We left Cairns Marina and headed straight out to Linden Bank, with the usual spell of bait fishing along the way.

Bait wasn't as plentyfull as it was on the last trip, but Ichiro still enjoyed seeing variouse other species comming into the boat. One of the highlights while trolling up bait was a huge Wahoo of about 40lb, caught on a TLD20, that got eaten by sharks at the back of the boat....Darn!

We continued further up as far as Escape Reef trolling baits, but also swam some of Dan's favorite Bluedog Lures along the way. One lure called 'the bomb' went of within a couple minutes of me putting it on the peg, resulting in a 250lb Black Marlin which we bought into the boat for some quick snaps, and then released after a short spell swimming it at the boat.
Earlier that day we caught a 900lb Black which put on a great show for us as it leaped in a huge semi cirlce.....video clip still to come.

Apart from Marlin fishing, Ichiro also enjoys catching sharks, and it wasn't very hard at all to entice some on a striped tuna bait which were plentyfull

Once again spear fishing sessions provided some nice coral trout for dinner before the closure a few day before the end of the trip. We hooked up, and dropped a few more marlin along Opal Ridge and Spur Reef, and spent our last day back at Linden Bank, where we watched Dammo on Saltaire chasing down a 900lb Black Marlin with his son Jake, only 16 on the leader with his first Big Fish!

We also caught a Marlin at Linden Bank on a Rainbow Runner we rigged up as a swim bait. This fish went crazy on the leader, and spat the hook while in flight, and all captured on video.
Buy the looks of things its been a great season this year with many many boats tagging and releasing huge marlin, and once again lots over the magical 1000lb mark.
I'm physically back in Melbourne, but my mind is still back up in Cairns......at least l've got a box full of fish to enjoy over ther next week or so.

robby017 · November 28, 2011, 10:30:53 CET

*drool* :-p very nice joe

twoutes · November 28, 2011, 10:36:29 CET

Thank you

I've just finished downloading another short clip from that trip.

Its a great way to quickly send clients footage of their fishing trips.

I've still got to put a longer version, burn it on DVD, and post it out. Takes a lot of time, but l love it

chrifene · November 28, 2011, 17:58:07 CET

Very nice videos .. thanks for sharing your adventures