Fishing Reports

Fishing reports from the Cairns marlin fishing season for giant black marlin as well as all other billfish and marlin fishing destinations across Australia. Game fishing reports from destinations such as Port Stephens, Gold Coast, Townsville, Broome and Exmought.

On board Rodney Flood’s new 47 Riviera SEADUCTION with Shane Steer on the sticks, Ben Steer reports some red hot…

Cairns big marlin season daily update: Again the internet is making things difficult depending where you are on the reef! …

Reports from Cairns continue to trickle in. Capt. Ross Finlayson on Bounty Hunter gave me a catch up from his first…

The windy weather have stirred up the fish on the reef with plenty more fish moving into the edge in…

While conditions were less than idea yesterday there has been some good fishing in the rough water!  Capt. Darren “Biggles”…

Updated Mon Oct 1: Happy public holiday Monday everyone. Reports are still scarce with the fleet spread wide along the…

First reported ‘grander’ of the 2018 big marlin season was released yesterday on Matt Thompson’s Townsville-based Kianja. Matt tells me…

2018 Australian Junior Billfish Tournament Over two days fishing in magic weather, 9 teams and 24 Junior or Small Fry…

Cairns hotting up While the weather has been less than desirable, the fishing is definitely ramping up. Yesterday was the…

Big marlin season has begun and the big marlin report has come in overnight from the happy crew on board…

Updated 20 September: Capt. Ross McCubbin’s Lucky Strike released a stripey on the Gold Coast and also missed two blue…

A reminder that there are still dates available – if you’re interested in organising a trip for season 2018, check…

Glad to see the Bolton’s small boat team get up for the win! Innisfail Billfish Tournament 2018 Results  Champion Team…

Whitsundays Hayman Island in the Whitsundays is currently experiencing some of the best billfishing in years. Once known as a…

North Queensland: Heavy tackle has begun with Cairns local Tom Hinrichs getting their first black marlin at Linden Bank on…