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.

I heard from Sunshine Coast GFC Club Captain Brent Higgins, back home on the Sunny Coast after his successful run…

Two more of the NQ Light Tackle Billfish Tournaments are coming up over the next week starting with the Mission…

We’ve all heard of some pretty significant catches during the annual run of bluefin tuna off the sounthern states this…

Catch up reports from a family day on the water celebrating Father’s Day for the Rayment family. Bruce says that…

It was an exciting final day’s fishing for the Mike Carney Toyota Townsville Billfish Challenge, with the top three boats…

Things are hotting up on the leaderboard of the Townsville Billfish Challenge with 1 day of fishing to go! The…

There were a few more hotspots around on Day 2 which spread the fleet across the grounds off Bowling Green. …

The shotgun start (from which Billy The Kid smoked the entire fleet on the run to the marlin grounds). KEKOA…

The marina is filling with teams ready to compete in the Mike Carney Toyota Billfish Challenge which kicks off with…

Just a few short days now until the start of the Mike Carney Toyota Townsville Billfish Challenge. A few boats…

Cairns has been quite consistent this week with Capt. Darren “Biggles” Haydon on Bounty Hunter encountering marlin (and mackerel) on every…

Fin Clip Samples Needed University of Queensland Honours student Sam Williams, working closely with Dr Julian Pepperell, is hoping to…

A few Cairns marlin season shoutouts The Ladies Ribbons Tournament committee are still looking for boats. If your boat is…

It’s hard not to get excited about fishing for little black marlin, especially when conditions are this good. After a…

Another great fishing report, this time from the NQ West Coast (Weipa) and on board Ben Bright’s Last Cast yesterday….

Capt. Kim Andersen and wife Natalie have been having some more fun post-tourney with the light tackle black marlin off…