Darwin’s Best Fishing Trips

Full Day Reef & Sport Charter

On our full day charters, we travel to some of the best fishing destinations in the Northern Territory. Our highly experienced team tailors each fishing charter to suit the tides, weather conditions and time of year to ensure we produce the best results for our guests.  

Your day will begin with a meet and greet at Dinah Beach Boat Ramp in Darwin at about 7am (tide dependant), followed by a safety briefing and an outline of the plan for the day. After our introduction, we will travel to our first destination. You will be served a light breakfast along the way. 

Your day will include a wide variety of reef and sport fishing (as outlined below) at a number of destinations throughout the day. Upon arrival at each destination, your fishing guide will provide you with all the tutoring and assistance required for you to master the various techniques. Plenty of snacks, cool drinks and lunch are available to keep your energy and hydration up through out the day. 

You are of course welcome to keep or release the fish you catch. Many guests like to keep their catch and take it home with them. Our team will clean, fillet and bag your fish to take home. Please note our team adheres strictly to Northern Territory fishing regulations and bag limits.

Full Day Charter Rates

Shared Charter

Individual Rate – $535 per person
There will be a maximum of 6 guests on your shared charter

Private Charter

Private Charter Rate for up to 5 guests on ‘Offsure’ – $2675
Private Charter Rate for up to 6 guests on ‘Reel Work’ or ‘Seastar’ – $3150
Private Charter Rate for 7  guests on ‘Reel Work’ – $3675
Private Charter Rate for 8 guests on ‘Reel Work’ – $3960

Half Day Reef & Sport Charter

Our half day charters cater for those that are time short. On our high speed vessels, we will visit some top fishing destinations close in to Darwin. Our highly experienced team will tailor your fishing charter to suit the tides, weather conditions and time of year to ensure we produce the best results we can for our guests.

Depending on conditions, we may run our half day charters in the morning or afternoon. If you have a preference please let us know at the time of booking.

After our introduction, we will travel to our first destination. Your half day charter may include reef and/or sport fishing. We are very time short on our half day charters, so we can’t incorporate as much variety as our full day charters. Sometimes we may only do sport fishing, other days only reef fishing and some days a bit of both. Our half day charters provide a taste of the full day experience. Upon arrival at each destination, your guide will provide you with all the tutoring and assistance required for you to master the various techniques. Plenty of snacks and cool drinks are available to keep your energy and hydration up through out the charter.

Half Day Charter Rates

Please note our half day charters are seasonal and not available all year round. Please contact us to discuss.

Shared Charter

Individual Rate – $350 per person
There will be a maximum of 6 guests on your shared charter

Private Charter

Private Charter Rate for up to 5 guests on our Stabicraft ‘Offsure’ – $1750
Private Charter Rate for up to 6 guests on ‘Reel Work’ or ‘Sea Star’ – $2100
Private Charter Rate for up to 7 guests on ‘Reel Work’ – $2380
Private Charter Rate for up to 8 guests on ‘Reel Work’ – $2640

Availability

We operate our full day reef and sport fishing charters all year round.
If your preferred date is unavailable on our live booking system, please join the waiting list or contact us to discuss. We may still be able to accommodate your booking or we will likely have availability on another charter eg. Barra or Billfish.

‘Well worth the money. Have done some others and they don’t compare!’

Tripadvisor Review – Full day charter
DouganKaren, Darwin

Inclusions

  • Experienced fishing guide/skipper
  • High quality Shimano fishing equipment. We provide 3 seperate outfits per person to suit the various techniques throughout the day.
  • Light breakfast and lunch (full day charters only)
  • Plenty of snacks
  • Refreshments including cool water, juice and soft drinks
  • No additional costs for lost lures and jigs!
  • Our team will fillet clean and bag your catch and provide you with ice for you to take your catch home
  • Our team can freeze your fillets at our base and pack into an airline approved seafood box, for you to fly/transfer your fish back to your home state.

Techniques

  • Jigging
  • Casting
  • Trolling
  • Soft plastics
  • Bottom fishing with bait

Target species

  • Reef/bottom fishing with bait and soft plastics for Black Jewfish, Golden Snapper, Red Emporer, Coral Trout, Grass Emporer, Bluebone, Saddletail etc.
  • Casting poppers and stickbaits for pelagics such as Giant Trevally and Queenfish
  • Jigging for Spanish Mackerel
  • Casting jigs and lures for Longtail Tuna

What to bring

  • Polarised sunglasses
  • Cap
  • Camera
  • Change of clothes if fishing in the Wet Season
  • Alcohol is BYO

*Please note sunscreen, bug spray and water bottles are provided

‘It exceeded all expectations. The boat, the food and the fishing. We spent about 3 hours pulling in Queenies and GT’s left right and center, one after the other, even all five of us hooking up at the same time!’

Facebook review – Full day charter
Scott Butson

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