Fishing Tours, Trips, Adventures, Safaris, Holidays and Charters - Australia

There is a huge variety of fishing tours, live-aboard fishing adventures, fishing trips and safaris available throughout Australia that cater for a wide variety of fishing types and experiences. These tours include deep sea, beach, estuary, reef, river, stream and lake fishing in a variety of habitats targeting various target species. Often fishing is included as one option of a general adventure tour lasting 5-14 days in remote locations. Half day, full day, week-long and extending tours lasting several weeks are available travelling either by boat, bus or car. Live-aboard angling safaris are available on purpose built day-trip vessels that feature great facilities and comfortable padded seating, live bait tanks, shade canopies, built-in ice box, and quality fishing tackle.

No matter what your fishing passion there a tour or trip available to suit your needs:

• Game fishing,
• reef fishing,
• fly fishing,

• sport fishing,
• shark fishing,
• barramundi fishing safaris,
• jigging,
• spear fishing or
• snorkelling on the beautiful Great Barrier Reef.

Some operators offer land-based accommodation in luxury tents, cabins or hotels for part of the trip. You can camp out amongst the stars.

Land based fishing trips are available using 4WD vehicles to access isolated fishing spots that are teeming with fish.

Other options include Fishing Charters and Fishing Lessons.

Some examples are:

Northern Territory
Darren's Barra Fishing Safari's is a quality operator that offers clients unique safaris tours to discover and fish in the magnificent bays, estuaries waterways, billabongs surrounding Darwin and the Northern Territory. The focus is the legendary Barramundi. Fishing charters are run all year round, except for the rainy season from late December and the end of February. These charters also target black jew, tuna, golden snapper, threadfin salmon, Spanish mackerel and mud crabs. Trips are also offered to the coastal estuaries, mainland billabongs, remote islands and offshore reefs.

Queensland
Join a magnificent offshore game fishing safari at Cairns, North Queensland, which is renowned as the black marlin fishing capital of the world. This is the perfect location to fulfil tour life's ambition to catch these magnificent fish in a beautiful environment. Enjoy the spectacular beauty and magnificent splendour of the World Heritage listed Great Barrier Reef and the Wet Tropics World Heritage area. Enjoy fishing for giant black marlin on board the modern sports fishing runabouts and return each day to the luxury accommodation on their stylish luxury mother ship and dine on the freshly caught Coral Trout and other seafood while enjoying a cocktail and a glass or two of Australian wines.

Western Australia
Davidsons Fishing Safaris offer fantastic adventures fishing and pig hunting in the remote Mount Borradaile area in the Northern Territory, in north-west Arnhemland. The billabongs and rivers of this beautiful isolated region are an angler's delight, and you will be targeting species such as the magnificent barramundi (up to 20kg in weight), tarpon, archer fish, black bream, alligator garfish and catfish.

Tasmania
Enjoy highland adventures in some of the world's best fly fishing for genuine wild trout in the magnificent Central Highlands of Tasmania, departing from Hobart. The Trout Fishing tours last from 1 to 6 days, and include all the gear you need - fly or spinner and lure gear, wet weather gear, lunches, waders, customized flyfishing boat. They provide tuition for the novice angler and transfers from your Hobart hotel to the Highlands. They also offer accommodation in the Highlands from Lodges to cabins and backpacker's for longer holidays.

New South Wales
Allie Hunter Charters, based in Sydney offers big game fishing, sport fishing, reef fishing. They also offer Sydney Harbour cruises. They have two wonderful game fishing boats that cater for up to 20 people, 10 people per boat.

South Australia
Flinders and Pearson Island Fishing Safaris offer 3 or 4 night long fishing trips to the remote and pristine West Coast of South Australia. You can depart from Adelaide and fly to Flinders Island by private aircraft and enjoy the incredible fishing surrounding Flinders Island and nearby Pearson Island. The species targeted include tuna, yellowtail kingfish, King George whiting, samsons fish, huge flathead and squid.

Victoria
Gamerec Charters offer a variety of fishing tours on Port Phillip Bay, and outside in Bass Strait. They target a wide variety of fish species, including the exciting Mako and Thresher Sharks. Charters generally leave the wharf between 5am and 7am each morning, to take advantage of sunrise, and premium fishing times. The crew will fillet, clean, fillet and bag your catch, ready for you to take home.

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