Fishing Port Douglas - Game Fishing, Sportsfishing & Reef Fishing Charters
Port Douglas is highly rated as one of Australia's and the world's premier sports fishing and game fishing holiday destinations. The fishing grounds of Port Douglas are exciting and very diverse when it comes to Game, Reef and River fishing, including flyfishing opportunities.
Port Douglas is embraced with natural world heritage listings and is nestled amongst the postcard tropical paradise that is Tropical North Queensland, showcasing the exclusive combination of the Great Barrier Reef meeting the Daintree Rainforest.
This region hosts the most productive black marlin grounds in the world producing the biggest strike rate of 1000lb fish and then complements this by producing over another possible 225 recognised sport fish and table fish from our closest coastal neighbour the Great Barrier Reef.
Light and heavy game tackle fishing and reef fishing opportunities include Blue and Black Marlin, Sailfish, Mackerel, Wahoo, Giant Trevally, Dogtooth Tuna, Coral Trout, Mahi Mahi, Tuna, Red Emperor and Sea Perch. We have a variety of quality vessels available at varying prices including mothership craft if required.
Within the local rivers and estuaries you can target another 75 potential species including the legendary barramundi on our back doorstep. Other targeted species include Queenfish, Mangrove Jack, Fingermark, Trevally, Threadfin-Salmon, Tarpon, Permit and a host of other species too numerous to mention!!
Whether it be a game fishing, reef fishing, estuary/ river fishing, flyfishing fishing or beach fishing, by booking via this website you are guaranteed to be involved in the most serious action on offer with some of the best local Port Douglas fishing charter operators.
Relating to the everyday and serious angler, local fishing identities, Heff and Jill are Port Douglas' owners of the successful local Line Burner fishing magazine which has been running now for over a decade. They are now proud to have an ongoing Line Burner DVD Fishing Series which has attracted national attention by distributors and TV interests.
Heff is a radio fishing reporter for Far North Queensland on ABC Radio on a weekly basis and also the QLD state-wide Prime Radio Network which covers all the major Qld commercial radio stations with an audience of 200,000 each Sunday morning. Further to this he represents the region with Queensland’s biggest fishing magazine with articles in QLD Fishing Monthly Fishing magazine which has alone an audience of 20,000 anglers purchasing it on a monthly basis. He also commits to a local weekly column in the FNQ Independent Port Douglas/ Mossman. When Heff recommends a fishing experience via this website it is with unquestioned passion from an angler’s point of view. There are individual operators which will promise the world yet can’t deliver at times. He wants you to have the best trip possible with the best in the business in Far Nth QLD.
The Port Douglas region is flooded with angling enthusiasts from all over the world and trying to access the best boats and the better days to fish cannot be guaranteed once you arrive. However, by pre-booking a trip this will eliminate this commonly overlooked factor and you are then giving yourself the better opportunity of catching the fish of a lifetime.
With an extensive knowledge of the local scene, suggestions on your accommodation choice and must-see sights is also available. Whether you are the experienced, average, beginner angler or the wilderness safari adventurer your needs will be catered for in this unique Far North Queensland destination.
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