Far Far North

Imagine yourself fishing the crystal clear deep blue of the outer Far Far North Great Barrier Reef due east of Cape York where literally no one has ever fished before. Casting to Giant, and I mean Giant 50+ pound Trevally's, Red Bass, Snapper and others that will really test your skills on the reef edges. Or cast and troll for Mahi-Mahi, Dogtooth and big eye Tunas, Marlin and more on the drop offs of the warm fish rich Coral sea interspersed with never fished coral reefs. Use cut baits or plugs for delectable Coral trout, the "Blue spot" or "Oceanic" variety that grow to 50lb in these outer reef waters along with scores of other delectable hard fighting reef dwellers. You might be the first to catch a bonefish on fly in Australian waters from one of the numerous coral cays and massive reef flats that abound in this undiscovered, never (and I mean literally NEVER) fished area that does not even have hydrographical survey charts let alone any angling preasure. This is just too exciting.


Pacific sailfish	Mahi Mahi, we call them "Dolphin Fish"


50+ pound Giant Trevalley, released	Spanish Mackeral, "Hot fat release".. onto the barbecue

With our new mothership and fleet of larger skiffs and sport fishers we now have the ability to explore this remote marine wilderness fishing these magnificent waters in unsurpassed comfort and safety. November thru March when the South Easterly trade winds have laid down is locally referred to as the doldrums. This is when we will explore with the light variable winds and warm tropical sun during the day and the possibility of evening and night tropical showers to polish the air for a brilliant sunrise over the Coral Sea, the start of another days adventure. By 4pm with enough light left to secure safe anchorage after a big day out in the skiffs we will be in a secure sheltered reef or island lagoon for the night, late afternoon fishing in these anchorages from the skiffs may well surpass anything from anywhere else you have experienced prior to this trip before the night spent in air-conditioned comfort in your twin share cabin after a beautiful meal and relaxing drinks from the bar with the company of friends. These trips are the leading edge of fishing holiday safaris any where in the world.


Ladies and couples specially catered to in the double bed ensuite cabins, Green Jobfish.	Part of "Tropic Paradise" crew with evening caught Red Emperor

Scheduled trip dates are laid down for the 2003 / 2004 season and beyond. Please see the rest of this site for details of our magnificent mothership and the standard of the complete fishing holiday packages we offer. Don't hesitate to contact us with any enquire.

Click here for a map and description of the Great Barrier Reef east of Cape York Please see the trip reports archive for up to date pictures from these trips. GBR trips itinerary

PLEASE BE ADVISED. SUBJECT TO CHANGE DUE WEATHER AND OTHER SEASIONAL FACTORS AT THE DESCRETION OF THE MASTER. DAY ONE 7.45am check in Aerotropics. Collected at Bamaga Airport 10.15 transferred to the mother ship departing 11.00am. Traveling the rest of the day trolling rigging equipment. Arrive outer GBR around midnight. DAYS TWO through SIX fishing from skiffs either guided or self drive (in the close company of the skiffs with the guides therein). DAY SEVEN morning fishing session only. Steaming back to Seisia arriving in the early evening. This could and does sometimes change to a staged return via Dugong Island allowing more fishing time, a different location, different species and the experience a of remote deserted island. DAY EIGHT Transferred to the airport for the flight to Cairns arriving Noon. If you departed Cairns on a Tuesday you will return Cairns on a Tuesday.

These GBR trips are extremely weather dependent. All care has been taken to schedule these trips in the best possible windows of prediction for suitable conditions. Weather can do anything and it could be the case that a scheduled GBR trip does not proceed to the GBR. If this is the case the trip will be to either the West coast of Cape York or the Jacky Jacky estuary system as per the details of the website. This is totally at the discretion of the master and all persons joining these trips need to understand this.