Mackay Fishing Charters

Reefari Charter 2011 Day 3

Ron — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 03:13:14 +0000

Time for the Maroons to put some runs on the board, and they were still keen to fish the deep. With these wide deep marks, it pays to look after them and not too fish them too hard, They can be susceptible to overfishing. The Shipping Channel off Mackay, is now suffering from several years [...]

Reefari Fishing Charter 2011 Day 2

Ron — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 03:11:40 +0000

It was Back to Incredible, and still firing with the Blues, and a good score on board, with more Nanny’s and Reds being caught. It’s hard to take, it was time again to head wide and hunt, Part of the thrill is now finding new fishing grounds and adding the Marks, and we were scoring [...]

Reefari Mothershipping Charter 2011

Ron — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:17:43 +0000

We must have done something right, with the weather gods looking favourably upon us with a forecast to die for, a Week of 5 – 10’s, and the odd 10 – 15. Raptor II, our trusty 10m Cougar Cat was in tow, ready for the cruise out to the Outer Great Barrier Reef for some [...]

Centurion Fishing Boat Charter Day 5

Ron — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 07:22:25 +0000

A trip of this nature opens your eyes to the sheer size and magnitude that this part of the world has to offer, as well the endless fishing possibilities. Every keen fisherman needs to experience this sort of wonderland once in the life, so stop dreaming and go mothershipping on the Great Barrier Reef.

Centurion Boat Charter Day 4

Ron — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 06:56:41 +0000

The day on the Centurion fishing boat was not wasted. Matt’s plan was to drift his 80 foot vessel over some of his favorite marks around this area. Again and again he did this with the precision that only comes from spending many, many years of at this type of fishing.

Centurion Fishing Charter Day 3

Ron — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 05:59:35 +0000

After breakfast it was into Raptor and off to the marks that had produced the outstanding fishing from the night before. The first drift was just pure pandemonium. Everyone hooked up immediately; groans could be heard from everywhere on deck as each angler did battle with his own monster of the deep.

Mothershipping Fishing Charter Day 2

Ron — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 03:26:13 +0000

Those of us that were left to fish from the mothership were spoilt for options, so I decided to fish from one of the three dories with good mate and neighbour, Scott Allard. Scott is one of those characters who just can’t get enough of fishing, and the look of anticipation on his face was truly priceless.

Mothershipping On The Great Barrier Reef

Ron — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 03:18:21 +0000

Greg regularly organizes such trips to the outer reef and to the Hardline, to cater for the fisherman who wants to experience fishing like no other. On previous trips we have headed out to the Hardline and beyond to chase this fishing Mecca, but on this occasion we would be steaming out investigate such reefs as Trogibee, Eaton, Denton and the reef area locally known as the Rats Tails which lay about 160km east of Mackay.

Reefari Mothershipping Adventure

Ron — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 03:36:35 +0000

Fourteen anglers have just returned from an awesome fishing adventure as Reefari Fishing Charters paired their 33ft Cougar Cat with the 80ft Centurion mothership to spend 5 days and nights fishing some remote reefs up to 200 km's out of Mackay. After steaming 12 hours through the night the group woke up to day 1 with the daylight breaking over the remote Trogabee reef and one real big problem…

Mothershipping Fishing Mackay

Ron — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 07:29:14 +0000

These Mothershipping trips range to the outer edge of the Great Barrier Reef with countless fishing destinations and choices and even out to the edge of the continental shelf. This is where Centurion is ideal for cruising these remote reefs, with huge fuel capacity to reach Bugatti Reefs, Kindemar and heaps more from 200 Kilometres,.