Airlie Beach Fishing Adventures
Airlie Beach Fishing Adventures
We’ve changed our business name to reflect our new playground Airlie Beach Fishing Adventures and we think sums it up pretty darn well. Join Jim for a fishing adventure, available year-round. All trips are family-friendly and suitable for anglers of all skill levels. Whether it’s your first time holding a rod or you’re here to level-up your game, you’re at the right place.
Jim is proud to be skippering his own spacious purpose-built vessel to suit your individual needs. This 20’ Stessco center console is capped at 4 passengers plus crew to provide a more intimate setting along with more one on one time with the skipper. She’s powered by a 200 HP Yamaha engine and features modern navigational electronics, a live bait tank, an esky, and quality fishing gear by Shimano.
The beautiful waters of the Whitsundays offer a variety of fishing spots with all kinds of fish species. You can expect Coral Trout, Tropical Snapper, Sweetlip Emperor, Nannygai, Mackerel, and more. Switch between trolling, bottom fishing, and spinning to catch your favorite fish. You can have the whole boat to yourself, or take a shared trip and join other anglers.
We’ll take care of your fishing equipment, food, and drinks. You only need to bring along something to take your catch home in and it’s recommended to bring your sunglasses, hats, and long sleeve shirt.
Airlie Beach Fishing Adventures looks forward to welcoming you aboard soon for your next fishing adventure!
Customer reviews
Rating summary
Photos & videos by reviewers (76)
+73Angler rating
Anglers claimed
Good experience
98%
Appropriate for children
85%
Friendly captain
100%
Satisfied with the boat
100%
Recommend this charter
98%
Caught fish
98%
Jul 6, 2025
Half Day Trip (PM)
Half day trip
We were a party of 4 from the uk and booked a half day trip. Jim was very knowledgeable and friendly. Put us on the fish straight away and we came away with 13 keepers, 4 different species, 3 in Jim's top 5! Jim expertly filleted our catch and recommended we take them to the Anchor Inn. They prepared an absolutely amazing meal for us within 40 minutes of arrival, cooking the fish 3 different ways. It was the perfect end to the trip. Fish from sea to table in under 5hrs.
We were a party of 4 from the uk and booked a half day trip. Jim was very knowledgeable and friendly. Put us on the fish straight...
Jul 2, 2025
Half Day Trip (AM)
Awesome fishing
Jim provided top notch service, great hospitality and he knew some great fishing spots. This was my first fishing charter with my son and Jim basically did everything for us i.e baiting line and filleting the fish. He knew some great spots and we haulled in a lot of fish of a wide variety. The boat was setup perfectly with all the tech and amenities. Would highly recommend Jim's fishing charter to anyone, novice or experienced fisherman.
Jim provided top notch service, great hospitality and he knew some great fishing spots. This was my first fishing charter with...
Oct 25, 2025
Half Day Trip (AM)
fishing Whitsundays
Jim was a champion had us right onto the fish and caught at least 4kg of reef fillets in 4 hours. special catch was a 65cm Tusk fish. Jim filleted everything which made it a clean get away. Recommended morning fishing experience from Airlie Beach.
Jim was a champion had us right onto the fish and caught at least 4kg of reef fillets in 4 hours. special catch was a 65cm Tusk...
Apr 18, 2025
Half Day Trip (PM)
Best fishing tour ever- highly recommend
Communication with Jim was super easy. He was extremely knowledgeable, accommodating and also helpful, patient and kind to myself and parents who were fishing for the first time. We caught some amazing variety of fish both large and small and were given recommendations on how to cook it. He also filleted and bagged everything up for us. The whole charter was smooth sailing start to finish. Overall just had an awesome day, catch and feed. Will defs book Jim and his charter tour again next time. Thanks for having us!
Communication with Jim was super easy. He was extremely knowledgeable, accommodating and also helpful, patient and kind to myself...
Oct 9, 2025
Full Day Trip
Fishing with Jim
Perfect skipper, always there to help out and teach, and bait up, will be back next year, caught everything we wanted, just don’t wear crocs on the boat 😂😂
Perfect skipper, always there to help out and teach, and bait up, will be back next year, caught everything we wanted, just don’t...
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Customer reviews
Rating summary
Photos & videos by reviewers (76)
+73Angler rating
Anglers claimed
Good experience
98%
Appropriate for children
85%
Friendly captain
100%
Satisfied with the boat
100%
Recommend this charter
98%
Caught fish
98%
Experience:
Boat
Crew
Overall
Half day trip
Half Day Trip (PM) on July 6, 2025
We were a party of 4 from the uk and booked a half day trip. Jim was very knowledgeable and friendly. Put us on the fish straight away and we came away with 13 keepers, 4 different species, 3 in Jim's top 5! Jim expertly filleted our catch and recommended we take them to the Anchor Inn. They prepared an absolutely amazing meal for us within 40 minutes of arrival, cooking the fish 3 different ways. It was the perfect end to the trip. Fish from sea to table in under 5hrs.
We were a party of 4 from the uk and booked a half day trip. Jim was very knowledgeable and friendly. Put us on the fish straight away and we came away with 13 keepers, 4 different species, 3 in Jim's top 5! Jim expertly filleted our catch and recommended we take them to the Anchor Inn. They prepared an absolutely amazing meal for us within 40 minutes of arrival, cooking the fish 3 different ways. It was the perfect end to the trip. Fish from sea to table in under 5hrs.
Experience:
Boat
Crew
Overall
Awesome fishing
Half Day Trip (AM) on July 2, 2025
Jim provided top notch service, great hospitality and he knew some great fishing spots. This was my first fishing charter with my son and Jim basically did everything for us i.e baiting line and filleting the fish. He knew some great spots and we haulled in a lot of fish of a wide variety. The boat was setup perfectly with all the tech and amenities. Would highly recommend Jim's fishing charter to anyone, novice or experienced fisherman.
Jim provided top notch service, great hospitality and he knew some great fishing spots. This was my first fishing charter with my son and Jim basically did everything for us i.e baiting line and filleting the fish. He knew some great spots and we haulled in a lot of fish of a wide variety. The boat was setup perfectly with all the tech and amenities. Would highly recommend Jim's fishing charter to anyone, novice or experienced fisherman.
Experience:
Boat
Crew
Overall
fishing Whitsundays
Half Day Trip (AM) on October 25, 2025
Jim was a champion had us right onto the fish and caught at least 4kg of reef fillets in 4 hours. special catch was a 65cm Tusk fish. Jim filleted everything which made it a clean get away. Recommended morning fishing experience from Airlie Beach.
Jim was a champion had us right onto the fish and caught at least 4kg of reef fillets in 4 hours. special catch was a 65cm Tusk fish. Jim filleted everything which made it a clean get away. Recommended morning fishing experience from Airlie Beach.
Experience:
Boat
Crew
Overall
Best fishing tour ever- highly recommend
Half Day Trip (PM) on April 18, 2025
Communication with Jim was super easy. He was extremely knowledgeable, accommodating and also helpful, patient and kind to myself and parents who were fishing for the first time. We caught some amazing variety of fish both large and small and were given recommendations on how to cook it. He also filleted and bagged everything up for us. The whole charter was smooth sailing start to finish. Overall just had an awesome day, catch and feed. Will defs book Jim and his charter tour again next time. Thanks for having us!
Communication with Jim was super easy. He was extremely knowledgeable, accommodating and also helpful, patient and kind to myself and parents who were fishing for the first time. We caught some amazing variety of fish both large and small and were given recommendations on how to cook it. He also filleted and bagged everything up for us. The whole charter was smooth sailing start to finish. Overall just had an awesome day, catch and feed. Will defs book Jim and his charter tour again next time....
Experience:
Boat
Crew
Overall
Fishing with Jim
Full Day Trip on October 9, 2025
Perfect skipper, always there to help out and teach, and bait up, will be back next year, caught everything we wanted, just don’t wear crocs on the boat 😂😂
Perfect skipper, always there to help out and teach, and bait up, will be back next year, caught everything we wanted, just don’t wear crocs on the boat 😂😂
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