Fair Dinkum Fishing Charters
Fair Dinkum Fishing Charters
Fair Dinkum Fishing Charters is located in Townsville and offers to show you a memorable time in these waters.
Skipper David will do his best to make sure you have a fun day full of fishing. This involves 8-hour trips, mainly fishing for Barramundi, Trevally, Bream, Queenfish, Threadfin Salmon, and Grunter, depending on the season and conditions on the day. On these trips, you can expect to use techniques such as light tackle, bottom bouncing, trolling, fly fishing, bow fishing, jigging, popping, and spinning.
Your fishing adventure starts on a 20' Double Barrel boat that can safely take up to 9 fishos. This boat comes with 2 eskies.
All rods, reels, and terminal tackle are included in the price so you can focus on what really matters, fishing. Your trip will include all the necessary fishing licenses for the day. The boat will be supplied with drinks for your pleasure, be sure to let the skipper know if you have any questions or want to bring your own.
Book your trip now and hit the water with Fair Dinkum Fishing Charters.
Fair Dinkum Fishing Charters is located in Townsville and offers to show you a memorable time in these waters.
Skipper David will do his best to make sure you have a fun day full of fishing. This involves 8-hour trips, mainly fishing for Barramundi, Trevally, Bream, Queenfish, Threadfin Salmon, and Grunter, depending on the season and conditions on the day. On these trips, you can expect to use techniques such as light tackle, bottom bouncing, trolling, fly fishing, bow fishing, jigging, popping, and spinning.
Your fishing adventure starts on a 20' Double Barrel boat that can safely take up to 9 fishos. This boat comes with 2 eskies.
All rods, reels, and terminal tackle are included in the price so you can focus on what really matters, fishing. Your trip will include all the necessary fishing licenses for the day. The boat will be supplied with drinks for your pleasure, be sure to let the skipper know if you have any questions or want to bring your own.
Book your trip now and hit the water with Fair Dinkum Fishing Charters.
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Emily LauRepeat angler5.0Verified5 Hour Charter with Captain Dave
Private 4 – Hour Trip on December 7, 2025 • 7 adults7 of us had a great day out on the water with Captain Dave. The trip was well-run, relaxed, and we ended up catching a good variety of fish (catfish, baby sharks, several types of bream, salmon, stingray etc). Out of everything we caught, we were able to take home 3 sizeable ones. Dave took us to two different fishing spots, and the boat ride was enjoyable. We also had a sausage sizzle on board at the second spot. Overall, though, we really enjoyed the charter and would happily recommend it to others looking for a fun day out on the water. We would love to do this again at a different time to be able to catch other types of fish. Thank you again to Captain Dave!
Chris And Rachelle Rigoni4.7VerifiedGreat trip, very interesting and learning experience
4 – Hour Trip on July 19, 2026 • 2 adultsWe throughly enjoyed our whole trip with David and the guys, so much fun, laughs and knowledge. We caught threadfin salmon, queen fish, bream and something very very big that got away!
Bobby Diver5.0VerifiedKNOWLEDGE IS KEY
4 – Hour Trip - 12:00 PM on December 6, 2025 • 1 adultFair Dingkum, David ( skipper) has a great deal of knowledge and experience and not afraid to share it , was a great fun day had by us all 💪🤙❤️
Lincoln Ablett5.0VerifiedProfessional with a great sense of humour
Private 8 - Hour Trip on September 27, 2025 • 2 adultsThe day was almost perfect and my son and I had a great time and we couldn’t ask for a better operator than Dave, his exceptional fishing and boating skills and knowledge made everything go smoothly. We were lucky enough to see many of the animal species in the area including a sea eagle, pelicans and even a 4 metre croc to name a few, of course we caught several species of fish and a muddy and one big beautiful Barramundi. We had a great day thanks Dave, Cheers Lincoln & Andrew
Aditya Pathania5.0VerifiedAuthentic experience
4 – Hour Trip on May 4, 2025 • 2 adultsVery knowledgeable captain. Worked very hard to make this a very enjoyable experience for all. If you want to learn or experience fishing around North Queensland this certainly doesn't disappoint!
Rodney Prestia5.0VerifiedGreat day with a great captain
Private 4 – Hour Trip on May 19, 2024 • 6 adultsA great day Dave was very helpful and an all round top bloke . Nothing was too much of a drama and we got some nice fish and great crabs . Dave makes you feel like a mate not a client and we felt like we were out on a mates boat having a laugh and a fish with the boys it was awesome
Dominic HillRepeat angler5.0VerifiedCaught some barra
8 - Hour Trip on October 22, 2023 • 1 adultFishing guide David went out of his way to get me onto a few Barra. He knows the Bohle river like the back of his hand and delivered the good with us bagging out on keeper sized fish. Very happy thanks skipper! I’ll book again next time I’m in town.
Isa Lawson5.0Verified10/10 woohoo!
4 – Hour Trip - 12:00 PM on October 2, 2023 • 2 adultsWe had a great time with David! A very knowledgeable fella, 10/10 dad jokes and amazing free sausages! Gave him a tip and he gave us an extra hour of great fun, would definitely go again 😊
Michael John5.0VerifiedHad a fantastic time Dave the skipper was so accommodating went out offhis way to insure we caught so.e good fish
4 – Hour Trip on April 20, 2022 • 2 adultsHighly recommend you fair dinkum fishing charters got good eating fish Dave the skipper great block lots local knowledge, and just went out off his way to see that we got what we wanted FISH. Thanks again Dave for a fantastic day I go back Adelaide Friday will definitely be back up here and will be going out again
Rachael Harvey5.0VerifiedHalf Day Trip with David
4 – Hour Trip on July 10, 2022 • 2 adultsHeading out with David was like going fishing with a mate. He really looked after us. We went after some Makeral, but soon realised David has plenty of options, whether you are into crabbing, barra or some offshore fishing. Good value. Already thinking about next trip 👍
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We had such a great time with Fair Dinkum Fishing Charters! The whole experience was relaxed, fun and really enjoyable from start to finish. David Leigh was friendly, knowledgeable and made sure we had a great time out on the water. We managed to catch a few fish to bring home too, which made the day even better! 🎣 Such a good way to spend a few hours in Townsville and we’d definitely recommend them to anyone looking for a fishing charter. We’ll absolutely be back again!
7 of us had a great day out on the water with Captain Dave. The trip was well-run, relaxed, and we ended up catching a good variety of fish (catfish, baby sharks, several types of bream, salmon, stingray etc). Out of everything we caught, we were able to take home 3 sizeable ones. Dave took us to two different fishing spots, and the boat ride was enjoyable. We also had a sausage sizzle on board at the second spot. Overall, though, we really enjoyed the charter and would happily recommend it to others looking for a fun day out on the water. We would love to do this again at a different time to be able to catch other types of fish. Thank you again to Captain Dave!
work booked the charter and to be honest i was a little apprehensive because it wasnt a deep sea charter but i was completely wrong david put us on to some big fish it was awesome caught first barra but had to release due to season everyone hooked up to at least one monster and there was 6 of us one the boat would love to go again especially on season highly recommend he will definitely put you on to the big fish and he was a legend
had a great morning out with Dave, highly recommend a trip out with him backed by his vast local knowledge and great fishing stories, on ya Dave , thanks again Mate
The captain, Dave was very knowledgeable & we had a great time, pity there were not more fish around to catch.
FAQs about Fair Dinkum Fishing Charters
- AU $220 per person - 4 – Hour Trip (4 hours)
- AU $220 per person - 4 – Hour Trip - 12:00 PM (4 hours)
- AU $330 per person - 8 - Hour Trip (8 hours)
- AU $1,100 per group, additional AU $230 per person after 4 guests - Private 4 – Hour Trip (4 hours)
- AU $1,100 per group, additional AU $230 per person after 4 guests - Private 4 – Hour Trip - 11:00 AM (4 hours)
- AU $1,800 per group, additional AU $320 per person after 6 guests - Private 8 - Hour Trip (8 hours)
- GPS
- Fishfinder 2x Garmin 125 ultra
- Live bait well
- Ice box 2 140-liter eskies
- Rods, reels & tackle
- Live bait
- Lures (Replacement on lure casting tour)
- Drinks (Water)
- Fishing license
- River fishing
- Inshore fishing
- Nearshore fishing
- Flats fishing
- Light tackle
- Bottom fishing
- Trolling
- Spinning
- Jigging
- Popping
- Fly fishing
- Bowfishing
- Barramundi
- Bream (Black)
- Bream (Fingermark)
- Flathead
- Grunter (Javelin)
- Queenfish
- Snapper (Mangrove)
- Threadfin Salmon
- Trevally (Giant)
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Barramundi
Bream (Fingermark)
Flathead
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