Fair Dinkum Fishing Charters 

4.3
(84 reviews)
 5 Somer Street, Townsville, QL 4812, Australia

Fair Dinkum Fishing Charters 

Townsville, QL, Australia
20 ft
9
4.3
(84 reviews)

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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4 – Hour Trip
FREE Cancellation 7 days notice
4 hour trip multiple starting times (7:00 AM, 12:00 PM)
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US $286
Shared tour: 2 people
8 - Hour Trip
FREE Cancellation 7 days notice
8 hour trip starts at 7:00 AM
US $429
Shared tour: 2 people
Private 4 – Hour Trip
FREE Cancellation 7 days notice
4 hour trip multiple starting times (7:00 AM, 11:00 AM)
US $716
Entire boat: up to 4 people
Private 8 - Hour Trip
FREE Cancellation 7 days notice
8 hour trip starts at 7:00 AM
US $1,288
Entire boat: up to 6 people
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Rating

4.3
84 reviews
4.5
Boat & equipment
4.4
Captain & crew
4.2
Fishing Experience

Anglers' gallery (59)

What anglers say

69%
Great experience
90%
Family friendly
90%
Friendly captain
92%
Good boat
79%
Recommended
58%
Caught fish

Reviews (84)

  • Emily Lau
    Emily Lau
    Repeat angler
    au
    Australia
    Member since 2025
    2 trips
    5.0
    Verified

    5 Hour Charter with Captain Dave

    Private 4 – Hour Trip on December 7, 2025 • 7 adults

    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!

  • Lincoln Ablett
    Lincoln Ablett
    au
    Australia
    Member since 2025
    5.0
    Verified

    Professional with a great sense of humour

    Private 8 - Hour Trip on September 27, 2025 • 2 adults

    The 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

  • Chris And Rachelle Rigoni
    Chris And Rachelle Rigoni
    au
    Australia
    Member since 2026
    4.7
    Verified

    Great trip, very interesting and learning experience

    4 – Hour Trip on July 19, 2026 • 2 adults

    We 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 Diver
    Bobby Diver
    au
    Australia
    Member since 2025
    5.0
    Verified

    KNOWLEDGE IS KEY

    4 – Hour Trip - 12:00 PM on December 6, 2025 • 1 adult

    Fair 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 💪🤙❤️

  • Aditya Pathania
    Aditya Pathania
    au
    Australia
    Member since 2025
    5.0
    Verified

    Authentic experience

    4 – Hour Trip on May 4, 2025 • 2 adults

    Very 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 Prestia
    Rodney Prestia
    au
    Australia
    Member since 2024
    5.0
    Verified

    Great day with a great captain

    Private 4 – Hour Trip on May 19, 2024 • 6 adults

    A 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 Hill
    Dominic Hill
    Repeat angler
    au
    Australia
    Member since 2023
    2 trips
    5.0
    Verified

    Caught some barra

    8 - Hour Trip on October 22, 2023 • 1 adult

    Fishing 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 Lawson
    Isa Lawson
    au
    Australia
    Member since 2023
    5.0
    Verified

    10/10 woohoo!

    4 – Hour Trip - 12:00 PM on October 2, 2023 • 2 adults

    We 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 John
    Michael John
    au
    Australia
    Member since 2022
    5.0
    Verified

    Had 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 adults

    Highly 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 Harvey
    Rachael Harvey
    au
    Australia
    Member since 2022
    5.0
    Verified

    Half Day Trip with David

    4 – Hour Trip on July 10, 2022 • 2 adults

    Heading 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 👍

Rating

4.3
84 reviews
4.5
Boat & equipment
4.4
Captain & crew
4.2
Fishing Experience

Anglers' gallery (59)

What anglers say

69%
Great experience
90%
Family friendly
90%
Friendly captain
92%
Good boat
79%
Recommended
58%
Caught fish

All reviews (84)

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Emily Lau
Emily Lau
Repeat angler
au
Australia
Member since 2025
2 trips
5.0
Verified
5 Hour Charter with Captain Dave
Private 4 – Hour Trip on December 7, 20257 adults

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!

Lincoln Ablett
Lincoln Ablett
au
Australia
Member since 2025
5.0
Verified
Professional with a great sense of humour
Private 8 - Hour Trip on September 27, 20252 adults

The 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

Brian Bailey
Brian Bailey
au
Australia
Member since 2026
5.0
Verified
New
Fishing with David
4 – Hour Trip on August 13, 20263 adults

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

Grant Wilson
Grant Wilson
au
Australia
Member since 2025
4.7
Verified
first barra yew
Private 4 – Hour Trip - 12:00 PM on November 2, 20257 adults

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

Reported catch:
Barramundi
Mangrove Snapper
Fingermark Bream
Wendy Nelsen
Wendy Nelsen
au
Australia
Member since 2026
5.0
Verified
It was a great afternoon.
4 – Hour Trip - 12:00 PM on July 8, 20262 adults

The captain, Dave was very knowledgeable & we had a great time, pity there were not more fish around to catch.

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What is the boat like?

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Boat category
Skiffs and flats boats
Capacity
9 persons
Boat length
20 ft
Year built
2011
Restored in
2022
Boat manufacturer
Double Barrel
Boat type
Aluminum fishing
Engine model
Yamaha
Powered by
1 x 90HP
Max cruising speed
28 knots
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