Fish Tales Charters – River Rocket
Fish Tales Charters – River Rocket
Fish Tales Charters offers exciting estuary fishing adventures in the beautiful Trinity Inlet in Cairns, Australia. Skipper Darryl Wilson has been fishing the local waters for over 20 years, so he'll help you make the most of your day in these prolific waters!
You will fish aboard Vessel River Rocket – a 20' boat locally designed for the estuaries and river systems in Cairns. Powered by a 115 HP Mercury Outboard, it's fast and reliable when getting to the desired fishing areas. Fitted with the latest electronics, it will easily reveal what lies beneath the waterline.
The area is famous for the open waters, creeks, and the deep channel of the Cairns Estuary System. These waterways are an important part of the breeding cycle of juvenile fish and offer exceptional fishing for adult species.
Your targeted species will include, but not limited to, Javelinfish, Blue & King Threadfin, Queenfish, Trevally species including Golden and Giant, Mangrove Jack, Estuary Cod including Gold spotted & Black spotted, Bream, Flathead, Hairtail, Tarpon, and the prized catch Barramundi, to name a few!
Fishing Guide Darryl will supply all bait – live and dead, as well as tackle, top-quality rods, and Penn reels. On board are bottles of water, and the skipper will happily give advice on how to catch your target fish. Please bring along sunnies, a hat, a camera, and a few beers if you're up for it.
Terms & Conditions Apply. See our website for details. Check your email when completed.
Join Fish Tales Charters and explore these beautiful waters on the River Rocket, making some unforgettable memories!
And lastly, just come along and have fun! Your hosts, Darryl & Raewyn
Fish Tales Charters offers exciting estuary fishing adventures in the beautiful Trinity Inlet in Cairns, Australia. Skipper Darryl Wilson has been fishing the local waters for over 20 years, so he'll help you make the most of your day in these prolific waters!
You will fish aboard Vessel River Rocket – a 20' boat locally designed for the estuaries and river systems in Cairns. Powered by a 115 HP Mercury Outboard, it's fast and reliable when getting to the desired fishing areas. Fitted with the latest electronics, it will easily reveal what lies beneath the waterline.
The area is famous for the open waters, creeks, and the deep channel of the Cairns Estuary System. These waterways are an important part of the breeding cycle of juvenile fish and offer exceptional fishing for adult species.
Your targeted species will include, but not limited to, Javelinfish, Blue & King Threadfin, Queenfish, Trevally species including Golden and Giant, Mangrove Jack, Estuary Cod including Gold spotted & Black spotted, Bream, Flathead, Hairtail, Tarpon, and the prized catch Barramundi, to name a few!
Fishing Guide Darryl will supply all bait – live and dead, as well as tackle, top-quality rods, and Penn reels. On board are bottles of water, and the skipper will happily give advice on how to catch your target fish. Please bring along sunnies, a hat, a camera, and a few beers if you're up for it.
Terms & Conditions Apply. See our website for details. Check your email when completed.
Join Fish Tales Charters and explore these beautiful waters on the River Rocket, making some unforgettable memories!
And lastly, just come along and have fun! Your hosts, Darryl & Raewyn
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Had an awesome morning in the estuary with Darryl. He knows his stuff and is fun and easygoing, and as a group of mostly novices, it made the experience even better. Wasn’t the best fishing conditions but Darryl showed us how well he knows the area and everyone in the group scored a fish or two. If you’re in Carins and after a fishing charter, I highly recommend Fish Tales.
Thank you Emily! Loved meeting you and your family as well as having you onboard! Many thanks Darryl and Raewyn your hosts of Fish Tales Charters
Great experience, fantastic communication with captain as soon as we made the booking. Very knowledgeable and explained along the whole trip and very friendly to kids and funny. We caught 5 fish including 3 keepers. Fishing experience was good, unfortunately we had to move out the good spot because a cargo ship came in, but it was not something the captain could control. Otherwise we could have caught more for sure. Still, we highly recommend this trip!
Thank you so much for taking the time to write this review! Very much appreciated. We loved having you on board! You guys were fantastic. Cheers Dazza and Raewyn at Fish Tales Charters
Even though the fish weren’t biting, Darryl made our experience a memorable one. We had a great day and would definitely recommend booking a trip, I would however go a full day rather than the half day as the location sounds much more appealing for the big fish to play chicken with your bait. Thanks again for a brilliant day!
Hi Danielle, thank you for taking the time to write this review, it's very much appreciated. Great to met you and have you on board..until next time! Cheers Dazza and Raewyn Your hosts Fish Tales Charters
Beautiful morning for an early start. Darryl entertained us and helped with everything. calm waters and peaceful. We caught one queen, a stingray and small cod, mangrove jack bream. Great relaxation. I recommend it.
Thank you Ian, Loved having you onboard, hope to see you again soon. cheers Dazza and Raewyn Your Hosts Fish Tales charters
great morning with good people , Thanks Darryl
Hi Paul, Thank you for taking the time to write this review! Great to meet you and have you onboard! Until next time! Cheers Dazza and Raewyn Your Hosts of Fish Tales Charters
FAQs about Fish Tales Charters – River Rocket
- AU $150 per person - Half Day Trip (AM) Share Charter (4 hours)
- AU $150 per person - Half Day Trip (PM) Share Charter (4 hours)
- AU $300 per person - Full Day Estuary Trip Share Charter (9 hours)
- AU $900 per group - Half Day Trip (AM) – Private (4 hours)
- AU $900 per group - Half Day Trip (PM) – Private (4 hours)
- AU $1,800 per group - Full Day Estuary Private Charter (8 hours)
- GPS
- Fishfinder
- Live bait well
- Ice box
- Rods, reels & tackle
- Live bait (On all our fishing charters live bait is included. NOTE caught on the day of the charter.)
- Drinks (Bottles Of Water)
- River fishing (Trinity Inlet, Cairns is a saltwater estuary. Mulgrave & Russell Rivers and Mutchero Inlet are river systems-starts as freshwater before turning to saltwater before the mouth.)
- Backcountry fishing (The Estuary Of Trinity Inlet)
- Light tackle (Live Bait Fishing)
- Handline (Penn reels and rods)
- Barramundi
- Black Jewfish
- Bream (Fingermark)
- Flathead
- Perch (Golden)
- Queenfish
- Snapper (Mangrove)
- Threadfin Salmon
- Trevally (Giant)
- Trevally (Golden)
- Trevally (Silver)
Your captain
Captain Darryl grew up in Adelaide fishing with his brother from a very young age. 20 years later, he arrived in Cairns, and every possible moment became all about fishing and exploring. Captain Darryl became the owner-operator of Fish Tales Charters over 20 years ago, and after a decade of successful guiding decided to build the Don't Know to offer a variety of fishing charters due to the high number of repeat customers.
Captain Darryl grew up in Adelaide fishing with his brother from a very young age. 20 years later, he arrived in Cairns, and every possible moment became all about fishing and exploring. Captain Darryl became the owner-operator of Fish Tales Charters over 20 years ago, and after a decade of successful guiding decided to build the Don't Know to offer a variety of fishing charters due to the high number of repeat customers.
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How cancellations work
You can cancel or modify your booking up to 3 days before the trip date, free of charge. If you cancel or modify your booking later, or fail to show up, you'll forfeit 100% of what you've paid.
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Pickup not included
Transfer to/from departure site is not included in trip rates.
How you can pay
When the captain confirms your trip, FishingBooker charges your credit card a 15% deposit to guarantee your reservation.
The remaining balance is to be paid directly to the charter operator on or prior to your trip date in one of the following payment methods:
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When paying the remaining balance with a credit card, an additional 1.5% charge will apply.
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New16 ftGroup size 1 - 21 - 2
+65 hour trip • 2 personsUS $538
