Captain
Gavin Mcgahan

Member since December 2023 Cairns, Australia
Background
I have grown up around boating and fishing, am very passionate about fishing, and love to show people of all levels and experiences in fishing and boating an absolutely awesome adventure.
Techniques
Light tackle sport fishing and Heavy tackle marlin fishing

Hey, I'm Captain Gavin Mcgahan

Cairns, Australia
Background
I have grown up around boating and fishing, am very passionate about fishing, and love to show people of all levels and experiences in fishing and boating an absolutely awesome adventure.
Techniques
Light tackle sport fishing and Heavy tackle marlin fishing

My Charter Listings

Cairns
Trips from US $2,291
Excellent
4.8 / 5
(35 reviews)
Port Douglas
 Last booking: 2 days ago
 Instant Confirmation
Trips from US $143
Excellent
4.7 / 5
(46 reviews)
Portsmith
 4 bookings in the past week.
 Instant Confirmation
Trips from US $143

Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
4.7 / 5
out of 5 stars from 81 reviews
Boat
Excellent
4.7 / 5
Crew
Excellent
4.8 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.7 / 5
Photos & videos by reviewers (81)
the perfect day
the perfect day
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Angler rating
72
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Anglers claimed
Good experience
87%
Friendly captain
100%
Recommend this charter
93%
Appropriate for children
95%
Satisfied with the boat
98%
Caught fish
87%
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Elizabeth Z.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Overall

Awesome and amazing and awesome

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip โ€“ Estuary (PM) on June 7, 2025
The title is a direct quote from my 15 year old daughter. Gavin was an amazing captain. First is methodical approach...
Elizabeth Z. recommends Port Douglas Sportfishing
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Leya D.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Overall

Great day out on the water

VERIFIED   NEW  Full day โ€“ Topwater Fishing on September 24, 2025
Spent a day fishing in the estuary with Gavin. While this wasnโ€™t our first choice the weather had other plans and we found...
Leya D. recommends Cairns Sportfishing
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Shaun G.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Overall

Fantastic morning in port douglas

VERIFIED   NEW  Half Day Trip โ€“ Estuary (AM) on October 8, 2025
Gavin was an awesome captain. He was really knowledgable and showed us heaps of good sights in the estaury. We caught some...
Shaun G. recommends Port Douglas Sportfishing
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Matt S.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Overall

Gavin is a great skipper and finds the fish

VERIFIED   NEW  Full Day Trip โ€“ Inshore&Reef on October 3, 2025
We had a great day out with Gavin. He was patient with teaching the young fisherman on the boat how to catch fish and put us...
Matt S. recommends Cairns Sportfishing
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Krist G.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Overall

The perfect day

VERIFIED   NEW  Full Day Trip โ€“ Outer Reef on September 30, 2025
we met gav , champion bloke straight up guy caught loads of different species of fish i would definitely go with...
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