Captain
Darryl Wilson

Member since June 2014 Cairns, Australia
Background
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.
Techniques
Captain Darryl loves lure and popper fishing for Queenfish over the winter months on the Mulgrave and Russell Rivers.

Hey, I'm Captain Darryl Wilson

Cairns, Australia
Background
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.
Techniques
Captain Darryl loves lure and popper fishing for Queenfish over the winter months on the Mulgrave and Russell Rivers.

My Charter Listings

Excellent
4.6 / 5
(13 reviews)
Cairns
Trips from US $782
Excellent
4.5 / 5
(36 reviews)
Cairns
 5 bookings in the past week.
Trips from US $98

Fishing Reports

Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
4.5 / 5
out of 5 stars from 49 reviews
Boat
Excellent
4.4 / 5
Crew
Excellent
4.6 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.4 / 5
Photos & videos by reviewers (38)
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Angler rating
32
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Anglers claimed
Good experience
83%
Friendly captain
100%
Recommend this charter
90%
Appropriate for children
91%
Satisfied with the boat
94%
Caught fish
58%
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Cliff P.
Gwelup DC, WA
Very good
3.3 / 5
Experience:
Good
3.0 / 5
Boat
Very good
4.0 / 5
Crew
Good
3.0 / 5
Overall

Wasting time on catching live baits

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (PM) โ€“ Shared on January 11, 2019
We wasted almost one and a half hours just to catch the live baits and didnโ€™t catch enough at the end.ย  No one on board...
Cliff P. does not recommend Fish Tales Charters โ€“ River Rocket
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Lesley G.
Good
2.3 / 5
Experience:
Bad
2.0 / 5
Boat
Bad
2.0 / 5
Crew
Good
3.0 / 5
Overall

September fishing trip

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (AM) โ€“ Shared on September 6, 2020
Lesley G. recommends Fish Tales Charters โ€“ River Rocket
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Gary R.
Claremont, Tasmania
Very good
4.0 / 5
Experience:
Very good
4.0 / 5
Boat
Very good
4.0 / 5
Crew
Very good
4.0 / 5
Overall

Quality not quantity

VERIFIED   Full Day Trip โ€“ Reef (Shared) on October 18, 2016
Darryl worked hard to find good quality fish, not just any fish. A good day out.
Gary R. recommends Fish Tales โ€“ Don't Know
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Luke M.
Brisbane, QLD
Good
3.0 / 5
Experience:
Good
3.0 / 5
Boat
Good
3.0 / 5
Crew
Good
3.0 / 5
Overall

Fishing with Darryl

VERIFIED   Full Day Trip โ€“ Shared on November 24, 2018
Luke M. recommends Fish Tales Charters โ€“ River Rocket
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Barry C.
Australia
Very good
3.7 / 5
Experience:
Very good
4.0 / 5
Boat
Good
3.0 / 5
Crew
Very good
4.0 / 5
Overall

Afternoon Estuary Share Charter

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (PM) โ€“ Shared on April 17, 2017
Only 2 fish caught between 6 fishermen in 4 hours . Both were through backs Would have thought crew would have more...
Barry C. does not recommend Fish Tales Charters โ€“ River Rocket
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