Captain
Simon Cruickshank

Member since August 2014 Queenstown, New Zealand
Background
Simon Cruickshank has been fishing and guiding for a quarter of a century in the beautiful freshwater fisheries of Otago and Southland. Simon skippers all his trips with a love and enthusiasm for these local waters that you can't help but get swept up by. He aims to make everyone fall in love with Lake Wakatipu and its many surrounding rivers, just as he did many years ago.

Hey, I'm Captain Simon Cruickshank

Queenstown, New Zealand
Background
Simon Cruickshank has been fishing and guiding for a quarter of a century in the beautiful freshwater fisheries of Otago and Southland. Simon skippers all his trips with a love and enthusiasm for these local waters that you can't help but get swept up by. He aims to make everyone fall in love with Lake Wakatipu and its many surrounding rivers, just as he did many years ago.

My Charter Listing

Excellent
4.5 / 5
(11 reviews)
Queenstown
trips from US $151

Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
4.5 / 5
out of 5 stars from 11 reviews
Boat
Excellent
4.6 / 5
Crew
Excellent
4.8 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.2 / 5
Photos & videos by reviewers (2)
Half day trip with the Simon
Half day trip with the Simon
Angler rating
6
4
1
0
0
Anglers claimed
Good experience
89%
Friendly captain
100%
Recommend this charter
82%
Appropriate for children
100%
Satisfied with the boat
100%
Caught fish
56%
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Paulo A.
Twizel, New Zealand
Very good
3.3 / 5
Experience:
Very good
4.0 / 5
Boat
Very good
4.0 / 5
Crew
Bad
2.0 / 5
Overall

3 hours experience

VERIFIED   3 Hour Trip - Shared (AM) MAX 6 on April 9, 2018
The captain is a very good person, the boat is good, but the snacks wasnโ€™t good and we couldnโ€™t get any fish.
Paulo A. does not recommend Queenstown Fishing - Nikita
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