Gone Fishing Cairns
Member since October 2015
Cairns, Australia
- Background
- Jim has extensive knowledge of the local area having lived in the area for over 30 years and run fishing trips in the Cairns inlet for over a 15 years. He has worked on game boats fishing for Marlin and sailfish and fished the reef for bottom fish.
Gone Fishing Cairns
- Background
- Jim has extensive knowledge of the local area having lived in the area for over 30 years and run fishing trips in the Cairns inlet for over a 15 years. He has worked on game boats fishing for Marlin and sailfish and fished the reef for bottom fish.
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Fishing Reports
Barra Bonaza
The fishing has been a Barra bonanza over the last few days with the big run in tides on the morning charter. Bait has been plentiful to gather with the cast net with the barras preference being live mullet.… Read Full Report →
Customer Reviews
3.77 out of 5 stars from 13 reviews
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VERIFIED Went fishing on Monday, February 12, 2018
Seemed professional, got live bait to start with. Huge problem. Jim doesn’t know how to be a guide, poor communication, poor small talk, doesn’t let you know what’s going on. Overall makes you feel dumb and I fish regularly all the time. I asked what size Barra are you usually catching and he replied how long is a piece of string… that’s his attitude, rude and un accomodating. No water for free. Just bad jokes and him doing everything including telling you off for not doing exactly what he wants. Please use other charters if you want to enjoy your experience. Regardless of what you catch a good skipper will always make you feel welcome.
Michael Nugent does not recommend Gone Fishing CairnsFished February 2018
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Replied to this review on Monday, February 12, 2018
If you think you can do it better as per your comments I suggest you hire a boat and skipper it yourself.
Hey Jim one question man…. when would be the better time to try catch a Barra ? Am or pm? High tide is 7:55am low at 2:06pm… been doing loads of research but really I’ve thought that change of tide is good for catching. It that’s in Perth. I’m not familiar with cairns… what do you think?
VERIFIED Went fishing on Thursday, June 29, 2017
Dan was great, we really enjoyed his humor and knowledge. Unfortunately the weather or tide was not perfect. However we caught a lot of bream and a large bat fish. All in all it was very enjoyable even though we didn’t get a GT.
Walter Rozairo recommends Gone Fishing CairnsFished June 2017
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VERIFIED Went fishing on Monday, June 26, 2017
We had a great morning fishing and the experience was really enjoyed by my nine year old grandson who loves fishing but has had little experience. The captain was very patient with him. He let my grandson pull in the bait cast net and various catches throughout the morning. There were only three clients on the boat in total. That was great. It’s a pity that the fish we all caught were all under-size and had to thrown back. It would have been nice to get at least one keeper for dinner. But I guess that’s fishing. There are never any guarantees. It was a great morning anyway.
John Anderson recommends Gone Fishing CairnsFished June 2017
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VERIFIED Went fishing on Friday, April 14, 2017
Had a wonderful morning fishing in cairns with jim from gone fishing. I would recommend this charter to anyone. Jim was very patient and knowledgeable and kept us entertained with his tips and stories. I caught the fish of the day which Jim kindly cleaned and packed in ice for me to take.
Julie Habermann recommends Gone Fishing CairnsFished April 2017
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VERIFIED Went fishing on Monday, May 2, 2016
we were on our honeymoon and had a great morning on GONE FISHING..We didnt catch any fish but it didnt matter…the captain was so easy going and very helpful..
David Chenoweth recommends Gone Fishing CairnsFished May 2016
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Replied to this review on Friday, May 6, 2016
Thanks David. I am sorry that the fish didn’t participate but glad you had a good time. Cheers Jim
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