George Bunney

Charter operator

George Bunney

Narooma, Australia

50+ reviews

I have been a keen fisherman most of my life, which led to diving and spearfishing, becoming a commercial fisherman, and finally, a charter boat operator. I have extensive knowledge of the sea floor because I have dived most of those areas for many years.

Charter

Sheriff Charters

Narooma

Trips from

US $164

Rating

4.8

58 reviews

4.7

Boat & Equipment

4.9

Captain & Crew

4.9

Fishing Experience

Anglers' gallery (19)

What anglers say

96%

Good experience

100%

Friendly captain

100%

Recommend this charter

87%

Appropriate for children

100%

Satisfied with the boat

82%

Caught fish

All reviews (58)

Showing 1 – 5 of 58 reviews

Yifan Shen
Australia
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Member since 2025
5.0
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Fishing with George
Kingfish and Reef on December 23, 2025 • 1 adult
Reported catch:
Response from Charter operator
December 24, 2025
thank you Yifan, loved the chocola ttes merry christmas
Chang Yang
Australia
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Member since 2025
5.0
Verified
January fishing trip
Kingfish and Reef on January 26, 2025 • 3 adults
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Veronica Bridgford
Australia
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Member since 2022
5.0
Verified
Fishing charter
Kingfish and Reef on February 12, 2023 • 6 adults
Best day with my family out on the Sheriff. First fishing charter and what an experience. Caught lots of fish. The crew on board were all lovely and very knowledgeable. We all really enjoyed our day and will definitely book again! Thanks again George, Dan and Gail!
Benjamin Brown
Australia
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Member since 2024
5.0
Verified
September fishing trip
Kingfish and Reef on September 28, 2024 • 4 adults
Great crew , would definitely recommend this this charter to others, caught plenty of fish.
Joseph Wall
Australia
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Member since 2023
5.0
Verified
Wonderfull crew and great experience
Kingfish and Reef on December 10, 2023 • 3 adults
Was really great going out with the sheriff crew they were excellent hosts and got us plenty of fish.

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What's biting with Sheriff Charters in Narooma

Spring's here, and as the weather starts to warm up, the westerly winter winds calm down. This is the start of the whale season. Look for these enormous visitors coming close to the fishing boats for some people watching.

Top catches for September

Fishing reports

Two anglers proudly displaying their catch of Yellowtail on a fishing charter in open waters.

Montague Island Kingfish season kicks up

Feb 24, 2018 • Narooma

Montague Island. The fishing at Montague Island for the Yellowtail Kingfish has kicked up a gear. With most anglers getting more than they bargained for when on the other end of, these fish that punch well above their weight . We have had great catches of Kingfish over the the last couple of weeks with some nice Snapper being taken amoungst them. We have been catching them on live baits, Jigs and they have been taking fresh squid strips with gusto. We have also been heading out to the Fad, which is located about 2 miles N/E of the island chasing Mahi Mahi. The customers have had great fun pitching live bait towards the Fad, Hooking up and watching these acrobats dance around . We have managed fish up to 95cm out here. Offshore The Marlin season has also kicked up a notch with plenty of boats catching multiple fish for the day, it hasn't been uncommon to hear of some boats reaching double digits for tag and realease. We have done a couple of trips out to the shelf , and haven't disapointed, We boated a couple of nice Striped Marlin, tagged a few more, Caught and released a big Bronze whaler Shark, we kept an 80kg Mako and also caught a nice 50kg Shortbill spearfish..

Montague Island Madness..

Jan 1, 2018 • Narooma

The crew at The Sheriff would like to wish everyone a fantastic New Year and a happy 2018.. The prime fishing season for one of the prize fish that people come to Montague Island in January, February, March and April is just about to start. These dirty fighting, arm stretching,line pulling ,pound for pound in my opinion nothing else pulls like them the Mighty Yellowtail Kingfish season is about to start.. These fish are caught using various methods , live bait, jigging, trolling lures or casting poppers to fish busting up on the surface. Also from the end of January, February, March and into April, our Marlin season starts.. Striped, Black and Blue Marlin are on offer as well as Albacore and Yellowfin tuna are around as well as Mahi Mahi (dolphin fish). There is plenty of bait holding out along the shelf the water is pushing up to 22c which will increase over the next few weeks. Water is a brilliant blue . If last season was anything to go by, this one should be a cracker The water temp out at Montague Island lately has been between 20.5 and 21.5c...although the current has been stopping and turning around the opposite way overnight,or stopping totally for a few days, which turns the kingfish off the bite. None the less the reefs have been fishing well with plenty of Blue Mowong, Snapper,Red rock cod and we have also lately been picking up some tasty Long Finned Perch. Flathead have been in abundance out on the sand with every one been easily able to catch their bag limit to top of the box of fish at the end of the trip.. So if your heading down to the beautiful South Coast of New South Wales, and would like to go out and tussle with some of these fish, or have a snorkel with the seals out at Montague Island, or any one of the other tours we offer, Give Gail a call and she will take care of your inquires.. Looking forward to seeing you all soon.. Cheers Matt , the Skipper..

Kingfish have arrived.!!!!

Dec 9, 2017 • Narooma

The Kingfish have arrived. !! With the weather last weekend cancelling out all chances of fishing last weekend, I ventured out on Thursday for a look. There was a massive school of kingfish on the North East corner of Montague Island... They were taking any bait from live bait, squid and jigs. Today we headed out with Tony and Jeanie from Canberra and Phillip from Sydney, the Kingfish didn't let us down... We caught 10 legal Kingfish, which were underneath the masses of undersized kingfish... They were caught on all baits ,live bait and jigs being their preferred choice. . A couple of nice snapper and Mowong were caught along the way.... The flathead proved hard to find this morning but I persisted and managed to find a school of them with fish up to 55cm.,. If your heading down to Narooma and would like to do a fishing charter , Montague Island Tour or a snorkel with the seals,Give Gail a call to discuss or book a trip , as to avoid disappointment as dates for January are filling up fast ..

Narooma Is starting to warm up...

Nov 1, 2017 • Narooma

Over the last week the northerly current kicked into gear a little and pushed down some nice clear blue water and moved the surface temp up to between 18 & 18.5 C... Last weekend was spent with a dive group from Sydney and Canberra. A great weekend was had by all... Diving with the seals, with plenty of large blue Grouper, Port Jackson sharks and large schools of sweep and yellowtail followed them during their dives . The fishing is starting to heat up out at Montague Island... With the warmer water and northerly current kicking in.. a couple of schools of small kingfish have shown up with a few legal sized fish amoungst them. Snapper, Blue Mowong and other reef fish in sure to be found on all the reefs around the island, and we should see some Longfin Perch starting to turn up out in the deeper water out the eastern side.. A good bag of flathead is also to found down on the sand flats of the southern end of the island.. Tuross Reefs.. The snapper fishing up off Tuross continues to fire.. Good size snapper averaging 1.5 - 2.5 kgs are the norm ... But lately there have been some big snapper amoungst them with one local boat catching 2 horses of fish for our region.. one going 87cm and the other 78.!!! There is also a few Gummy sharks getting around the edges of the reefs with some XL flathead as well... Gamefishing.. A few Yellowfin tuna have been caught by the commercial fishers in the last week, but with the weather we have had for the last 3 or 4 days has kept everybody inshore... The weather is looking good for the weekend and the boys are keen for a look... We will keep you all updated with the offshore news admit comes to hand for all those interested... Cheers Matt

OCTOBER FISHING REPORT

Oct 15, 2017 • Narooma

The fishing has been good out at Montague Island over the last few weeks.. Some underside kingfish have showed up and we caught our first legal for the season... The reefs have been fishing well most days, with the light gear and my new favourite toys .. micro jigs on light gear .. have been catching all of our biggest snapper and mowies.. the light gear is great fun and always puts a smile on your face... The flathead have been a hit and a miss .... Some days are diamonds and some days are cold.lol.... We have been catching a good feed of them on the southern end of the island on the Gunbarrel... If you would like to come for a trip and chase a tasty feed of fish... Give Gail a call to book your trip...