peahead Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Hi lads I am headed to Port Douglas around September for a week with the wife and 2 kids. I was hoping the fishraider community could help me with recommending any good charter operators. My mrs loves mud crabs so any recommended operator would be appreciated. I believe there are drive yourself flat bottom boats out of Mirage marina, are these any good and any spots to visit from a hire boat or land based? Appreciate all the help available Jimmy.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjc123 Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 pm sent mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelrdoyle@gmail.com Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Hey Jimmy I just spent 5 days camping at Port Douglas - I highly recommend the Tropical Breeze caravan park (sweet when you're paying $20 a night for your family to stay - right next to people pay $500 a night!) In terms of fishing charters, you have a choice of "Reef" fishing (going out to the Great Barrier Reef to fish) or "Estuary Fishing" - fishing in the estuary. The Estuary fishing is much closer, and will cost you about $130 pp. However, it is catch and release, and just fishing the estuary. The guides (so I'm told) are good - but you'll just be fishing from a tinnie, and only have access to what you can easily get access to yourself in a hire boat. Mind you - they'll also know best baits, times, places etc. The Reef fishing will cost you about $200, and take you out to the outer barrier reef. Likely to get bigger fish - but no guarantee. There are a few options, one being Bianca, which is who I went with. Bianca was good, and lots of fun. They put me onto some good fish. However, their gear was pretty old and disappointing (I wish I had brought my own), and I note they've only been operating in the area for a few years. We also hired a tinny to fish the estuary. It cost about $35 an hour - 10hp motor etc. That was great fun - and we fished near several of the Estuary charters. We caught a couple of little fish, and a decent size mud-crab. We also saw several crocs (one being quite big - 4m or so). We had lots of fun. It didn't look like anyone on the charters did much better. Have fun! Port Douglas is a great place. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DezM Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Hi Jimmy I'm also going up to port Douglas in the september school holidays and was looking for a charter. I googled up a guiding service that use a 6m boat so it's not crowded. I ll pm you with the details if you're interested. Dez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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