When we get a heavy rain fall of 300 ml a day three days in a row the inlet gets a major flush, this is when the experience of so many past seasons becomes so important for making the fishing charter a successful one. • Neither this site, nor any associated company or agent advertised through this site is responsible for your costs or losses resulting from alterations, cancellations, loss of personal belongings, property damage, delay or personal injury. TRINITY INLET – CAIRNS HARBOUR. Summer can … Cairns Fishing Spots. Fishing Home It’s hard to beat 15 years of experience when it comes to picking the best fishing spot. Opening at 08:30 . Till next time, Merry Christmas and good fishing. Some floating deep divers that I recommend are YoZuri Crankin’ Shads, Rapala Shad Raps (SR5 and SR8), Tilsan Bass and Barra, and 3in and 4in Leads Lures. It’s a must to be fairly proficient at using, say, a 7ft cast net to collect live prawns, sardines, mullet, mud herring and feather bream (silver biddies). In short, get your lure as close to the cover as possible and keep it there as long as you can while working it in a slow twitching retrieve. Updated weekly. Down from the mouth at the northern most boat ramp is a Trawler basin which is good for land based fishing for Bream, Mangrove Jack and the odd Barramundi. Please read the wording of your insurance policy carefully and ensure it covers you for all potential activities, This website acts as a booking agent only for the tours advertised herein. Do date it has been a moderate wet season with occasional huge dumpings of... Read more.

Slowly drift the edges with wind and tide. Your best plan is to work a shallow mangrove bank to begin with.

The southern most boat ramps also provide good access for land based fisherman, both are located on bends with deeper holes great for bait fishing in the Trinity Inlet. a week ago Had a great day, my son caught 2 mangrove jacks and we had mud crab and blue swimmer crabs for lunch on the water. Fully fitted out with live wells, esky’s to keep your catch and drinks icy cold, Global Positioning System and a colour fish finder to make ours the best Cairns fishing trips and adventures.

Testimonials. However, while the Inlet is no Weipa or Karumba or Princess Charlotte Bay, I have caught (and seen other people catch) fish that are the equal in size of any of those remote destinations. If you want to ‘wire’ the Inlet there’s no substitute for time on the water. The Cairns fishing charter is owned by Russell and Tania Jones who operate the latest design in Estuary boat. Our twin hull aluminium vessel offers full canopy and toilet facilities especially designed for calm water cruises.

First up mangrove jack and when in season barramundi are the two main targets.

You probably did not know we have over 80 kms of mangrove lined, protected waterways to explore and fish and,it is all within a few minutes boat ride from the Cairns CBD! All contents copyright © 2014 Fishing Monthly. In a medical emergency, any evacuation, vessel relocation, medical or other expenses are the financial responsibility of that passenger. Fish the deep water on the slow moving neap tides and in particular the tide change periods. There are also trevally (GTs), queenfish, estuary cod, flathead, tarpon, pikey bream, fingermark, barracuda, Moses perch, catfish and occasional salmon. If you’re the sort of angler who desperately has to take home a meal each time you go fishing, baitfishing will probably give you a better chance of catching a feed. And should you land the one that didn’t get away and choose not to release it, you will get to enjoy some fresh fish for dinner or lunch. We'll get back to you soon. "