Once in a lifetime fishing adventure

[nautilus]

Hi All,

I have just been told by my boss that they are moving the company overseas and I can either come, or find another job. I have decided to go, but have to take all my leave, about a month, before the new year.

I have decided to treat myself and lash out on a good fishing trip before I go. I can't spend anymore than $5k all in, and I want to do some jigging for tuna and kingfish or popping for GT's, wahoo etc... (not interested in Marlin).

I live in Melbourne, so would have to factor in flights too, but looking for any advice on where I can go as a bit of a last hurrah (at least for the next few years).

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Cheers in advance.

[lethal098]

Go North or west
Maybe NT or Broome, Or Nth Queensland,
there are some ripper charters at all of these spots,

[wayno60]

Whats that island that ET owns??? up in the gulf....all the above fish, plus, are there.

[kingcray]

what Wayno said. Groote Island. Im heading there next yr for fishing trip with my cousin who lives there. Cant wait

[Si]

Nomad do those type of charters for maybe 5k, maybe a touch more with heaps of GT action.

[nautilus]

Thanks guys, I saw Groote Island on tv just the other day. It looked pretty good, but I think that it might be pretty tough to get there. Has anyone been there?

[wayno60]

fly into dawin then fly out to the island, how hard can it be...

http://www.fishingearth.com/et-sportfishing-lodge.asp

[Midnight]

Gotta be Nomad, no question about it. If you are on Facebook, "like" the Nomad page and read the reports. A trip with them will tick all the boxes!

Cheers,
Myles

[phantomphisher]

Go to Birri, at mornington. There are mackerel, red emperor, nannygai, trout, barra, jacks ect. everywhere. There might not be as much popping and most isn't catch and release. To give you a idea of how untouched the area is, that charter is the only boat that fishes there, and it shows.

Hope this helps, Rob

[theoldlegend]

Anything that has the Breaka Girls on board sounds fine to me.


TOL

[nautilus]

Nomad would be the ideal, but is a little too expensive. Has anyone been on an Arafura charter? There is the possibility of going on one in early December to Melville Island.

[lethal098]

I have looked at the Arafura Blue Water charters for myself and some mates and all reports that i got were fantastic,

[llourd]

I am heading up to Albany Island to spend a week with CY Charters. I looked at a lot of these options and this one seems like the most cost effective/qualitative.

[nautilus]

I agree, CY Charters looks like a pretty good deal. Getting there is a pain in the butt. I have heard mixed reports about Arafura Charters. Some say awesome, some say don't bother. I specifically would be looking to go on a trip around Melville Island. Has anyone done this tour?

[barra71]

You could look at Lord Howe Island as well.. or a charter off from Cairns or townsville, or go to the Whitsunday Islands...