Estuary Fishing Charters:

Pittwater- Broken Bay

This is the charter for which we are renown.

On a Pittwater/ Broken Bay Run, we use live squid and yellowtail in front of our Walker Downrigger cameras and target big kingfish. We also catch any of the pelagic fish that are biting at the time.

These charters take advantage of the 18 years that I have been fishing.

Pittwater / Broken Bay and the areas that we fish inside Pittwater mainly cover sunken boats.  On a normal charter, we will cover up to 12 different wrecks whilst chasing kingfish. There are 50 wrecks in Pittwater that I know about and you can be sure there are more that are just waiting to be found.

These charters are designed not only to catch fish, but you leave the boat with a lot better understanding of Pittwater and will be more confident in using the same techniques at your local fishing area.

To book the vessel for a group of 1-5 people will cost $700 in total.  The other option is to call and join a group to make it to 5 people and this will cost $150 per person.

Hawkesbury River – Broken Bay

These charters consist of collecting live bait such as Yellowtail and Squid so that we can catch Jewfish. Jewfish are our main target but we also place out fresh baits to target Bream, Flathead and Flounder.

The areas that we fish include Lion Island, Box Head, The Bommie, Flint & Steel, Juno Point, Gunya Point, Wobbies, The Bridges, The Vines, Bar Point, Little Settlement and Pumpkin Point just to name a few.

To book the vessel for a group of 1-5 people, it will cost $750 in total.

The other option is to call us and join a group to make up the 5 people to fill the vessel. The cost of this will be $160 per person.
 

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Offshore

FAD Run

We target oceanic pelagic fish such as Mahi Mahi, Tuna species as well as Marlin.

We normally head to the Fish Attracting Devices (FAD) early in the morning as theses devices usually hold good numbers of the great tasting, hard fighting Mahi Mahi. We also use our Walker Downrigger Cameras to watch Mahi Mahi eat our trolled lures or live baits.

We then set out the spread of lures and track down other species such as Yellowfin Tuna, Albacore and of course Marlin.  ** Please note that we do not keep marlin, we only tag and release these wonderful fish.**

The price for this charter is $200 per person with a maximum of 5 people.

To book the whole boat for a private charter it will cost $950.
 

The Reef Run

We travel to offshore reefs and structures, drift or anchor depending on conditions and drop our baits down to target bottom dwelling fish.

We target bottom dwelling species such as Snapper, Mowong, Kingfish, Jewfish, and Nannygai etc. On the way back to land we stop and drift for big Blue Spot Flathead at the 50m mark.

The next stop is a troll along the coast (depending on where we are fishing) targeting Kingfish, Salmon and Tailor with the help of our Walker Down Rigger Cameras.

This fishing experience will cost a total of $175 each for 6 people or book the full boat for $1000.

Yellowfin Run

These charters are conducted during the annual Yellowfin Tuna migration. We travel offshore and troll along the current lines etc in search for these extremely powerful fish. We also catch Albacore (chicken of the sea) in the same areas as the Yellowfin Tuna.

If you don’t enjoy trolling for Yellowfin Tuna, we can set up a cube trail to burly these fish to the boat.

These charters are available for groups of up to 5 people with the cost being $950.

The cost of each person joining a group will be $200 each.
 

Offshore- Jigging Run

The offshore jigging run consists of traveling to the deepwater reefs where the heavy braid outfits are bought out and 200-gram lures sent to the depths.

These charters are not for those that get tired easily as most of the time fast and furious winding is required for hours on end. The only rest you get is when you are fighting big Kingfish (not much of a rest) or when we are moving to another area.

The targeted species are big Kingfish but other large predators are also caught.

The jigging charters are best in winter when the biggest Kingfish are about. Summer can produce Kingfish as well as traveling fish that are following the warm water south.

The cost of these charters per person is $160 each.

Please note that if you supply and use your own rods and jigs the price is cheaper and can be discussed at the time of booking.

The cost to book the whole vessel for a jigging charter is $950.
 

The Coast Run

This charter is where we travel along our beautiful coastline targeting migrating pelagic fish. We catch live bait and pull out the Walker Downriggers Cameras and troll along re-known Kingfish haunts. On these charters we catch a variety of pelagic fish.

We have close by areas such as The Skillion, West and East Reef, Lion Island, Barrenjoey Head, Mona Vale Gutter, Hole in The Wall, The Ovens as well as the many sunken boats at Narrabeen and of course the World Famous Long Reef.

These charters will cost $160 each to join a group or $900 to privately book the boat for you and up to 5 other friends. (6 people in total)
 

The Snapper Run

These charters are all about Snapper. We travel to areas such as Boultons, Iggy’s, Esmarelda, West and East Reef, Mona Vale Reef and Long Reef etc and target big Snapper.

These charters usually consist of being on the reef at sunrise with baits in the water waiting for the Reds that are scouting around looking for breakfast. We anchor or drift (depending on the areas fished and conditions), set out a cube trail and wait for that fierce bite that only a decent Red can produce.

We can target these fish also with downriggers for those that want to catch one on the downrigger with live baits.

The cost of one of these charters is $160 each or $900 for the whole boat with up to 6 people.

The Flathead Run

These offshore charters are for those that want to catch a feed of fish for the whole family.  We target Blue Spot Flathead with baits or lures and fish in water depths of 50m. It is not unusual to catch the bag limit of these wonderful eating fish.

These fishing charters are usually shorter than the normal offshore charters as flathead are normally pretty easy to catch.

To end off these charters we normally will troll along the headlands of the coast downrigging with baits or lures targeting pelagic species such as Kingfish, Salmon, Tailor, Bonito and any of the migrating fish that are running along the coast.

The cost of these charters is $160 each with a maximum of 5 people.

The cost to book the whole vessel is $750.
 

The Stop and Fish Run

These are offshore charters that are designed so that we stop and burly reefs such as West and East Reef, The Joey, The Gutter and of course Long Reef. We basically target any of the fish that are about for the day. This style of reef fishing can produce a wide variety of fish and can be targeted with soft plastics as well as bait.

We also place out large bait under a balloon in case of any big pelagic fish or sharks cruise up the burly trail.

These charters cost $170 each or $900 for the whole boat and with a maximum of 5 people.

Departure Times And Meeting Points

We can pick up at most public wharves along Pittwater, The Hawkesbury River, Patonga or Etalong.

Our start times are early and we like to leave at sunrise for inshore / estuary charters and before sunrise for offshore charters.

For most charters the best pick up point is Bayview Wharf that is situated on Pittwater Rd Bayview. It is right next to GIBSON MARINE.

There is a pay and display car park at the wharf that will require about $12 worth of gold coins.

We suggest that you park opposite the marina on the roadside, as the parking is free all day.

Just make sure you don’t park in the bus zone!

The duration of the charters are 6 hours of FISHING TIME plus TRAVEL TIME.

I hope that these new prices see you venture out with us shortly and the offered charters are what you are after.

If there is any type of fishing that we don’t have listed and you wish to try, please call us on 0410 633 351 to see if we can help.

We offer Winter Specials on most charters June, July and August.