Has been a dissappointment. IMO unless you have the big $$$$ all you get is crap.
My best mate is a Tandem master up there (mad to jump out of a perfectly functioning plane) and I visit about once every 2 yrs. Fishing wise. a load of Polony.
Been there all times off year for NADA, unless you spend big time and then just maybe.
Go there to Party and perve at the Swedish Backpackers, and even that has dropped in quality.
Mate despite what you hear the barra still bite readily at this time of the year in Cairns. Last weekend was out due to some heavy rain, but the weekend before I fished one of the local rivers and caught 9 casting lures. Not big fish, (between 50 and 65cm) but they were going off. That's only counting the ones I landed!
Of course it does take local knowledge and experience.
For charters I'd suggest send Les Marsh an E-mail info@fishingcairns.com.au. He's involved in the charter scene and knows his stuff. I haven't been on any charters so can't comment.
PilbaraBrad
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Date Joined: 16/05/07
Drop Scuttlebut a pm mate,
Drop Scuttlebut a pm mate, his real name is Steve. He is from the area and visits this site from time to time
Cheers
Brad
dodgy
Posts: 4562
Date Joined: 01/02/10
Going to be hard going this
Going to be hard going this time of year though. The Barra tend to shut down in the cooler weather.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
katsy85
Posts: 209
Date Joined: 13/02/12
Your prob better off doing a
Your prob better off doing a day trip to hinchinbrook channel sorting out a guide from there, awesome barra fishing there and not far from cairns
Garrett
Posts: 67
Date Joined: 02/08/11
Yeah the general rule of
Yeah the general rule of thumb is to forget about chasing them in any month without an R in it. Although it never hurts to try. Good luck!
crasny1
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Date Joined: 16/10/08
Everytime I have been out fishing from Cairns
Has been a dissappointment. IMO unless you have the big $$$$ all you get is crap.
My best mate is a Tandem master up there (mad to jump out of a perfectly functioning plane) and I visit about once every 2 yrs. Fishing wise. a load of Polony.
Been there all times off year for NADA, unless you spend big time and then just maybe.
Go there to Party and perve at the Swedish Backpackers, and even that has dropped in quality.
"I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact!!" _ Elon Musk
scuttlebutt
Posts: 446
Date Joined: 24/03/06
Mate despite what you hear
Mate despite what you hear the barra still bite readily at this time of the year in Cairns. Last weekend was out due to some heavy rain, but the weekend before I fished one of the local rivers and caught 9 casting lures. Not big fish, (between 50 and 65cm) but they were going off. That's only counting the ones I landed!
Of course it does take local knowledge and experience.
For charters I'd suggest send Les Marsh an E-mail info@fishingcairns.com.au. He's involved in the charter scene and knows his stuff. I haven't been on any charters so can't comment.
cheers,
steve
PilbaraBrad
Posts: 3628
Date Joined: 16/05/07
Was about to say , winter
Was about to say , winter barra are easily targeted that far north in winter. Heaps of reports ont he queensland forum, very different to the West
not wasting time chasing barra this time of year i think it is worth a crack, all year round up that way