Welcome to everything about Darwin Fishing Charters

Below is a table of all the known fishing charter companies in Darwin. If you feel there is one missing or you would like to be added then please let us know and we will add you. If your phone number, charter prices or any other details are incorrect let us know and we will fix them.

Fishing Charter

Company

 WWW Phone Number Book Now 1/2 DayTour Full DayTour 2+Days  
Anglers’ Choice www (08) 8978 1292 n/a No Yes Yes  
Arafura Blue Water Charters www (08) 8932 3006 n/a $149 $350 Yes  
Big Barra Fishing Safaris www (08) 8932 1473 n/a No Yes Yes  
Cannon Charters www (02) 4423 4125 n/a No No Yes  
Darren’s Northern Territory Barra Safaris www 0418 847867 n/a No Yes Yes  
Darwin Barra Fishing Tours www (08) 8931 0031 n/a No Yes Yes  
Darwin Bluewater Charters www 0418 859686 n/a No No Yes  
Darwin Fishing Office www (08) 8941 6122 n/a $140 $260 $1150
Darwin Red Devil Charters www 0437 166334 n/a $130 $250 No  
Darwin Reef ‘N’ Wrecks www (08) 8941 6122 n/a $130 $250 $1150  
Darwin’s Barra Base www (08) 8945 0376 n/a No Yes Yes  
DNA Barra Fishing www (08) 8983 3014 n/a No $285 $600pd  
Dundee Beach Boat Hire & Charters www (08) 8978 2822 n/a Yes Yes Yes  
Equinox Fishing Charters www (08) 8942 2199 n/a Yes Yes Yes  
Fish Darwin www (08) 8985 5898 n/a $130 $3000 $940  
Fish the Top End www (08) 8945 7686 n/a $240 $300 $7500  
Guru’s Top End Fishing Safaris www (08) 8985 6963 n/a $150 $275 $1800  
Hotspot Fishing Tours www (08) 8983 1544 n/a No $250 $450pd  
Hully’s Fishing Tours www 0422 238525 n/a No Yes No  
Humbug Fishing www 0438 026873 n/a No Yes Yes  
Labelle Fishing Tours www (08) 8978 2330 n/a Yes Yes Yes  
Melville Island Lodge www (08) 8978 3664 n/a No Yes $2695  
Munupi Wilderness Lodge www (08) 8978 3783 n/a No Yes Yes  
N.T. Barramundi Office www N/A n/a No $300 No  
N.T. Fishing Office www (08) 8985 6333 n/a $90 $165 $1440  
Obsession Fishing Safaris www 0439 816931 n/a No Yes No  
Ocean Express www (08) 8945 7686 n/a No No $4500  
Paradice Fishing Tours www (08) 8975 9705 n/a No $500 No  
Point Stuart Wilderness Lodge www (08) 8978 8914 n/a No Yes Yes  
Prestige Barramundi Charters www (08) 8978 2885 n/a No Yes Yes  
Territory Fishing Tours www ? n/a ? ? ?  
Top End Barra Fishing www (08) 8983 2280 n/a No $285 Yes  
Untamed Fishing Adventures www 0431 141748 n/a No $300 $585pd  
Viv’s Barramundi & Sportsfishing Safaris www 0428 877607 n/a No No Yes  
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Key:

WWW – If you press this link you will go to the specific charter company website.

Phone – If you don’t want to waste time clicking around you can call them here but be aware they might be sleeping.

Book Now – We are integrating booking systems so that you can book fishing charters like you can movies and hotel rooms – instantly!

Trip Length – We understand that a ½ day Darwin harbour sunset cruise is totally different from a ½ days dawn Barra trip so these prices are what the fishing charter companies want listed. So it is a little hard to compare so go into the fishing charters company webpage for more details.

Welcome to Darwin Fishing Charters trip and tourist information page

Everything you need to know about Fishing and Fishing Charters in the Darwin area is being added to this site. Everything from the types of fish caught in the area, the weather, the fishing charters and even the accommodation and hire car opportunities. If you feel that something is missing then just contact us and we will get it all there.

We are also running a blog on this site and a gallery. Unlike many sites we are not going to do all the work – we want you to send in your pictures and stories so we can publish them on your behalf. We will allow links in these posts as long as they are related to the topic. This way you can help your own website and business. We are all in this for traffic and one of the best ways to get traffic to your site is to have links, stories, blogs and advertising. It is a competitive world out there.

So please send your stories and pictures.

Fishing Reports - free advertising - self promotion - photos - you name it

We are looking for your contributions. You can tell a fishing story, give a Darwin Fishing Report, send some pictures or give your Darwin Fishing Charter company a review, promotion or just free advertising.
All we ask for all this is that it adds value to the Darwin Fishing Charters website and does not contain off topic material. We are not interested in how to lose 100 pounds. You can do that by paying by credit card here :)

So here is a start. The team at DFC would like to thank the guys at Web Hosting Plan www.webhostingplan.com.au for the technical advice, as this project would never have got off the ground.

DFC

Soft Plastics and Barra?

Purefishing (www.purefishing.com.au) cover an extensive array of products from iconic brands like Shakespeare, ABU, Berkley, Pflueger, Stren and Spiderwire. With a huge range on offer, it’s no wonder that NT anglers find several to be really usefull tools in the quest for trophy fish.

The Barra anglers in particular love the ABU REVO Inshore baitcast reel. And no wonder when you can boast a super drag that with over 20lb of drag pressure, great castability with a variety of lure weights and a tough saltwater tested alloy frame. Add to this the revolution in soft baits, the Berkley Hollowbelly baits are awesome fish takers for many of the estuary species on offer and are really easy to use with the inbuilt paddle tail providing all the action you need. And they are scented for added appeal!

Braid line is a must when targetting barra and the by-catch species around the Top End and Berkley Fireline is still the most sought after for both spin and baitcast reels alike. Sizes 14 to 30lb are the most favoured depending on whether you are lure casting for Barra and the like or chasing bigger things like black jew on baits and jigs.

For the offshore angler, the Top End has a host of great species and the Berkley Gulp soft baits are finding more and more acceptance. All the reef species will eat Jerkshads and Grubs with relish and when combined with the famous Nitro jigs they make a winning combination for cast and retrieve fishing and vertical jigging as well. Gulp has a huge range of colours and shapes that will take everything from Pikey bream, to barra, al the reef species and even Sailfish!

The Shakespeare Ugly Stick is arguably the world’s best selling rod and no wonder when you combine legendary strength and toughness with a range that covers all you will ever need when fishing the mighty waters that the NT can offer. For offshore, choose a rod that is powerful enough yet balanced with your choice of overhead or spin reel and the desired line weight. River rods are usually shorter baitcast or spin outfits and Ugly Stick have all these covered. Just adda Pflueger or Shakespeare spin or baitcast reel and you are set to go!

The local tackle outlets can advise the best products to cater to your choice of fishing and with so much on offer, you just might end up with an extra outfit or two. But hey, you can never have too much fishing tackle!”

You can purchase these products at all good fishing tackle stores

Top End Tackleworld, 4332 Stuart Highway Palmerston, 08 8932 3006
Top End Fishing Supplies, 420 Stuart Highway, Coolalinga, 08 8983 1111
BCF Darwin, 356-366 Bagot Road, Millner, 08 8948 0099

Tight lines!

John Bell
(www.purefishing.com.au)

A billabong fishing tale

The Northern Territory is an amazing place to fish with so many different varieties from Saratoga (not edible) but a great fighting fish through to Coral Trout, Trevally , Salmon, Queenfish, Mackeral, Jewfish, Tuna, Snapper – I could go on forever but my favourite and most other peoples favorite on Darwin Fishing Charters is BARRAMUNDI! Recently I was with some of these guys running Fishing Charters from Darwin at Corroboree Billabong about 1.5 hours from Darwin.

The place is amazing with so much wildlife. You could almost film Crocodile Dundee V or whatever number they are up to here. There is so much wildlife from birds like the Jabiru to saltwater crocs and with a bit of luck some decent sized Barramundi just waiting to be caught. If you don’t want to read any further I only got a couple and they were not writing home about. I guess I could put them through Photoshop and make them twice as big to post here but maybe next time :)

After launching the boat I normally head to the upper reaches at top speed but one of the guys I was with said lets try the lilies ( that does not look like it is spelt correctly) just over from the boat ramp. They are a perfect spot for Barra but this time with a plastic lure my mate got a Saratoga on the second pass which was a nice effort. Pity the plastics and Saratoga don’t mix well (= the lures get destroyed. Like kicking a brand new football on a rough bitumen road!).

Anyway the rest of the day was in my favorite area and produced 5 Barramundi all up. 1 ended up on the dinner plate the other 4 are there hopefully for next time. Just a little bigger!

Barra Nationals 2010

Not that long until the Barra Nationals 2010! It is in April so make sure that you have booked your Darwin Fishing Charter operator (if needed) as most of them are already filling up with happy anglers from last year.

The Barra nationals are Australia’s most renowned and largest Barramundi Fishing Competition run by Palmerston Game Fishing Club. This week is the highlight of many anglers fishing calendar and is held on the Daly River at the absolute height of the Barra season, at the start of the Dry Season. The Daly River is 300km from Darwin – not that far by local standards.

The competition is arranged by teams comprising 3 anglers per team and the competition runs over the full week from sunrise to 1700. The scoring is based on length and all fish are released after measuring – to be caught and measured again ?

This is a popular fishing event and there are competitors who have been fishing the river all their life. Many of the Fishing Charter companies have guides who have been fishing the area for over 30 years. This means that there are a lot of people with a lot of experience and they know the river like the back of their hand. This means that in some of the more popular areas of the river it can get quite busy. Some years there are up to 45-50 boats, but everyone seems to find a place to fish. Nearly without fail fish are caught over 1m which means big points in this competition along with daily prizes given by the sponsors.

Its not all about fishing. At the end of the day the story telling begins. Sometimes it is much like the stories from the Dream Time and with the help of music, fire and beer the fish that got away grow past the 2m mark!

So whilst I have fished the river many times outside the Barra Nationals week nothing beats the week especially with new and old mates.
Don’t miss out. If you don’t have your own means check out the list of Darwin Fishing Charters above and send us the pictures and the stories afterwards.

Tight lines and big fish.

 
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