Estuary Queenfish Sessions With the advent of winter, or the dry season, in North Queensland comes the welcome return of a very feisty visitor, the Queenfish. The cooler months see other species shut down, but the Queenfish’s arrival heralds the start of a frantic few...

Bucket List Gets A Hammering I recently had the pleasure of taking a keen angler fishing in Tropical North Queensland. He’d set himself up with a couple of trips he arranged through FishingCairns, one out to the reef to chase GT’s, the other up the river with me to...

Trinity Inlet has enjoyed Net-Free status now for around three years. With the nets out of the picture the local anglers have seen a boom in fish stocks and local catches. It was within a remarkably short amount of time that fishing in the Inlet...

Big Wet Leaves Rivers Revitalised The wet season is slowly coming to an end, the Rivers have had a good flush and the water systems have been revitalised. At times the rivers have been unfishable due to high flows and poor water clarity. But the plus side...

Superstition On the Water The morning got off to a shaky start with me banging on windows trying to get the attention of a mate to go fishing. The blame was squarely laid on the complications of an alarm clock that had too many settings, “Never mind, let’s get going,...

Bird and Wildlife Tour Tropical North Queensland is home to 14 endemic species of birds, and as such attracts bird watchers from across the globe. This tour takes place around an hour south of Cairns, and follows the winding contours of one of North Queensland's most...

Uncanny Angler - Back On The Water Uncanny Angler - Back On The Water Some time before Xmas I sent the old Quintrex Explorer of to the workshop, since then Ive had to overcome a few set backs. I was in the process of getting the old girl into survey, tried a number of...

The following is a story written by Les Marsh, currently living in New Zealand and a long time professional fishing guide in North Queensland. Les comes back to Cairns regularly to visit family, and always gives me a call to spend a day or two on the water. Enjoy,...

Easter is out of the way, all the holiday makers have gone home, it’s time to go fishing. Hitched up the tinny and headed off down the highway, the radio said it was already blowing 27 knots out on the reef. Not to worry, where I fish I get some protection...

No rain for a couple of days, the river will be dropping and the water clearing up, it’s time to go fishing. “Morning Parksy, great day to wet a line”) I’d picked up my mate Brod Osbourne (at this point he had no idea what a fantastic day it was going to...