CAIRNS - LIZARD ISLAND AUSTRALIA

2010-11

Come and fish on the TRADITION , Australias finest game boat on the Great Barrier Reef.

Trips available include:

August 2010: Capt Tim and Tradition are planning an exciting trip on the way to Cairns this year,. The destinations on this 10-day trip can include Wreck, Cato, Saumarez, Elusive and Bugatti Reef complexes. The plan is to get out to the Wreck or Cato and then jump from one to the next and spend a day or two at each one. Poppers and jigging for GT's, more Wahoo than you have ever seen are around at this time of year, as well as billfish. Great anchorages are available, with incredible snorkelling and spearing - a great exploration trip to places only a few boats have ever been.
The trip is limited to 4 places $5,000 each for 10 days, leaving from Bundy and finishing in Hamilton Island or even Townsville.

Sept 2010 - Dec 2010
Cairns outer reef trips, unexplored atolls and reefs.

HEAVY TACKLE GIANT BLACK MARLIN with options of liveaboard, mothershipping and Lizard Island accommodation.
Experience the wonder of the Great Barrier Reef and giant black marlin. Last season saw 50 GRANDERS for the fleet released.

Dec 2010
Cairns to Gold Coast or parts of via rarely fished outer reefs same as top trip but in reverse, options all the way down the reef.

April – Sept 2011
New Caledonia, Vanautu and Cairns.
Fish the destination, the trips to each one, whatever you like.
Sept – Dec 2011 Cairns Heavy Tackle on the GBR

For more info check the website or drop me an email - Capt Tim

tim@traditioncharters.com

Townsville to Cairns is the destination for small black marlin and sailfishing in the months of August and early September. Tackle is primarily 12-20 lb conventional, and fly tackle is also a really fun and viable option, for catching these 40-100lb baby black marlin. the sails run up to 150lbs, which is a bunch of fun on light tackle. As many as 36 small blacks have been caught in a single day!!!

In September 1966 on an exploratory trip on the Sea Baby, Richard Obach, Capt. Georges Bransfords' deckhand, was the angler who caught the very first 1000 lb black marlin. The fish weighed 1064 lbs on 80lbs tackle and was the first Black Marlin world record to come from the Great Barrier Reef. Since this time, more marlin over 1000lbs have been weighed or tagged and released than every other place in the world combined.

The TRADITION fishes the Cairns and Lizard Island areas, including the famous No:10 Ribbon Reef . We roam 150 nm of the Great Barrier Reef grounds for September, October , November and December each year for the Giant Black Marlin. Allowing us to be where the best fishing occurs for the rest of the heavy tackle black marlin season.

Fishing can be done three ways:

Day trips for guests staying at the Lizard Island resort ( a 5 star exclusive resort 14 miles from the top of No:10 Ribbon Reef )

Liveaboard trips for up 10 days.

Mothershipping with a larger vessel for up to 6 guests. The mothership is anchored behind the reef in calm water and has a full crew onboard to make your stay one of fine food and memories.

The mornings are spent swimming, having breakfast, bait fishing, and spearfishing. About 10.30 - 11.00am we head out to fish for the big blacks. We usually fish till just before dusk and then run back in to the anchorage behind the reef for drinks and dinner in the calm waters behind the Great Barrier Reef.

We practice tag and release with Billfish Foundation tags on our fish, unless the fish is to be weighed. We carry our own IGFA certified scales for any record fishing.

We only use the finest tackle and crew available to make your experience one of excellence. With many regular clients each season, available time is booked already, now is the time to make that trip of a lifetime (or year, as many of our clients do fish with us every year) to experience one of the seven natural wonders of the world - the Great Barrier Reef.

Choice of Motherships:

Bali Hai

Atlantic Princess

Emerald Lady

Mustique