North East Australia

Townsville - Cairns - Lizard Island

Townsville

The capital of Far North Queensland and the destination for small black marlin and sailfishing off Cape Bowling Green 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!!!

Cairns - Lizard Island

In September 1966 , Richard Obach, 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.

With the past few seasons experiencing incredible fishing with 3-5 or more bites per day, the next few years will again prove why Cairns is the number 1 destination on every anglers list of BIG FISH places.

The TRADITION is based out of Lizard Island and the famous No:10 Ribbon Reef in the early part of the season, and roaming and mother shipping wherever the best fishing occurs for the rest of the heavy tackle black marlin season.

Fishing can be done by three ways:

Day trips for guests staying at the Lizard Island resort ( a 5 star exclusive resort 14 miles from the outer reef)

Liveaboard trips for 2 or 3 guests,

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 - 11.00 we head out to fish for the big blacks. We usually fish till just before dusk and then run back in to the anchorage for drinks and dinner in the calm waters behind the Great Barrier Reef.

We primarily fish circle hooks in our baits, and single hook rigs in our lures. 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 days 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.