Day one of our week long charter out of Cooktown proved to be the fisherman’s dream. Releasing a 200lb black marlin within the first hour of fishing at Ribbon Reef #10, followed by another a few hours later. At 4.30pm on the late afternoon tide change, the swimming queenie on the centre rigger snapped out [...]
The heavy tackle black marlin season officially kicked off for team Zulu, partaking in the Cairns 50th Anniversary Tournament held during the last week of September. The tournament coincided with the unveiling of the life-size 1100lb bronze marlin sculpture at Cairns Marlin Marina, marking 50 years since the first recorded catch of a ‘grander’ (aka- [...]
It's our favourite time of year - MARLIN SEASON! September through until December is crammed solid with charter bookings between our vessels Zulu and Levante this year. More bookings = More marlin! We can't wait! We will also have our mother-ship Beluga out at sea, hosting numerous game boats and their guests of an evening. Fine food, [...]
Whilst most of the charter fleet are slowly heading back to their home port's currently, we're still seeing the giant black marlin bite holding strong! With water temperatures being warmer in November than October, we've seen the favourable results of generous numbers of giant black marlin over 800lb's (And several over the magic [...]
