Crabbing Tours - Catch your own dinner!

Trinity Inlet is also home to the famous north Queensland Mud Crab - mmmm Delicious!

A trip aboard Great Day offers visitors the thrill of hauling in the famous live Mud Crabs and hard-fighting tropical fish lurking in the calm waters of Trinity Inlet.

With its bountiful population of fish, Mud Crabs and bird life you will enjoy this calm water cruise as well as viewing the magnificent mountain backdrop of this modern tropical city. Fish, crustaceans, aquatic worms, molluscs and over 150 species of birds inhabit these waters.

Skipper Hamish goes to great lengths to ensure his passengers catch a variety of fish which may include Cod, Mangrove Jack, Barramundi and Flathead and if interested, will show them as much of the varied marine life as possible. Crabs caught are cooked and eaten on board.

Visitors have a choice of all weather half-day and moonlight cruises for those wishing to try a night fishing experience. Operating seven days a week with free courtesy coach to service Cairns and the northern beaches, Hamish's commitment to his passengers is to ensure that they have a Great Day!

The Moonlight Tour

As the sun sets over Cairns into a balmy tropical night, visitors are launched into the calm estuaries of Trinity Inlet. Sitting in the comfort of Great Day's vessel, this calm water cruise becomes a moonlight adventure as the nocturnal fauna of the waterway awakens.

The first stop gives visitors the chance to pull up giant live Mud Crabs. Photographs of this spectacular sea creature can be taken with its claws safely restrained.

The challenge of catching hard-fighting tropical fish begins. Whether it be the famous barramundi or a mangrove jack, these fish ensure visitors work up an appetite worthy of a feast of barbecue king prawns, sausage sizzle and dessert, which is served aboard Great Day. The Moonlight Tour ends with a relaxing cruise back to the jetty.

Half Day Tour

Great Day also offers morning or afternoon fishing tours. The calm water fishing trip will take you through estuaries teeming with both marine and bird life. Haul in a Mud Crab or a hard-fighting Grunter, observe a migratory Plover or perhaps an Ibis. Both tours include a tasty tackle box lunch, consisting of a prawn seafood roll, lamington, fruit and mixed nuts. Finally, sit back with a tea or coffee before cruising back to the jetty

Morning or Afternoon Half Day Tours $89 per person. Moonlight Night Tour $105 per person. Children 4-14 years half price.

Morning Tour departs 8.30am, returns 12.30pm. Afternoon Tour departs 2.00pm, returns 6.00pm. Moonlight Tour departs 7.30pm, returns 10.30pm.

Terms And Conditions

• General Terms and Conditions apply
  
• Include all tackle, light refreshments, tea, coffee, soft drink,
  
• Tacklebox lunch on half day tour, BBQ king prawns & sausage sizzle on moonlight tour
  
• Package is subject to availability, minimum numbers and seasonal conditions
  
• Group discounts and private charters available
  
• Courtesy transfers available from Cairns & Northern Beaches
  
• All rates quoted are in Australian Dollars and include 10% GST

Please contact us if you would like to book this charter, or need some help in arranging an 'Up North' fishing holiday.