Hi Leona and thanks for the review.
As indicated on the briefing,all charters begin with the collection of live bait. Success getting the live bait is the single most important part of the outing.
It usually takes between 30 and 45 mins to get this job done. Sometimes just one single cast.
There have been times,very rarely, when live bait is so elusive that we simply have to use backup frozen bait. Fortunately that did not happen on the day.
Yes it took about 45 mins to get the livies,but we DID GET THEM.
After 20 years of experience,I have found that putting the baited rods in the rod holder results in more hookups.We give you that as a courtesy tip, however if you prefer to hold your rod than that is fine.
You mention only three undersize fish for the trip. You don’t mention the missed strikes that could have been
legal size fish.
Over the past 20 years there have been trips when no fish were caught and indeed even strikes were few and far between. That is fishing,you mention that ‘‘you fish’’ so I would assume that you know and understand that.
You also mention that you would not have been more than 1Km from the marina.
I believe you may have been mistaken by where the marina was located,as the on board GPS Tracker shows four different locations were fished and that 12.5 miles were travelled in total.
On every charter we try our best to get anglers hooked up to quilty fish!
We do this by using the best bait possible and by putting you on the spot most likely to produce.
The other factors,like the weather and tides and the actual fishing are out of our control.
Your disparaging comment about not wanting others to try this charter is disappointing.
I believe that when compared to the other positive comments prospective anglers will decide for themselves.
Best Regards
Paradise Sportfishing Cairns

Hi Leona and thanks for the review. As indicated on the briefing,all charters begin with the collection of live bait. Success getting the live bait is the single most important part of the outing. It usually takes between 30 and 45 mins to get this job done. Sometimes just one single cast. There have been times,very rarely, when live bait is so elusive that we simply have to use backup frozen bait. Fortunately that did not happen on the day. Yes it took about 45 mins to... Mehr