Day Charters
The beauty and excitement of Gove is that there is great fishing in Melville Bay itself, let alone in areas a little further away. We operate two types of day charter:
Half Day Fishing Charters- Depart Gove Harbour at 7am daily and return at 1pm.
- Calm weather – fishing Bonner Rocks, Cape Wilberforce and the Bromby Islets and Elizabeth Bay.
- Average weather - fishing Bremer Island, Sykes Shoal, Veronica Island, Higginson Islet and Bremer Rock. Full Day Fishing Charters
- Depart Gove Harbour at 7am and return at 4pm daily.
- Fishing Bremer Island, Truant Island and the English Company Islands.
- Our sunset cruises depart at 5 pm and return at 7.30 pm.
- If you require a venue for a small social function come with us on our popular sunset cruises.
- We cruise Gove Harbour and then anchor up behind Strath Island to enjoy the peace and quiet of a harbour setting.
- Half Day - $290 per person – Minimum 4 Maximum 8
- Full Day - $350 per person – Minimum 4 Maximum 8
Valid: 31/03/09
Inclusions
We provide morning tea, light lunch, afternoon tea (full day), tea and coffee, soft drinks, bottled water, all tackle, bait and ice. On our Sunset Cruises we include fruit and cheese platters, ice, soft drinks, tea, coffee and cold water.
Alcoholic Beverages: We also provide ice and eskies (coolers, chilly bins, car fridges) on all of our charters for beer, wine and mixed drinks that you may wish bring along. Naturally, we do not encourage heavy drinking due to the hot weather and safety requirements.
FISH SPECIES IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY
Blue Water or Reef Fishing?
There is a myriad of fish species in the Northern Territory and Gove has the pick of them. Whether you're looking for the adrenalin rush of hooking up a huge blue water fish, or a just has happy dangling a 40lb handline over abundant coral reefs, this is the area for you.
Spanish Mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson)
A great fighting fish normally caught on lures or spoons. It hits hard, runs with increbible strength and has very sharp teeth. Grows to 60kg. Good catches are 5-20kg and must be bled and chilled immediately. One of the best eating fishes as fillets or steaks simply grilled with a squeeze of lemon juice.
Barramundi (Lates calcarifer)
The legendary hard-hitting fresh water fighting fish of the NT also happens to be one of the best table fish you can catch. Their prawn-based diet may be the reaon they are so tasty. They grow up to 60kg and are often caught on lures or prawns close to submerged logs and snags. Watch out for your gear!
Giant Trevally (Caranx ignobilis)
Another superb fighting fish that will take all of your skill and strength to land. If you're fishing with hand lines make sure you wear gloves, as they are known to pull hard and fast. The GT Grows up to 52 kg and those up to 15 kg are an acceptable table fish, especially cut in large cubes in a fish curry.
Mangrove Jack (Lutjanus argentimaculatus)
One of the most aggressive and powerful fish the "Jack" can be found up to 16kg, although 1-2 kg specimens are perfect. A great table fish, they are most often caught in similar habitats to the Barramundi on floating baits. Beware, they often play dead and then leap about causing havoc with their sharp dorsal fins.
Red Emperor (Lutjanus sebae)
Another fantastic eating fish. There is little better eating than steamed red emperor Asian-style. The "reddie" can grow to over 20 kg and is found in the deeper waters and channels around reefs. A great fighter that challenges every foot of the way into the boat, whose sheer beauty is only surpassed by its taste.
Other common species include:- Shark
- Jewfish
- Sailfish
- Queenfish
- Coral Trout
- Spangled Emperor
- Red Throated Emperor
- Saddle Tail Snapper
- Golden Snapper
- Various Tuna
- Cod
- Saratoga
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