Fish the Best of the West on an Unreel Kimberley Fishing Tour
Fish as much or as little as you like!
Our Buccaneer Archipelago scheduled tours have evolved to achieve a great balance of exploring and fishing at the optimal times. But if you just want to fish, fish, fish, we are happy to customise a fishing charter itinerary for your group.
We will plan a special fishing tour targeting whatever species are most likely to be active at the time and tide. Beginning on the rising neaps is often a good start. Foregoing some waterfalls and art, we could spend days in Secure Bay, Walcott Inlet or the Glenelg River, for example.
Our live aboard fishing charters can be from 4 to 10 days. Though our two 6M dinghies are larger than most, we recommend a max of 8 guests for days of intense casting.
All our tours are in and out of Broome. You will be collected from your Broome accommodation and then transferred by scenic flight to Cygnet Bay or overland by chartered bus to board our charter boat, MV King Tide.
Kimberley Fish
On the Kimberley Coast, you will find some of Australia’s best sport fishing opportunities, with the diversity of fish habitats – coral reefs, blue water, mangrove inlets, sand flats and tidal creeks, reflected in the many fish species that may be caught in these unspoilt waters.
Blue water Pelagics include Spanish Mackerel, northern Bluefin Tuna, Giant Trevally, Golden Trevally, Queenfish, Barracuda Longtom. Sharks are around because this is the real ocean, but not a big problem and a bull, tiger or big bronzie can be quite exciting to see.
Big Saddletail , Fingermark and all the other sea perches, Emperors, Coral Trout, Queensland Groper, and Cods are around the deeper reefs.
The Kimberley offers some of the best Barramundi fishing in Australia. You can also hook plenty of Mangrove Jack, Bluenosed Salmon, threadfin Salmon in the creeks.
Unreel Fishing Equipment
Bait Casting
- 4 x Abu-Garcia 6600 2-5 kg
Spin Casting
- 2 x Shimano 4000 2-5 kg
- 3 x Rovex Crossa 4000 2-5 kg
- 5 x Penn Slammer 360 2-5 kg
Medium – Heavy Spin Casting
- 4 x Penn Spinfisher 750 ssm
- 4 x Penn 850 ssm
- 4 x Penn 950 ssm 6- 12 kg
Medium Heavy Game
- 3 x Shimano TLD 20 15kg
- 3 x Shimano TLD 25 20kg
Heavy Game
- 1 x Finn-Nor 50 wide 24 kg
Cone Bay Mudcrabs
Cone Bay Blacklipped Oysters
Coral Trout from Myridi Reefs
Mangrove Jack from Dugong Bay
Longtail Tuna from yampi sound
Outer Islands Spanish Mackerel
Red Cone Creek Barra
Rowley Shoals GT
Rowley Shoals Pacific Salifish
Sale River Barra
Silvergull Lumps Trecally School
Talbot Bay Barra
Big Fingermark from Connilurus Island
Yampi Sound Spanish Mackerel
Yampi Sound Spanish Mackerel
A reel Giant Trevally
Caffarelli Is GT
Cone Bay Black Jewfish
Ten friends from Sydney have just had THE MOST FANTASTIC WEEK onboard the Unreel Adventure boat King Tide.
We aren't fishermen /women at home and went for the scenery, waterfalls, adventure and a bit of fishing on the way.
We came away loving fishing with our great skipper and crew guiding the way,they convinced us and WE LOVE FISHING NOW!
We fished, crabbed, swam in the beautiful azure waters,climbed waterfalls, snorkeled along the amazing Montgomery reef, watched crocodiles stalk our boat, sharks cruising past ,turtles, sea snakes ,snub nosed dolphins and beautiful birds everyday, and managed to avoid the crowds from the big luxury cruises.
I'd recommend Bruce and his team for any great adventure planned. He was super helpful with planning and keen to know what wanted to do. He has a great knowledge of his backyard and worked around our ideas.
The food was excellent and plenty of it, we ate the crabs and fish we caught. Small but very comfortable sleeping area, and hot showers. We didn't get time to be in the cabin as there was so much to do. We fell asleep in blissful exhaustion every day ( our choice of how busy we wanted to be)
Thanks Bruce and team. We are already dreaming of another trip.
Beck
My family of 4 spent a week with Unreel Adventures in April, we had an unforgettable holiday.
The crew went above and beyond to ensure we all had a great time, I was a bit worried about my 82 year old Dad and how he would cope but there was no need to worry the crew were amazing. Bruce our skipper kept us busy sight seeing, catching fish, crabbing, exploring waterfalls and entertaining us with is stories.
Lyel was very knowledgable about fishing and we all learnt so much from him, he even made sure we had some great photos of the family to take home with us. It was a joy to be on the boat with him.
Its a adventure our family will not forget do yourself a favour and get up there and explore this beautiful country.
What an amazing trip.
The fishing was SENSATIONAL, the scenery was SENSATIONAL ,the people were SENSATIONAL.
My wife and I had the best time.
Bruce did his utmost to ensure all went well and we had a fulfilling adventure.
I still cant stop smiling.
Thanks to All
Well this was simply the best holiday that I have ever experienced.
Captain Bruce, as well as Kim, Troy and Tammy shared with us their intimate knowledge of this pristine wilderness.
We (a group of 5 anglers from NSW) were so impressed that we decided to prepare a photographic and travelogue journal, in the form of a sturdy coffee table book, so that we can continue to re-live the adventure until next time. And there will be a next time. The Kimberley and the Buccaneer Archipeligo are extremely addictive. One hit and your hooked!
Captain Bruce had a large amount of input, after all we were holidaying in his "back yard", and he was definitely the expert in all things.
I would invite any interested parties to prevail upon Bruce to provide excerpts from the journal that we have prepared. It is more than an Itinerary - it conveys, in part, the emotions and enthusiasm that we had for the adventure and the beauty of the area.
Not to be missed.
Definitely a 5 star rating.
Thank you, Peter, Great to have all of you on board ...John,Guy,Paul and John. I have some nice drone footage to share soon .