Brisbane River/ Moreton Bay Fishing Charter

[aichepee]

Recently, it came to my attention that there is no such thing as a Brisbane River fishing charter. wehn i thought about it, it was quite surprising and thought it would be a good idea to start one up. So i spoke to my uncle about it and he says hes really interested and he may just be the first to start one. He has a 2007 Cobia 186 with 100hp yamaha four stroke; which is a spacious center console fibreglass boat fine for the mouth of the river area and out to mud island etc. its only early stages now but im just looking for opinions on if people think it will work?

thanks a lot, harry.

p.s. - im keen to be a deckie haha :cheer:

[aichepee]

my mistake, the boat is a cobia 21 bay. and has electric motor bow mount

[nadders]

not sure if i would be overly happy with charter operators bashing around the mouth to be honest mate

might just be my opinion but often there is enough boat traffic to worry about without 7m charter boats adding to the fray

[aichepee]

true but its not illegal. most fishing will be done out of the actual river

[nadders]

didnt say anything about illegal, i just personally wouldn't be over the moon if charters started operating in the river lol

[tomca]

I'd prefer charter boats to trawlers.

[nadders]

so would i but thats a whole other kettle of fish so to speak

[Feral]

Well wont do much good if he cant put people on to fish. He would need to know the river very well.

[aichepee]

responses not too promising. ahhhh........

well anyway. does anyone know of a charter that runs in moreton bay specifically?

targeting squire, longtails etc.

[rayke1938]

Brisbane Bay tours operate out of Manly .I have been out with them twice smooth safe operation. They used to be a site sponsor.

Re setting up your own operation there is a hell of a lot to do. You have to have a coxswains ticket and the boat has to be in survey to start off with.

Cheers

Ray

[Angus]

It could work for sure.

How many people could the boat comfortably take for lure fishing? The problem with small numbers charters is the prices have to be high to be worth while. Take Jason Wilhmelm at Monduran. His charters are like thousands for a few days. Mind you he is booked out this whole year! But he can certainly put people onto fish.

If someone knew the river well and could put people onto fish more often than not it could work. But its a hard thing to do. I would not be against it. Especially if good C&R was taught and promoted. Might actually be a good thing.

As Ray said though there is A LOT more to it to get set up than just advertising for clients.

Angus

[noname]

looked into this earlier this year and also for prawning trips into the bay, what i found was way to much to get started, will be years before any return is had. just not worth it i found.

[fishinking]

he would need to have years of experience fishing the area harry, you wouldnt be able to setup a decent charter without a heap of knowledge for the area especially when your talking of charging people lots of money to go out with you.

[jackman60]

i think it sounds like a good idea especially with the population rise in brisbane

the only downside would be knowing the river well enough

[wesfish]

i thought of doing shark fishing tours up the river for catch and release,

problems i thought of

1. once people have been out with you they learn you're spots and go back with mates and hammer it

2.insurance

3.seriously what would people be willing to pay to fish the brisbane river ( no profit in it )

it could work for your uncle. if he knows the river really well!

[Cowfish13]

My main concern is wesfish's final point.

What would an average angler/dangler prefer to do. Go fishing offshore, or in the Brisbane River. It is the general public's opinion (or atleast in my experience of the constant 'You catch fish in there!' remarks..) that the Brisbane River is polluted, toxic and sterile. Hence, I don't think many of the public would be willing to pay money to fish it, when they could just as easily go offshore

So no, I don't think it would provide any income