Bligh Reef Click Here to check out video footage from Bligh Reef 2009
Named after the famous captain who visited this area on his way to Tahiti. This is one of the most remote places on earth. The general sportfishing here is simply amazing, and this reef provides the opportunity to combine inshore sportfishing for mackerel, barramundi, mangrove jacks and golden snapper, with all of the fabulous bluewater options such as GT casting, deepwater jigging, marlin trolling and general bluewater sportfishing. The GT fishing, jigging, flyfishing and general sportfishing on our Bligh Reef trips is conducted from our 80ft Mothership and range of 18-25ft centre consoles. We cater for a maximum of 12 anglers fishing between 4 vessels at any one time, and these trips are run as part of our Coral Sea Lagoon Explorer schedules, and we are also running a special trip to this reef in 2009 as part of our Coral Sea Short Trips schedule.
The Bligh reef complex stretches 50nm from north to south, and a huge deep drop off runs along the outer edge of the reef. These reefs are located on Central Cape york Peninsula, around 250nm from the tip of the Cape, and around 200nm north of the Jewell Reef area. This area also provides access to the LLoyd bay area, with numerous tropical rivers, offshore islands and headlands to fish. These reefs are in the middle of nowhere!
Even though this reef complex is only 85 kilometres offshore, there is simply nothing else here. To access Bligh reef, you'll board a plane in Cairns and fly to Lockhart River(population of 100 people). You'll be met at Lockhart River and driven through the remote Cape York wilderness for a 1 hour trip to Portland Roads(population 20 people), where we'll be waiting to pick you up from the beach and travel the short distance out to Bligh Reef to start fishing.
The fishing for GTs, spanish mackerel, coral trout, dogtooth tuna and red bass will be superb in these areas. Big GTs, up to 50kgs, and lots of them can be expected while popper fishing, and spanish mackerel around 25kgs will be a common catch. Deep jigging the outer edge of the northern barrier reef should also produce lots of doggies between 30-70kgs. That's not to mention the incredible action for giant black marlin. If sportfishing is your interest, then it would be hard to find a more diverse area in which to fish, and this remote reef complex has it all.
The Bligh Reef Ultimate Adventure trips are based on a 5 day/6 night package, and depending on the schedule, you will get 5 full days fishing, and 2 part days as well, making a total of 6 days fishing.
Dates for 2010 Bligh Reef Lagoon Explorer
2010 is fully booked for Bligh Reef
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