Escape Reef

Escape Reef and the surrounding reefs have provided consistently fantastic fishing for us over the past 10 years. The diversity of species has always been amazing, and the GT fishing and general lurecasting is always excellent, as is the light jigging and soft plastic fishing on the reefs.

Previously, we had only occasionally fished this area on our way to other northern areas, until our Skipper, Andy, commented that “every time we fish this area the guests love it and we catch heaps, so why not do some shorter trips here with quick and easy access for guests – because the fishing rocks!”.

Location Map

Species Guide

Escape Reef trips offer a diverse range of species and some high quality fishing for some of the most iconic bluewater reef species on the Great Barrier Reef.

It’s a sportfishing paradise, with spectacular year-round action. This reef system has an appeal that keeps anglers coming back year after year, and with the fishing getting better every year why wouldn’t they!

• Great lurecasting and popper fishing for GTs, coral trout, yellowfin and a variety of reef species.
• Awesome shallow water reef flats casting for a huge variety of species
• Micro jigging and soft plastic fishing the reef edges and deeper reefs – awesome fun!
• Troll the reef edges for big spanish mackerel, yellowfin tuna and wahoo

Seasons

Escape Reef is one of the locations visited as part of our Lagoon Explorer trip schedule in June, July and August each year.

Getting to Escape Reef

• Our Lagoon Explorer trips depart from Port Douglas, about a one hour drive north of Cairns. We ask guests to make their own travel arrangements to get from Cairns to Port Douglas and return. Once you’ve picked your trip dates we can give you more details about your trip itinerary and timings.

Next Steps

If you have any questions, you can contact our team anytime by email, or call us on +61 499 105 880.