Download the mobile app!

Hooking Up Anglers Since 2011.

Check out our new Android or iOS app for Fishing Status.

The long awaited return of our mobile app is back on Apple App Store and Google Play

Cairns Fishing

Cairns Fishing

Cairns is the destination for many anglers who seek to catch a Black Marlin, and is known as the Black Marlin Capital of the World. With excellent estuaries, Great Barrier Reef, and Continental Shelf just off its shore, Cairns delivers many different options for fishing.

Fishing offshore Cairns for Black Marlin is best between September and December. Yellowfin Tuna are around all year long, and Dogtooth Tuna are thick the last half of the year. December through February are ideal for Blue Marlin and Sailfish, which also corresponds to the Mahi-mahi (Dolphinfish) and Wahoo season.

Reef fishing is excellent all year round with species like Coral Trout, Giant Trevally, Nannygai, Red Emperor, and Tricky Snapper, but the highlight is June through September. Near shore you can expect to catch Spanish and Spotted Mackerel.

The rivers and creeks around Cairns offers Blue Salmon, Flathead, Mangrove Jacks, Estuary Cod, Queenfish, and School Trevally. Barramundi are also found in this area and are most active during the breeding season between October and February.



Cairns Fishing Forecast

Load Prediction Reset

Target Species of Fish

Based on historical data for fishing {{ locationText }}, you should target one of the following species for this time of year:

Show all target species Recommendations above based on {{ fishDataAll.length }} species of fish and {{ totalFishCount }} fish counted for {{ latestUpdate }} around {{ locationText }}. To date, there are {{ destination.SpeciesCount.toLocaleString('en-us', 0) }} species of fish and a total of {{ destination.TotalFish.toLocaleString('en-us', 0) }} fish counted for {{ locationText }} and within a {{ forecastData.mile }} mile ({{Math.floor(forecastData.mile * 1.621371)}}) km radius since {{ oldestUpdate }}.

*** PLEASE NOTE ***

Please check local, state/province, and federal laws before fishing for any species found on this site. All data is based on historical data found for this area, and in some cases as far back as the year 1600.

View full Cairns Fishing Forecast to see all species.

Latest Cairns Fishing Reports

View Cairns Fishing Reports

Let us custom design a SD Card of Cairns Fishing Spots for your GPS unit!

Buy Custom SD Card

or

Download 1760+ Cairns Fishing Spots

Download Cairns Fishing Map
We will create a SD card of all fishing spots in the Cairns, specifically for your GPS Unit, and to your specifications. Alternatively, you can create a custom GPS map yourself by using one of our methods.

Top Cairns Fishing Spots

View Full Fishing Map


The Top 10 Fishing Spots for Cairns are the following:

View more Top Cairns Fishing Spots


Top Cairns Bait & Tackle Stores

  1. Bransfords Discount Tackle Shop
    Located in Cairns, Queensland, Australia, Bransfords Discount Tackle Shop specialise in good service, and will give you honest, no-bull advise on fishing tackle equipment ranging from rods, reels, combos, any type of fishing line, lures, hooks, sinke

  2. Tackle World Cairns
    With over 20 years serving the local fishing community the modern and fully stocked CAIRNS TACKLE WORLD caters for all styles of fishing and species. From the western rivers and coastal sweet water rivers chasing the Sooty Grunter, Jungle Perch,and o

View more Cairns Bait & Tackle Stores

Top Cairns Fishing Charters & Guides

  1. KEKOA Sports Fishing
    KEKOA is a 56 foot Oโ€™Brien Boat custom built for the Cairns Marlin Fishing (Giant Black Marlin) season and integrates luxury, quality and comfort to cater for all your individual charter experiences.

  2. Iona Game Fishing Australia
    Iona Game Fishing Australia offers the optimum in fishing charters in Australia from as far north as Cairns, the Great Barrier Reef, following the migrating marlin along the East Coast of Australia to as far south as Port Stephens and Newcastle.

  3. Ross Finlayson Marlin Charters
    Ross Finlayson is one of Australia's leading marlin and sportfishing captains. With more than 23 years professional game fishing experience. Captain Ross provides exclusive marlin and game fishing charters directly from Cairns year round on the G

  4. Cairns Fishing Charters
    Cairns Fishing Charters is a locally owned and operated fishing charter business based at The Marlin Marina, Cairns, in beautiful Far North Queensland. We take pride in giving our passengers an enjoyable, reef and deep sea fishing charter experien

  5. Shikari Expeditions
    Wether your ambition is to target the "Grander" Black Marlin or catch the most remarkable sport fish on the Great Barrier Reef - Big Game can customise an amazing experience.

  6. Fish Tales' Charters


  7. Fishing Cairns
    Whether your goal is to land a "grander" black marlin out from the continental shelf, or Australia's premier light tackle sportfish, the famous barramundi up the creek, or a prime-eating reef dweller from the largest fish attractor on t

  8. Cairns Reef Charter Services


View more Cairns Charters & Guides

Top Cairns Marinas

  1. Cairns Marlin Marina
    Australia's premier marina, Cairns Marlin Marina provides first-class facilities and customer service for a diverse fleet including some of the world's most advanced super yachts.

  2. Yorkeys Knob Boating Club
    Yorkeys Knob Boating Club is located at Yorkeys Knob, one of the northern beachside suburbs of Cairns โ€“ just 15 minutes from the Cairns CBD and easily accessible by land or sea. The 197 berth marina was constructed in 1994 and is nestled in the pi

View more Cairns Marinas

0
Download Cairns Fishing Spots

Latest Fishing Spots

Brown Trout

Wahoo

Cobia

Tarpon

Tarpon

Tarpon

Tarpon

Tarpon

Tarpon

Tarpon

View more Cairns Fishing Spots

Bouy Conditions


No Recent Data

Current Moon Phase

Last Quarter Moon

Upgrade to Professional

Catch More Fish Download GPS Files Create Custom Maps Future Predictions Featured Listings

Download GPS files of fishing spots.
Create Custom Maps of fishing spots.
Fishing predictions w/ future date & location.
Featured Listings for your fishing business.

$7 month or $49 year