Fishing in and around Cairns: an angle for everyone

Summary: Tropical North Queensland, especially the area around Cairns and Port Douglas, presents the anglers with unique and abundant opportunities of romancing. With ocean, reef, estuaries, tropical rainforest rivers, mangrove ecosystems, the area around Cairns is filled with a thousand varieties of fish.

The Northern Queensland Coast is one roller-coaster ride of fabulous weather, romantic beaches, delicious food and adventure activities. The ocean forms the focal point of life in coastal Queensland, and hides many charms. With such a love of water, it is not surprising that fishing forms a popular pastime and passion for many in land awash with water - inland as well as coastal - whether it is calm water estuarine fishing, calm water river fishing, fly fishing, light tackle sports fishing, reef fishing, heavy tackle game fishing, or beaches and headland fishing. The area forms a paradise for all line lovers - the world's largest ocean, the world's largest living organism in the form of Great Barrier Reef, large freshwater rivers passing through undisturbed rainforests, large estuaries, isolated and undisturbed lakes, lagoons, bays and inlets with wharfs