Castaway Estuary Fishing charters

Castaway Estuary Fishing charters Castaway specialises in guided estuary lure fishing experiences based in Port Macquarie, NSW.

I had the pleasure of guiding Mr Tomoki “Tom” and Hayato “Hay” from Tokyo for a few days recently. Tom is an experienced...
18/12/2024

I had the pleasure of guiding Mr Tomoki “Tom” and Hayato “Hay” from Tokyo for a few days recently. Tom is an experienced angler and expert lure craftsman (wait until you see some of his lures 😳 –see pics in the comments) and Hay is a very skilled Japanese flathead (magochi) specialist. Both were keen to try their hand at landing a big, Aussie dusky flathead on lure…

Japanese flathead (magochi) are mostly caught in water 10-30m, so relatively shallow water “Aussie style” flathead fishing was totally new to them. For the full Aussie dusky flathead luring experience, we covered shallow (.5-3m) and deep-ish (4-10m) flattie techniques with topwater lures, jerkbaits, swimbaits and soft plastics.

We battled some very difficult conditions with 20+ knot winds, cold and dirty water (17 degrees over the high tide) some days... We fished three rivers and, in the end, results were pretty solid! We boated 7 dusky flathead over 70cm (with 5 over 80cm): 70, 78, 80.5, 83.5, 85 and 88cm (x2).

Check out some of their catches!

Some ripping fun on estuary silver for Castaway clients! 💪 Fully booked until mid January at this stage. Always best to ...
04/12/2024

Some ripping fun on estuary silver for Castaway clients! 💪 Fully booked until mid January at this stage. Always best to get in touch early via the Castaway website: www.castawayfishing.com.au

Finding a few first jewies on lure and plenty of flatties for clients on Castaway recently!👌
18/11/2024

Finding a few first jewies on lure and plenty of flatties for clients on Castaway recently!👌

Just a few of the recent captures from the local Mid North Coast rivers… 👌
04/11/2024

Just a few of the recent captures from the local Mid North Coast rivers… 👌

22/10/2024
Here’s a few recent fish off the camera caught by yours truly… 😅
22/10/2024

Here’s a few recent fish off the camera caught by yours truly… 😅

20/10/2024
Awesome to get the net under this lure crunching PB flatty for Scott! We also managed to find his first jewie on lure…👌
09/10/2024

Awesome to get the net under this lure crunching PB flatty for Scott! We also managed to find his first jewie on lure…👌

Lachlan with a healthy 70cm flattie that scoffed a 7” soft plastic!🐊 This one was well hooked! (lure fell off during the...
08/10/2024

Lachlan with a healthy 70cm flattie that scoffed a 7” soft plastic!🐊 This one was well hooked! (lure fell off during the fight)

Good times with Tommy and Callum catching their first few jewies on lure, Tommy even caught a surprise snapper a long wa...
05/10/2024

Good times with Tommy and Callum catching their first few jewies on lure, Tommy even caught a surprise snapper a long way up river! 👌

Recently received information from NSW Fisheries that this little mulloway is the first stocked fish caught in the Hasti...
05/10/2024

Recently received information from NSW Fisheries that this little mulloway is the first stocked fish caught in the Hastings River. After being bred in captivity, it was released in the Hastings in November last year at 53cm and was recaptured at a touch over 60cm.

Some recent captures for Castaway clients 👌Spots are almost full for spring, but get in touch via the website for summer...
22/09/2024

Some recent captures for Castaway clients 👌

Spots are almost full for spring, but get in touch via the website for summer: www.castawayfishing.com.au

12/09/2024
Had an incredible couple of days with Andrew Hart filming for Hook, Line and Sinker recently – including a genuine fish ...
08/09/2024

Had an incredible couple of days with Andrew Hart filming for Hook, Line and Sinker recently – including a genuine fish of a lifetime on lure!

We started day one with a 90cm snapper out of his Bar Crusher and ended it with a 97cm flathead in mine – a couple of dream fish caught on lure and all captured on film for Hook, Line and Sinker. But it gets better… Day two of filming started with Aussie bass in the brackish tidal reaches of the Macleay River with plans to find Harty a big flathead back down in the salt later. Needless to say, we found it! 😳 Harty connected with 98cm GIANT dusky which was about as thick and wide as flathead get… It was such an impressive fish that (all but) inhaled the new Zerek Affinity 160mm swimbait… Even better, Harty picked up the Zerek Affinity from Ned Kelly's Bait n Tackle while visiting Port Macquarie – it just goes to show how supporting the local tackle store is always a good idea when visiting an area!

Had an awesome day guiding legendary angler Patrick Brennan recently. Pat did well and landed three flatties over 70cm (...
11/08/2024

Had an awesome day guiding legendary angler Patrick Brennan recently. Pat did well and landed three flatties over 70cm (biggest going 82cm) on swimbaits. I grew up reading Pat’s stories from all over Australia and the globe in Fishing World magazine, so it was pretty cool to have him onboard!

A few recent fish from an awesome couple of days jumping onboard with the master Lee Rayner and showing him the local wa...
09/08/2024

A few recent fish from an awesome couple of days jumping onboard with the master Lee Rayner and showing him the local waterways. There were some epic moments captured on film (including Lee’s snapper on a SHIMANO Bantam Armajoint swimbait) along with plenty of laughs courtesy of cameraman Clarki! Lee Rayner Fishing Edge

31/07/2024

Bass season is just around the corner! 🔥

A bit of recent snapper on soft plastics action from winter days off!
23/07/2024

A bit of recent snapper on soft plastics action from winter days off!

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Videos

GIANT 🐊 – check out the girth on this mega dusky flathead! They don’t get much bigger than this… What are you guessing? You can clearly see the size of this behemoth as it gives a smaller 30-35cm specimen a move on!

Snubbed by a big flathead!
Snubbed by a big flathead!

Snubbed! 🐊 After spotting a big flattie drifting in about 4m of water, we reset and got a couple of near perfect casts at it with an 8” Keitech Easy Shiner… Only to get snubbed! The first flattie follow is about a 60cm fish, the second 80+cm. It’s always interesting to see how these fish react to lures when the water is clear, even if it is a cold snubbing! You can imagine how much this would happen when you can’t see what’s going on down there! Keep casting… Come and chase crocs on Castaway! www.castawayfishing.com.au

CROC! 🐊 Check out the size of this behemoth dusky – easily the biggest croc I’ve filmed underwater! At a guess, this fish looks at least in the mid- to late-90s (and possibly even bigger). It completely dwarfs the 30-50cm fish laying next to it! There’s no question the NSW Mid North Coast holds some of the biggest flathead in the country and there’s still some availability for key croc dates this coming winter and spring on Castaway, get in touch with us at: www.castawayfishing.com.au

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