Cape Arid Charters
Esperance · Recherche Archipelago

Out past the islands by seven.

Fishing charters and island cruises through one hundred and five islands, with a skipper who has worked this coast for twenty-two years.

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The coast

One hundred and five islands, and hardly another boat.

The Recherche Archipelago runs two hundred and thirty kilometres east from Esperance. Most days out there you will not see another vessel. We fish the same ground our skipper's father fished, and we still find new country every season.

Off Cape Le Grand
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01

The run out

Forty minutes to the first ground, coffee on the way.

02

First drop

Anchored over reef in twenty-eight metres.

03

Middle of the day

Lunch on the back deck, out of the wind.

04

The sea lions

They come to the boat. Every single time.

05

Home by four

Filleted, bagged and iced before you step off.

The trips

Three ways to get out there.

014 hours · max 8

Half Day Reef

Inshore reef inside the bay. The one to take if you have children aboard, or if you have never been sure about your sea legs.

$1857am or 1pm daily
029 hours · max 6

Full Day Islands

The long run east into the archipelago. Samson, nannygai and pink snapper, with lunch and a feed cooked on board.

$3956.30am departure
033 hours · max 12

Island Cruise

No fishing at all. Sea lions, ospreys and the islands themselves, at a pace that suits anyone who would rather look than cast.

$952pm daily
Bandy Creek, 6.15am
The skipper

Twenty-two years on this coast.

Commercially licensed, Coxswain Grade 1, survey vessel 2C. If the forecast turns we will ring you the night before and move you rather than take you out into a day you would not enjoy. That call has never once cost us a customer.

22
Years on this coast
105
Islands out there
1800+
Trips run
8
Maximum aboard
Bookings

Tell us a date and we'll tell you what's biting.

Call 0400 333 444
Phone
0400 333 444
Best before 8pm
Email
book@capearid.com.au
Departs
Bandy Creek
Esperance Boat Harbour, pontoon 3
Season
September – May
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