Capt Brad Craft has spent over 40 years in the gamefishing and diving fleet and has over 34 years experience as a captain. Having worked with world renowned Captains Peter Bristow and Laurie Wright and run boats Sea Strike, Diamond Girl, Shoki, Silvery Moon and Reelistic,Castille and LellyB.

In 1999 he designed and built a series of 34ft sportfishing boats under the PIRATE name, all of these vessels are still active charter boats today. In 2004 he and angler Jay Teeter weighed the 10th heaviest fish in Cairns history 1304lb, a strong advocate for tag and release this fish was the last fish to be weighed.

As past president of the Cairns Professional Gamefishing Assosciation he fought tirelessly to remove foreign owned longliners from Australian waters and was instrumental in the introduction of a ban on the commercial take of Billfish in the Australian fishing zone. This was passed by Parliment and introduced as law in 1995.

10 Reasons Why You Should Fish With Us

1. Over 40 fantastic seasons in Cairns.
2. Our mantra is to make your fishing experience one you will never forget.
3. Proven results with 10 fish over 1000lb weighed and over 485 (yes 485!) fish in excess of 800lb released.
4. Professional, personal and friendly service.
5. Over 80% return clientele.
6.  Great Tournament results:
   • 1st Compass Jackpot. $60,000
   • First Big Game Masters. $28,000
   • 2nd Lexus Classic
   • 3rd Lexus Classic
   • Champion Boat, Townsville
   • Light Tackle Tournament
7. Qualified and experienced crew with worldwide expertise and a good sense of humour!
8. An all inclusive package that caters to your needs.
9. Latest tackle, electronics and equipment needed to fish these waters.
10. The best location in the world for Giant Black Marlin.

Just some of the fish we’ve caught