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Darryl Wilson

Nationality: Australian
Languages: English
Experience: 26 years

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Captain
Darryl Wilson

Member since June 2014 Cairns, Australia

Background: Captain Darryl grew up in Adelaide fishing with his brother from a very young age. 20 years later, he arrived in Cairns, and every possible moment became all about fishing and exploring. Captain Darryl became the owner-operator of Fish Tales Charters over 20 years ago, and after a decade of successful guiding decided to build the Don't Know to offer a variety of fishing charters due to the high number of repeat customers.
Techniques: Captain Darryl loves lure and popper fishing for Queenfish over the winter months on the Mulgrave and Russell Rivers.

Hey, I'm Captain Darryl Wilson

Cairns, Australië

Background: Captain Darryl grew up in Adelaide fishing with his brother from a very young age. 20 years later, he arrived in Cairns, and every possible moment became all about fishing and exploring. Captain Darryl became the owner-operator of Fish Tales Charters over 20 years ago, and after a decade of successful guiding decided to build the Don't Know to offer a variety of fishing charters due to the high number of repeat customers.
Techniques: Captain Darryl loves lure and popper fishing for Queenfish over the winter months on the Mulgrave and Russell Rivers.

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Fishing Reports

My Charter Listings

Fish Tales – Don't Know

4.6 / 5

(14 beoordelingen)

4.6 / 5

(14 beoordelingen)

Cairns • 20 ft • 5 personen

Trips vanaf US $842

Fish Tales Charters – River Rocket

4.5 / 5

(41 beoordelingen)

4.5 / 5

(41 beoordelingen)

Cairns • 20 ft • 6 personen

Trips vanaf US $105

Fishing Reports

Friday 5th September 2025

Sep 5, 2025 Cairns

Congratulations to Jim and his 110cm Barramundi while estuary fishing in Trinity inlet, Cairns! NOTE She was returned to the water safely! One very happy fishing booker customer! Cheers Dazza!

August Estuary Fishing 2025

Aug 31, 2025 Cairns

In Tropical North Queensland during the month of August not only do we see a change in the weather ie cooler nights, sunny days but can be very windy! Most of our charters are in the estuary of a morning. For the month of August the collection included Bream, small trevally, Queenfish, Hairtail, Javelinfish, Barramundi, Goldspotted Estuary Cod to name a few. Cheers Dazza

July 2025 Estuary Fishing in Trinity Inl

Jul 31, 2025 Cairns

Estuary fishing in Trinity Inlet of Cairns over the cooler month of July was at times surprising. At times our customers were able to see our resident estuarine Saltwater Crocodiles! So cool to see back Long Head Hairtails in the estuary-it`s been too long! (definitely from the dinosaur era)! Common caught fish species included Blue threadfin, Fingermark, Estuary trevally, Gold spotted estuary cod, Dusky Flathead, Mangrove jacks, Pikey Bream, juvenile Queenfish. Loved having the kids onboard over the school holidays!

Sunday 13th October 2019

Okt 13, 2019 Cairns

Thanks so much to Laura and Michael for having the best day in Cairns. So good to meet you and to show you around. Target species Trout, Mackerel; caught and kept for dinner included Coral Trout & Spanish Mackerel-two of the best sportsfish with excellent eating qualities.

Saturday 12th October 2019

Okt 12, 2019 Cairns

Only takes one Spanish Mackerel for Dave while reef fishing from Cairns. Guess the weight?

Estuary fishing for Fingermark, Mangrove

Sep 27, 2019 Cairns

Weekending Friday 27th September 2019 Estuary fishing in Trinity Inlet, Cairns has been producing Fingermark and Mangrove jacks all of good size as well as Queenfish; all caught on live-bait.

Customer reviews

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4.5 / 5

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Boot

4.5 / 5

Crew

4.6 / 5

Ervaring

4.5 / 5

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Estuary fishing in Trinity Inlet-Blue Threadfin

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	89%
Geschikt voor kinderen
	91%
Tevreden met de boot
	92%
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	64%

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Bruce B.

Plympton, South Australia

4.0 / 5

Ervaring:

4.0 / 5

Boot

4.0 / 5

Crew

4.0 / 5

Algemeen

April fishing trip

GECONTROLEERD Half Day Trip (AM) – Shared op April 24, 2017

Bruce B.

Plympton, South Australia

4.0 / 5

Apr 24, 2017

Half Day Trip (AM) – Shared

April fishing trip

GECONTROLEERD

Too bad I didn’t catch any fish. Daryl tried everything but that was not his fault. It was still a nice morning on the water.

Bruce B. raadt Fish Tales Charters – River Rocket aan

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Darryl Wilson (De Schipper)

Beantwoord op April 27, 2017

Hi Bruce, Thank you for coming out with us. It was good to met you, unfortunately it was not your day. Do come back for a visit and we will see what we can do for you. Thanks mate. Cheers Darryl

Darryl Wilson (De Schipper)

Beantwoord op April 27, 2017

Hi Bruce,
Thank you for coming out with us. It was good to met you, unfortunately it was not your day. Do come back for a visit and we will see what we can do for you.
Thanks mate. Cheers Darryl

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Cliff P.

Gwelup DC, WA

3.3 / 5

Ervaring:

3.0 / 5

Boot

4.0 / 5

Crew

3.0 / 5

Algemeen

Wasting time on catching live baits

GECONTROLEERD Half Day Trip (PM) – Shared op Januari 11, 2019

Cliff P.

Gwelup DC, WA

3.3 / 5

Jan 11, 2019

Half Day Trip (PM) – Shared

Wasting time on catching live baits

GECONTROLEERD

We wasted almost one and a half hours just to catch the live baits and didn’t catch enough at the end. No one on board caught any fish except one medium size finger mark. Disappointed.

We wasted almost one and a half hours just to catch the live baits and didn’t catch enough at the end. No one on board...

Cliff P. raadt Fish Tales Charters – River Rocket niet aan

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Darryl Wilson (De Schipper)

Beantwoord op Januari 14, 2019

Darryl Wilson (De Schipper)

Beantwoord op Januari 14, 2019

Thank you Cliff for taking the time to write this review.
In the month of December we had over 750 mls of rainfall; on the afternoon you selected for your fishing charter their was .80 run in the tide as well as a threating storm for most of the day.
May I suggest when next you are choosing a fishing charter you first speak with the fishing charter operator and talk about your target fish species, type of fishing charter you wish to take and time frame availability. We, as operators are always happy to communicate with our customer and offer recommendations/suggestions to help you get the best out of your fishing charter.
May I also add taking a fishing charter can mean so many different things to so many different people for example for some sitting back and watching the fishing guide throw a cast net and checking out what is caught; meeting different people for all walks of life; taking in the views of the waterways from a vessel; checking out the mangroves (to which they have never seen); just being outside and experiencing the tropical wet season weather-these are few of the things that people of our customers have enjoyed.
From myself Raewyn and fishing guide Darryl (Owners and Operators of Fish Tales Charters) we are sorry that you where disappointed with your fishing charter.

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Lesley G.

2.3 / 5

Ervaring:

2.0 / 5

Boot

2.0 / 5

Crew

3.0 / 5

Algemeen

September fishing trip

GECONTROLEERD Half Day Trip (AM) – Shared op September 6, 2020

Lesley G.

2.3 / 5

Sep 6, 2020

Half Day Trip (AM) – Shared

September fishing trip

GECONTROLEERD

Lesley G. raadt Fish Tales Charters – River Rocket aan

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Lesley G. raadt Fish Tales Charters – River Rocket aan

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Gary R.

Claremont, Tasmania

4.0 / 5

Ervaring:

4.0 / 5

Boot

4.0 / 5

Crew

4.0 / 5

Algemeen

Quality not quantity

GECONTROLEERD Full Day Trip – Reef (Shared) op Oktober 18, 2016

Gary R.

Claremont, Tasmania

4.0 / 5

Okt 18, 2016

Full Day Trip – Reef (Shared)

Quality not quantity

GECONTROLEERD

Darryl worked hard to find good quality fish, not just any fish. A good day out.

Gary R. raadt Fish Tales – Don't Know aan

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Darryl Wilson (De Schipper)

Beantwoord op Oktober 27, 2016

Thank you for coming out with us; was a pleasure to have you on board. We love meeting nice people. Darryl at `Fish Tales` Charters

Darryl Wilson (De Schipper)

Beantwoord op Oktober 27, 2016

Thank you for coming out with us; was a pleasure to have you on board. We love meeting nice people. Darryl at `Fish Tales` Charters

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Luke M.

Brisbane, QLD

3.0 / 5

Ervaring:

3.0 / 5

Boot

3.0 / 5

Crew

3.0 / 5

Algemeen

Fishing with Darryl

GECONTROLEERD Full Day Trip – Shared op November 24, 2018

Luke M.

Brisbane, QLD

3.0 / 5

Nov 24, 2018

Full Day Trip – Shared

Fishing with Darryl

GECONTROLEERD

Luke M. raadt Fish Tales Charters – River Rocket aan

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Darryl Wilson (De Schipper)

Beantwoord op November 26, 2018

Thank you for taking the time to write a review for fishing booker. We appreciate your patience’s on the day. We will see you next time. Cheers Your Hosts Darryl and Raewyn

Darryl Wilson (De Schipper)

Beantwoord op November 26, 2018

Thank you for taking the time to write a review for fishing booker. We appreciate your patience’s on the day. We will see you next time. Cheers Your Hosts Darryl and Raewyn

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Fish Tales – Don't Know

Fish Tales Charters – River Rocket

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April fishing trip

Wasting time on catching live baits

Wasting time on catching live baits

September fishing trip

September fishing trip

Quality not quantity

Quality not quantity

Fishing with Darryl

Fishing with Darryl

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