Viking 11 & Capt Bill Billson.  The most recognised  Marlin  fishing  boat  from Cairns to Port Stephens, Sydney Australia 

Capt Bill has been  Game fishing all his life, and professionally  sport fishing for  over 20 years , running Marlin fishing charters, sport fishing charters and exclusive Saltwater fly fishing charters    Starting as a crewmen  on Australia's top  Marlin boats  and now recognised himself as Australia's No 1  sport fishing and game fishing  boat Captain. This statement can be verified by his results of the past 10 years.   No other Australian  Captain comes close to his  tournament achievements, as one example Capt Bill and his boats Viking and Viking 11 have won the prestigious Lizard Island Black Marlin Classic 4 times and runners up just as many. He is consistently in the top placing on all tournaments from Cairns to Sydney. His list of Marlin captures for his clients is outstanding, including 10 one thousand pound marlin weighed , two over one thousand two hundred pounds. He is conservative in saying that he has tagged & released  another 20 marlin over a thousand pound,
between Cairns and Lizard Island.  In 2002 and 2003 Viking 11 amazed the rest of the Cairns Fleet by consecutively catching over 100 fish for the Giant Black Marlin season , rarely done before.  (101 & 105).  Capt Bill's diversity in fishing has also been proven with saltwater fly fishing . Three of the  current world records on Saltwater fly were caught off Viking 11 with Billson as Captain. His is Fly-fishing records include the  largest fish ever caught on fly (289lb blue marlin on 20lb tippet) the largest striped marlin ever caught on fly ( 231lb striped marlin on 16lb ) and a 151lb black marlin also on 16lb. So you can be sure you are in the best of hands When  you chose  either a Marlin fishing charter in Cairns, a Game fishing charter in Sydney, or a Saltwater Fly fishing charter in Port Stephens.

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CAIRNS GIANT BLACK MARLIN SEASON REPORT 2005 - 2006

Our 2005 heavy tackle season started on the 6th September and finished on 1st of December 87 days straight chasing the giant black marlin that migrate to the Barrier Reef every year. All of our clients went away with some amazing memories and extremely happy so much so that on returning home in December my wife Kim informed me that our book was full for the 2006 season. Some highlights were.

Regular client Brent Morehouse from the US topped off a great week by catching another grander with us. He is getting towards double figures with nice ones now, but still won’t put one in the boat unless a definite 1100lb.

Ferdi Pistirious from South Africa got 2 over 850lb in the Lizard island classic. Bill Holt also from the US letting a monster go over 1100lb. Old time friend and partner in the original Viking Paul Kelly had a blinder 4 days catching 5 over 900lb and 9 in total.

Dan Percy also from the US followed on the hot early November bite, with a total of 9 for his 5 days. His first day a 750 lb'er he lifted the ante on the second day with a 850lber than the next day a 950lber and to really put the icing on the cake let a monster go well over 1000lb in his last hour of his last day.

December saw us moving from Cairns to the Gold Coast were we are now calling home. Our young family Kai now 2 ½ and Emmi-Rose nearly 4 are loving it and having the Viking 11 parked out in front of the house makes life much easier, and lets me spend more time with the family.

By early February this year, we were doing our southern season out of Port Stephens, we started our season and the fish started snapping, Up to 10 billfish a day was not uncommon and all 3 species Black, blue, and striped marlin could be caught in a day. Neil Delaney caught a Grand Slam for a single angler, and had some hot fishing for his 5 days.

Our 1ST Workshop was held on the 11th and 12th of February, I would have to say my best ever, they are becoming very popular and from the remarks from the students they are more than impressed with what we teach them. There fishing day on the Sunday saw many of the students putting into practice what we taught them, and catching there first ever marlin.

Regular Japanese Fly-fishing client Hiro had booked his usual 7 days out of Port Stephens. The fishery stayed strong and we hooked some nice fish on the fly. A 600lb Blue, which blew us away on 20lb tippet, and a weighed 125 lb black on 16lb tippet just a little under the record were a few of the highlights.

We fished the NSW interclub tournament last weekend in February and the 1st weekend in March. We have won this event 3 times prior with capture, and I was keen to take out the Tag and Release section. To our delight we achieved that feat this year, to the best of my knowledge I don’t believe this has ever been achieved before. 13 black and Striped marlin tagged and released in the 1st weekend of the tournament did the job. My Wife Kim took out Champion overall angler, and also Champion female angler. She did a great job on the rod and we were more than delighted.

Thats all for now but check back soon for some more news

Hope to see you soon

Captain Bill

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