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Specialising in deep sea fishing charters, Reel Time Fishing Charters in Yamba go to sea every day the weather allows. Chasing quality reef fish like Pearl perch, Snapper, Mulloway, Mackerel etc.
Also available are the Whale Watching Tours during migration season.
Using three purpose charter built boats, they cater for individuals, group bookings as well as birthday and bucks parties. One-off bookings are available for those who would like to book the entire boat for themselves to do whatever type of fishing they like. All fishing gear and bait are supplied. Pick-up from Yamba or Iluka ferry wharf. No fishing license is required.

Reel Time Fishing Charters in Yamba is the number one and longest-running fishing charter business out of Yamba and Iluka on the north coast of New South Wales, Australia. Offering customers a unique fishing charter experience with the convenience of picking up at Iluka on the other side of the river at no extra cost. Specialising in deep sea fishing charters and whale watching cruises. Going to sea every day the weather lets them, chasing quality reef fish like Snapper, Pearl perch, Mulloway, Mackerel etc. Fish north to south Evans reef, south to Sandon and east to the shelf, covering all aspects of deep sea fishing. They have three purpose-built fishing charter boats and cater for individuals and fishing groups, regularly providing fishing boat charters for birthdays, office and bucks parties. All skippers are local fully qualified and know the area well, maximising your chance of a good catch when fishing.
Myself and 9 other people were return customers this year, travelling over 500 km’s up the east coast to Yamba for an annual get together with mates. After booking accomodation and sorting work schedules etc we all made the trip to Yamba NSW for a weekend of fishing. The skipper cancelled the charter the Saturday morning of the charter due to 1.5m swells and 12 km winds, all well with in safe limits for a boat of Reel Time’s capabilities (note that both other charters in Yamba went out Saturday, as well as many other private boats we watched cross the bar ) All coastal conditions were in line with reported conditions online from the night before. Very unprofessional and unfortunately our group will not be returning to this charter next year. Thankful to speak to another charter operator in Yamba who offered his apologies for the unprofessionalism. Looking forward to trying his charter in 2026. Unfortunately would not recommend.
Dave and his crew from Reel Time Fishing Charters are terrific supporters of Variety, The Children's Charity and my Variety Bash Car.I fully recommend these guys for your next charter as i have spoken to many very happy customers of theirs who were over the moon with the great time they had fishing.Give Dave a call to book yourself in for the time of your life on the high seas,you wont be disappointed.
We had a fabulous whale watching charter today with our skipper Luke at Reel Time. It is late in the season and we were given no promises. Luke went above and beyond and finally landed us two whales swimming together. Luke manoeuvred the boat time and time again so we could enjoy the whales without them being scared off. We enjoyed ourselves and so did the whales as they appeared multiple times giving us a whale of a time! Cheers Luke and Reel Time
My wife and I have been on Reel time charters many times over the past 7 years. Dave and his crew are professional and have a great deal of knowledge and experience. Every trip out is a great fun. Every trip is different. We have seen many great quailty fish. Personal best 9.9kg snapper was caught on this charter. Highly recommend Reel time charters
Had a great day out on the water chasing fish and they did a good job of finding them. Only negative was the skipper Greg was so rude to my wife on more than one occasion put a dampener on the day. Peter the deck hand never stopped all day and did a great job of looking after us. 9 people plus 2 staff in the boat was too many with lots of lines tangled.
Yamba Marina
Yamba NSW 2464