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16/12/2010 This 9 day charter is for international clients from Russia, all they want to do is have a good time and catch Marlin the first day out we got them conditioned for the fishing and caught bait for following days, we then caught Yellow Fin Dolphin Fish and Spanish Mackerel and the fun had started, we also went wide and caught 2 nice Blue Marlin 300 and 400 Lb. We were back for a night in Cairns and then out to the Sea Mount and that proved to be worthy of the trip, plenty of Wahoo, Yellow Fin and Dolphin Fish, we also caught another small Blue Marlin. We then went back into Cairns for a night and out for the last two days the fish were still being cooprative and we manged to find a small Black Marlin for the birthday boy. In all it has been a fantastic charter and considering it is outside the Marlin season for Cairns we still managed to find some fish. 
27/11/2010 Well the weather was not very kind to our charter for Pru, we encountered a number of days with winds upto 30 Knots, but that aside the charter was a great time and plenty of fish caught, unfortunately we did not find the marlin like we had intended. I hope to have additional photo's to post when I receive them back off Pru and her family. 22/11/2010 Today we started the 5 day Charter for the Make A Wish Foundation and the trip is for Pru from Batemens Bay, Pru has been battling with an illness and has been granted the wish to fish in Cairns. The weather today looks good but winds are increasing for the next few days, we caught plenty of good bait and some nice Spanish Mackerel which will be very nice for dinner tonight, Pru was very happy with her catch today. Stay Tuned I am sure there will be some top action on this trip.
20/11/2010 We only managed to get the tag into one more Marlin and parted company with three others, the weather was great and the time had by all was great, we caught plenty of Mackerel and Tuna to top off the four days
17/11/2010 The first day of a four day charter and we have three of the old clients that have fished Batemans Bay with me for many years, and one of them is Macka and if anyone knows how to have a good time it's Macka. As we expected the current has picked up and fishing is back on, we tagged three fish for the first day at 150, 250 and 550Lb and there were celebrations allround that afternoon for the Boys, especially Macka. We managed to Save Him.
14/11/2010 The last three days of RNR were relaxing, we fished the Eustas reef with the weather probably too calm, we managed to find two Marlin at 250 and 300Lb we also had a great time with school of Dolphin Fish which made for a very nice dinner. The current having dropped right away has made the fishing slow but I am sure it will be back HOT in a few days
09/11/2010 The last day of the four day charter and the fishing has still been great, Murry and the guys finished off with three more Good Marlin 300 400 & 850lb, this has to be one of the best four day results on the reef this season, 10 Good Solid Marlin with an 1100lb, 850, and two called at 750 Well done Guys.08/11/2010 The Day has been another great day the weather has layed off to around 15Kn and the water is great. Murry and the boys are having another fantastic day on the Barrier Reef with two more energetic Marlin to give them a work out, one fish coming in at 250Lb and another solid fish at 750lb, with a day still to go on this four day charter the guys have had a fantastic trip with seven Marlin two inthe 700's and one over the magical thousand at 1100lb.07/11/2010 We are two days into a four day charter and Marlin are back for the taking, Two Marlin the first day 400 and 750 lb, and there is plenty of good bait, today so far we we have caught the Grander for Murry and his mates, a good solid 1100lb and there is still plenty of the day left. I just received a call from Ash as I was finishing this report to say they have just caught another two Marlin, one 250 and one 350lb and as we were talking he had a double header come up and looking so he had to go. The fishing is HOT Today.04/11/2010 The four day Charter we just finished was a great time the fishing was a bit slow as it was for all the boats but we had some great weather producing only one Marlin and with a good bite out of another monster, the trip home produced some great fishing with plenty of GT's and Mackerel
31/10/2010 We are back out the next day with a two day charter again with Internationals from Scotland trying for the Big Blacks, again we fished the banks and bit further South to produce yet another four Black Marlin ranging from 500 to 800 lb.
29/10/2010 We strted a four day Charter fishing of Lizard Island with four internationals looking for the Black Marlin, we fished the first two days on the top end of the Ribbons but the fishing was dead, we then decided to move down South to the Banks for the last two days with four good Black Marlin to finish the Charter bthe fish were all good size ranging from 400 to 850 lb. the Boys were happy
23/10/2010 Lizard Island Black Marlin Tournament: The Marlin and Weather were a real battle this year with only five fish to the winning team, we had a great time with a great charter onboardbut only 2 from 4 for tournament.14/10/2010 We have just had great start to the season with four days on the banks, mates Jason and Pete onboard and we managed three Marlin on the first day, the weather was great with plenty of good bait and some really nice sized Yellow Fin, we also managed to get Jason hooked into a whaler shark for hour or so that was good 600 plus and did not want to play the game, another Marlin plenty of Yellow Fin and some good Spanish Mackerel the trip was great 
24/09/2010
We have just returned from a four day trip to Holmes Reef fishing the sea mount on the way out and on the way back. The fishing on the
sea mount was jsut awsome with king size Wahoo and Dolphin fish, not to mention the sharks and being smashed by Dog Tooth Tuna
Holmes was great and we managed to fill the freezers with good baits for the start of the season. The GT's on the outer edge of Holmes
were great fun and reef fishing in the afternoon and evening was the best. On the way back we left in time to fish the sea mount at day
break and the Dog Tooth Tuna were out to play, between the Wahoo and Doggies we only fished for an hour and then continued back to
Cairns with more king size Dollies and small black to top it off.
28/6/2010 The season is shaping up good with a few early juvanile Black Marlin being tagged in the past month. The Kalira calendar is starting to fill so make an early enquiry and secure dates for a discounted package deal.
15/5/2010 Kalira is now back in Cairns, after leaving Bermagui on the 15th of May we had a magnificent trip with the wind gently pushing us along all the way to Cairns.We had a five day stop off at the Gold Coast and then continued on, the trip was great with overnight anchorage at Tangalooma, Percy Islands and White Haven in the Whit Sunday Islands. 15/8/2009 We are out for a 3 day trip starting today. Leaving Cairns at lunchtime we spent the afternoon light tackle fishing but unfortunately we didn't raise a fish, we put the pick down at Thetford reef for the night.
16/8/2009 Fished jenny-louise shoal in the morning for scad to fill the freezers for the season. We then spent the afternoon heavy tackle fishing from jenny up to the light raising a fish of about 300 pound but unfortunatley couldnt get a bite out of it. Just before putting the anchor down at Flynn reef we did a few passes and picked up some nice spaniards for dinner.
17/8/2009 Today Geoff and the boys tagged and released the first marlin for the new boat, a whopping 40 pound. We released the marlin just on the edge of Thetford reef on a laser pro while mackeral fishing, not a bad by-catch. We then marlin fished the rest of the day but only managed a few spaniards and a couple of spotty mackeral. We are back into cairns tonight.
15/9/2009 Today we are leaving Cairns to head south and fish the Port Hinchenbrook Billfish Classic. With 5 guys on board we left Cairns at 3pm and fished our way out to Coates reef where we spent the night, along the way filling up on mackeral and catching a few GT's.
16/9/2009 We left coates reef at 7 and continued our way south catching some scaleys for the coming heavy tackle season. We arrived at Port Hinchenbrook at 4pm
18/9/2009 Day 1 of the Comp, unfortunately we didnt see a fish for the day and out of 26 boats there was only 6 fish caught, with 6 seperate boats catching them all. The wind got up to about 25kt s/e.
19/9/2009 Day 2. Again no fish for us with only 1 caught fo the day. Now 7 boats on 1 each. Plenty of mackeral to keep the boys busy throught the day, wind 15/25 kt s/e
20/9/2009 Day 3. No fish AGAIN. Only 3 caught for the day. Heaps of mackeral still around. Now 10 on 1 each, 5/10kt s/e
21/9/2009 Final day. Finally we got 1, a healthy 40 pound sailfish. It was angler, Bens first billfish so congratulations, we caught it on a lure about an hour before stop fishing. There was only 2 fish caught for the day and the end result was 12 boats finishing on 1 billfish each.
22/9/2009 Today we are leaving Hinchenbrook to make our way north back to Cairns, we started the morning with a few nice spanish mackeral then put the heavy tackle gear in wide of Dunk Island, just after 2pm we released a 400lb black for angler Jason, this also being his first billfish release. After that we pulled the gear in and stemaed into Cairns.
9/10/2009 Today we are leaving Cairns for our first Heavy tackle trip for the season, we are out for 3 days with 4 guys on board. After leaving cairns we put the laser pro's out at Tounge reef and after 2 hours we had plenty of mackeral for the boys to take back to Victoria. We fished the bank the whole afternoon raising 1 fish on the scad but couldn't get a bite. Stayed at South Opal for the night and Rafted up to MOANA III. Also at south Opal is, Iceman, Shaka and Sparticus. Blew a constant 10-20kt s/e all night
10/10/2009 Bait fished the morning but we were unable to catch a scaley because the spaniards were harrasing us. We fished the bank again all day raising another fish about 200lb but would't eat. The boys managed plenty of yellowfin between 8 and 13kg and the also got a go on the heavy tackle after a 100lb whaler ate our scad then shortly after we had a huge bite on the scad only for it to turn out as a 300lb hammerhead hooked through the dorsal. We stayed at South Opal again with Iceman, Shaka, Moana, Calypso and Kekoa sharing the anchorage with us, 15-20kt s/e.
11/10/2009 Final day today, we put the laser pro's out and 8am and trolled thorught the opening between south opal and north opal, the boys had plenty of fun catching mac tuna one after the other before the sharks moved in. Put the gear in at 9am and after an hour of trolling we had a 150lb on the scad which followed us for 10 minutes then faded off down sea, 20 minutes later we had the same thing but a 250lb and 10 minutes after that a 150lb was in behind the scad but then lit up and swam off to join an 800lb just under the port rigger then both went deep together. At 2pm we managed to release a 150lber for angler brad and a 350lber for Col 40minutes later. We then pulled in the gear and steamed into Cairns.
19/10/2009 Out for a day trip today with a couple of Guys from Texas, headed out to the bank where it was blowing a constant 25knots. Didn't raise a fish all day so we pulled the gear in early and steamed into Batt Reef where we managed 4 nice spaniards in 10 minutes.
21/10/2009 Out again for a light tackle day trip with 2 boys from Canberra. Fishing was a litle slow only managing 3 spaniards a a couple of scaleys.
23/10/2009 Today we are leaving for Lizard Island. Left Cairns marlin marina at 6pm and chugged all night. We have 3 anglers on board and our new crewman Travis from Down Melbourne.
24/10/2009 After chugging all night we were just north of Cooktown by morning to start our bait fishing. We ended with both bait freezers full of nice scaleys and some mac tuna. Into Lizard at around lunchtime.
25/10/2009 DAY 1 Had the sailpast at 9am, from the shotgun start we steamed down to the top of number 9 and put in the gear. Unfortunately we didnt see a fish for the day. Anchoring at bottom of no. 9 for the night.
26/10/2009 DAY 2 Once again today we did not manage to see a fish for the day. We did everything right, scad fished the morning gettin fresh bait, caught fresh big baits but just couldn't manage to find a hungry marlin. We fished from no.8 right down to the bottom of no.5 where we stayed for the night.
27/10/2009 DAY 3 Well today we managed to get a bite just 5 minutes before stop fishing, but unfortunately pulled the hooks after a 5 minute fight. Today we fished no.5, 4, 3 and 2 then put the anchor down at the bottom of no.3
28/10/2009 DAY 4 Finally managed the find our first fish of the tournament, a very lively 150lb. But on the other end of the scale we did jump off 2 other small fish before we came tight on them. We stayed at the bottom of 3 again and over dinner we decided we were going to get up at 2am and head towards Jewell reef where the fishing had been red hot for the tournament.
29/10/2009 DAY 5 After a long night of chugging we arrived at hicks reefs at 9am just in time for a scad fish, but the scad did not want to play. After a verl long day marlin fishing we got up to jewell reef and had not seen a fish. questions were being asked weather it was the right move to come up this far then at 2 minutes before stop fishing we had a crash tackle bight on the mac tuna. It was called a big fish off the bite. with a short 20minute battle we had a tag in her and released in excellent condition. The call was made at 1050lb and she certainly looked every bit of it.
30/10/2009 DAY 6 After the big fish from the day before we didnt see a fish today but had plenty caught around us. Was a little bit rougher today averaging 20 knots, tonight we are staying at jewell reef
31/10/2009 DAY 7 After having the gear in the watre for 10 minutes one of the anglers say he saw a black shadow under the drop back, when we turned around it rose and out came a bill and a sail, he thought the bubble trail from the drop back looked pretty tasty, after some quick thinking from the boys on the deck the quickly had him switched over to the scad where we made short work with him on 130. By gfar the largest sailfish i have seen and we called him around 130lb. We had a pretty quiet afternoon and with less than an hour to go before stop fishing we caught a fiesty 350lber for angler Reg. Today is the final day so at stop fishing we steamed into watson bay behind lizard island and all had a fantastic dinner on the island for the presentation.
11/11/2009 Left Cairns today and headed straight to batt reef for a mackeral fish. Straight up we caught 6 mackeral then headed for Linden Bank. arriving there at 1pm we caught a 400lber after 10 minutes of fishing for 19 year old Mark Grenda from Melbourne. 40 minutes later we got a 300lber for his older brother thomas. Unfortunately we didnt see another one for the day.
12/11/2009 Today was pretty quiet only cathing a 30lb yellowfin and a 25lb dolphin fish. Pretty slow at the bank today only hearing of a couple of fish being caught. Tonight i counted 19 boats behind South Opal.
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