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Lucky Strike Charters is a unique charter operation that handles everything from small water estuary fishing to chasing giant blue marlin off the Continental Shelf .
Lucky Strike is owned and operated by Ross McCubbin and operates out of the Gold Coast , giving them access to countless options for charter clients .
Ross is an exceptional game skipper and his form in the estuaries is without peer in his local waters .
Lucky Strike Charters runs two boats – their 34 ’ Blackwatch for offshore marlin and Sportfishing charters and their smaller estuary boat for running around the calm estuary waters .
The Fishery
Offshore The waters offshore from the Gold Coast are some of the most untapped sport and game fishing waters in the world . Heralded as a world class blue marlin fishery , these waters also produce black marlin , dolphinfish , yellow and bluefin tuna and some staggering reef fishing for mulloway , snapper , amberjack and more .
Inshore / Estuary The estuarine waters of the Gold Coast produce epic fishing year round . This time of year is flathead time and the fishing is the best in Australia in terms of numbers of fish and average size . Bream are abundant , mulloway are found in the deeper sections , trevally of many species , dangerous sized jacks and , interestingly the beginnings of a barramundi and threadfin fishery that is exciting plenty .
Angler ’ s Playground The Gold Coast is built for visitors and accommodation and entertainment , apart from the fishing , is easy to find . It ’ s a modern metropolis with all the facilities you could ever want or need , but it is Lucky Strike Charters that will give you the keys to the fishery .
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