"More experience, greater results" Viking II & Captain Bill Billson, the most successful and established marlin fishing boat from Cairns to Port Stephens, Sydney Australia. RECEIVE FISHING NEWS Email: Name:

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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 II have won the prestigious Lizard Island Black Marlin Classic 4 times and runners up just as many. The largest tournament in the Southern-Hemisphere, the New South Wales interclub tournament, has also been won by Captain Bill 4 times. The largest Game fish ever to be caught on saltwater fly a incredable 289lb blue marlin on 20lb tippet was caught on Viking 11 with Bill as captain as well as the largest striped marlin on fly 231lb on 16lb tippet.

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 30 marlin over a thousand pound, between Cairns and Lizard Island. In 2002 and 2003 Viking II amazed the rest of the Cairns Fleet by consecutively catching over 100 fish for the Giant Black Marlin season, rarely done before. (101 & 105) he is consistently in the top few boats for most fish caught for the season, and topped the fleet again in the most recent 2007 season.  

Capt Bill's diversity in fishing excells with Bluewater fly fishing. Two of the most famous world records were caught off Viking II., with Billson as Captain. His 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 a fishing charter on the Viking II.

Viking II is perfectly appointed to provide superior speed, manoeuvrability and comfort and is ideal for day trips, live-aboard charters, or working with a mother ship on Australia's Great Barrier Reef and the east coast of Australia.

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