Apollo Bay Fishing & Adventure Tours
42 Reviews
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Inshore Fishing Charters Apollo Bay, Great Ocean Road, Anglesea & Port Campbell Victoria | Apollo Bay Fishing & Adventure Tours, one of the best fishing charters in Victoria, have deep sea fishing trips and scenic adventures for the whole family.
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+61352377888
Apollo Bay Harbour, Breakwater Rd, Apollo Bay VIC 3233
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Features
- Wheelchair-accessible car park
- Wheelchair-accessible entrance
- Credit cards
- Debit cards
- Mobile payments
- Wheelchair-accessible seating
- Wheelchair-accessible toilet
- Delivery
- Outdoor seating
- Dine-in
- Sport
- Alcohol
- Beer
- Spirits
- Wine
- Seating
- Casual
- Groups
- Great cocktails
- Live music
- Cocktails
- Happy-hour drinks
- Cosy
- Accepts reservations
- Coffee
- Kids' menu
- Small plates
- Breakfast
- Brunch
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Dessert
- Fireplace
Recommended Reviews
Loughlan “Gish” Burnett
23.09.2023
Apollo Bay Fishing & Adventure Tours
Avoid this tour. 4 hour fishing trip was purchased as a birthday gift with me in attendance.Things to note: A long distance distance from Metro Melbourne (Expect a 3-4 hour drive to get there).I would suggest, if you have decent tackle, Bring it along. Otherwise, if you aren't picky about broken guides or broken reels.Tackle was very poor, after being given a rod with broken top guide, bearings shot on the reel (Grinding noise on retrieve) and the bail-arm detached on one side, got told 'that rods fine' by staff member at a glance. Eventually replaced with 'new' (or so they said) rod which had top two guides missing their inner rings resulting in a grinding feel when retrieving.Persisted for approx 2 hours of 4 hour trip with 1 undersized flathead landed by the whole boat.After numerous people on boat whinged, they reluctantly pulled in the parachute anchor and moved onto another spot.At the 2nd location, approx 7 fish taken in total across a boat of 12 people.I felt like a beggar asking for additional bait as most of it had been nibbled off.On other charters, fish is filleted/gutted for you, which is great for people who are new to fishing or catch a species that they are unfamiliar with, however this is not the case on this vessel. I was however lucky enough to get a plastic bag and some ice.People were not given guidance on appropriate handling of fish which resulted in a flathead spiking a customer trying to de-hook an undersized fish because staff were too busy fishing for other people because they were frustrated.According to a local tackle shop, it's very difficult NOT to catch fish out of apollo bay. Their opinion, based on the total catch and day/time we went fishing, we should have taken heaps of fish. That opinion was that the operator chose the wrong spot and failed to listen when customers weren't taking fish. This was based on various reports of private fishermen in the area on that day.My recommendation, avoid this company. Not worth the time or effort.NOTE: I am open to communication with the company and am happy to have an explanation as to why this went so poorly.
Tommy
12.09.2023
Apollo Bay Fishing & Adventure Tours
I did only catch one fish but it was still a great time ignore all the hateful reviews they don't know what they r talking abt
Sarah C
03.09.2023
Apollo Bay Fishing & Adventure Tours
Poor day , 4 fish between 22 guests. Crew not overly helpful , would expect a lot more for $260 2A and 2C (2 hour family fishing) won’t be returning for a while
Jennifer Bainbridge
14.08.2023
Apollo Bay Fishing & Adventure Tours
Two of family went, not everyone can fish, only 5 rods to share between the 12, so it is on a share basis. Crew did not advise or help with the deep sea fishing, the crew were fishing and catching fish, while the paid clients where shown where the bait was and how to put it on the line that was it.Not something we would do again, and if you do go, you should be aware of the shared rods as that was not made clear when we booked. We were pretty lucky the group we were with all prepared to share, but don't expect to be fishing for the full 4 hours as advertised.
Hafsa Ahmad
14.08.2023
Apollo Bay Fishing & Adventure Tours
Beautiful cruise in the bay. We couldn't spot the shipwreck so Robin was nice enough to let us more time with the seals. First time so close to such a large colony of seals. We had a good time but not worth the money.
Justin
01.08.2023
Apollo Bay Fishing & Adventure Tours
We only get a couple of chances to come to the ocean per year. From inland, we have limited knowledge on salt water fishing. I have been on numerous charters in my time also, but mostly up north. We started by paying the minimum of $500 between 2 for a 4 hour arvo fish. Yes, $250 each, expecting a good time. We were taken 10 miniutes out of the bay and into some good gummy water". Me and my mate caught a heap of spurdogs (9 infact)
张泽卿
25.07.2023
Apollo Bay Fishing & Adventure Tours
It is my first time to fish in the ocean! So excited and catch a big guy! Nice experience! 70$ two hours is worthy!
Darren Edgell
21.07.2023
Apollo Bay Fishing & Adventure Tours
Was taken on a 4 hr fishing by my fiancee as a birthday present.I was given a 24kg rod to catch small flatties with. The bail arm on the real never seated properly and the tackle was cheap and set up poorly. The skipper barely said anything to us or the other people on the boat while he fished himself with his better rod and reel combo set up with decent tackle too (I was so angry).To top it off I was not allowed to fillet my own catch on the boat and was told to walk over to the boat ramp to fillet them. When i explained i was on holiday so didn't have a knife to fillet with they advised i get one from my hotel. I ended up giving my catch to a family fishing off the wharf.I will never go out with this mob again and advise you all not too also. Read the other reviews and take heed. There are way better charters to go out on.I am a fisherman who has owned a few boats myself over the years and have been out on many fishing charters. I have never seen anything like this.
Rachael Berry
19.07.2023
Apollo Bay Fishing & Adventure Tours
Our family went out on the one hour trip to see the seals. It was amazing!! Max the skipper was great and told us lots of information about them. We went to see the dolphins too and even saw some baby dolphins swimming with their mum. Our girls ages 11,9 and 10 months loved this special experience to see these wonderful creatures in their natural habitat. Highly recommended. We will never forget it. Thank you!
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Apollo Bay Harbour, Breakwater Rd, Apollo Bay VIC 3233
Apollo Bay Fishing & Adventure Tours