Apollo Bay Fishing & Adventure Tours

Tried to book weeks in advance with no confirmation. Rang to no answer or reply.
Was told by the co-op they were no longer operating.

We booked for a 4 hr trip starting at 7 am. We rang the day before a couple of times to confirm with only a recorded message.
We go down to the boat only to find a sign saying due to illness we are not conducting tours at this time.

Disappointed!

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

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.

It is my first time to fish in the ocean! So excited and catch a big guy! Nice experience! 70$ two hours is worthy!

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.

AVOID AT ALL COSTS:

We went on a Seal cruise with this crowd and were bitterly disappointed - After paying a whopping $40.00 per person, we were taken out to see the Seals for only about 5 minutes, before the skipper, Max, decided it was time to turn the boat around and head back to the pier. He seemed in a massive rush to get back which was a real shame as it would've been lovely to have a bit longer to watch these beautiful animals at play. Very disappointing.

Went on the 4 hour Fishing Trip at end of August. Fish weren't plentiful tho' could be due to the season. Equipment was OK, tho' one rod's line was too short to reach bottom feeding fish. 4hours seemed like a long time esp.if you don't have sea-legs or catch any fish! Staff didn't explain how to fish for people who haven't fished before or demonstrate how the equipment works or what fish we could catch.

We booked via the website for the seal tour. Did not receive a confirmation. Attempted to call on the mobile a few hours later. No answer, no message bank and no call back. Hung around the pier 1/2 before and 1/2 hour after booking time to no avail Disappointed kids and adults

We had fantastic time in this 4hr fishing tour, we got lots of fish and a shark, that was amazing experience I 'v ever had.

We had a wonderful time. We caught lots of fish. We caught flathead, snapper and a butterfly gurnard.

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!

It was the absolute best experience for me and the family. Highly recommend to do this trip. We even seen a couple of dolphins as well. It was good to see wildlife in its natural habitat.

Not happy with the service me and my mate were provided.would not recommend this charter to anyone

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), 4 flat head and 2 whiting for they day. Skipper caught a nice 8kg gummy and his deck hand and son were pulling up some nice flat head.

It became apparent, that despite us forking out $500, the crew were not fishing for the paying customers, instead for themselves. My mate asked if there was a limit on spurdogs (as that was pretty much all we were getting) to which we were told there is no catch/size limit. So given we were fishing poorly we took all we could get. End of the day comes, we were told to gut and fillet our own fish over at the boat ramp. We paid $500 mind you, most charters will fillet them for the customer, because you know, they are paying you for a service. When we got there, there was fisheries officers waiting to check peoples catch. It turns out, you can only have 1 spurdog. 1! They are classified as being a SHARK. We have a potential $450 fine EACH, due to skippers lack of knowledge.

They did bait the hook granted, but on all the charters ive been on they dont just float for 4 hours untill times up to save on fuel. (we spent a good hour and a half fishless) They go out of there way to put you in the good places to catch decent fish and lots of it. Plus they are fishing for you. The paying customer. The guy whom pays you to go out and bring back lots of fish. After they fisheries took our fish for evidence, we were left with 8 flat head tails, 2 whiting, and a piece of gummy, plus a potential $900 fine, all for $500.

We are so angry, our holiday to the coast was ruined by this charter, I do not recommend to any one to go on this boat for fishing and find an alternative charter boat because it was a joke of a weekend for us that left us fuming.

P. S To the skipper, The question I want you to ask yourself, is if you were away and decide to go on a charter, and you fork out that kind of cash, would you be happy with your day? With your catch? Because we worked out we could have bought 77 pieces of flake for our money. (which we did go to a fish co-op in Lorne and bought fish to take home) Not 4 flat head, 2 whiting, and a piece of gumy for $500.

Disgrace!