This episode of Big Fish Big Adventure follows Captain James as he leaves Red Cliff port and heads to The Yard in Brisbane to get the Big Cat slipped and refitted in the dry dock.
 The Yard is the biggest dry dock on the east coast of Australia and homes many specialised factories and companies that purely focus on large ship maintenance and manufacturing. This will be James’ home for the next 6 weeks while the boat sits up on bricks getting stripped back inside and out and then completely refitted with new finishes, new equipment and a couple of new toys.
 Leading up the slipping there has already been 4 solid weeks of work on the boat doing what they can in preparation to go up on the slip, as every day on the slip pass with a slide of the credit card so James needs to make sure he uses his time wisely while the big girl is up on the bricks.



With tense moments through out the episode there is drama for Captain James trying to get the boat finished in time for the first trip of the year which is a 7 day line fishing trip out to the Sweet Lip Reef, part of the Swains Reef system with a full load of guests and a couple new crew. 

Follow James through the ups and downs of the mammoth effort it takes to get a 250 ton charter boat slipped and refitted. From having to replace both of his shafts and props to needing a full respray on the boat the Big Cat is in for a lot of work. 

James’ original budget for the slipping was around $100,000 but after all of the unexpected issues James is slammed with a $250,000 bill something he was not ready for. As well as this James is stuck on the slip for an extra 4 weeks on top of what he planned for, putting a huge amount of pressure on the small business owner and his family.

Will James be able to make it out of the yard in time to get to Bundaberg for the first trip of the season or will he be forced to call it off?
In this episode of Fins and Skins, we get a real taste for show with some of the highlights of the series. We find out how the series came about by matching great fishing locations from around the...
Captain Bill Knowles, who has been running charters since 1959, and he’s been passing on that fishing knowledge on to Captain Randy Towe – between then they’ve got 80 years experience. Join them...
This time we’re heading out over deep water with First Choice Charters’ Larry Wren and swordfish are the target species, but since they encounter some mahi en route… we’ll it’d be rude not...
Meet Darcie Arahill, one of online fishing’s brightest stars. She’s built quite a reputation for herself through her YouTube videos and Instagram account over the last few years. In this short...
Reelin’ in the Keys is back onboard with the world-famous Hemingway challenge! Every year, hundreds of the sunshine states best sport anglers flock to the port of Key West, Florida to embark on a...
Very good app great videos spent hours watching all sorts of fishing videos in all categories geez makes me want to go out and fish thanks for this app
This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings.
If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again.
3rd Party Cookies
This website uses Google Analytics to collect anonymous information such as the number of visitors to the site, and the most popular pages.
Keeping this cookie enabled helps us to improve our website.
Please enable Strictly Necessary Cookies first so that we can save your preferences!