More experience, greater results ~ LAWOK LEPAS

Viking II & Captain Bill Billson, the most successful and established marlin fishing boat from Cairns to Port Stephens, Sydney Australia.

Capt Bill has been Game fishing all his life, and professionally sport fishing for 28 years, running Marlin fishing charters, sport fishing charters and exclusive Bluewater fly fishing charters, and one of the few owner operators in the industry.

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 through his history, 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 5 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 incredible 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 40 marlin over a thousand pound, between Cairns and Lizard Island. Over two years, 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 has topped the fleet many times in his history.

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.

Viking 11 moves along the east Coast of Australia following the best marlin fishing seasons. His schedule includes. September to early December. Cairns Lizard Island region. December to January, Gold Coast. February to April Port Stephens. May to August Gold coast