Welcome to the Staaten River Fishing & Wilderness Lodge

The Experience

The Staaten River Fishing and Wilderness Lodge in Queensland’s Gulf country is a great base to experience the superb fishing and wildlife that is only available in this beautiful almost untouched part of the Queensland Gulf country.

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The Fishing

The rivers of the gulf hold huge stocks of salt water Barramundi and the Staaten River is one of the finest in the region. In fact, we catch more metre-plus Barramundi in just one week than most lodges would catch in months, or even a year.

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Bird Watching

The Staaten River region is home to a wonderful abundance of birdlife from semi-tropical to temperate species. And, because of the wonderfully contrasting landscape, the birdwatching possibilities are numerous.

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  • Recent Trip Reports & News

    Trip reports are updated weekly. Please check back regularly for the latest reports, including photos of all the action, at the Staaten River Lodge.

    Click on the report title for the full report with photos, or the "more" link below for all the latest reports.

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  • New barramundi and lodge photos

    Plenty of new photos of recent big barramundi catches as well as images f ...

  • Successful Afternoon Fish

    A quick afternoon fish for manager Gavin New and our Japanese hostess Sae ...

  • 5 barramundi over a metre: John and Andrew

    John and Andrew fished Staaten River for the mighty barramundi. It was th ...