Welcome to Wildside Sportfishing! One of NSW most popular fishing charters located in the spectacular sea side town of South West Rocks..
Our custom fishing tours have been created by passionate owner & lifelong angler, Jason Bettles, for fishing enthusiasts of all levels & ages – beginners through to expert.
No two trips are the same onboard Wildside! The only guarantee, is that your guide will put in 100% to try and provide the best fishing charter you’ve ever had.
Expertise and local knowledge are pitted against ever changing weather conditions, ocean currents, tides and fish behavior to provide you with the ultimate mid north coast fishing expedition.Β
Offering small group sizes so you get personalized service, one on one tuition and space to fish effectively.
Fully licensed and insured, we have over 22 years experience operating fishing tours.
‘Wildside’
Our vessel, a Contender 25 TournamentΒ named Wildside, is surveyed for 30 nautical milesΒ (55 kms) offshore. It is fast, comfortable and a true sport fishing weapon.
Wildside is fully set up for all forms of angling, including game fishing South West Rocks. Twin 200hp four stroke outboards, 112lb Minnkota, downrigger, outriggers, large live bait tank, flying gaffs, tail ropes, Black Magic Equalizer harness, high / low chirp sonar and plus side and down scan – just some of the equipment we have on board.
What we catch
Target a range of species from Tuna, Snapper, Mackerel, Pearl Perch, Dollies, Kingfish and Marlin offshore to Mulloway, Jacks and Flathead in the Macleay River. No fish is safe!
Vertical jigging, soft plastic finesse, surface and sub surface stick baits, high speed spinning and trolling for Billfish are some of the techniques regularly used. We also have a massive live bait well on board which is filled with small fish such as slimey mackerel and yellowtail, at the start of a tour – covering all bases.
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Media coverage
Wildside Sportfishing: Where North Meets South
Want more Wildside Sportfishing content? Read about us in Spooled’s Deadrise Magazine Summer issue 2022.
“Jason runs the highly successful fishing charter business from the NSW North Coast haven of South West Rocks. Is that haven or heaven?βit could be both!) If I were able to create the perfect sportfishing destination it would probably look very much like βThe Rocksβ. Its very latitude of 30.88S means it truly is the ideal scenario where the northern flow of the East Australian Current meets the cooler waters streaming nutrients from the Tasman Sea.”
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Had some great #snapper fishing recently π
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Quick #mashup video of recent #fishing tours π€π₯
#getonboard we have a couple of spots left for 2025 πππ
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π¨π¦ Incredible Canada π¨π¦ we recently finished the trip of a lifetime, if you`re interested in details read on ππ
Kati, the kids and I just completed 6 weeks travelling around British Columbia and the Canadian Rockies in a motor home π
We`ve done quite a lot of travel in the past but this was something else ..
Our passage started in Vancouver and the Fraser River, over to Vancouver Island criss crossed bottom to top, 16 hr Ferry from Port Hardy up the inside passage to Prince Rupert, across to Terrace and lava feild, down through central BC into Mount Robson, Jasper, Icedfeild Parkway (most unbelievable scenery ive ever seen) into Banff, then zig zagged from Kootenay down towards USA border back up to Camploops, Whistler etc and back into Vancouver once more.
**all thanks to the incredible and tireless planning of my wonderful wife!π **
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Finn and I caught basically every fish on offer π
I termed it pokemon hunting, as we aimed to catch all species on our hit list =
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PACIFIC Salmon - Chinook (spring), coho, chum, pink and sockeye (plus kokenee which are land locked sockeye)
Trout - cut throat, sea run cutties, rainbow, steel head
Char - bull trout, lake trout, brook trout, dolly varden
White Sturgeon
Halibut
Ling cod, flounder, surf perch and a multitude of Rock fish species
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Finns giant buck chinook salmon in the first pick was the most incredible fish I`ve ever seen (and I`ve seen a few π) I swear you could see the entire universe along its massive flanks - mind boggling π€―
Crazy fishing at times.
Battling 4x giant Sturgeon to 300lb with Matty was nuts. These prehistoric mud marlin jump instantly on hook set and then go to war on 150lb braid and virtual lock up π¬ AWESOME. (DM for guides contact)
Great time hooking big silver coho salmon doing back flips in a tiny tannin creek on a light travel stick.
Offshore fishing with Dean from @peninsulacharters was terrific landing a whole host of species in only half a day π including chicken of sea (halibut) Ling cod, rock fish and salmon βοΈπ£
Wildlife included sea otters, orcas, golden eagles, elk, big horn sheep, chipmunks, porcupines, beavers and bald eagles π¦
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Video to come π€π½
Chris and John having some father son time - and landing some ripper fish yesterday π
#getonboard π€
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Couple pix from the weekend π€
Plenty of PB`s for these legends π
Not a bad way to spend your 13th birthday either π
Some crazy wind, and crazier bites π£
#getonboard its filling fast leading up to Christmas π
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Had some great days out with the boys - Tone bloke, Timmy G, Jordan, Mitch and Gazza before our trip away π #fishingwithmates
We`re back into it now so #getonboard π£π
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Friday, Saturday and Sundays #fishingtours π£π
Nice to see the sun for once!! π
Had some good fish hit the deck and a few milestones reached πͺ onya lads!
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Some cracking catches lately by these legends ππ£π€
β οΈ #getonboard availability coming up β οΈ
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Some good fish caught lately by these legends π―ππ
Spangled emperor aren`t super common in South West Rocks - it`s our first and a whopper too!! Tropical fish in winter ..π§
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β οΈβ οΈ BIG shallow water #snapper !! β οΈβ οΈ
The 94cm fish of a lifetime for Stephen π£
He and Anne are regulars from Kempsey and have had a tough few months with the floods, so it was great to put them onto such a quality capture π
We had to chase it on light tackle using the electric motor over extremely shallow heavy reef - what a relief when he lay in the net π
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#getonboard winter means reds, reefies, longtails and kings ππ
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#getonboard π£ availability Sunday and next week π€
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π₯ Few snippets of this week`s #fishing π£
Mainly targeting #snapper but with a few #longtail tuna, #Kingfish and a bunch of small #GTs mixed in π
Sensational weather too!!! (Finally, after 4x months of horrendous rubbish) π
#getonboard πππ
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