Deluxe MotherboatThe Big Mackerel
A 30-metre liveaboard built for serious sport fishing — air-conditioned cabins, full board, long-range fuel and water, and 2 sportfisher boats that put you on the fish.
Deluxe Motherboat
The Big Mackerel
is a 30-metre deluxe liveaboard for up to eight anglers — air-conditioned cabins, full board.
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The Sportfisher Boats
Two sportfisher boats, towed to the marks.
Wake up already on the fishing grounds. The mothership tows both centre-console sportfisher boats overnight, so first light finds you casting at the reef edge — not steaming towards it.
Meet the fleet →
— A few words
The Big Mackerel is a 30-metre deluxe liveaboard, built for serious sport fishing. She carries up to 8 anglers — 14 pax in total — in air-conditioned comfort, and runs 2 sportfisher boats so you fish where the mothership can't follow.
— Charters
Charters, set by tide.
Each charter is small and built around the fishing — popping, jigging, or a mix. We run year-round, shaped by the conditions. Tell us what you want to chase.
— The Fleet
1 Motherboat, 2 sportfisher boats.
The Big Mackerel runs the long passages and sleeps the party in comfort. 2 sportfisher boats break off to put anglers right on the fish — fast, light, and built for popping and jigging.
- Deluxe Motherboat
Sportfisher BoatsThe Sportfisher Boats
A dedicated center console for popping and jigging. Twin 150 hp outboards, a fast 25–30 knot cruise, and room for four anglers — two front, two back.
— Destinations
Where the Mackerel fishes.
We fish a handful of grounds across eastern Indonesia, year-round. Each one fishes differently — your captain picks the days.
Maluku · PapuaBest Season: Year-round
Tual Islands
Eastern Banda Sea grounds. Reef edges and current lines worked from the sportfisher boats, with quiet anchorages between sessions.
Explore destination →— Gallery
Trips, logged in full.
Explore our voyages through catch records and boat life — the stills, the films, and the notes from the water.
