Groote Eylandt Sports Fishing offers a range of fishing charters, for novices through to experienced anglers. Groote Eylandt – Dutch for ‘large island’ – and its sprawling archipelago encompasses some 40 smaller islands. It is around 650 kilometres east of Darwin (a 1.5 hour flight) in the Gulf of Carpentaria. The Warnindilyakwa people are the traditional owners of the region.