GOLD COAST ESTUARY FISHING REPORT by Clint 1 April 2026 With the Easter holidays nearly here, it’s a great time to look ahead at what’s shaping up on the Gold Coast. We’re building towards the full moon this week, with bigger morning tides starting to push through. Fishing has definitely been a grind on some
GOLD COAST ESTUARY FISHING REPORT by Clint 13 March 2026 The recent rain has continued to give the estuaries a nice flush and the fishing has stayed active without being on fire. Water in parts of the Nerang River and Broadwater has a bit of colour to it which is often a good sign for
GOLD COAST ESTUARY FISHING REPORT by Clint 27 February 2026 GOLD COAST ESTUARY FISHING REPORT There have been some quality catches of sand whiting around Southport and Bundall, with plenty of solid fish coming over the side. Fresh pumped yabbies canal wriggler worms, and beach worms have been doing the damage in that shallow one
GOLD COAST ESTUARY FISHING REPORT by Clint 14 February 2026 How good is this rain! 🌧️ Some areas copped more than others, but here around the Nerang River the water has turned that classic tea brown colour today. Not quite flooding rain but enough for a good flush of creeks and there are some weirs overflowing.
GOLD COAST ESTUARY FISHING REPORT by Clint 24 January 2026 The Australia Day long weekend is always the busiest time of year on the local waterways. Once it passes, things thankfully quieten down and the Broadwater becomes far more enjoyable to fish. Fishing wise, the past week has again produced solid numbers of sand whiting
GOLD COAST ESTUARY FISHING REPORT by Clint 9 January 2026 There were some of the biggest tides of the year around full moon but the fishing was still very good, particularly for quality sand whiting up to 40cm. On top of the yabby banks at Crab island was the best place to fish, and there
GOLD COAST ESTUARY FISHING REPORT by Clint 24 December 2025 Another week of charters and I stuck to fishing the broadwater even when it was quite windy, as Nerang river has been fairly slow and has heaps of vermin pony fish biting. There has been reasonable numbers of sand whiting on the chew at Southport and
🎣 CHARTER NEWS UPDATE 🎣 GOLD COAST 🌤️ 14 December 2025 We’ve had some cracking weather this week and the fishing has been good. Plenty of quality sand whiting around at the moment, they’re hard fighting fish on light tackle. Great sport and absolutely top notch on the plate. Pumping yabbies has been easy with perfect
GOLD COAST ESTUARY FISHING REPORT by Clint 5 December 2025 I’ve been doing a lot of whiting fishing lately, either wading the shallows with ultra-light tackle or fishing from the boat in the southern Broadwater. The bigger whiting have been sitting slightly deeper off the bank edges for some reason, so it’s been worth focusing