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
GOLD COAST ESTUARY FISHING REPORT by Clint 17 November 2025 Busy as always so a quick report this week. A mix of weather in the past week, and a mix of fishing with better bite periods during the bigger tides, and some slower times during the smaller neaps. As is normal this time of year
GOLD COAST ESTUARY FISHING REPORT by Clint 9 November 2025 Another big week of fishing charters, no rest for the wicked. Again there were nice whiting on the chew with some monster models amongst the daily catches. We caught heaps of fish this week, most days were good with 20 to 100 fish per day,
GOLD COAST ESTUARY FISHING REPORT by Clint 2 November 2025 It’s great to finally see the summer rains starting, they’ve already fired up the estuary fishing! Sand whiting are turning up everywhere, which is always exciting this time of year, and the sizes are excellent. If the storms keep rolling through, we’re in for some
GOLD COAST ESTUARY FISHING REPORT by Clint 24 October 2025 It’s been another busy week of charters. The northerly winds have made it tricky to fish the Broadwater, but the Nerang River has provided enough action to keep customers smiling with steady catches. The fishing hasn’t been red hot, but most sessions have produced around
GOLD COAST ESTUARY FISHING REPORT by Clint 17 October 2025 We’re crying out for a decent fall of rain. It’s been dry for months and, while the water’s clear and very fishable, it’s getting a bit too clean and salty. A proper fresh would flush the creeks, stir the bait, balance the salinity and kick
GOLD COAST ESTUARY FISHING REPORT by Clinto 4 October 2025 The flatties have still been hard to find, they are scattered and not easy to catch in numbers but at least we’re getting some nice sized ones most days in the broadwater. Crab island has heaps of snotweed at the moment and hard to fish.
GOLD COAST ESTUARY FISHING REPORT by Clinto 28 September 2025 We had some tough days in the broadwater chasing flathead this past week. Small bait were hard to find, and the flathead were scattered over large areas. Trolling the new Samaki 40mm Redic divers helped find some fish, 1.5 knots is a good trolling speed
GOLD COAST ESTUARY FISHING REPORT by Clinto 20 September 2025 I had charters every day this week and we scored some good flathead. The big girls are turning up for breeding season just as the water starts to warm. The flathead will feed aggressively in the next few months to condition themselves for spawning over