Tailor
Excellent
The main run. Fish the gutters and headlands into the evening; ganged pilchards, metals, and a wire-free trace only if you accept the bite-offs.
Evans Head Fishing Report
Updated Sat, 26 Sept 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Evans River mouth and the walls: bream, whiting, mulloway and the beaches of the Broadwater and Bundjalung parks, with a tide people search for.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Next tide
High 7:00 am model
Air / High
22 °C / 22 °C
Wind
NE 15 km/h
Sources: modelled tide curve, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Evans Head has cool water and fish holding a little deeper and slower. Today brings cloud cover, wind NE around 14 km/h, rising pressure near 1028 hPa and a high of 22 °C. Tides: high 7:00 am and 7:07 pm, low 12:55 am and 12:57 pm: the moving water either side of each change is when this place feeds. Water sits around 18 °C for the season (estimated). With the full moon, the solunar majors run 11:16 PM-1:16 AM and 11:16 AM-1:16 PM: the windows to build the day around.
Bream
Fair
Slow the retrieve right down: blades and lightly weighted plastics along the deeper rock walls and drop-offs, or unweighted bait drifted into the snags.
Flathead
Fair
Fish the deeper channels and the last of the run-out; slower hops with a heavier jighead, and a bait on the bottom as back-up.
Mulloway
Fair
The estuary fish move to the deeper reaches. Long, quiet sessions on the bottom with fresh bait across the top of the tide.
Tie on: Blade or vibe, slow hops · Lightly weighted plastic · Whole pilchard or squid on the bottom · Suspending hardbody. Prime windows: 11:16 PM-1:16 AM, 11:16 AM-1:16 PM, 5:46 AM-6:46 AM. Similar at 23 °C with a rain chance. The solunar majors shift about 50 minutes later.
Before you go
New South Wales requires a fishing licence for most fishing, from A$7.00. New South Wales fishing licence: cost, rules and where to buy →
Chasing bream here? Check the size and bag limits with DPIRD NSW before you keep anything; the Bream page has the seasons and the tactics.
Fishing times for Evans Head today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:31), sunset (17:44), the moon and today's score, with the modelled tide changes in the panel below. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:16 PM-1:16 AM and 11:16 AM-1:16 PM; minor 5:46 AM-6:46 AM. Full Moon, 100% lit.
Water and weather
A modelled tide curve for these coordinates and the forecast for the day.
Tides (modelled)
Modelled sea level curve from Open-Meteo Marine for these coordinates, datum mean sea level. Fish the moving water either side of each change.
A model, not the official prediction: times can drift by tens of minutes inside bays and estuaries. Check the Bureau of Meteorology tide predictions for the exact times before you rely on them.
Sat
LOW12:55 am-0.64 m
HIGH7:00 am0.70 m
LOW12:57 pm-0.57 m
HIGH7:07 pm0.86 m
Sun
LOW1:21 am-0.67 m
HIGH7:37 am0.81 m
LOW1:36 pm-0.54 m
HIGH7:47 pm0.90 m
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp22 °C
High / Low22 °C / 13 °C
WindNE 15 km/h, gusts 36 km/h
Pressure1027.6 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain77% cloud, 29%
Sunrise / Sunset05:31 / 17:44
MoonFull Moon, 100%
Water temp (seasonal)~18 °C est.
Why the tide matters here: tides and fishing in Australia.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Evans Head
The best day on Evans Head this week looks like Thursday 1 Oct, at 4 out of 5, against 3 today. Every day is scored by the same engine as the report above: pressure trend first, then wind, sky and season. Pick a species and the plan for that day changes with it.
Best day this week: Thursday, 1 Oct — good at 4/5, rising pressure behind a front, typically the slowest.
Today, 26 Sept — Fair
A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
- Solunar majors
- 11:16 PM-1:16 AM and 11:16 AM-1:16 PM
- Minor period
- 5:46 AM-6:46 AM
- Sun
- 05:31 to 17:44
- Moon
- Full Moon, 100% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 19 km/h
- Rain chance
- 29%
Scores are a planning aid built from forecast data, not a promise.
Species guide
The species that matter on Evans Head: seasons written for the southern year, and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.
Bream
Year-round; summer and autumn in the estuaries, winter at the mouths
Yellowfin bream on the east coast, black bream in the southern estuaries. Structure fish: rock walls, jetty piles, oyster racks, snags and pontoons. Slow the retrieve right down: blades and lightly weighted plastics along the deeper rock walls and drop-offs, or unweighted bait drifted into the snags.
Flathead
Best: November to April
Dusky flathead in the eastern estuaries, sand flathead in the southern bays. An ambush predator lying on sand and mud edges waiting for whatever the tide brings. Fish the deeper channels and the last of the run-out; slower hops with a heavier jighead, and a bait on the bottom as back-up.
Mulloway
Best: summer and autumn, especially after rain
Jewfish. The big silver prize of the estuaries, breakwalls and surf beaches: nocturnal, tide-driven and unforgiving of noise. The estuary fish move to the deeper reaches. Long, quiet sessions on the bottom with fresh bait across the top of the tide.
Tailor
Autumn and winter on the east coast; August to September on Fraser Island
The surf and rock fish of the east coast, running north in autumn and winter. Fast, toothy and best at dawn, dusk and into the dark. The main run. Fish the gutters and headlands into the evening; ganged pilchards, metals, and a wire-free trace only if you accept the bite-offs.
When to come: the Evans Head calendar
Activity by species and month for the southern year, and how the water warms and cools. Tap any cell.
Species activity by month
1 = slow, 5 = peak. Current month highlighted. January is midsummer here.
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Water temperature through the year
Typical surface temperature for this water type in degrees Celsius; today is around 18 °C (estimated, not a reading).
Angler reports
Real reports from real anglers, reviewed before publishing. Nothing here is copied from a shop or a charter. The water log below tracks each day automatically.
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Water log, last days
Auto-logged from live dataFri, Sep 25
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Tailor led the card at excellent. High of 23 °C, wind to 14 km/h.
Thu, Sep 24
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Tailor led the card at excellent. High of 23 °C, wind to 18 km/h.
Wed, Sep 23
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Tailor led the card at excellent. High of 22 °C, wind to 18 km/h.
Before you go
Licence
NSW Recreational Fishing Fee, from A$7.00, the same for residents and visitors. Details and where to buy →
Regulations
Size and bag limits, closed seasons and marine park zones are set by DPIRD NSW and change: confirm the current rules on the agency page linked from the New South Wales licence page before you keep anything.
Access
Fishing Evans Head takes the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee, A$7 for three days at the least; the New South Wales licence page on this site lists the rest.
About this water
Evans Head is a coastal town in New South Wales, Australia, covered from the New South Wales reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Evans Head: the full guide
Evans Head and the river
Evans Head is the fishing village between Ballina and Yamba on the New South Wales north coast, at the mouth of the Evans River with its breakwalls, the harbour and the trawler fleet, Main Beach and the headlands, and the long beaches of Broadwater National Park to the north and Bundjalung to the south. It is a walls-and-beach village with a small estuary behind it, and most searches for it are for the tide; the panel on this page shows a modelled curve for the coordinates of Evans Head, labelled as a model, with the Bureau of Meteorology’s prediction linked.
Species and seasons
Bream fish the walls, the river and the rocks all year with the winter run to the mouth; whiting fish the river flats and the beach in summer; mulloway are the night fish of the walls and the beach gutters after rain; flathead lie on the river sand and the beaches from spring to autumn; tailor run the beaches and the headland in the cooler months; and luderick fish the walls in winter. The reef outside gives snapper and, in summer, mackerel for the boats through the bar.
Where to fish it
The Evans River breakwalls at the town are the everyday marks for bream, luderick and whiting, and the river’s upper flats behind the caravan park hold the flathead; Main Beach north of the wall and Airforce Beach south of it are the tailor and jew beaches. The Razorback platforms at the southern headland are the drummer rocks, and the ramp at the river gives a short run to the bar.
Reading this report here
The wind row and the swell decide the walls and the bar; a westerly flattens the coast, a southerly closes it. The modelled tide curve gives the direction in the river and at the walls, with the Bureau for the minute. Pressure and sky build the score at Evans Head and the planner shows the day; a fresh after rain brings the jew.
Licence, access and rules
Fishing Evans Head takes the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee, A$7 for three days at the least; the New South Wales licence page on this site lists the rest. The walls, the beaches and the river are public, with a ramp at the harbour; DPIRD’s limits and the national park rules on the beaches are in the sources.
Common questions
What can I catch at Evans Head?
Bream on the walls and in the river, whiting in summer, mulloway at night after rain, flathead in the warm months, tailor in the cooler ones.
Do I need a fishing licence at Evans Head?
Yes: the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee, from A$7 for three days.
Is fishing good at Evans Head right now?
Check the daily report at the top of this page: it is regenerated every morning from live data. Today's read: Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Nearby waters
Where this page's numbers come from
- Tide curve (modelled)
- Open-Meteo Marine, sea level height including tides
- Open-Meteo forecast model
- https://open-meteo.com/
- Moon and solunar windows
- Calculated on this site
- The written guide on this page
Pablo Ruiz Quintero
Readings refresh on a 30-minute window. The full method, with every figure and its source, is on How our reports are made. Something wrong here? Tell us and it goes in the log with the date.