Bream
Excellent
Prime bream weather. Cast small vibes, crankbaits and 2 to 3 inch plastics at every piece of structure on the rising tide.
Agnes Water Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
A surf beach at the southern edge of the reef and the town of 1770: whiting and dart on the beach, bream and mangrove jack in Round Hill Creek, and the reef of the Bunker Group outside.
4/5
Good. Solid day ahead.Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
Next tide
Low 1:46 pm model
Air / High
22 °C / 25 °C
Wind
E 12 km/h
Sources: modelled tide curve, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Agnes Water is fishing in its best temperature window, with the bite spread across the day. Today brings cloud cover, wind E around 13 km/h, rising pressure near 1018 hPa and a high of 26 °C. Tides: high 7:26 am and 7:25 pm, low 12:57 am and 1:46 pm: the moving water either side of each change is when this place feeds. Water sits around 22 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 10:26 AM-12:26 PM and 10:48 PM-12:48 AM: the windows to build the day around.
Flathead
Excellent
The best of it. Drift the sand and weed edges, bounce plastics or a strip of bait along the bottom, and cover ground until you find the school.
Mulloway
Good
Fish the deep holes and the rock walls through a tide change after dark; live mullet, yellowtail or a large soft plastic worked slowly.
Tailor
Good
Rock ledges and beach gutters on the rising tide; metals cast and retrieved fast, or a whole pilchard drifted through the wash.
Coral trout
Closed today
Reopens 11 Nov 2026. All coral reef fin fish (coral trout, cods and groupers, emperors and the other listed reef species) are closed for two 5-day periods around the October and November new moons, in tidal waters from Cape York south to 24°50′S.
Tie on: Soft plastic on a 1/4 oz jighead · Small hardbody, shallow diver · Squid jig, size 3.0 · Fresh pipi or worm on a small hook. Prime windows: 10:26 AM-12:26 PM, 10:48 PM-12:48 AM, 4:06 AM-5:06 AM. Similar at 26 °C with likely rain: fish ahead of the front. The solunar majors shift about 50 minutes later.
Before you go
Queensland has no general fishing licence, but rules and permits apply. Queensland fishing licence: cost, rules and where to buy →
Chasing bream here? Check the size and bag limits with Queensland DPI before you keep anything; the Bream page has the seasons and the tactics.
Fishing times for Agnes Water today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:01), sunset (18:11), 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 10:26 AM-12:26 PM and 10:48 PM-12:48 AM; minor 4:06 AM-5:06 AM. New Moon, 0% 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.
Mon
LOW12:57 am-0.66 m
HIGH7:26 am1.73 m
LOW1:46 pm-0.34 m
HIGH7:25 pm1.17 m
Tue
LOW1:30 am-0.57 m
HIGH7:59 am1.67 m
LOW2:25 pm-0.33 m
HIGH8:00 pm1.02 m
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp22 °C
High / Low25 °C / 20 °C
WindE 12 km/h, gusts 23 km/h
Pressure1017.8 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain73% cloud, 92%
Sunrise / Sunset05:01 / 18:11
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~22 °C est.
Why the tide matters here: tides and fishing in Australia.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Agnes Water
Today is the pick of the week on Agnes Water, at 4 out of 5.
Best day this week: today, 9 Nov — good at 4/5, rising pressure behind a front, typically the slowest.
Today, 9 Nov — Good
Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
- Solunar majors
- 10:26 AM-12:26 PM and 10:48 PM-12:48 AM
- Minor period
- 4:06 AM-5:06 AM
- Sun
- 05:01 to 18:11
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 23 km/h
- Rain chance
- 92%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Agnes Water: 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. Prime bream weather. Cast small vibes, crankbaits and 2 to 3 inch plastics at every piece of structure on the rising tide.
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. The best of it. Drift the sand and weed edges, bounce plastics or a strip of bait along the bottom, and cover ground until you find the school.
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. Fish the deep holes and the rock walls through a tide change after dark; live mullet, yellowtail or a large soft plastic worked slowly.
Tailor
Autumn and winter on the east coast; the run reaches K'gari (Fraser Island) in late winter, where the east beach from Waddy Point to Indian Head is closed to all fin fish from 1 August to 29 September
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. Rock ledges and beach gutters on the rising tide; metals cast and retrieved fast, or a whole pilchard drifted through the wash.
Coral trout
Year-round on the reef; in Queensland two 5-day closures around the October and November new moons cover all coral reef fin fish
Closed now Reopens 11 Nov 2026. All coral reef fin fish (coral trout, cods and groupers, emperors and the other listed reef species) are closed for two 5-day periods around the October and November new moons, in tidal waters from Cape York south to 24°50′S. Rule as read from Queensland Department of Primary Industries on 2026-09-29.
The main line-caught reef fish of the Great Barrier Reef, holding on coral outcrops and reef edges from a few metres to 100 metres, and gathering to spawn around the new moons of spring and summer. Queensland sets a 38 cm minimum and a combined limit of 7 coral trout, and closes all coral reef fin fish for two 5-day periods in October and November.
When to come: the Agnes Water 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 22 °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 dataSun, Nov 8
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Bream led the card at excellent. High of 31 °C, wind to 19 km/h.
Sat, Nov 7
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Bream led the card at excellent. High of 28 °C, wind to 19 km/h.
Fri, Nov 6
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Bream led the card at excellent. High of 28 °C, wind to 21 km/h.
Before you go
Licence
Queensland has no general recreational fishing licence; permits apply on some waters and the limits and closures do. Details and where to buy →
Regulations
Size and bag limits, closed seasons and marine park zones are set by Queensland DPI and change: confirm the current rules on the agency page linked from the Queensland licence page before you keep anything.
Access
Queensland has no general fishing licence, at Agnes Water or anywhere; the barramundi closed season, the Spanish mackerel closures from 1 to 21 February and 1 to 21 March, the coral reef fin fish rules and the size and bag limits apply, on the pages linked below.
About this water
Agnes Water is a coastal town in Queensland, Australia, covered from the Queensland reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Agnes Water: the full guide
Agnes Water and 1770
Agnes Water is the town at the northern end of Queensland’s surf coast between Bundaberg and Gladstone, with the main surf beach, the town of 1770 on Round Hill Creek and its headland a few minutes north, the creek’s mangroves and flats, the Bustard Bay beaches and the Bunker Group reefs out to sea. It is a beach-and-creek town at the edge of the reef, and the report on this page is scored for the town’s coordinates. Gladstone and Bundaberg have their own pages.
Species and seasons
Whiting and dart fish the main beach and the Bustard Bay sand all year and are the town’s everyday fish; bream fish Round Hill Creek and the 1770 rocks all year; mangrove jack fish the creek snags in the warm months; flathead lie on the creek sand and the beach gutters; tailor run the beach in the cooler months; barramundi turn up in the creek either side of the 1 November to 31 January closed season; and the Bunker Group reefs give coral trout, red emperor and sweetlip for the boats out of 1770. Spanish mackerel run the headlands in the cooler months.
Where to fish it
Agnes Water main beach in front of the town is the whiting and dart sand, fished on the rising tide, and the 1770 headland and its rocks are the bream and mackerel marks; Round Hill Creek behind 1770 is the bream, jack and flathead water for small boats and the kayak, and the Bustard Bay beaches north of the headland are the quiet sand. The ramps are at 1770 on the creek.
Reading this report here
The coast faces east and a south-easterly builds the surf and closes the beach and the bar at 1770, while a westerly flattens the sea; the wind row tells you which. The tide panel is a modelled curve for the coordinates of Agnes Water, labelled as a model, and the creek runs hard on it. Pressure and sky build the score at Agnes Water; the planner shows the day.
Licence, access and rules
Queensland has no general fishing licence, at Agnes Water or anywhere; the barramundi closed season, the Spanish mackerel closures from 1 to 21 February and 1 to 21 March, the coral reef fin fish rules and the size and bag limits apply, on the pages linked below. The beach, the creek and the 1770 headland are public, with ramps at 1770; the marine park zoning of the Bunker Group is in the sources.
Common questions
What can I catch at Agnes Water?
Whiting and dart on the beach, bream and mangrove jack in Round Hill Creek, tailor in the cooler months, and the reef fish of the Bunker Group for the boats.
Do I need a licence at Agnes Water?
No licence is needed; Queensland has none for recreational fishing in tidal water, but its limits and closed seasons apply at Agnes Water.
Is fishing good at Agnes Water right now?
Check the daily report at the top of this page: it is regenerated every morning from live data. Today's read: Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
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
- Pages checked
- The written guide on this page
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