Spanish mackerel
Excellent
Prime. Trolled baits and hardbodies over structure on the tide change, or high-speed metals cast at surface schools.
Bramston Beach Fishing Report
Updated Fri, 25 Sept 2026 from live weather and tide data
The quiet beach between Innisfail and Cairns: the beach, the Russell and Mulgrave mouths and the creek, with whiting, barra, jacks and the reef off Frankland Islands.
4/5
Good. Solid day ahead.Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
Next tide
Low 1:12 pm model
Air / High
19 °C / 24 °C
Wind
WSW 12 km/h
Sources: modelled tide curve, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Bramston Beach has the water in the comfortable band where most of its fish feed through the day. Today brings a mixed sky, wind WSW around 11 km/h, steady pressure near 1023 hPa and a high of 24 °C. Tides: high 7:14 am and 7:32 pm, low 1:25 am and 1:12 pm: the moving water either side of each change is when this place feeds. Water sits around 26 °C for the season (estimated). With the full moon, the solunar majors run 10:25 AM-12:25 PM and 10:25 PM-12:25 AM: the windows to build the day around.
Barramundi
Good
Work the colour changes and the snags on the run-out; larger swimbaits and slow-rolled plastics in the impoundments.
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: 10:25 AM-12:25 PM, 10:25 PM-12:25 AM, 4:55 AM-5:55 AM. Similar at 23 °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 barramundi here? Check the size and bag limits with Queensland DPI before you keep anything; the Barramundi page has the seasons and the tactics.
Fishing times for Bramston Beach today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (06:03), sunset (18:12), 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 10:25 AM-12:25 PM and 10:25 PM-12:25 AM; minor 4:55 AM-5:55 AM. Full Moon, 99% 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.
Fri
LOW1:25 am-0.11 m
HIGH7:14 am1.36 m
LOW1:12 pm-0.22 m
HIGH7:32 pm1.79 m
Sat
LOW1:52 am-0.20 m
HIGH7:47 am1.46 m
LOW1:44 pm-0.17 m
HIGH7:53 pm1.76 m
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp19 °C
High / Low24 °C / 18 °C
WindWSW 12 km/h, gusts 21 km/h
Pressure1022.9 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain55% cloud, 96%
Sunrise / Sunset06:03 / 18:12
MoonFull Moon, 99%
Water temp (seasonal)~26 °C est.
Why the tide matters here: tides and fishing in Australia.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Bramston Beach
Today is the pick of the week on Bramston Beach, at 4 out of 5. 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: today, 25 Sept — good at 4/5, steady pressure, neither help nor hindrance.
Today, 25 Sept — Good
Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
- Solunar majors
- 10:25 AM-12:25 PM and 10:25 PM-12:25 AM
- Minor period
- 4:55 AM-5:55 AM
- Sun
- 06:03 to 18:12
- Moon
- Full Moon, 99% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 16 km/h
- Rain chance
- 96%
Scores are a planning aid built from forecast data, not a promise.
Species guide
The species that matter on Bramston Beach: seasons written for the southern year, and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.
Barramundi
Run-off (March to May) and build-up (October to November) in the north; check the closed season on the Queensland east coast
Open now Closes 1 Nov 2026. Closed 1 November to 31 January on the east coast, tidal and fresh, except in the stocked dams the Queensland Government lists. No catch and release in the closure. Rule as read from Queensland Department of Primary Industries on 2026-09-23.
The north's fish. Tidal rivers, run-off creeks, rock bars and the stocked impoundments. Warm water, moving water and a barometer on the way down. Work the colour changes and the snags on the run-out; larger swimbaits and slow-rolled plastics in the impoundments.
Spanish mackerel
Winter and spring in the north; summer in NSW
The narrow-barred Spanish mackerel: a speedster of the headlands, reefs and shoals from Queensland around to northern WA, and a summer visitor to NSW. Prime. Trolled baits and hardbodies over structure on the tide change, or high-speed metals cast at surface schools.
When to come: the Bramston Beach 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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SlowPeak
Water temperature through the year
Typical surface temperature for this water type in degrees Celsius; today is around 26 °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 dataThu, Sep 24
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Spanish mackerel led the card at excellent. High of 23 °C, wind to 13 km/h.
Wed, Sep 23
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Spanish mackerel led the card at excellent. High of 25 °C, wind to 11 km/h.
Tue, Sep 22
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Spanish mackerel led the card at excellent. High of 26 °C, wind to 13 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 Bramston Beach or anywhere; the barramundi closed season, the coral reef fin fish rules, the size and bag limits and the marine park zoning of the Franklands apply, on the pages linked below.
About this water
Bramston Beach is a coastal town in Queensland, Australia, covered from the Queensland reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Bramston Beach: the full guide
Bramston Beach and the river mouths
Bramston Beach is the small village on the coast between Innisfail and Cairns, at the end of a road through the cane from the highway, with the long beach, the mouth of the Russell and Mulgrave rivers at the northern end, Joyce Creek behind the village, the rainforest of Wooroonooran behind that and the Frankland Islands offshore. It is a beach village between two river mouths, and the report on this page is scored for the village’s coordinates. The Russell River and Innisfail have their own pages.
Species and seasons
Whiting and dart fish the beach all year and are the village’s fish; barramundi fish the river mouths and the creek in the warm season under the closed season; mangrove jack fish the creek snags in summer; grunter and bream fish the mouths; queenfish and trevally work the mouth on the run-out; Spanish mackerel run the islands in the cooler months; mud crabs work the creek under the pot rules; and the reef off the Franklands gives coral trout for the boats. The mouth of the Russell shifts with the wet season.
Where to fish it
Bramston beach in front of the village is the whiting and dart sand, fished on the rising tide, and the Russell and Mulgrave mouth at the northern end of the beach is the barra, jack and trevally water for small boats on the run-out; Joyce Creek behind the village is the crab and bream water. The ramp is at the village, and the Frankland Islands are a short run for the reef fishers.
Reading this report here
The coast faces east and a south-easterly builds the surf and closes the beach while the creek and the mouths stay fishable; the wind row tells you which. The tide panel is a modelled curve for the coordinates of Bramston Beach, labelled as a model, and the mouths run on it. Pressure and sky build the score at Bramston Beach, and the rain row matters because the wet season floods both rivers; the planner shows the day.
Licence, access and rules
Queensland has no general fishing licence, at Bramston Beach or anywhere; the barramundi closed season, the coral reef fin fish rules, the size and bag limits and the marine park zoning of the Franklands apply, on the pages linked below. The beach and the creek are public, with a ramp at the village; the crocodile and stinger warnings are the other rules to read.
Common questions
What can I catch at Bramston Beach?
Whiting and dart on the beach, barramundi at the river mouths in the warm season, mangrove jack in the creek in summer, mackerel off the islands in the cooler months.
Do I need a licence at Bramston Beach?
No. Queensland has no general recreational fishing licence; the limits and the closed seasons still apply.
Is fishing good at Bramston Beach 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
- 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.