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.
Bribie Island Fishing Report
Updated Sat, 26 Sept 2026 from live weather and tide data
Pumicestone Passage on one side, surf beach on the other: an island you drive to, with bream, flathead, whiting and tailor a short walk apart.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Next tide
Low 1:20 am model
Air / High
22 °C / 23 °C
Wind
E 16 km/h
Sources: modelled tide curve, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Bribie Island has cool water and fish holding a little deeper and slower. Today brings cloud cover, wind E around 16 km/h, falling pressure near 1030 hPa and a high of 23 °C. Tides: high 7:20 am and 7:30 pm, low 1:20 am and 1:27 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. 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 Bribie Island today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:33), sunset (17:45), 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
LOW1:20 am-0.66 m
HIGH7:20 am1.09 m
LOW1:27 pm-0.61 m
HIGH7:30 pm1.23 m
Sun
LOW1:52 am-0.77 m
HIGH7:54 am1.18 m
LOW2:04 pm-0.66 m
HIGH8:03 pm1.19 m
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp22 °C
High / Low23 °C / 16 °C
WindE 16 km/h, gusts 42 km/h
Pressure1030.0 hPa, falling
Sky / Rain75% cloud, 89%
Sunrise / Sunset05:33 / 17:45
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 Bribie Island
The best day on Bribie Island 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, steady pressure, neither help nor hindrance.
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
- 05:33 to 17:45
- Moon
- Full Moon, 100% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 19 km/h
- Rain chance
- 89%
Scores are a planning aid built from forecast data, not a promise.
Species guide
The species that matter on Bribie Island: 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 Bribie Island 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 22 °C, wind to 19 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 19 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 24 °C, wind to 19 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; the size and bag limits, the closed seasons and the Moreton Bay Marine Park zoning of the passage apply, all on the Queensland Government pages linked below.
About this water
Bribie Island is a coastal town in Queensland, Australia, covered from the Queensland reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Bribie Island: the full guide
The island
Bribie Island sits at the northern end of Moreton Bay, joined to the mainland by a bridge, with the long, sheltered Pumicestone Passage on its western side and an ocean beach running north along its eastern shore toward Caloundra. That geography is the whole of Bribie fishing: calm water and mangroves on one side, surf gutters on the other, and the bridge, the jetties at Bongaree and Bellara and the rock walls of the passage in between. Much of the island is national park and the passage is a marine park with zones to check.
Species by season
Bream and flathead are the passage’s fish all year, the flathead on the sand edges in the warmer months and the bream around the bridge, the jetties and the mangroves; whiting fish the passage flats and the beach in summer, and mud crabs and sand crabs are a pot fishery in the passage. Tailor run the surf beach in the cooler months and dart through summer, mulloway are the night fish of the beach gutters and the bridge, and the passage entrance and the bay side give trevally, school mackerel and squid on the tide.
Reading this report for Bribie
The wind row decides which side of the island to fish: a south-easterly makes the surf beach hard work and the passage perfect, a westerly does the opposite. The barometer and the cloud cover complete the score; the planner shows which of the seven days lines up, and the tide panel is a modelled curve for these coordinates, labelled as a model; the passage runs hard on the tide and the flats fish on the run-in, so use the curve for direction and the Bureau of Meteorology prediction for the minute.
Rules and access
Queensland has no general fishing licence; the size and bag limits, the closed seasons and the Moreton Bay Marine Park zoning of the passage apply, all on the Queensland Government pages linked below. The bridge, the jetties, the passage foreshore and the beach are public; the northern beach needs a permit to drive on, published by the parks service, and ramps at Bongaree, Bellara and Sylvan Beach serve the passage and the bay.
Common questions
Do I need a licence to fish Bribie Island?
No. Queensland has no recreational fishing licence; marine park zones, size and bag limits and closed seasons apply.
What can I catch in Pumicestone Passage?
Bream, flathead and whiting through the year or in season, crabs in pots, and trevally, mackerel and squid at the entrance on the tide.
Is fishing good at Bribie Island 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.