Yellowtail kingfish
Good
Prime. Cast stickbaits and poppers at surface activity, jig the deeper reefs, and keep a live bait out under a balloon.
North Stradbroke Island Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
Minjerribah: the eastern wall of Moreton Bay, with surf gutters and rock platforms on the ocean side and calm flats, jetties and tidal channels on the bay side.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Next tide
Low 1:34 pm model
Air / High
19 °C / 23 °C
Wind
ENE 9 km/h
Sources: modelled tide curve, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
North Stradbroke Island is fishing in its best temperature window, with the bite spread across the day. Today brings a mixed sky, wind ENE around 10 km/h, rising pressure near 1018 hPa and a high of 23 °C. Tides: high 7:12 am and 7:12 pm, low 12:34 am and 1:34 pm: the moving water either side of each change is when this place feeds. Water sits around 20 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 10:20 AM-12:20 PM and 10:41 PM-12:41 AM: the windows to build the day around.
Tailor
Fair
Rock ledges and beach gutters on the rising tide; metals cast and retrieved fast, or a whole pilchard drifted through the wash.
Mulloway
Fair
Fish the deep holes and the rock walls through a tide change after dark; live mullet, yellowtail or a large soft plastic worked slowly.
Australian salmon
Slow
Look for birds and surface splashes along the beaches and in the bays; cast metals, plastics or ganged pilchards into the school.
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: 10:20 AM-12:20 PM, 10:41 PM-12:41 AM, 3:53 AM-4:53 AM. Similar at 25 °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 tailor here? Check the size and bag limits with Queensland DPI before you keep anything; the Tailor page has the seasons and the tactics.
Fishing times for North Stradbroke Island today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (04:49), sunset (18:10), 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 10:20 AM-12:20 PM and 10:41 PM-12:41 AM; minor 3:53 AM-4:53 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
LOW12:34 am-0.38 m
HIGH7:12 am1.19 m
LOW1:34 pm-0.19 m
HIGH7:12 pm0.71 m
Tue
LOW1:02 am-0.35 m
HIGH7:48 am1.19 m
LOW2:17 pm-0.21 m
HIGH7:48 pm0.58 m
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp19 °C
High / Low23 °C / 16 °C
WindENE 9 km/h, gusts 17 km/h
Pressure1018.4 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain31% cloud, 27%
Sunrise / Sunset04:49 / 18:10
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~20 °C est.
Why the tide matters here: tides and fishing in Australia.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish North Stradbroke Island
The best day on North Stradbroke Island this week looks like Friday 13 Nov, at 5 out of 5, against 3 today.
Best day this week: Friday, 13 Nov — excellent at 5/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.
Today, 9 Nov — Fair
A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
- Solunar majors
- 10:20 AM-12:20 PM and 10:41 PM-12:41 AM
- Minor period
- 3:53 AM-4:53 AM
- Sun
- 04:49 to 18:10
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 24 km/h
- Rain chance
- 27%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on North Stradbroke Island: seasons written for the southern year, and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.
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.
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.
Yellowtail kingfish
Best: December to April
The hardest-pulling fish within reach of the shore. Headlands, harbour markers, offshore reefs and the warm current in summer. Prime. Cast stickbaits and poppers at surface activity, jig the deeper reefs, and keep a live bait out under a balloon.
Australian salmon
Winter and spring on the southern beaches
Not a salmon at all: a hard-fighting schooling fish of the surf and the bays, from WA around to NSW. Great on light gear, poor on the plate. Look for birds and surface splashes along the beaches and in the bays; cast metals, plastics or ganged pilchards into the school.
When to come: the North Stradbroke 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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Yellowtail kingfish
Australian salmon
SlowPeak
Water temperature through the year
Typical surface temperature for this water type in degrees Celsius; today is around 20 °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
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Yellowtail kingfish led the card at good. High of 24 °C, wind to 34 km/h.
Sat, Nov 7
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Yellowtail kingfish led the card at excellent. High of 27 °C, wind to 21 km/h.
Fri, Nov 6
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Yellowtail kingfish led the card at good. High of 24 °C, wind to 27 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, with its green zones, apply, on the Queensland Government pages linked below.
About this water
North Stradbroke Island is a bay or coastal water in Queensland, Australia, covered from the Queensland reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing North Stradbroke Island: the full guide
The island
North Stradbroke Island, Minjerribah, closes the southern half of Moreton Bay off from the Pacific and is reached by ferry from Cleveland to Dunwich. Its ocean side is Main Beach, a long run of surf gutters driven on the sand, with the rock platforms and the gorge at Point Lookout at the northern end; its bay side is Dunwich and Amity Point, with jetties, flats and the channels between the island and Moreton Island where the big tides run. The island’s waters are in the Moreton Bay Marine Park, which runs from Caloundra to the southern tip of South Stradbroke Island and three nautical miles to seaward. The report on this page is scored for Minjerribah’s coordinates.
Species and seasons
Tailor are the fish of Main Beach in the cooler months, in the gutters at dawn and dusk and off the Point Lookout rocks; dart and whiting fish the gutters in summer; bream fish the jetties and the rocks all year; and mulloway are the night fish of the deeper gutters and the channel. The bay side gives flathead and whiting on the flats, squid under the jetty lights, and trevally, tailor and school mackerel in the channels on the tide; in summer Point Lookout turns up kingfish, tuna and other pelagics for the rock anglers. Snapper and pearl perch, if you target them from a boat, are closed from 15 July to 15 August in east coast tidal waters.
Reading this report for Minjerribah
The wind and swell run the ocean side: a south-easterly builds the surf and fills the gutters with weed, a westerly flattens Main Beach and is the day to be there; the bay side is the fallback in an easterly. Barometer and cloud build the score and the planner covers the week; the tide panel is a modelled curve for these coordinates, labelled as a model, and both the gutters and the channels fish on the tide, so use the curve for the direction and the Bureau of Meteorology prediction for the minute. On Minjerribah the beach is also the road, and the tide decides when you can drive it.
Rules and access
Queensland has no general fishing licence; the size and bag limits, the closed seasons and the Moreton Bay Marine Park zoning, with its green zones, apply, on the Queensland Government pages linked below. Driving on the island’s beaches needs a vehicle access permit, bought through Minjerribah Camping as the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service directs, and it must be displayed on the vehicle; camping needs its own permit from the same place. The jetties at Dunwich and Amity are public.
Common questions
Do I need a licence to fish on North Stradbroke Island?
No fishing licence is needed; the marine park zones, the limits and the closed seasons apply, and driving on the beaches needs a vehicle access permit from Minjerribah Camping.
What can I catch at Point Lookout?
Tailor in the cooler months, trevally and bream off the rocks, and kingfish, tuna and the odd pelagic in summer for the rock anglers.
Is fishing good at North Stradbroke 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
- Pages checked
- The written guide on this page
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