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.
Woodgate Fishing Report
Updated Sat, 26 Sept 2026 from live weather and tide data
The long beach between Bundaberg and Hervey Bay: whiting and dart on the sand, the Theodolite Creek mouth and the Burrum coast, with tailor in winter.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Next tide
Low 1:26 pm model
Air / High
18 °C / 24 °C
Wind
SSE 10 km/h
Sources: modelled tide curve, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Woodgate is in its cool-water rhythm: slower presentations and the warmest hours of the day. Today brings clear skies, wind SSE around 10 km/h, steady pressure near 1027 hPa and a high of 24 °C. Tides: high 7:16 am and 7:25 pm, low 1:19 am and 1:26 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 24 °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 Woodgate today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:35), sunset (17:47), 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
LOW1:19 am-0.92 m
HIGH7:16 am1.60 m
LOW1:26 pm-0.84 m
HIGH7:25 pm1.79 m
Sun
LOW1:51 am-0.99 m
HIGH7:51 am1.74 m
LOW2:06 pm-0.86 m
HIGH7:57 pm1.79 m
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp18 °C
High / Low24 °C / 16 °C
WindSSE 10 km/h, gusts 20 km/h
Pressure1027.4 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain13% cloud, 100%
Sunrise / Sunset05:35 / 17:47
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 Woodgate
The best day on Woodgate 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
- 05:35 to 17:47
- Moon
- Full Moon, 100% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 19 km/h
- Rain chance
- 100%
Scores are a planning aid built from forecast data, not a promise.
Species guide
The species that matter on Woodgate: 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 Woodgate 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 23 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 25 °C, wind to 23 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 26 °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
Line fishing at Woodgate needs no Queensland licence; the size and bag limits and the crab rules apply, on the pages linked below.
About this water
Woodgate is a coastal town in Queensland, Australia, covered from the Queensland reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Woodgate: the full guide
Woodgate and the beach
Woodgate is the beach village on the coast between Bundaberg and Hervey Bay, with the long beach running north to Theodolite Creek and south into the Burrum Coast National Park, the creek’s mouth and flats, the Walkers Point ramp on the Burrum River behind and the shallow water of Hervey Bay out in front. It is a beach village on a sheltered bay, and the report on this page is scored for the village’s coordinates. Hervey Bay and Burrum Heads have their own pages.
Species and seasons
Whiting fish the beach and the creek flats all year and are the village’s fish; dart fish the beach; bream fish Theodolite Creek and the mangroves; flathead lie in the beach gutters and the creek from spring to autumn; tailor run the beach in winter; mud crabs work the creek under the pot rules; and the bay gives the odd mackerel and the whiting of the deeper sand for the boats. The beach is shallow a long way out and the wading is easy.
Where to fish it
Woodgate beach from the village north to Theodolite Creek is the whiting and dart sand, fished on the rising tide with the wading easy a long way out, and the creek mouth and its flats are the bream and flathead water; the beach south into the national park toward the Burrum mouth is the quiet sand, four-wheel drive from Walkers Point. The ramps are at Walkers Point on the Burrum and at the creek.
Reading this report here
The beach faces east across Hervey Bay and Fraser Island breaks the ocean swell, so the wind is the whole story: a south-easterly chops it and a westerly flattens it. The tide panel is a modelled curve for the coordinates of Woodgate, labelled as a model, and the shallow beach fishes on the rising tide. Pressure and sky build the score at Woodgate; the planner shows the day.
Licence, access and rules
Line fishing at Woodgate needs no Queensland licence; the size and bag limits and the crab rules apply, on the pages linked below. The beach and the creek are public, with ramps at Walkers Point and the creek; the Burrum Coast National Park rules and the Great Sandy Marine Park zoning are in the sources.
Common questions
What can I catch at Woodgate?
Whiting on the beach and the creek flats, dart on the sand, bream in Theodolite Creek, flathead in the gutters in the warm months, tailor in winter.
Do I need a licence at Woodgate?
No. Queensland has no general recreational fishing licence; the limits still apply.
Is fishing good at Woodgate 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.