Brisbane landbased fishing spots, Queensland

Here’s some of the best landbased spots to try around Brisbane.

Firstly, the public fishing platforms … some have wheelchair-friendly access. See the list of Brisbane public fishing platforms here.

Brisbane City Council has regular fishing workshops for beginners at some locations … see calendar here.

Landbased fishing spots around Brisbane

1. Brisbane River. Pinkenba rock wall is on the northern shore near the river mouth. It’s a fair walk out from the nearest parking area to this crumbling rock wall, but there are plenty of bream and the occasional mangrove jack and threadfin salmon to be caught. A rising tide inundates parts of the wall. Unfortunately this area has become quite littered. Elsewhere in the river, any foreshore might produce bream, but spots near manmade structure such rock walls and pylons are often best. Big threadfin salmon have been caught far up the river, usually on livebaits. Breakfast Creek mouth has easy access and fishes well at times, with some mulloway and threadfin caught. Also fish the base of the columns of Gateway Bridge for bream and mangrove jacks .
2. Brisbane River freshwater. The access points upstream have bass and cod, which are stocked fish. Also consider the superb Wivenhoe and Somerset Dams.
3. Shorncliffe jetty, near Sandgate. Pike, bream, whiting, squid, catfish and stingrays. bream and whiting along the Sandgate foreshore wall at high tide.
4. Nudgee (Schulz) Canal. The lower section has good bankside access, with whiting, bream, flathead and crabs. Nudgee Beach foreshore has whiting at high tide. Late summer usually sees a good run of banana prawns. Go here for more information about this great fishing spot.
5. Redcliffe/Scarborough beaches. Many of these relatively calm beaches have rocky reef within casting range. Quality bream and flathead are common, with small snapper off the rocky points, and occasional cod. See our detailed Redcliffe page.
6. Woody Point and Redcliffe have jetties. Also the long Hornibrook Highway bridge to the peninsula has a jetty on the peninsula side. Many fishos do well at high tide fishing the shore near the Woody Point and Redcliffe jetties. Good run of crabs off Woody Point jetty. See our detailed Redcliffe page.
7. Moreton Island. Great beach fishing on the inside and outside beaches. The sheltered inside beaches have flathead and whiting, while anything can show up in the gutters on the ocean surf side.
8. Redland Bay has a good jetty, with mainly squid, flathead, bream and crabs.
9. The Logan River fishes well and has shore access in places, with whiting, bream and flathead, and ongoing rumours of barramundi captures.
10. Wynnum jetty and Wynnum Creek … bream, whiting and flathead, with a chance of tailor.
11. Wellington Point jetty … … bream, whiting and flathead, with a chance of tailor.
12. Boggy Creek entrance off the Brisbane River … landbased fishing for bream, whiting, flathead, catfish, with occasional mangrove jacks , threadfin salmon and mud crabs.

Further afield

1. Gold Coast canal estate rock walls. From southern Brisbane through to the Gold Coast are numerous canal estates. The canal rock walls are good fishing spots. bream and mangrove jacks are the main target but it is surprising how many different species make their way through these canals, including bull sharks, mulloway, mud crabs, mangrove jacks and trevally.
2. Gold Coast beach rock walls. There are numerous small rock groynes through to Kirra. These have surf species and luderick. The sandpumping jetty at Southport produces regular mulloway and tailor.
3. Tweed Heads to Pottsville. This area is an easy day trip for Brisbane fishos. Excellent surf and rock fishing with access to various beaches and headlands. Look for gutters. tailor, flathead, bream, dart, mulloway and whiting. You’ll find more information about the Tweed region here.
4. The Tweed River has good landbased access near the mouth, with bream, luderick, mangrove jacks and flathead the main catch. There are footpaths along the river in places. You’ll find more information about the Tweed region here.

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