Paradise Point Pier
Summary for 22 Oct 2026
Bite Compass is showing a high fish activity bite score on 22 Oct 2026. Wind is around NE at 18 km/h. Solunar feeding windows are listed below.
Feeding Windows
Local Knowledge
Paradise Point pier runs out from the parklands at the end of the Paradise Point shopping strip into the northern Broadwater. The water here is shallow, sandy and weedy, which is exactly what whiting and flathead want, and bream hang around the pylons. With South Stradbroke on the horizon and the parklands behind, it is one of the gentlest fishing spots on the Gold Coast. The biggest risk is losing your bait to a pelican with more confidence than you.
Fish from the end of the pier on the run-in tide, casting a light running sinker rig with a yabby or worm onto the sand for whiting. Flathead sit on the edges of the weed beds and channel and take soft plastics or small whole baits worked slowly along the bottom. Drop a peeled prawn or mullet strip near the pylons for bream and tarwhine. Pump your own yabbies on the flats at low tide. Sand crabs are worth a dilly on the sandy bottom in the warmer months.
Whiting and flathead are the main targets, with bream and tarwhine around the pylons. Sand crabs move onto the sandy bottom in the warmer months. Sand whiting are 23 cm (possession 30); dusky flathead 40–75 cm (5); bream and tarwhine 25 cm (30 combined); blue swimmer crabs 11.5 cm (20), and female blue swimmers are no take.
Spearfishing is banned within 100 m of the pier, as at any public jetty in or south of the Noosa River. Crab pots and dillies are limited to 4 per person, tagged with your surname and address, and inverted dillies are banned. Pumped yabbies are for use here — raw yabbies and worms can't leave the white spot movement area, which runs from Caloundra to the NSW border, unless cooked.
Access & Conditions
Park in the Paradise Point parklands carparks off The Esplanade and walk out onto the pier. The parklands have toilets, playgrounds, picnic areas and a swimming beach, and the Paradise Point shops and cafes are across the road. The pier is level and suits prams and wheelchairs. Weekends are busy with families.
The run-in tide brings clean water and fish onto the flats, and the first half of the flood is the best time for whiting. Strong north-easterlies make the pier choppy and uncomfortable. Calm, clear mornings are prime. After rain, flathead and bream fish better than whiting.
Watch children near the pier edges and keep hooks away from swimmers off the beach. Bull sharks use the Broadwater, so don't wade or clean fish at the water's edge. Pier decking can be slippery after rain.
Gear & Rigs
A light 7 ft rod with a 1000–2500 reel and 4–8 lb line covers the fishing. Use a small running sinker and size 6–2 long-shank hooks for whiting, and a 1/8 oz jighead with a small soft plastic for flathead. A yabby pump and a bucket are worth bringing. Up to 3 lines and 6 hooks in total per person.
Seasons
Whiting are best from spring through summer, and flathead peak in spring. Bream and tarwhine are strongest in the cooler months. Sand crabs are a warm-weather catch.
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Frequently Asked
Yes. The pier is open to the public for fishing, with whiting, flathead and bream the main catches.
Yabbies pumped from the flats at low tide, worms and peeled prawn. Saltwater yabbies have no possession limit.
Yes, in the warmer months. Blue swimmer (sand) crabs are 11.5 cm minimum with a possession limit of 20, and females are no take.