Southport Broadwater Parklands Pier
Summary for 28 Oct 2026
Bite Compass is showing a medium fish activity bite score on 28 Oct 2026. Wind is around SW at 4 km/h. Solunar feeding windows are listed below.
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Feeding Windows
Local Knowledge
The Broadwater Parklands pier runs out about 100 metres from Southport's waterfront park into the Broadwater, with the high-rises of Main Beach across the water. The pier reaches deeper water than the foreshore, and the pylons draw bream and baitfish that bring trevally in after them. Whiting and flathead feed on the sand around it. It is the easiest spot on the Gold Coast to combine a fish with a playground, a coffee and a tram ride home.
Fish the pier on the run-in tide, dropping a light running sinker rig with a prawn, yabby or mullet strip close to the pylons for bream. Cast away from the pier onto the sand for whiting with yabbies or worms. Flathead take soft plastics or small whole baits worked slowly along the bottom. Trevally appear at dawn and dusk and take small metal slugs or soft plastics worked quickly. In winter, luderick take green weed under a float close to the pylons.
Bream are the bread and butter around the pylons, with whiting and flathead on the sand and trevally passing through. Luderick and tarwhine add variety in the cooler months. Bream and tarwhine are 25 cm (possession 30 combined); sand whiting 23 cm (30); dusky flathead 40–75 cm (5); luderick 30 cm (10); trevally have no minimum size, with 20 combined.
The parklands are busy with families, events and walkers, so keep your casting tidy and your hooks covered. Spearfishing is banned within 100 m of any public jetty in or south of the Noosa River, and in this southern part of the Broadwater. Never use raw supermarket prawns as bait.
Access & Conditions
The parklands sit on Marine Parade at Southport, with parking nearby and the Broadwater Parklands light rail station at the southern end of the park. There are toilets, playgrounds, picnic areas and cafes in the park. The pier is wide and level, which suits wheelchairs and prams. Parking gets tight during events and on summer weekends, which is when the tram earns its keep.
The run-in tide brings cleaner water from the Seaway and fishes best. Strong north-easterlies blow onto the pier and make light-line fishing hard. Discoloured water after rain suits bream and flathead. Early mornings and evenings are the quiet, productive times.
Watch children near the pier edges and keep hooks away from passers-by. Bull sharks use the Broadwater, so keep hands out of the water when landing fish and don't wade off the beach at dusk. Pier decking can be slippery after rain.
Gear & Rigs
A light 7–8 ft rod with a 2500 reel and 6–10 lb line suits the pier. Use a small running sinker and size 6–1 hooks for bream and whiting, and a 1/8–1/4 oz jighead with a soft plastic for flathead. Carry a slightly heavier leader if trevally are about. Up to 3 lines and 6 hooks in total per person.
Seasons
Bream, tarwhine and luderick are best in the cooler months. Whiting and flathead peak from spring through summer. Trevally are strongest from November to April.
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Frequently Asked
Yes. The pier is a popular fishing spot in the parklands and open to the public. Spearfishing is not allowed near public jetties or in this part of the Broadwater.
Bream, whiting, flathead, trevally, tarwhine and luderick.
The parklands are on Marine Parade at Southport, with parking nearby and a light rail station at the southern end of the park.