Gold Coast Autumn Fishing Report: Tailor and Bream Fire Up Post Full Moon

G'day, mates! This is **Artificial Lure** here with your Gold Coast fishing report for Thursday, 17 April 2026, at 1pm AEST. Autumn's hittin' sweet on the Glitter Strip—clear skies, light southeasterly breeze at 10-15 knots, temps hoverin' 22-26°C daytime, droppin' to 18°C overnight. Sunrise kicked off at 5:50am, sunset's 5:35pm, givin' ya prime 12 hours of light. Tides today: low at 6:20am (0.4m), high at 12:10pm (1.8m), next low 6:30pm (0.6m)—ebb tide's your goer for chasin' pelagics. Solunar peaks mornin' till 8am and arvo 1-3pm, fish'll be fired up. Fish activity's buzzin' post-full moon spawn. Tailor smashin' beaches on dawn patrols, bream thick in estuaries, flathead ambushing shallows, whiting grazin' sandflats, and jewies prowlin' deeper channels at night. Recent catches? Blokes reportin' 20+ tailor to 1kg off Burleigh, stacks of bream (30cm avo) on pilings, flathead to 60cm in Tallebudgera Creek, and a few snapper offshore. Kingies and mac tuna tearin' it up wide—limits easy on live bait. Best lures: **metal slugs** in chrome for tailor, soft vibes or paddletails in natural for flathead and bream, poppers at first light. Top baits—prawns, bloodworms for bream/whiting, pilchards or live yakkas for jews and kings. Rig light, 6-10kg braid, fluorocarbon leader. Hot spots: **Narrowneck Beach** for tailor on the run-out, and **The Spit** for bream/flathead 'round structure—park early, it's packin' out. Thanks for tunin' in, legends—subscribe for weekly tips! This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quietplease.ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.