Flathead are flat out in the hunt for love

They are small males looking for a female to follow around preparing for the spring breeding season.

Where you find one, there's probably more in the same area.

There's still a lot of mulloway around in estuary waters, and top spots have been deeper holes throughout Jumpinpin and the Broadwater and just inside bar entrances.

They've also been caught on the beaches.

The best reports have been coming from the bottom end of North Stradbroke Island, Pottsville area and South Ballina Beach.

Bream continue to be in good numbers, and while many are now spent and heading back up rivers and creeks, there's still some quality around bar entrances and in the surf.

Finally there's a few tailor in the surf.

They were caught on the Gold Coast beaches this week, but as always they can be a bit unpredictable and landing them is a bit hit and miss.

Top spots include Phillip Park and the Pumping Jetty at the northern Gold Coast of an evening.

Remember, sometimes they turn up, sometimes they don't.

Squid are also on the menu because it's that time of year.

The most consistent reports have come from jetties, marinas and wharves that are lit up in the evenings.

Best conditions for landing a feed are a slight westerly or no wind evenings.

There are a few quality summer whiting around, especially in the upper reaches of rivers and creeks.

You may not catch your bag limit of quality fish yet, but you should catch a feed if you move around a bit.

In Moreton Bay snapper are still the target species although it has been hard to find a legal snapper in the shallows around the Bay islands this week.

The Harry Atkinson has been a consistent producer as are the reefs off Scarborough.

Offshore fishing has produced consistent catches of snapper although not many over a few kilos.

Square Patch and Shallow Tempest have seen excellent numbers as has the Barwon Banks off the Sunshine Coast.

For those heading a little wider pearl perch have been consistent with most fish averaging a few kilos.

Live bait on reefs and wrecks has produced a lot of kingfish and the odd cobia and there are a few tuna around as well.