BrandonH
Sorry i didn't see this post till now and realize you have already been but he's what i would try!
The inshore can really produce at this time of year and i have caught some very good fish on the shallow reefs of the sunshine coast, my favorites being Raper shoals, coolum and sunshine reefs. 2 things i find very important on these reefs are the time and being quite and away from other boats. The times that seem to produce for me a early morning and dusk to early evening with dawn being my prefered option. when i say dawn i mean fishing at dawn so you want to leave the ramp about 1.5 hours before and find your area anchor on it and have been burling for about 30-40 minutes before the sun shows up And just float back your chosen baits in the trail,by about 7.30 am its time to pack the bait rigs away and start on the plastics.
For the plastics i like to consentrate on rubble areas right next to the reefs. and work these areas on slow drifts with the aide of a droug or para anchor. I wouldn't be tempted to put a plastic on a pananoster as it's not going to be all that effective better to fish with bait on a floater rig then plastics in the normal fashion. Like in the bay when you find the bait youll find the fish so work the bait schools and the results will come.
Hope that helps next time
Ian
Ps. try and get your mate to the ramp before dawn even if you sleep there as fishing during the day while nice and easy doesn't produce a good feed on the shallow area's