Central QLD is about the borderline area where Pink snapper stop and Golden snapper (fingermark) start. You might be better off chasing fingermark. Best bait for em is live - fresh squid. the best area to find them are wrecks, jettys and isolated bombies or even creeks with some deep water. I prefer to chase them at isolated bombies or wrecks. Night time is much better then day time. I use 100lb handline. Hope this helps.