Golden perch
Excellent
Prime. Hop soft plastics and vibes around the timber, or fish shrimp and worms on the bottom.
Bogan River at Gongolgon Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The lower Bogan at Gongolgon between Brewarrina and Nyngan: yellowbelly and cod in remote plains country, with a Bureau gauge.
2/5
Slow. Work for them.Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
Level
0.02 m
Air / High
20 °C / 28 °C
Wind
ESE 4 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 421023, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Bogan River at Gongolgon sits in the warm band: moving baits, moving tides and fish on the edges. The gauge reads 0.02 m, easing 0.05 over the week. Today brings clear skies, wind ESE around 3 km/h, rising pressure near 1016 hPa and a high of 28 °C. Water sits around 19 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 11:20 PM-1:20 AM and 11:47 AM-1:47 PM: the windows to build the day around.
Murray cod
Closed today
Reopens 1 Dec 2026. Closed 1 September to 30 November in all waters except Blowering and Copeton dams.
Tie on: Soft plastic on a 1/4 oz jighead · Small hardbody, shallow diver · Squid jig, size 3.0 · Fresh pipi or worm on a small hook. Prime windows: 11:20 PM-1:20 AM, 11:47 AM-1:47 PM, 5:15 AM-6:15 AM. Warmer at 33 °C. The solunar majors shift about 50 minutes later.
Before you go
New South Wales requires a fishing licence for most fishing, from A$7.00. New South Wales fishing licence: cost, rules and where to buy →
Chasing murray cod here? Check the size and bag limits with DPIRD NSW before you keep anything; the Murray cod page has the seasons and the tactics.
Fishing times for Bogan River at Gongolgon today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (06:11), sunset (19:41), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:20 PM-1:20 AM and 11:47 AM-1:47 PM; minor 5:15 AM-6:15 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 421023 (BOGAN @ GONGOLGON).
River level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 421023. Latest reading 2026-11-07 22:45.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp20 °C
High / Low28 °C / 12 °C
WindESE 4 km/h, gusts 8 km/h
Pressure1016.1 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain2% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset06:11 / 19:41
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~19 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Bogan River at Gongolgon
The best day on Bogan River at Gongolgon this week looks like Friday 13 Nov, at 5 out of 5, against 2 today.
Best day this week: Friday, 13 Nov — excellent at 5/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.
Today, 9 Nov — Tough
Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
- Solunar majors
- 11:20 PM-1:20 AM and 11:47 AM-1:47 PM
- Minor period
- 5:15 AM-6:15 AM
- Sun
- 06:11 to 19:41
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Partly cloudy, 16 km/h
- Rain chance
- 0%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Bogan River at Gongolgon: seasons written for the southern year, and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.
Murray cod
Closed 1 September to 30 November in NSW, Victoria and the ACT, and 1 August to 31 October in Queensland; check the exempt lakes
Closed now Reopens 1 Dec 2026. Closed 1 September to 30 November in all waters except Blowering and Copeton dams. Rule as read from DPIRD NSW on 2026-09-23.
The giant of the inland rivers and the big lakes (Hume, Mulwala, Eildon). A snag fish that eats big lures, and a species with a closed season across the Murray-Darling.
Golden perch
Best: November to April
Yellowbelly. The bread-and-butter native of the Murray-Darling lakes and rivers; loves warm water, structure and a lure worked slowly past its nose. Prime. Hop soft plastics and vibes around the timber, or fish shrimp and worms on the bottom.
When to come: the Bogan River at Gongolgon calendar
Activity by species and month for the southern year, and how the water warms and cools. Tap any cell.
Species activity by month
1 = slow, 5 = peak. Current month highlighted. January is midsummer here.
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Murray cod
Golden perch
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Water temperature through the year
Typical surface temperature for this water type in degrees Celsius; today is around 19 °C (estimated, not a reading).
Angler reports
Real reports from real anglers, reviewed before publishing. Nothing here is copied from a shop or a charter. The water log below tracks each day automatically.
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Water log, last days
Auto-logged from live dataSun, Nov 8
2/5 Slow. Work for them. Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing. Golden perch led the card at excellent. High of 25 °C, wind to 24 km/h.
Sat, Nov 7
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Golden perch led the card at excellent. High of 33 °C, wind to 27 km/h.
Fri, Nov 6
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Golden perch led the card at excellent. High of 29 °C, wind to 13 km/h.
Before you go
Licence
NSW Recreational Fishing Fee, from A$7.00, the same for residents and visitors. Details and where to buy →
Regulations
Size and bag limits, closed seasons and marine park zones are set by DPIRD NSW and change: confirm the current rules on the agency page linked from the New South Wales licence page before you keep anything.
Access
Fishing the Bogan at Gongolgon takes the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee, from A$7 for three days; see our New South Wales licence page.
About this water
Bogan River at Gongolgon is a river in New South Wales, Australia, covered from the New South Wales reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Bogan River at Gongolgon: the full guide
The Bogan at Gongolgon
Gongolgon is the old crossing on the lower Bogan River south of Brewarrina, in remote plains country where the river winds between coolibah and black box on its last reach toward the Darling. The Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at Gongolgon supplies the river level and the 30-day chart on this page. The Bogan at Nyngan has its own page.
Species and seasons
Golden perch are the everyday fish of the lower Bogan when it runs, with Murray cod in the deeper holes; freshwater catfish are closed to take all year in rivers west of the Divide. On the Bogan River at Gongolgon the New South Wales Murray cod closure runs from 1 September to 30 November, and the species card computes it.
Where to fish it
The crossing at Gongolgon is the access, and the river is fished from the bank in the holes near it; the surrounding land is station country.
Planning a visit
Brewarrina, to the north, is the nearest town with supplies. Carry fuel, food and water, and check the roads, which close after rain.
The river through the year
The lower Bogan is a river that often stops. Its flows come from rain on the central-west slopes around Peak Hill and Tottenham, far upstream, and in dry years the reach at Gongolgon shrinks to waterholes that can go weeks or months without a flow; after good rain it runs, rises and joins the Darling above Bourke. Golden perch feed hardest when a fresh arrives in the warm months, and cod keep to the deepest holes and the timber whatever the level. With no dam upstream to hold it steady, the chart here is the river’s natural pulse, and a rising line after a dry spell is the moment to fish. The plains around it are remote: carry water and plan for roads that close after rain.
Reading this report here
The chart shows whether the lower Bogan is flowing; in dry years it stops, and a flow after rain brings the yellowbelly on. The water temperature estimate, labelled as one, is warm in summer; pressure and sky build the score at Gongolgon.
Licence, access and rules
Fishing the Bogan at Gongolgon takes the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee, from A$7 for three days; see our New South Wales licence page. DPIRD’s rules for the Bogan River at Gongolgon are in the sources.
Common questions
Where is Gongolgon?
On the lower Bogan south of Brewarrina.
What can I catch there?
Golden perch, with Murray cod in the deeper holes of the Bogan River at Gongolgon.
Do I need a licence there?
Yes: fishing the Bogan River at Gongolgon takes the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee, from A$7 for three days.
Is fishing good at Bogan River at Gongolgon right now?
Check the daily report at the top of this page: it is regenerated every morning from live data. Today's read: Slow. Work for them. Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
Nearby waters
Where this page's numbers come from
- Storage and river readings
- Bureau of Meteorology, Water Data Online, station 421023 — BOGAN @ GONGOLGON
- Open-Meteo forecast model
- https://open-meteo.com/
- Moon and solunar windows
- Calculated on this site
- The written guide on this page
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Readings refresh on a 30-minute window. The full method, with every figure and its source, is on How our reports are made. Something wrong here? Tell us and it goes in the log with the date.