Australian bass
Excellent
Prime. Cast spinnerbaits, small hardbodies and surface lures tight to structure in the rivers; sound up the schools in the dams.
Brogo Dam Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
A small storage in the hills 30 km north-west of Bega: stocked Australian bass fished from a boat or canoe, with a ramp below the wall and the Bureau reading the level.
4/5
Good. Solid day ahead.Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
Level
101.07 m7,534 ML
Air / High
11 °C / 17 °C
Wind
SSW 4 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 219027, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Brogo Dam has the water in the comfortable band where most of its fish feed through the day. The gauge reads 101.07 m, easing 0.18 over the week. Today brings cloud cover, wind SSW around 5 km/h, steady pressure near 1020 hPa and a high of 17 °C. Water sits around 21 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 11:08 PM-1:08 AM and 11:35 AM-1:35 PM: the windows to build the day around.
Golden perch
Excellent
Prime. Hop soft plastics and vibes around the timber, or fish shrimp and worms on the bottom.
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: 11:08 PM-1:08 AM, 11:35 AM-1:35 PM, 4:50 AM-5:50 AM. Warmer at 22 °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 australian bass here? Check the size and bag limits with DPIRD NSW before you keep anything; the Australian bass page has the seasons and the tactics.
Fishing times for Brogo Dam today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:48), sunset (19:41), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:08 PM-1:08 AM and 11:35 AM-1:35 PM; minor 4:50 AM-5:50 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 219027 (BROGO DAM).
Storage level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 219027. Latest reading 2026-11-08 22:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp11 °C
High / Low17 °C / 8 °C
WindSSW 4 km/h, gusts 9 km/h
Pressure1020.3 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain70% cloud, 59%
Sunrise / Sunset05:48 / 19:41
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~21 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Brogo Dam
The best day on Brogo Dam this week looks like Thursday 12 Nov, at 5 out of 5, against 4 today.
Best day this week: Thursday, 12 Nov — excellent at 5/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.
Today, 9 Nov — Good
Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
- Solunar majors
- 11:08 PM-1:08 AM and 11:35 AM-1:35 PM
- Minor period
- 4:50 AM-5:50 AM
- Sun
- 05:48 to 19:41
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 16 km/h
- Rain chance
- 59%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Brogo Dam: seasons written for the southern year, and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.
Australian bass
September to April in the rivers; closed 1 May to 31 August in NSW rivers, and dams stay open
The native sportfish of the east-coast rivers and the stocked dams. Surface lures in summer, deep in winter, and a river closed season for spawning. Prime. Cast spinnerbaits, small hardbodies and surface lures tight to structure in the rivers; sound up the schools in the dams.
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 Brogo Dam 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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Golden perch
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Water temperature through the year
Typical surface temperature for this water type in degrees Celsius; today is around 21 °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
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Australian bass led the card at excellent. High of 17 °C, wind to 24 km/h.
Sat, Nov 7
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Australian bass led the card at excellent. High of 18 °C, wind to 24 km/h.
Fri, Nov 6
5/5 Excellent. Go now. Everything lines up: pressure, wind and light are in your favor. Australian bass led the card at excellent. High of 23 °C, wind to 16 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
Anyone fishing needs the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee unless exempt, from A$7 for three days; see the New South Wales licence page.
Storage levels
Compare it with every other storage in the state on New South Wales dam levels today.
About this water
Brogo Dam is a lake in New South Wales, Australia, covered from the New South Wales reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Brogo Dam: the full guide
The lake
Brogo Dam holds the Brogo River in the foothills of the Great Dividing Range, about 30 kilometres north-west of Bega on the New South Wales far south coast. WaterNSW completed it in 1976 to water the Bega Valley’s dairy pastures and to supply farms and towns along the Brogo and Bega rivers; the wall is 260 metres long and 43 metres high, and most of the 400 square kilometre catchment lies in Wadbilliga National Park. It is a small lake by storage standards, roughly one square kilometre, and the Bureau of Meteorology’s station at the dam, 219027, feeds the level and the 30-day chart on this page.
Species and seasons
WaterNSW says the dam is stocked with trout and bass, and bass are what the species card rates here along with golden perch. DPIRD announced in August 2026 that it plans to add estuary perch to Brogo later in the year. There is no closed season for bass or estuary perch in the dam: DPIRD’s winter closure covers rivers below impoundments, not the impoundments themselves, so the Brogo and Bega rivers downstream close from 1 May to 31 August while the lake stays open. The combined bag is two bass and estuary perch a day.
Where to fish it
WaterNSW is blunt about access: the foreshores are rugged and mostly out of reach, so the fishing is done from a boat or canoe launched at the ramp just south of the wall. In a narrow, steep lake like this the bass sit tight to the timbered and rocky banks in the warmer months and suspend over deeper water off the points when it cools, so a sounder and a slow presentation earn their place in winter. Surface lures along the edges at first and last light are the classic summer approach.
Reading the report
The chart shows how far the lake is drawn down for irrigation; a falling lake pulls fish away from the edges they used in spring. The water temperature line is an estimate for this kind of water rather than a measurement, but it tracks the seasonal swing between edge fish and deep fish. The valley is sheltered, which makes the pressure trend on a still summer evening worth more attention than the wind.
Licence, access and rules
Anyone fishing needs the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee unless exempt, from A$7 for three days; see the New South Wales licence page. Power boats are limited to 8 kph and skiing is not allowed, according to WaterNSW, which also closes its recreation areas on total fire ban days. DPIRD’s bass and estuary perch limits are in the sources.
Common questions
Is there a closed season for bass at Brogo Dam?
Not in the dam. DPIRD’s 1 May to 31 August closure applies in rivers below impoundments, so the Brogo River under the wall is closed in winter while the lake stays open.
Can I fish Brogo Dam from the bank?
Only in a few spots; WaterNSW describes the foreshores as rugged and generally inaccessible and recommends a boat or canoe from the ramp just south of the wall.
Is fishing good at Brogo Dam right now?
Check the daily report at the top of this page: it is regenerated every morning from live data. Today's read: Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
Nearby waters
Where this page's numbers come from
- Storage and river readings
- Bureau of Meteorology, Water Data Online, station 219027 — BROGO DAM
- Open-Meteo forecast model
- https://open-meteo.com/
- Moon and solunar windows
- Calculated on this site
- Pages checked
- The written guide on this page
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