Australian bass
Fair
Dam fish school deep; vertical jig plastics and blades over them. Rivers slow, and closed in NSW from June.
Brogo Dam Fishing Report
Updated Fri, 25 Sept 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Bega Valley’s bass lake in the hills behind Bega: a small, steep storage of Australian bass and the odd perch, reached by a gravel road, with a Bureau gauge at the wall.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Level
102.14 m8,545 ML
Air / High
16 °C / 27 °C
Wind
NW 11 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 219027, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Brogo Dam rewards patience today, with cool water and short feeding windows. The gauge reads 102.14 m, easing 0.17 over the week. Today brings cloud cover, wind NW around 11 km/h, rising pressure near 1024 hPa and a high of 27 °C. Water sits around 16 °C for the season (estimated). With the full moon, the solunar majors run 10:25 AM-12:25 PM and 10:25 PM-12:25 AM: the windows to build the day around.
Tie on: Blade or vibe, slow hops · Lightly weighted plastic · Whole pilchard or squid on the bottom · Suspending hardbody. Prime windows: 10:25 AM-12:25 PM, 10:25 PM-12:25 AM, 4:55 AM-5:55 AM. Similar at 26 °C with likely rain: fish ahead of the front. 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 (05:46), sunset (17:59), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 10:25 AM-12:25 PM and 10:25 PM-12:25 AM; minor 4:55 AM-5:55 AM. Full Moon, 99% 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 2026-09-24 22:30.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp16 °C
High / Low27 °C / 13 °C
WindNW 11 km/h, gusts 23 km/h
Pressure1023.6 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain81% cloud, 80%
Sunrise / Sunset05:46 / 17:59
MoonFull Moon, 99%
Water temp (seasonal)~16 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Brogo Dam
The best day on Brogo Dam this week looks like Monday 28 Sept, at 4 out of 5, against 3 today. Every day is scored by the same engine as the report above: pressure trend first, then wind, sky and season. Pick a species and the plan for that day changes with it.
Best day this week: Monday, 28 Sept — good at 4/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.
Today, 25 Sept — Fair
A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
- Solunar majors
- 10:25 AM-12:25 PM and 10:25 PM-12:25 AM
- Minor period
- 4:55 AM-5:55 AM
- Sun
- 05:46 to 17:59
- Moon
- Full Moon, 99% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 11 km/h
- Rain chance
- 80%
Scores are a planning aid built from forecast data, not a promise.
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 June to August in NSW rivers
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. Dam fish school deep; vertical jig plastics and blades over them. Rivers slow, and closed in NSW from June.
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. Slower. Work the deeper timber and the drop-offs with vibes and bait.
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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Water temperature through the year
Typical surface temperature for this water type in degrees Celsius; today is around 16 °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 dataThu, Sep 24
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Australian bass led the card at fair. High of 25 °C, wind to 14 km/h.
Wed, Sep 23
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Australian bass led the card at fair. High of 18 °C, wind to 13 km/h.
Tue, Sep 22
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Australian bass led the card at good. High of 15 °C, wind to 11 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
The NSW Recreational Fishing Fee from A$7 for three days is required; see the New South Wales licence page.
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 sits on the Brogo River in the hills north-west of Bega on the New South Wales far south coast, a small, deep, steep-sided storage that Water NSW runs for the Bega Valley irrigators and the town, reached by gravel road, with a picnic area, a ramp and camping at the dam and no other development on its shores. It is the south coast’s stocked bass lake, and the Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at the dam supplies the level and the 30-day chart on this page.
Species and seasons
Australian bass are stocked and are the fishery, along the timbered edges and the rock walls in the warm months, on surface lures at dusk and plastics and spinnerbaits by day, and schooled in the deep water off the points in winter; there is no closed season for bass in the dam, unlike the Brogo and Bega rivers below, which close from May to August under the rule the species card computes for the rivers. Golden perch have been stocked in some years, and carp are present with the release rules.
Where to fish it
The ramp at the dam launches onto a lake that a kayak or a small boat covers easily, and the steep, timbered banks of the arms upstream are the bass water in summer, fished tight to the trees at dusk; the deep water near the wall holds the winter schools. Bank access is limited to the dam end, and a kayak is the usual way in.
Reading the report
A small, steep lake warms fast in spring and the water temperature estimate, labelled as one, is the switch between the edge bass of summer and the deep schools of winter; the chart shows the irrigation draw-down that pulls the fish off the timber. The valley shelters the water from most wind, and pressure counts on the summer evenings.
Licence, access and rules
The NSW Recreational Fishing Fee from A$7 for three days is required; see the New South Wales licence page. The picnic area, the ramp and the camping at the dam are open under the water authority’s rules; DPIRD’s limits and the bass rules are in the sources.
Common questions
Is there a closed season for bass at Brogo Dam?
No. The New South Wales bass closure applies to rivers from May to August; the dam is open all year, as the species card shows with the DPIRD rule.
How do I get to Brogo Dam?
By gravel road from the Princes Highway north of Bega; the dam has a picnic area, a ramp and camping.
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: Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
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
- 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.