Tailor
Excellent
The main run. Fish the gutters and headlands into the evening; ganged pilchards, metals, and a wire-free trace only if you accept the bite-offs.
Eden Fishing Report
Updated Sat, 26 Sept 2026 from live weather and tide data
Twofold Bay and the far south coast: a deep bay, a wharf, the rocks of Ben Boyd and the tuna and kingfish grounds off the shelf.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Next tide
Low 1:09 pm model
Air / High
13 °C / 23 °C
Wind
SW 24 km/h
Sources: modelled tide curve, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Eden is in its cool-water rhythm: slower presentations and the warmest hours of the day. Today brings cloud cover, wind SW around 24 km/h, falling pressure near 1029 hPa and a high of 23 °C. Tides: high 7:09 am and 7:17 pm, low 12:58 am and 1:09 pm: the moving water either side of each change is when this place feeds. Water sits around 17 °C for the season (estimated). With the full moon, the solunar majors run 11:16 PM-1:16 AM and 11:16 AM-1:16 PM: the windows to build the day around.
Australian salmon
Good
The main season. Beach gutters, rock platforms and bay edges on the rising tide; metals, surf poppers and bait all work.
Mulloway
Fair
The estuary fish move to the deeper reaches. Long, quiet sessions on the bottom with fresh bait across the top of the tide.
Yellowtail kingfish
Slow
The fish thin out as the current cools; jig the deeper offshore marks and work the harbours on the warmer afternoons.
Tie on: Blade or vibe, slow hops · Lightly weighted plastic · Whole pilchard or squid on the bottom · Suspending hardbody. Prime windows: 11:16 PM-1:16 AM, 11:16 AM-1:16 PM, 5:46 AM-6:46 AM. Cooler at 15 °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 tailor here? Check the size and bag limits with DPIRD NSW before you keep anything; the Tailor page has the seasons and the tactics.
Fishing times for Eden today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:44), sunset (17:59), the moon and today's score, with the modelled tide changes in the panel below. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:16 PM-1:16 AM and 11:16 AM-1:16 PM; minor 5:46 AM-6:46 AM. Full Moon, 100% lit.
Water and weather
A modelled tide curve for these coordinates and the forecast for the day.
Tides (modelled)
Modelled sea level curve from Open-Meteo Marine for these coordinates, datum mean sea level. Fish the moving water either side of each change.
A model, not the official prediction: times can drift by tens of minutes inside bays and estuaries. Check the Bureau of Meteorology tide predictions for the exact times before you rely on them.
Sat
LOW12:58 am-0.66 m
HIGH7:09 am0.47 m
LOW1:09 pm-0.55 m
HIGH7:17 pm0.54 m
Sun
LOW1:30 am-0.67 m
HIGH7:45 am0.51 m
LOW1:54 pm-0.69 m
HIGH7:58 pm0.43 m
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp13 °C
High / Low23 °C / 12 °C
WindSW 24 km/h, gusts 52 km/h
Pressure1029.3 hPa, falling
Sky / Rain97% cloud, 82%
Sunrise / Sunset05:44 / 17:59
MoonFull Moon, 100%
Water temp (seasonal)~17 °C est.
Why the tide matters here: tides and fishing in Australia.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Eden
The best day on Eden 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, 26 Sept — Fair
A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
- Solunar majors
- 11:16 PM-1:16 AM and 11:16 AM-1:16 PM
- Minor period
- 5:46 AM-6:46 AM
- Sun
- 05:44 to 17:59
- Moon
- Full Moon, 100% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 29 km/h
- Rain chance
- 82%
Scores are a planning aid built from forecast data, not a promise.
Species guide
The species that matter on Eden: seasons written for the southern year, and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.
Tailor
Autumn and winter on the east coast; August to September on Fraser Island
The surf and rock fish of the east coast, running north in autumn and winter. Fast, toothy and best at dawn, dusk and into the dark. The main run. Fish the gutters and headlands into the evening; ganged pilchards, metals, and a wire-free trace only if you accept the bite-offs.
Mulloway
Best: summer and autumn, especially after rain
Jewfish. The big silver prize of the estuaries, breakwalls and surf beaches: nocturnal, tide-driven and unforgiving of noise. The estuary fish move to the deeper reaches. Long, quiet sessions on the bottom with fresh bait across the top of the tide.
Yellowtail kingfish
Best: December to April
The hardest-pulling fish within reach of the shore. Headlands, harbour markers, offshore reefs and the warm current in summer. The fish thin out as the current cools; jig the deeper offshore marks and work the harbours on the warmer afternoons.
Australian salmon
Winter and spring on the southern beaches
Not a salmon at all: a hard-fighting schooling fish of the surf and the bays, from WA around to NSW. Great on light gear, poor on the plate. The main season. Beach gutters, rock platforms and bay edges on the rising tide; metals, surf poppers and bait all work.
When to come: the Eden 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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Mulloway
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Australian salmon
SlowPeak
Water temperature through the year
Typical surface temperature for this water type in degrees Celsius; today is around 17 °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 dataFri, Sep 25
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Tailor led the card at excellent. High of 24 °C, wind to 13 km/h.
Thu, Sep 24
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Tailor led the card at excellent. High of 21 °C, wind to 19 km/h.
Wed, Sep 23
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Tailor led the card at excellent. High of 18 °C, wind to 23 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 state fee applies: A$7 buys three days, A$14 a month and A$35 a year of the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee, and the receipt has to be carried, as our New South Wales licence page explains.
About this water
Eden is a coastal town in New South Wales, Australia, covered from the New South Wales reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Eden: the full guide
Eden and Twofold Bay
Eden is the last big town before the Victorian border, on Twofold Bay, a deep, sheltered bay with a working port, a public wharf and the Ben Boyd headlands either side. The bay itself fishes for flathead, salmon and squid; the wharf and the rock platforms give the land-based angler kingfish, salmon, tailor and the odd tuna; the Kiah and Towamba rivers and the Nullica estuary add bream and flathead; and the shelf is close, which makes Eden one of the game-fishing ports of the state, with tuna, marlin and kingfish in their seasons.
Species by season
Flathead lie on the sand of the bay and the estuaries through the warmer months, bream fish the rivers, the wharf and the rocks all year, and squid work the weed of the bay and the wharf lights in spring and autumn. Australian salmon run the beaches and the bay in the cooler months, tailor come through in autumn and winter, kingfish hold at the headlands and the wharf in summer, and luderick fish the rocks in winter. Offshore, yellowfin and bluefin tuna in their seasons and kingfish and snapper on the reefs are boat fishing for the weather windows the Southern Ocean allows.
Reading this report for Eden
The wind row is the coast’s clock: a southerly or a big swell closes the rocks and the beaches and puts the fishing inside the bay and the estuaries, a westerly gives the calm, cold mornings the rock anglers want. Pressure and sky build the score and the planner shows the day; the tide panel is a modelled curve for these coordinates, labelled as a model, useful for the run in the estuaries and around the wharf rather than for exact minutes, which the Bureau of Meteorology has.
Licence, access and rules
The state fee applies: A$7 buys three days, A$14 a month and A$35 a year of the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee, and the receipt has to be carried, as our New South Wales licence page explains. The wharf, Aslings Beach, the bay foreshores and the Ben Boyd rock platforms are public, with ramps at Quarantine Bay and the port. The DPIRD limits and the Beowa (Ben Boyd) National Park and marine park zoning are on the pages in the sources; rock fishing here is exposed and has its own safety rules.
Common questions
What can I catch from Eden wharf?
Salmon, tailor, trevally and squid through the year, kingfish in summer, and the occasional tuna for the patient.
Do I need a fishing licence in Eden?
Yes. The NSW Recreational Fishing Fee applies to all fishing, from A$7 for three days.
Is fishing good at Eden 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
- Tide curve (modelled)
- Open-Meteo Marine, sea level height including tides
- Open-Meteo forecast model
- https://open-meteo.com/
- Moon and solunar windows
- Calculated on this site
- The written guide on this page
Pablo Ruiz Quintero
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.