Golden perch
Excellent
Prime. Hop soft plastics and vibes around the timber, or fish shrimp and worms on the bottom.
Edward River at Deniliquin Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Edward, Kolety, at Deniliquin in the Riverina: Murray cod and golden perch in the red gum anabranch of the Murray, with a Bureau gauge at the town.
4/5
Good. Solid day ahead.Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
Water temp
~19 °C est.
Air / High
18 °C / 24 °C
Wind
E 10 km/h
Sources: Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Edward River at Deniliquin has the water in the comfortable band where most of its fish feed through the day. Today brings a mixed sky, wind E around 10 km/h, rising pressure near 1016 hPa and a high of 24 °C. Water sits around 19 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 11:27 PM-1:27 AM and 11:55 AM-1:55 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: 11:27 PM-1:27 AM, 11:55 AM-1:55 PM, 5:11 AM-6:11 AM. Warmer at 31 °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 Edward River at Deniliquin today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (06:09), sunset (19:58), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:27 PM-1:27 AM and 11:55 AM-1:55 PM; minor 5:11 AM-6:11 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Bureau of Meteorology station 409003 (EDWARD @ DENILIQUIN) has sent no reading in the last 30 days, so conditions here are modelled from weather, season and the nearest stations.
No recent gauge reading
Readings come back here when station 409003 reports again. Until then the seasonal curve below is the estimate.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp18 °C
High / Low24 °C / 9 °C
WindE 10 km/h, gusts 17 km/h
Pressure1016.3 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain53% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset06:09 / 19:58
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~19 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Edward River at Deniliquin
The best day on Edward River at Deniliquin this week looks like Friday 13 Nov, at 5 out of 5, against 4 today.
Best day this week: Friday, 13 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
- 11:27 PM-1:27 AM and 11:55 AM-1:55 PM
- Minor period
- 5:11 AM-6:11 AM
- Sun
- 06:09 to 19:58
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Overcast, 14 km/h
- Rain chance
- 0%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Edward River at Deniliquin: 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 Edward River at Deniliquin 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
SlowPeak
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 21 °C, wind to 18 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 19 °C, wind to 29 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 25 °C, wind to 18 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 applies on the Edward at Deniliquin, from A$7 for three days; our New South Wales licence page has the fees.
About this water
Edward River at Deniliquin is a river in New South Wales, Australia, covered from the New South Wales reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Edward River at Deniliquin: the full guide
The Edward at Deniliquin
The Edward River, Kolety, is the Murray’s great anabranch: it leaves the main river upstream in the red gum forests and winds west across the Riverina plains through Deniliquin before rejoining the Murray system far downstream. At the town it runs between river red gums, sandy beaches and reserves that fill with campers in summer. The Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at Deniliquin, station 409003, supplies the river level and the 30-day chart on this page. The Edward at Moulamein, downstream, has its own page.
Species and seasons
Murray cod are the reason most anglers fish the Edward, holding in the red gum snags and the deep outside bends, taken on spinnerbaits, hardbodies and bait; golden perch, yellowbelly, are the warm-weather fish on shrimp and worms. The DPIRD freshwater guide notes a remnant population of silver perch in parts of the Edward system; they may not be taken from any river, and freshwater catfish are closed all year in western-flowing waters. The cod closure runs from 1 September to 30 November, and the species card computes it.
Where to fish it
The public beaches and reserves in and around Deniliquin give bank access to the snags, and a boat or kayak works the timber up and down from the town. Cast tight to the snag piles on the outside bends for cod, let lures bump the wood, and fish the slower edges with bait for yellowbelly on summer evenings. Downstream, at Stevens Weir, the DPIRD guide prohibits all fishing from 80 metres above to 70 metres below the weir face.
Planning a visit
Deniliquin has tackle, supplies, accommodation and riverside camping. Bring cod lures and bait for yellowbelly, water and shade for the Riverina summer, and plan any cod trip for December to August, outside the spring closure.
Reading this report here
The Edward’s flow is managed as part of the Murray system, so the chart often shows regulated releases and environmental water arriving rather than a natural rain rise; a steady flow after a change usually fishes better than the change itself. The water temperature estimate, labelled as one, is hot in summer, when cod feed at dawn and dusk; pressure and sky build the score at Deniliquin.
Licence, access and rules
The NSW Recreational Fishing Fee applies on the Edward at Deniliquin, from A$7 for three days; our New South Wales licence page has the fees. The DPIRD freshwater guide, with the cod closure, the weir closures and the protected species, is in the sources.
Common questions
When is Murray cod closed on the Edward River?
From 1 September to 30 November, as in every New South Wales water except Blowering and Copeton dams.
What can I catch at Deniliquin?
Murray cod and golden perch; silver perch and freshwater catfish may not be taken from the river.
Do I need a licence at Deniliquin?
Yes. The NSW Recreational Fishing Fee applies at Deniliquin, from A$7 for three days.
Is fishing good at Edward River at Deniliquin 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
- 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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