Golden perch
Excellent
Prime. Hop soft plastics and vibes around the timber, or fish shrimp and worms on the bottom.
Gwydir River at Gravesend Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Gwydir at Gravesend between Warialda and Moree: cod in the slopes-to-plains reach, with a Bureau gauge at the crossing.
2/5
Slow. Work for them.Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
Level
1.42 m
Air / High
17 °C / 25 °C
Wind
WSW 3 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 418013, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Gwydir River at Gravesend is fishing in its best temperature window, with the bite spread across the day. The gauge reads 1.42 m, easing 0.10 over the week. Today brings clear skies, wind WSW around 3 km/h, rising pressure near 1016 hPa and a high of 25 °C. Water sits around 19 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 11:06 PM-1:06 AM and 11:32 AM-1:32 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: 11:06 PM-1:06 AM, 11:32 AM-1:32 PM, 5:02 AM-6:02 AM. Warmer at 29 °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 Gwydir River at Gravesend today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:58), sunset (19:26), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:06 PM-1:06 AM and 11:32 AM-1:32 PM; minor 5:02 AM-6:02 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 418013 (GWYDIR @ GRAVESEND).
River level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 418013. Latest reading 2026-11-07 23:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp17 °C
High / Low25 °C / 9 °C
WindWSW 3 km/h, gusts 8 km/h
Pressure1016.4 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain0% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset05:58 / 19:26
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~19 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Gwydir River at Gravesend
The best day on Gwydir River at Gravesend this week looks like Tuesday 10 Nov, at 4 out of 5, against 2 today.
Best day this week: Tuesday, 10 Nov — good at 4/5, rising pressure behind a front, typically the slowest.
Today, 9 Nov — Tough
Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
- Solunar majors
- 11:06 PM-1:06 AM and 11:32 AM-1:32 PM
- Minor period
- 5:02 AM-6:02 AM
- Sun
- 05:58 to 19:26
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Clear, 18 km/h
- Rain chance
- 0%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Gwydir River at Gravesend: 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 Gwydir River at Gravesend 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 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
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Golden perch led the card at excellent. High of 26 °C, wind to 23 km/h.
Sat, Nov 7
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 16 km/h.
Fri, Nov 6
2/5 Slow. Work for them. Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing. Golden perch led the card at excellent. High of 27 °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
Fishing the Gwydir at Gravesend takes the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee, from A$7 for three days; see our New South Wales licence page.
About this water
Gwydir River at Gravesend is a river in New South Wales, Australia, covered from the New South Wales reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Gwydir River at Gravesend: the full guide
The Gwydir at Gravesend
Gravesend is the village on the Gwydir Highway where it crosses the Gwydir River between Warialda and Moree, on the reach where the river comes down from the slopes below Copeton Dam toward the plains, with rocky runs and red gum pools. The Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at Gravesend supplies the river level and the 30-day chart on this page. The Gwydir at Pallamallawa and Copeton Dam have their own pages.
Species and seasons
Murray cod and golden perch are the fish of this reach, the cod in the pools below the rocky runs and in the snags, the yellowbelly in the warm months on shrimp and worms. On the Gwydir River at Gravesend the New South Wales Murray cod closure runs from 1 September to 30 November, and the species card computes it. Freshwater catfish and silver perch are closed all year in the rivers here.
Where to fish it
The highway crossing at Gravesend and the reserves near it give access to the Gwydir, and the rocky reaches are fished from the bank with lures in the pools. Private land lines much of the river.
Planning a visit
Moree and Warialda are the towns with supplies. Bring cod lures and bait, and check the Copeton releases before the trip.
The river through the year
Below Copeton Dam the Gwydir’s flow depends largely on what the dam releases, rising for irrigation deliveries through the warm months and falling back in winter, so the chart at Gravesend often shows steps rather than natural curves. Heavy rain on the slopes around Warialda adds to it. Cod feed through summer and autumn in the pools below the rocky runs; the New South Wales closure from 1 September to 30 November protects them in spring. Golden perch are most active in the warmest months.
Reading this report here
The chart shows the releases coming down from Copeton; a steady river in summer fishes more predictably. The water temperature estimate, labelled as one, is warm in summer; pressure and sky build the score at Gravesend.
Licence, access and rules
Fishing the Gwydir at Gravesend takes the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee, from A$7 for three days; see our New South Wales licence page. DPIRD’s rules for the Gwydir River at Gravesend are in the sources.
Common questions
Where is Gravesend on the Gwydir?
Where the Gwydir Highway crosses the river between Warialda and Moree.
What can I catch at Gravesend?
Murray cod and golden perch are the fish of the Gwydir River at Gravesend.
Do I need a licence here?
Yes: fishing the Gwydir River at Gravesend takes the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee, from A$7 for three days.
Is fishing good at Gwydir River at Gravesend 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 418013 — GWYDIR @ GRAVESEND
- 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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