Bream
Good
Prime bream weather. Cast small vibes, crankbaits and 2 to 3 inch plastics at every piece of structure on the rising tide.
Harrington Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The northern mouth of the Manning: the Harrington breakwall, sand flats and Crowdy Bay beach, with bream, flathead, mulloway and tailor.
2/5
Slow. Work for them.Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
Next tide
Low 2:39 pm model
Air / High
15 °C / 20 °C
Wind
WSW 11 km/h
Sources: modelled tide curve, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Harrington has the water in the comfortable band where most of its fish feed through the day. Today brings clear skies, wind WSW around 11 km/h, rising pressure near 1019 hPa and a high of 20 °C. Tides: high 8:15 am and 8:30 pm, low 1:41 am and 2:39 pm: the moving water either side of each change is when this place feeds. Water sits around 22 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 11:47 PM-1:47 AM and 11:23 AM-1:23 PM: the windows to build the day around.
Flathead
Good
The best of it. Drift the sand and weed edges, bounce plastics or a strip of bait along the bottom, and cover ground until you find the school.
Mulloway
Fair
Fish the deep holes and the rock walls through a tide change after dark; live mullet, yellowtail or a large soft plastic worked slowly.
Tailor
Fair
Rock ledges and beach gutters on the rising tide; metals cast and retrieved fast, or a whole pilchard drifted through the wash.
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: 11:47 PM-1:47 AM, 11:23 AM-1:23 PM, 4:48 AM-5:48 AM. Similar 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 bream here? Check the size and bag limits with DPIRD NSW before you keep anything; the Bream page has the seasons and the tactics.
Fishing times for Harrington today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:45), sunset (19:20), 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 11:47 PM-1:47 AM and 11:23 AM-1:23 PM; minor 4:48 AM-5:48 AM. New Moon, 0% 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.
Mon
LOW1:41 am-0.36 m
HIGH8:15 am1.04 m
LOW2:39 pm-0.32 m
HIGH8:30 pm0.61 m
Tue
LOW2:13 am-0.31 m
HIGH8:48 am1.03 m
LOW3:22 pm-0.39 m
HIGH9:10 pm0.44 m
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp15 °C
High / Low20 °C / 13 °C
WindWSW 11 km/h, gusts 31 km/h
Pressure1019.3 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain1% cloud, 11%
Sunrise / Sunset05:45 / 19:20
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~22 °C est.
Why the tide matters here: tides and fishing in Australia.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Harrington
The best day on Harrington this week looks like Friday 13 Nov, at 5 out of 5, against 2 today.
Best day this week: Friday, 13 Nov — excellent at 5/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.
Today, 9 Nov — Tough
Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
- Solunar majors
- 11:47 PM-1:47 AM and 11:23 AM-1:23 PM
- Minor period
- 4:48 AM-5:48 AM
- Sun
- 05:45 to 19:20
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Overcast, 31 km/h
- Rain chance
- 11%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Harrington: seasons written for the southern year, and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.
Bream
Year-round; summer and autumn in the estuaries, winter at the mouths
Yellowfin bream on the east coast, black bream in the southern estuaries. Structure fish: rock walls, jetty piles, oyster racks, snags and pontoons. Prime bream weather. Cast small vibes, crankbaits and 2 to 3 inch plastics at every piece of structure on the rising tide.
Flathead
Best: November to April
Dusky flathead in the eastern estuaries, sand flathead in the southern bays. An ambush predator lying on sand and mud edges waiting for whatever the tide brings. The best of it. Drift the sand and weed edges, bounce plastics or a strip of bait along the bottom, and cover ground until you find the school.
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. Fish the deep holes and the rock walls through a tide change after dark; live mullet, yellowtail or a large soft plastic worked slowly.
Tailor
Autumn and winter on the east coast; the run reaches K'gari (Fraser Island) in late winter, where the east beach from Waddy Point to Indian Head is closed to all fin fish from 1 August to 29 September
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. Rock ledges and beach gutters on the rising tide; metals cast and retrieved fast, or a whole pilchard drifted through the wash.
When to come: the Harrington 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 22 °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. Bream led the card at good. High of 19 °C, wind to 35 km/h.
Sat, Nov 7
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Bream led the card at good. High of 27 °C, wind to 40 km/h.
Fri, Nov 6
5/5 Excellent. Go now. Everything lines up: pressure, wind and light are in your favor. Bream led the card at excellent. High of 23 °C, wind to 19 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, applies at Harrington; the New South Wales licence page lists the other options.
About this water
Harrington is a coastal town in New South Wales, Australia, covered from the New South Wales reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Harrington: the full guide
Harrington and the wall
Harrington is the village at the northern entrance of the Manning River on the mid north coast, with a long breakwall running out to the bar, sand flats and channels inside it, and the beach of Crowdy Bay running north toward Crowdy Head. The Manning reaches the sea through two entrances, and this is the northern one. The report is scored for the village’s coordinates, and the tide panel shows a modelled curve for them, labelled as a model. The Manning River has its own page.
Species and seasons
Flathead lie on the flats and channel edges from spring to autumn; bream are caught all year along the wall and the flats; mulloway prowl the wall and the bar after dark; and tailor and salmon run Crowdy Bay beach in the cooler months. Whiting feed across the flats in summer, luderick come to the wall in winter, and the estuary’s prawns run on dark summer nights.
Where to fish it
The breakwall is the main land-based spot for bream, luderick and mulloway, and the flats behind it can be waded for whiting and flathead on a rising tide. The lower Manning, downstream of Ghinni Ghinni and Berady creeks, is a Recreational Fishing Haven, so the estuary around Harrington is set aside for recreational fishing. Crowdy Bay beach, north of the wall, suits tailor and salmon in well-formed gutters.
Reading this report here
Swell and wind decide the wall and the bar: a big southerly or easterly swell washes the wall, while a westerly flattens Crowdy Bay. The modelled tide curve shows the direction of flow over the flats and at the entrance, with the Bureau of Meteorology’s predictions for the official times. Pressure and cloud rows help pick the session.
Licence, access and rules
The NSW Recreational Fishing Fee, from A$7 for three days, applies at Harrington; the New South Wales licence page lists the other options. MidCoast Council is not one of the declared rock fishing lifejacket areas, and DPIRD’s bag and size limits apply on the flats, the wall and the beach.
Common questions
What is Harrington known for?
Its long breakwall at the Manning’s northern entrance, with bream, luderick and mulloway, and the sand flats behind it for whiting and flathead.
Is there commercial fishing in the lower Manning?
The Manning downstream of Ghinni Ghinni and Berady creeks is a Recreational Fishing Haven, set aside by DPIRD for recreational fishing.
Do I need a licence at Harrington?
Yes: anglers need the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee, from A$7 for three days.
Is fishing good at Harrington 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
- 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
- Pages checked
- The written guide on this page
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