Bream
Good
Prime bream weather. Cast small vibes, crankbaits and 2 to 3 inch plastics at every piece of structure on the rising tide.
Lake Conjola Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
A lake that opens to the sea only some of the time: flathead flats, bream on the edges and prawns in summer, north of Ulladulla.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Next tide
Low 2:53 pm model
Air / High
13 °C / 17 °C
Wind
SW 9 km/h
Sources: modelled tide curve, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Lake Conjola sits in the warm band: moving baits, moving tides and fish on the edges. Today brings a mixed sky, wind SW around 10 km/h, rising pressure near 1020 hPa and a high of 17 °C. Tides: high 8:14 am and 8:45 pm, low 1:51 am and 2:53 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 11:56 PM-1:56 AM and 11:32 AM-1:32 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: 11:56 PM-1:56 AM, 11:32 AM-1:32 PM, 4:49 AM-5:49 AM. Warmer at 20 °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 Lake Conjola today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:48), sunset (19:36), 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 11:56 PM-1:56 AM and 11:32 AM-1:32 PM; minor 4:49 AM-5:49 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
LOW1:51 am-0.37 m
HIGH8:14 am0.81 m
LOW2:53 pm-0.49 m
HIGH8:45 pm0.38 m
Tue
LOW2:20 am-0.37 m
HIGH8:54 am0.78 m
LOW3:30 pm-0.49 m
HIGH9:30 pm0.31 m
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp13 °C
High / Low17 °C / 11 °C
WindSW 9 km/h, gusts 23 km/h
Pressure1020.0 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain36% cloud, 90%
Sunrise / Sunset05:48 / 19:36
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 Lake Conjola
The best day on Lake Conjola this week looks like Thursday 12 Nov, at 5 out of 5, against 3 today.
Best day this week: Thursday, 12 Nov — excellent at 5/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.
Today, 9 Nov — Fair
A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
- Solunar majors
- 11:56 PM-1:56 AM and 11:32 AM-1:32 PM
- Minor period
- 4:49 AM-5:49 AM
- Sun
- 05:48 to 19:36
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 23 km/h
- Rain chance
- 90%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Lake Conjola: 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 Lake Conjola 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 16 °C, wind to 32 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 26 °C, wind to 29 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 22 °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 lake is a New South Wales water and the state’s Recreational Fishing Fee applies, A$7 for three days at the cheapest; the fees are listed on our New South Wales licence page.
About this water
Lake Conjola is a bay or coastal water in New South Wales, Australia, covered from the New South Wales reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Lake Conjola: the full guide
The lake
Lake Conjola is a coastal lake on the New South Wales south coast north of Ulladulla, a broad, shallow lake of flats and weed with the village of Lake Conjola on its shore, Conjola Park and the arms running west into the forest, and an entrance at Conjola Beach that is open to the sea at some times and closed by sand at others. That entrance decides its character: open, the sea fish come in on the tide; closed, it is a still lake that fishes for what is already there. The report is scored at the lake’s own coordinates, not the beach’s.
Species by season
Flathead are the lake’s fish, on the flats and the drop-offs from spring to autumn; bream fish the edges, the snags and the jetties all year with a run to the entrance when it is open; whiting work the flats in summer; and mulloway are taken at the entrance and in the deeper holes at night when the lake is open. Tailor come in through an open entrance in the cooler months, luderick fish the entrance rocks when it is open, and the prawns run on the dark nights of summer under the DPIRD rules; when the entrance stays shut for long spells, the bream and flathead already inside are the fishery.
Reading this report for the lake
Whether the entrance is open is the first thing to know, and this page cannot tell you; the tide panel, a modelled curve for these coordinates labelled as a model, only matters when it is, and the Bureau of Meteorology has the coastal times. The wind row decides which shore fishes, because the lake is open and shallow and a westerly crosses it. Barometer and cloud cover fill in the score, and the planner picks the day.
Licence, access and rules
The lake is a New South Wales water and the state’s Recreational Fishing Fee applies, A$7 for three days at the cheapest; the fees are listed on our New South Wales licence page. The foreshore, the jetties and the entrance beach are public, and the DPIRD saltwater limits and the rules for prawn nets are on the pages in the sources. In a closed spell, the water near the entrance warms and clears, and slow baits on the edges of the weed beds often outfish lures.
Common questions
Is Lake Conjola open to the sea?
Sometimes: the entrance at Conjola Beach opens and closes with the sand, and this page cannot tell you its state, so check locally before planning around the tide.
What can I catch in Lake Conjola?
Flathead on the flats, bream on the edges, whiting in summer, prawns on the dark summer nights, and tailor, luderick and mulloway at the entrance when it is open.
Do I need a fishing licence on Lake Conjola?
Yes: the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee, from A$7 for three days, covers the lake whether the entrance is open or closed.
Is fishing good at Lake Conjola 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
- Pages checked
- The written guide on this page
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