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.
Lake Conjola Fishing Report
Updated Fri, 25 Sept 2026 from live weather and tide data
A lake that opens to the sea when it fills: flathead flats, bream on the edges and prawns in summer, between Ulladulla and Jervis Bay.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Next tide
Low 12:21 pm model
Air / High
16 °C / 26 °C
Wind
WNW 9 km/h
Sources: modelled tide curve, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Lake Conjola has cool water and fish holding a little deeper and slower. Today brings a mixed sky, wind WNW around 10 km/h, rising pressure near 1024 hPa and a high of 26 °C. Tides: high 6:39 am and 6:34 pm, low 12:21 pm: the moving water either side of each change is when this place feeds. Water sits around 18 °C for the season (estimated). With the full moon, the solunar majors run 10:25 AM-12:25 PM and 10:25 PM-12:25 AM: the windows to build the day around.
Bream
Fair
Slow the retrieve right down: blades and lightly weighted plastics along the deeper rock walls and drop-offs, or unweighted bait drifted into the snags.
Flathead
Fair
Fish the deeper channels and the last of the run-out; slower hops with a heavier jighead, and a bait on the bottom as back-up.
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.
Tie on: Blade or vibe, slow hops · Lightly weighted plastic · Whole pilchard or squid on the bottom · Suspending hardbody. Prime windows: 10:25 AM-12:25 PM, 10:25 PM-12:25 AM, 4:55 AM-5:55 AM. Warmer at 31 °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 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 (05:44), sunset (17:56), 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 10:25 AM-12:25 PM and 10:25 PM-12:25 AM; minor 4:55 AM-5:55 AM. Full Moon, 99% 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.
Fri
HIGH6:39 am0.44 m
LOW12:21 pm-0.45 m
HIGH6:34 pm0.66 m
Sat
LOW12:58 am-0.63 m
HIGH7:11 am0.58 m
LOW1:09 pm-0.49 m
HIGH7:15 pm0.65 m
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp16 °C
High / Low26 °C / 13 °C
WindWNW 9 km/h, gusts 18 km/h
Pressure1024.3 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain37% cloud, 16%
Sunrise / Sunset05:44 / 17:56
MoonFull Moon, 99%
Water temp (seasonal)~18 °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 Wednesday 30 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: Wednesday, 30 Sept — good at 4/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.
Today, 25 Sept — Fair
A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
- Solunar majors
- 10:25 AM-12:25 PM and 10:25 PM-12:25 AM
- Minor period
- 4:55 AM-5:55 AM
- Sun
- 05:44 to 17:56
- Moon
- Full Moon, 99% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 13 km/h
- Rain chance
- 16%
Scores are a planning aid built from forecast data, not a promise.
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. Slow the retrieve right down: blades and lightly weighted plastics along the deeper rock walls and drop-offs, or unweighted bait drifted into the snags.
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. Fish the deeper channels and the last of the run-out; slower hops with a heavier jighead, and a bait on the bottom as back-up.
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.
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.
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 18 °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 dataThu, 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 22 °C, wind to 21 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 13 km/h.
Tue, Sep 22
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Tailor led the card at excellent. High of 16 °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 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 between Ulladulla and Sussex Inlet, 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 opens to the sea only when the lake fills and is breached, then closes again. 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 and seasons
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; in a closed year the lake grows big bream and flathead in the still water.
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, with ramps at the village and Conjola Park; the DPIRD limits and the prawning rules are on the pages in the sources.
Common questions
Is Lake Conjola open to the sea?
The entrance opens only when the lake fills and is breached and closes again afterwards; 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
- The written guide on this page
Pablo Ruiz Quintero
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