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.
Laurieton Fishing Report
Updated Sat, 26 Sept 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Camden Haven: Laurieton’s river walls, Queens Lake and Watson Taylors Lake, and the beaches under North Brother, with a tide people search for.
2/5
Slow. Work for them.Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
Next tide
Low 12:55 am model
Air / High
17 °C / 24 °C
Wind
N 18 km/h
Sources: modelled tide curve, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Laurieton rewards patience today, with cool water and short feeding windows. Today brings clear skies, wind N around 18 km/h, rising pressure near 1029 hPa and a high of 24 °C. Tides: high 7:03 am and 7:12 pm, low 12:55 am and 1:00 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 11:16 PM-1:16 AM and 11:16 AM-1:16 PM: 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: 11:16 PM-1:16 AM, 11:16 AM-1:16 PM, 5:46 AM-6:46 AM. Similar at 22 °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 Laurieton today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:33), sunset (17:47), 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 11:16 PM-1:16 AM and 11:16 AM-1:16 PM; minor 5:46 AM-6:46 AM. Full Moon, 100% 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.
Sat
LOW12:55 am-0.70 m
HIGH7:03 am0.63 m
LOW1:00 pm-0.58 m
HIGH7:12 pm0.79 m
Sun
LOW1:24 am-0.63 m
HIGH7:43 am0.83 m
LOW1:43 pm-0.50 m
HIGH7:49 pm0.86 m
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp17 °C
High / Low24 °C / 14 °C
WindN 18 km/h, gusts 35 km/h
Pressure1028.9 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain0% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset05:33 / 17:47
MoonFull Moon, 100%
Water temp (seasonal)~18 °C est.
Why the tide matters here: tides and fishing in Australia.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Laurieton
The best day on Laurieton this week looks like Tuesday 29 Sept, at 4 out of 5, against 2 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: Tuesday, 29 Sept — good at 4/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.
Today, 26 Sept — Tough
Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
- Solunar majors
- 11:16 PM-1:16 AM and 11:16 AM-1:16 PM
- Minor period
- 5:46 AM-6:46 AM
- Sun
- 05:33 to 17:47
- Moon
- Full Moon, 100% lit
- Sky and wind
- Clear, 23 km/h
- Rain chance
- 0%
Scores are a planning aid built from forecast data, not a promise.
Species guide
The species that matter on Laurieton: 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 Laurieton 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 dataFri, Sep 25
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Tailor led the card at excellent. High of 23 °C, wind to 24 km/h.
Thu, 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 24 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 23 °C, wind to 26 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 at Laurieton from A$7 for three days; the New South Wales licence page has the fees.
About this water
Laurieton is a coastal town in New South Wales, Australia, covered from the New South Wales reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Laurieton: the full guide
Laurieton and the Camden Haven
Laurieton is the town of the Camden Haven on the mid north coast south of Port Macquarie, on the Camden Haven River between the lakes, Queens and Watson Taylors, and the sea at the Camden Haven breakwalls, under the North Brother mountain with the walls, the river foreshore, the lakes’ flats and the beaches of North Haven and Dunbogan. It is a lakes-and-walls system, and most searches for it are for the tide; the panel on this page shows a modelled curve for the coordinates of Laurieton, labelled as a model, with the Bureau of Meteorology’s prediction linked.
Species and seasons
Bream fish the walls, the river and the lakes all year with the winter run to the mouth; flathead lie on the lakes’ flats and the river sand from spring to autumn and are the system’s everyday fish; whiting work the flats in summer; mulloway are the night fish of the walls; luderick fish the walls in winter; tailor run the beaches and the walls in the cooler months; and the prawns run the lakes on the dark nights of summer. The reef outside gives snapper for the boats through the bar.
Where to fish it
The Camden Haven breakwalls at the entrance and the North Haven wall opposite are the marks for bream, luderick and the winter jew, and the Dunbogan flats and Queens Lake behind the town hold the flathead and whiting; the beach at North Haven takes the tailor at dawn. The ramps at Dunbogan and Laurieton are a few minutes from the bar, and the North Brother lookout shows the whole system.
Reading this report here
The lakes are sheltered and the wind matters at the walls and on the beaches, where a southerly closes the coast; the modelled tide curve gives the direction in the river and at the walls, delayed and slight in the lakes, with the Bureau for the minute. Pressure and sky build the score at Laurieton; the planner shows the day.
Licence, access and rules
The NSW Recreational Fishing Fee applies at Laurieton from A$7 for three days; the New South Wales licence page has the fees. The walls, the foreshores and the lakes are public, with ramps at Laurieton, Dunbogan and the lakes; DPIRD’s limits and the prawning rules are in the sources.
Common questions
What can I catch in the Camden Haven?
Flathead on the lakes’ flats, bream on the walls and in the river, whiting in summer, mulloway at the walls at night, luderick in winter and prawns on the dark summer nights.
Do I need a licence at Laurieton?
Yes: the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee, from A$7 for three days.
Is fishing good at Laurieton 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
- The written guide on this page
Pablo Ruiz Quintero
Readings refresh on a 30-minute window. The full method, with every figure and its source, is on How our reports are made. Something wrong here? Tell us and it goes in the log with the date.