Golden perch
Excellent
Prime. Hop soft plastics and vibes around the timber, or fish shrimp and worms on the bottom.
Murray River at Jingellic Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The upper Murray at Jingellic above Lake Hume: Murray cod and trout in a fast, clear river, NSW rules on both banks, with a Bureau gauge at Jingellic.
4/5
Good. Solid day ahead.Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
Level
1.64 m
Air / High
13 °C / 21 °C
Wind
NNW 3 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 401201, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Murray River at Jingellic sits in the warm band: moving baits, moving tides and fish on the edges. The gauge reads 1.64 m, easing 0.19 over the week. Today brings cloud cover, wind NNW around 3 km/h, rising pressure near 1018 hPa and a high of 21 °C. Water sits around 19 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 11:16 PM-1:16 AM and 11:44 AM-1:44 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: 11:16 PM-1:16 AM, 11:44 AM-1:44 PM, 4:59 AM-5:59 AM. Warmer at 24 °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 Murray River at Jingellic today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:58), sunset (19:48), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:16 PM-1:16 AM and 11:44 AM-1:44 PM; minor 4:59 AM-5:59 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 401201 (MURRAY @ JINGELLIC).
River level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 401201. Latest reading 2026-11-07 10:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp13 °C
High / Low21 °C / 4 °C
WindNNW 3 km/h, gusts 13 km/h
Pressure1017.7 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain89% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset05:58 / 19:48
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~19 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Murray River at Jingellic
The best day on Murray River at Jingellic this week looks like Friday 13 Nov, at 5 out of 5, against 4 today.
Best day this week: Friday, 13 Nov — excellent at 5/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.
Today, 9 Nov — Good
Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
- Solunar majors
- 11:16 PM-1:16 AM and 11:44 AM-1:44 PM
- Minor period
- 4:59 AM-5:59 AM
- Sun
- 05:58 to 19:48
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Overcast, 10 km/h
- Rain chance
- 0%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Murray River at Jingellic: 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 Murray River at Jingellic 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
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 19 °C, wind to 14 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 18 °C, wind to 23 km/h.
Fri, Nov 6
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 22 °C, wind to 13 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 Murray is New South Wales water from bank to bank, so the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee, from A$7 for three days, is needed at Jingellic even from the Victorian side; the VFA states that a Victorian licence is not valid on the river except in Lake Hume.
About this water
Murray River at Jingellic is a river in New South Wales, Australia, covered from the New South Wales reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Murray River at Jingellic: the full guide
The Murray at Jingellic
Jingellic is the small river settlement on the upper Murray upstream of Lake Hume, where the river runs clear and quick between green hills and river flats on the New South Wales and Victorian border, with a riverside reserve and a pub at the crossing. The Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at Jingellic supplies the river level and the 30-day chart on this page. Lake Hume and the Murray at Albury have their own pages.
Species and seasons
Murray cod are the prize of the upper Murray at Jingellic, in the snags and the deep bends; the VFA’s Murray River guide says brown and rainbow trout are carried in the river above Lake Hume, and that cod reach upstream to Towong Upper but are more abundant up to Walwa. The VFA’s guide does not list golden perch for the reach above Hume, so treat them as an occasional catch here. DPIRD’s Murray cod closure, 1 September to 30 November, applies, with a 55 to 75 cm slot and two a day; the species card computes it.
Where to fish it
The riverside reserve and the camping spots at Jingellic give access to the Murray, and the reaches upstream toward Towong and downstream toward Hume are reached from the crossings. A kayak or a canoe drifts the river between them. The deep outside bends and the snags upstream of the crossing hold the cod, and the faster runs at the head of the pools are where trout feed in the colder months. DPIRD’s trout-water classification begins further upstream, at the Tintaldra road bridge.
Planning a visit
Jingellic is on the River Road between Albury and Khancoban, with a pub and a riverside reserve for camping. Bring cod lures, trout gear for the colder water and a canoe for drifting the upper Murray; cod are closed in spring, as elsewhere on the river.
Reading this report here
The upper Murray carries releases from the Snowy scheme, and the chart shows them; the river rises quickly after rain in the mountains. The water temperature estimate, labelled as one, is colder here than on the lower river. Pressure and sky build the score at Jingellic.
Licence, access and rules
The Murray is New South Wales water from bank to bank, so the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee, from A$7 for three days, is needed at Jingellic even from the Victorian side; the VFA states that a Victorian licence is not valid on the river except in Lake Hume. The reserves are public, and the DPIRD rules and the VFA’s Murray River notes are in the sources.
Common questions
When is Murray cod closed at Jingellic?
Cod are closed on the upper Murray from 1 September to 30 November.
What can I catch at Jingellic?
Murray cod and brown and rainbow trout, with golden perch an occasional catch.
Which licence do I need at Jingellic?
The NSW Recreational Fishing Fee on either bank; the Victorian licence does not cover the Murray outside Lake Hume.
Is fishing good at Murray River at Jingellic right now?
Check the daily report at the top of this page: it is regenerated every morning from live data. Today's read: Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
Nearby waters
Where this page's numbers come from
- Storage and river readings
- Bureau of Meteorology, Water Data Online, station 401201 — MURRAY @ JINGELLIC
- 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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