Golden perch
Excellent
Prime. Hop soft plastics and vibes around the timber, or fish shrimp and worms on the bottom.
Murray River at Wentworth Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Murray at Lock 10, where the Darling joins: cod and golden perch in wide, slow lock water, a weir closure zone and a Bureau gauge.
4/5
Good. Solid day ahead.Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
Level
27.93 m
Air / High
22 °C / 27 °C
Wind
N 5 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 425010, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Murray River at Wentworth has the water in the comfortable band where most of its fish feed through the day. The gauge reads 27.93 m, up 0.07 over the week. Today brings a mixed sky, wind N around 5 km/h, rising pressure near 1014 hPa and a high of 27 °C. Water sits around 19 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 11:40 PM-1:40 AM and 12:08 PM-2:08 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: 11:40 PM-1:40 AM, 12:08 PM-2:08 PM, 5:27 AM-6:27 AM. Warmer at 33 °C with a rain chance. 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 Wentworth today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (06:24), sunset (20:08), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:40 PM-1:40 AM and 12:08 PM-2:08 PM; minor 5:27 AM-6:27 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 425010 (MURRAY@L10 WENTWORTH).
River level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 425010. Latest reading 2026-11-07 23:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp22 °C
High / Low27 °C / 10 °C
WindN 5 km/h, gusts 6 km/h
Pressure1014.1 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain52% cloud, 39%
Sunrise / Sunset06:24 / 20:08
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~19 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Murray River at Wentworth
Today is the pick of the week on Murray River at Wentworth, at 4 out of 5.
Best day this week: today, 9 Nov — good at 4/5, rising pressure behind a front, typically the slowest.
Today, 9 Nov — Good
Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
- Solunar majors
- 11:40 PM-1:40 AM and 12:08 PM-2:08 PM
- Minor period
- 5:27 AM-6:27 AM
- Sun
- 06:24 to 20:08
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 14 km/h
- Rain chance
- 39%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Murray River at Wentworth: 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 Wentworth 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
2/5 Slow. Work for them. Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing. Golden perch led the card at excellent. High of 22 °C, wind to 18 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 21 °C, wind to 24 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 27 °C, wind to 21 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 NSW water, so the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee, from A$7 for three days, and NSW rules apply from either bank, and the Darling is New South Wales water too.
About this water
Murray River at Wentworth 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 Wentworth: the full guide
The reach
Wentworth sits where the Darling joins the Murray in the far south-west of New South Wales, with Lock 10 and its weir just downstream. Below Swan Hill, the Victorian Fisheries Authority notes, the Murray becomes wider and very slow because of its many locks and weirs, and downstream of Mildura it averages 5 to 6 metres deep, with red gums on the banks and saltbush country beyond. The Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at Lock 10 supplies the river level and the 30-day chart.
Species and seasons
Murray cod and golden perch are the target fish; cod are closed from 1 September to 30 November under the NSW rule the species card computes. The VFA notes that fishing in this lower river depends heavily on water levels, with little fish movement until the level rises, and that silver perch and freshwater catfish here are protected. Carp are common in the lower river.
Where to fish it
All fishing is prohibited at Weir 10 within 50 metres upstream of the centre of the weir wall, and downstream of it to a line from the end of the lock training wall to a point on the Victorian bank 65 metres below the wall, so learn the closed water around the lock before anyone casts. Outside it, the junction and the deep water of the backed-up river are the places to work, with bait or big lures for cod along the snags.
Reading the report
Because the lock holds the pool nearly steady, the chart changes little except in a flood; a rise, when it comes, is the trigger the VFA describes for fish to start moving. The Darling’s own flow, tracked on its pages, changes the junction when that river runs. The water temperature estimate, labelled as one, runs hot in a far-west summer; pressure counts ahead of a storm.
Licence, access and rules
The Murray is NSW water, so the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee, from A$7 for three days, and NSW rules apply from either bank, and the Darling is New South Wales water too. The DPIRD page listing the Weir 10 closure, the cod rule and the VFA’s guide to the NSW Murray are in the sources.
Common questions
Can I fish below Lock 10?
Not inside the closed zone: all fishing is prohibited within 50 metres upstream of the weir wall and downstream to a line ending 65 metres below it on the Victorian bank. Outside the zone the normal NSW rules apply.
Do I need a licence at Wentworth?
Yes: the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee, from A$7 for three days, whichever bank you fish from.
Is fishing good at Murray River at Wentworth 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 425010 — MURRAY@L10 WENTWORTH
- 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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