Golden perch
Excellent
Prime. Hop soft plastics and vibes around the timber, or fish shrimp and worms on the bottom.
Namoi River below Keepit Dam Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Namoi below Keepit Dam: cod and yellowbelly in the tailwater river, with a Bureau gauge just below the wall.
2/5
Slow. Work for them.Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
Level
0.52 m
Air / High
17 °C / 23 °C
Wind
NNE 5 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 419007, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Namoi River below Keepit Dam is fishing in its best temperature window, with the bite spread across the day. The gauge reads 0.52 m, holding steady. Today brings clear skies, wind NNE around 5 km/h, rising pressure near 1017 hPa and a high of 23 °C. Water sits around 19 °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.
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: 11:56 PM-1:56 AM, 11:32 AM-1:32 PM, 4:59 AM-5:59 AM. Warmer at 27 °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 Namoi River below Keepit Dam today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:56), sunset (19:27), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:56 PM-1:56 AM and 11:32 AM-1:32 PM; minor 4:59 AM-5:59 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 419007 (NAMOI@D/S KEEPIT DAM).
River level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 419007. Latest reading 2026-11-07 23:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp17 °C
High / Low23 °C / 8 °C
WindNNE 5 km/h, gusts 9 km/h
Pressure1016.6 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain0% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset05:56 / 19:27
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~19 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Namoi River below Keepit Dam
The best day on Namoi River below Keepit Dam this week looks like Tuesday 10 Nov, at 4 out of 5, against 2 today.
Best day this week: Tuesday, 10 Nov — good at 4/5, rising pressure behind a front, typically the slowest.
Today, 9 Nov — Tough
Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
- Solunar majors
- 11:56 PM-1:56 AM and 11:32 AM-1:32 PM
- Minor period
- 4:59 AM-5:59 AM
- Sun
- 05:56 to 19:27
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Clear, 13 km/h
- Rain chance
- 0%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Namoi River below Keepit Dam: 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 Namoi River below Keepit Dam 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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Golden perch
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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 21 °C, wind to 23 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 29 °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 11 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 below Keepit, from A$7 for three days; see our New South Wales licence page.
About this water
Namoi River below Keepit Dam is a river in New South Wales, Australia, covered from the New South Wales reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Namoi River below Keepit Dam: the full guide
The Namoi below Keepit
Below Keepit Dam, the Namoi River runs out of the dam’s outlet into the grazing country west of Gunnedah, a tailwater river whose flow depends on what the dam releases. The Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge just downstream of Keepit Dam supplies the river level and the 30-day chart on this page. Keepit Dam itself and the Namoi at Gunnedah have their own pages.
Species and seasons
Murray cod and golden perch are the fish of the Namoi below Keepit, the cod in the snags and deep holes, the yellowbelly in the warm months; carp are common, and freshwater catfish are closed to take all year in the river, although the backed-up waters of Keepit Dam are exempt. The New South Wales Murray cod closure, 1 September to 30 November, applies to the river, even though some dams are exempt; the species card computes it.
Where to fish it
The access points below the dam and the crossings downstream give bank access to the Namoi. DPIRD prohibits all fishing in the Namoi within 150 metres downstream of the weir face at Lake Keepit, so start well below the outlet.
Planning a visit
Gunnedah is the nearest town with supplies; the Lake Keepit page covers the lake above the wall. Bring cod gear and bait, and check the release schedule, which changes the tailwater quickly.
The river through the year
Below Keepit the Namoi rises and falls with the dam’s releases, highest through the irrigation season in summer and lowest in winter, so the chart shows steps rather than natural curves. Cod feed through summer and autumn in the tailwater’s snags and holes, and golden perch bite best in the heat. When the dam spills after big rain, the river runs high for days.
Reading this report here
The chart matters most here: releases from Keepit decide the river, and a sudden rise or fall can switch the fish on or off. The water temperature estimate, labelled as one, is warm in summer; pressure and sky build the score below Keepit.
Licence, access and rules
The NSW Recreational Fishing Fee applies below Keepit, from A$7 for three days; see our New South Wales licence page. The DPIRD rules, including the closed waters near the dam, are in the sources.
Common questions
Is this page about Keepit Dam?
No, about the Namoi River just below the dam; Keepit Dam has its own page.
Is cod closed in the river below Keepit?
Yes, from 1 September to 30 November; the river follows the New South Wales closure.
Do I need a licence here?
Yes: fishing the Namoi River below Keepit Dam takes the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee, from A$7 for three days.
Is fishing good at Namoi River below Keepit Dam 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
- Storage and river readings
- Bureau of Meteorology, Water Data Online, station 419007 — NAMOI@D/S KEEPIT DAM
- 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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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.