Golden perch
Excellent
Prime. Hop soft plastics and vibes around the timber, or fish shrimp and worms on the bottom.
Severn River at Ashford Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Severn below Pindari Dam at Ashford: cod and golden perch in granite and gravel pools, protected catfish, with the Bureau’s gauge at the village.
2/5
Slow. Work for them.Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
Level
0.57 m
Air / High
13 °C / 24 °C
Wind
SE 6 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 416006, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Severn River at Ashford has the water in the comfortable band where most of its fish feed through the day. The gauge reads 0.57 m, easing 0.32 over the week. Today brings clear skies, wind SE around 6 km/h, rising pressure near 1017 hPa and a high of 24 °C. Water sits around 19 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 11:53 PM-1:53 AM and 11:29 AM-1:29 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: 11:53 PM-1:53 AM, 11:29 AM-1:29 PM, 4:59 AM-5:59 AM. Warmer at 28 °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 Severn River at Ashford today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:56), sunset (19:22), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:53 PM-1:53 AM and 11:29 AM-1:29 PM; minor 4:59 AM-5:59 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 416006 (SEVERN @ ASHFORD).
River level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 416006. Latest reading 2026-11-07 23:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp13 °C
High / Low24 °C / 9 °C
WindSE 6 km/h, gusts 10 km/h
Pressure1017.1 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain0% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset05:56 / 19:22
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~19 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Severn River at Ashford
The best day on Severn River at Ashford this week looks like Friday 13 Nov, at 5 out of 5, against 2 today.
Best day this week: Friday, 13 Nov — excellent at 5/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.
Today, 9 Nov — Tough
Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
- Solunar majors
- 11:53 PM-1:53 AM and 11:29 AM-1:29 PM
- Minor period
- 4:59 AM-5:59 AM
- Sun
- 05:56 to 19:22
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Clear, 10 km/h
- Rain chance
- 0%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Severn River at Ashford: 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 Severn River at Ashford 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
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Golden perch led the card at excellent. High of 24 °C, wind to 19 km/h.
Sat, Nov 7
5/5 Excellent. Go now. Everything lines up: pressure, wind and light are in your favor. Golden perch led the card at excellent. High of 28 °C, wind to 18 km/h.
Fri, Nov 6
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Golden perch led the card at excellent. High of 26 °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
Anyone fishing needs the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee; three days cost A$7, and our New South Wales licence page covers the rest.
About this water
Severn River at Ashford is a river in New South Wales, Australia, covered from the New South Wales reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Severn River at Ashford: the full guide
The reach
The Severn at Ashford runs below Pindari Dam in the north of New South Wales, through granite and grazing country with long reaches of rock, gravel and timber. Its flow is set by the dam’s releases and by rain on the tablelands. The Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at Ashford supplies the river level and the 30-day chart on this page.
Species and seasons
Murray cod hold in the rock pools, snags and deeper bends and close from 1 September to 30 November under the NSW rule the species card computes; golden perch share the water from spring to autumn. Freshwater catfish are closed to take in the Severn, although Pindari’s backed-up waters are among the impoundments where they may be kept, and silver perch, trout cod and Macquarie perch are protected.
Where to fish it
Deep pools below rock bars are the cod water, and gravel runs hold perch when the river is up. Approach quietly in clear water, fish at dawn and dusk in summer, and try bait near timber after dark. A kayak can cover several pools in a day when the flow allows. Murray cod stay in one place for most of the year but migrate upstream to spawn from about August to early November, triggered by high flows, according to research the Victorian Fisheries Authority reports. Pindari Dam has its own page.
Reading the report
The chart follows the Pindari releases and rain upstream: a rise brings perch on, a steady irrigation release keeps cod in slack water, and a low river exposes the rock bars. The water temperature estimate, labelled as one, gives the cod band from about November to March. After a dry spell, the first fresh often colours the pools and gets fish moving; pressure counts before a summer storm.
Licence, access and rules
Anyone fishing needs the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee; three days cost A$7, and our New South Wales licence page covers the rest. DPIRD’s species closures, with the catfish rule and its impoundment exceptions, are in the sources. Much of the Severn is bordered by private land, so use public access and respect stock and gates.
Common questions
What can I catch in the Severn at Ashford?
Murray cod in season and golden perch in the warm months; freshwater catfish, silver perch, trout cod and Macquarie perch go back.
Do I need a licence at Ashford?
Yes: the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee, from A$7 for three days.
Is fishing good at Severn River at Ashford 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 416006 — SEVERN @ ASHFORD
- 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.