Rainbow trout
Excellent
Prime. Shore fishing along the edges with bait, spinners and flies, and the rivers if the season is open.
Snowy River at Dalgety Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Snowy River at Dalgety below Jindabyne: trout in the environmental-flow river on the Monaro, native fish protected, with no current Bureau level series.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Water temp
~13 °C est.
Air / High
8 °C / 16 °C
Wind
SE 3 km/h
Sources: Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Snowy River at Dalgety has cool water and fish holding a little deeper and slower. Today brings clear skies, wind SE around 3 km/h, steady pressure near 1019 hPa and a high of 16 °C. Water sits around 13 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 11:11 PM-1:11 AM and 11:39 AM-1:39 PM: the windows to build the day around.
Brown trout
Excellent
Prime. Nymphs and streamers on the rivers, and the lake edges on the overcast days.
Tie on: Blade or vibe, slow hops · Lightly weighted plastic · Whole pilchard or squid on the bottom · Suspending hardbody. Prime windows: 11:11 PM-1:11 AM, 11:39 AM-1:39 PM, 4:53 AM-5:53 AM. Warmer at 23 °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 rainbow trout here? Check the size and bag limits with DPIRD NSW before you keep anything; the Rainbow trout page has the seasons and the tactics.
Fishing times for Snowy River at Dalgety today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:52), sunset (19:45), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:11 PM-1:11 AM and 11:39 AM-1:39 PM; minor 4:53 AM-5:53 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Conditions here are modelled from weather, season and the nearest stations.
No live gauge on this water
Water readings appear when a Bureau of Meteorology station covers it. Until then the seasonal curve below is the estimate.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp8 °C
High / Low16 °C / 5 °C
WindSE 3 km/h, gusts 9 km/h
Pressure1018.8 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain0% cloud, 7%
Sunrise / Sunset05:52 / 19:45
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~13 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Snowy River at Dalgety
The best day on Snowy River at Dalgety this week looks like Thursday 12 Nov, at 4 out of 5, against 3 today.
Best day this week: Thursday, 12 Nov — good at 4/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.
Today, 9 Nov — Fair
A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
- Solunar majors
- 11:11 PM-1:11 AM and 11:39 AM-1:39 PM
- Minor period
- 4:53 AM-5:53 AM
- Sun
- 05:52 to 19:45
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Overcast, 11 km/h
- Rain chance
- 7%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Snowy River at Dalgety: seasons written for the southern year, and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.
Rainbow trout
Streams from October to June in NSW and from September to June in Victoria; lakes open all year; Tasmania from the first Saturday of August
Open now Closes 15 June 2027. General trout streams close from the Tuesday after the June long weekend to the last Friday before the October long weekend. Lakes and dams have no closed season. Rule as read from DPIRD NSW on 2026-09-23.
The stocked lakes of the Snowy Mountains, the Victorian highlands and the Tasmanian central plateau. Closed seasons apply on the rivers: check the state rules. Prime. Shore fishing along the edges with bait, spinners and flies, and the rivers if the season is open.
Brown trout
Streams from October to June in NSW and from September to June in Victoria; lakes open all year; Tasmania from the first Saturday of August
Open now Closes 15 June 2027. General trout streams close from the Tuesday after the June long weekend to the last Friday before the October long weekend. Lakes and dams have no closed season. Rule as read from DPIRD NSW on 2026-09-23.
The wild trout of the highland rivers and Tasmania's lakes. Spawns in autumn, hence the closed rivers through winter in NSW and Victoria. Prime. Nymphs and streamers on the rivers, and the lake edges on the overcast days.
When to come: the Snowy River at Dalgety 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 13 °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. Rainbow trout led the card at excellent. High of 12 °C, wind to 23 km/h.
Sat, Nov 7
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Rainbow trout led the card at excellent. High of 14 °C, wind to 26 km/h.
Fri, Nov 6
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Rainbow trout led the card at excellent. High of 22 °C, wind to 5 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 is required at Dalgety, from A$7 for three days; our New South Wales page has the fees.
About this water
Snowy River at Dalgety is a river in New South Wales, Australia, covered from the New South Wales reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Snowy River at Dalgety: the full guide
The Snowy at Dalgety
Dalgety is the small Monaro town on the Snowy River below Jindabyne Dam, where the river runs through open grazing country under the old bridge toward the Victorian border. The river here depends on the environmental flows released from Jindabyne. The Bureau of Meteorology’s Dalgety gauges have not reported recent readings to Water Data Online, so this page carries no level chart. The Snowy River in the mountains and Lake Jindabyne have their own pages.
Species and seasons
Brown and rainbow trout are the fish of the Snowy at Dalgety, in the runs and the pools, taken on the fly, lures and bait. DPIRD classes the whole Snowy upstream of the Victorian border as a general trout water: closed to all fishing from the Tuesday after the June long weekend to the last Friday before the October long weekend, computed on the species card, with a 25 cm minimum and five trout a day in the season.
Where to fish it
The bridge and the reserves at Dalgety give access to the river, and the reaches upstream toward Jindabyne are fished from the public access points. The river here is part of the Snowy River endangered ecological community, which makes every native fish in it protected; DPIRD’s ministerial order allows only catch and release of Australian bass and estuary perch and the taking of eels, while trout, being introduced, are not affected. The runs above and below the Dalgety bridge are the trout water, fished with nymphs and small spinners as the environmental releases change the river.
Planning a visit
Dalgety is on the Snowy River Way south-east of Jindabyne, a small village with a pub and camping by the river, and Jindabyne has tackle and supplies. Bring trout gear and warm clothing; the Monaro is cold and windy, and the trout stream season closes in winter.
Reading this report here
Without a current level series, the page leans on the weather rows: the Monaro is cold and windy, and the water temperature estimate, labelled as one, is cold for much of the year. Environmental flow releases from Jindabyne are announced by the water authority. Pressure and sky build the score at Dalgety.
Licence, access and rules
The NSW Recreational Fishing Fee is required at Dalgety, from A$7 for three days; our New South Wales page has the fees. DPIRD’s trout-water rules and the Snowy endangered ecological community order are in the sources.
Common questions
When is the Snowy at Dalgety open for trout?
Outside the New South Wales trout stream closure, which runs from the Tuesday after the June long weekend to the last Friday before the October long weekend.
Why is there no level chart?
The Bureau’s Dalgety gauges do not report recent readings to Water Data Online.
Do I need a licence at Dalgety?
Yes: the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee, from A$7 for three days, covers the Snowy at Dalgety.
Is fishing good at Snowy River at Dalgety right now?
Check the daily report at the top of this page: it is regenerated every morning from live data. Today's read: Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Nearby waters
Where this page's numbers come from
- 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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