Rainbow trout
Excellent
Prime. Shore fishing along the edges with bait, spinners and flies, and the rivers if the season is open.
Tumut River at Tumut Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Tumut below Blowering Dam: a cold trout tailwater through the town under the NSW trout stream season, the dam’s closed zones and the Bureau’s gauge.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Level
1.23 m
Air / High
14 °C / 21 °C
Wind
ESE 1 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 410006, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Tumut River at Tumut rewards patience today, with cool water and short feeding windows. The gauge reads 1.23 m, up 0.42 over the week. Today brings cloud cover, wind ESE around 2 km/h, rising pressure near 1018 hPa and a high of 21 °C. Water sits around 13 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 11:14 PM-1:14 AM and 11:42 AM-1:42 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: 11:14 PM-1:14 AM, 11:42 AM-1:42 PM, 4:58 AM-5:58 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 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 Tumut River at Tumut today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:57), sunset (19:45), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:14 PM-1:14 AM and 11:42 AM-1:42 PM; minor 4:58 AM-5:58 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 410006 (TUMUT RIVER @ TUMUT).
River level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 410006. Latest reading 2026-11-07 23:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp14 °C
High / Low21 °C / 5 °C
WindESE 1 km/h, gusts 9 km/h
Pressure1018.0 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain98% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset05:57 / 19:45
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~13 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Tumut River at Tumut
The best day on Tumut River at Tumut this week looks like Friday 13 Nov, at 4 out of 5, against 3 today.
Best day this week: Friday, 13 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
- 11:14 PM-1:14 AM and 11:42 AM-1:42 PM
- Minor period
- 4:58 AM-5:58 AM
- Sun
- 05:57 to 19:45
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Overcast, 8 km/h
- Rain chance
- 0%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Tumut River at Tumut: 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 Tumut River at Tumut 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 21 °C, wind to 11 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 18 °C, wind to 23 km/h.
Fri, Nov 6
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Rainbow trout 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
Trout anglers on the Tumut need the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee, from A$7 for three days; our New South Wales licence page has the other options.
About this water
Tumut River at Tumut is a river in New South Wales, Australia, covered from the New South Wales reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Tumut River at Tumut: the full guide
The reach
The Tumut at Tumut runs below Blowering Dam, cold and clear, its level set by the dam’s releases, through the town and on to the Murrumbidgee above Gundagai. DPIRD closes the water within 250 metres downstream of the Blowering power station, and within 280 metres from the end of the concrete spillway down to the causeway road. The Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at Tumut supplies the river level and the 30-day chart on this page.
Species and seasons
Rainbow and brown trout are the fish on this page’s species card, in the runs, the pools and along the willows, taken on bait, spinners and flies. The NSW trout stream closure runs from the Tuesday after the June long weekend to the last Friday before the October long weekend, and the species card computes this year’s dates. Macquarie perch and trout cod are protected in all NSW waters, so release any you hook.
Where to fish it
Below the closed water, the runs and pool heads through town are the trout water, fished on the fly when the release is low enough to wade and with spinners or bait when it is not. Cast upstream into the head of a pool and let the current carry the offering down, and cover the willow-lined edges where trout hold out of the main flow. Cold water slows trout down, so smaller flies and slower retrieves often work better in a tailwater than in a warmer stream. Blowering Dam has its own page.
Reading the report
The chart is the Blowering release: a big summer irrigation release makes the river high, cold and unwadeable, while a lower release in autumn and spring exposes the gravel and opens up the fly water, so read it before the drive. The water temperature estimate, labelled as one, cannot see the cold release and may read warmer than the river; pressure and sky fill in the score.
Licence, access and rules
Trout anglers on the Tumut need the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee, from A$7 for three days; our New South Wales licence page has the other options. DPIRD’s trout stream closure and its general closures page, with the Blowering and Jounama zones on the Tumut, are in the sources.
Common questions
Is the Tumut River open for trout?
Outside the NSW trout stream closure, which runs from the Tuesday after the June long weekend to the last Friday before the October long weekend; the species card computes this year’s dates.
Do I need a licence on the Tumut River?
Yes: the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee, from A$7 for three days.
Is fishing good at Tumut River at Tumut 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
- Storage and river readings
- Bureau of Meteorology, Water Data Online, station 410006 — TUMUT RIVER @ TUMUT
- 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.