Bream
Good
Prime bream weather. Cast small vibes, crankbaits and 2 to 3 inch plastics at every piece of structure on the rising tide.
Wallaga Lake Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The large lake north of Bermagui: bream, flathead and mulloway in a lake whose entrance opens and closes, at the southern end of the Batemans Marine Park.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Next tide
Low 2:50 pm model
Air / High
15 °C / 16 °C
Wind
S 16 km/h
Sources: modelled tide curve, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Wallaga Lake is fishing in its best temperature window, with the bite spread across the day. Today brings cloud cover, wind S around 16 km/h, steady pressure near 1020 hPa and a high of 17 °C. Tides: high 8:16 am and 8:52 pm, low 1:53 am and 2:50 pm: the moving water either side of each change is when this place feeds. Water sits around 22 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 11:06 PM-1:06 AM and 11:34 AM-1:34 PM: the windows to build the day around.
Flathead
Good
The best of it. Drift the sand and weed edges, bounce plastics or a strip of bait along the bottom, and cover ground until you find the school.
Mulloway
Fair
Fish the deep holes and the rock walls through a tide change after dark; live mullet, yellowtail or a large soft plastic worked slowly.
Tailor
Fair
Rock ledges and beach gutters on the rising tide; metals cast and retrieved fast, or a whole pilchard drifted through the wash.
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: 11:06 PM-1:06 AM, 11:34 AM-1:34 PM, 4:48 AM-5:48 AM. Similar at 18 °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 bream here? Check the size and bag limits with DPIRD NSW before you keep anything; the Bream page has the seasons and the tactics.
Fishing times for Wallaga Lake today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:47), sunset (19:39), the moon and today's score, with the modelled tide changes in the panel below. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:06 PM-1:06 AM and 11:34 AM-1:34 PM; minor 4:48 AM-5:48 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
A modelled tide curve for these coordinates and the forecast for the day.
Tides (modelled)
Modelled sea level curve from Open-Meteo Marine for these coordinates, datum mean sea level. Fish the moving water either side of each change.
A model, not the official prediction: times can drift by tens of minutes inside bays and estuaries. Check the Bureau of Meteorology tide predictions for the exact times before you rely on them.
Mon
LOW1:53 am-0.43 m
HIGH8:16 am0.68 m
LOW2:50 pm-0.57 m
HIGH8:52 pm0.31 m
Tue
LOW2:25 am-0.39 m
HIGH8:53 am0.70 m
LOW3:35 pm-0.55 m
HIGH9:35 pm0.25 m
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp15 °C
High / Low16 °C / 11 °C
WindS 16 km/h, gusts 33 km/h
Pressure1020.0 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain100% cloud, 48%
Sunrise / Sunset05:47 / 19:39
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~22 °C est.
Why the tide matters here: tides and fishing in Australia.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Wallaga Lake
The best day on Wallaga Lake this week looks like Thursday 12 Nov, at 5 out of 5, against 3 today.
Best day this week: Thursday, 12 Nov — excellent at 5/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.
Today, 9 Nov — Fair
A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
- Solunar majors
- 11:06 PM-1:06 AM and 11:34 AM-1:34 PM
- Minor period
- 4:48 AM-5:48 AM
- Sun
- 05:47 to 19:39
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 26 km/h
- Rain chance
- 48%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Wallaga Lake: seasons written for the southern year, and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.
Bream
Year-round; summer and autumn in the estuaries, winter at the mouths
Yellowfin bream on the east coast, black bream in the southern estuaries. Structure fish: rock walls, jetty piles, oyster racks, snags and pontoons. Prime bream weather. Cast small vibes, crankbaits and 2 to 3 inch plastics at every piece of structure on the rising tide.
Flathead
Best: November to April
Dusky flathead in the eastern estuaries, sand flathead in the southern bays. An ambush predator lying on sand and mud edges waiting for whatever the tide brings. The best of it. Drift the sand and weed edges, bounce plastics or a strip of bait along the bottom, and cover ground until you find the school.
Mulloway
Best: summer and autumn, especially after rain
Jewfish. The big silver prize of the estuaries, breakwalls and surf beaches: nocturnal, tide-driven and unforgiving of noise. Fish the deep holes and the rock walls through a tide change after dark; live mullet, yellowtail or a large soft plastic worked slowly.
Tailor
Autumn and winter on the east coast; the run reaches K'gari (Fraser Island) in late winter, where the east beach from Waddy Point to Indian Head is closed to all fin fish from 1 August to 29 September
The surf and rock fish of the east coast, running north in autumn and winter. Fast, toothy and best at dawn, dusk and into the dark. Rock ledges and beach gutters on the rising tide; metals cast and retrieved fast, or a whole pilchard drifted through the wash.
When to come: the Wallaga Lake 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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SlowPeak
Water temperature through the year
Typical surface temperature for this water type in degrees Celsius; today is around 22 °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. Bream led the card at good. High of 16 °C, wind to 35 km/h.
Sat, Nov 7
2/5 Slow. The wind owns today. 37 km/h gusts make boat control the real battle. Bream led the card at good. High of 20 °C, wind to 37 km/h.
Fri, Nov 6
5/5 Excellent. Go now. Everything lines up: pressure, wind and light are in your favor. Bream led the card at excellent. High of 19 °C, wind to 19 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 at Wallaga Lake from A$7 for three days, and the licence page here has the other options.
About this water
Wallaga Lake is a coastal town in New South Wales, Australia, covered from the New South Wales reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Wallaga Lake: the full guide
The lake
Wallaga Lake is the large coastal lake north of Bermagui on the far south coast, with a road bridge near its entrance, the settlements of Wallaga Lake and Beauty Point on its shores, and Gulaga, also known as Mount Dromedary, rising above it. The lake’s entrance opens and closes with floods and coastal sand movement. Batemans Marine Park extends south to the southern side of the Wallaga Lake entrance at Murunna Point and includes the coastal lakes within that stretch. Bermagui has its own page.
Species and seasons
Flathead lie on the flats and drop-offs from spring to autumn; bream are caught all year around the bridge, the snags and the edges; mulloway are taken at the entrance and in deeper holes at night when the lake is open; and tailor come in through the entrance in the cooler months. Whiting feed on the flats in summer and luderick around the bridge in winter.
Where to fish it
The bridge near the entrance is the traditional land-based spot for bream and luderick, fished on the run when the lake is open to the sea, and the lake’s flats hold flathead and whiting. Because the lake is inside the Batemans Marine Park, check the zoning map or the FishSmart app before fishing: most sanctuary zones in the park remain closed to fishing. A small boat or kayak lets you work the drop-offs where the flats fall into deeper water.
Reading this report here
Whether the entrance is open decides whether there is any tide in the lake, and the modelled tide curve, labelled as a model, only matters when it is. On a lake this broad the wind decides which shore is sheltered, and a westerly crosses it freely. Pressure and cloud feed the score for the lake.
Licence, access and rules
The NSW Recreational Fishing Fee applies at Wallaga Lake from A$7 for three days, and the licence page here has the other options. The Batemans Marine Park zoning map and DPIRD’s bag and size limits are the rules to check, and the entrance condition should be checked locally, since this page cannot show it.
Common questions
Is Wallaga Lake open to the sea?
The entrance opens and closes naturally, and this page cannot show its state; check locally before planning around the tide.
Is Wallaga Lake in a marine park?
Yes. Batemans Marine Park runs south to the Wallaga Lake entrance and includes the coastal lakes inside that stretch; the park’s zoning map marks the areas closed to fishing.
Do I need a licence on Wallaga Lake?
Yes. You need the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee, starting at A$7 for three days.
Is fishing good at Wallaga Lake 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
- Tide curve (modelled)
- Open-Meteo Marine, sea level height including tides
- 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.