Australian bass
Excellent
Prime. Cast spinnerbaits, small hardbodies and surface lures tight to structure in the rivers; sound up the schools in the dams.
Baroon Pocket Dam Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Blackall Range lake between Montville and Maleny: stocked Australian bass among the drowned timber, electric boats and paddle craft only, a Stocked Impoundment Permit water with a Bureau gauge at the dam.
4/5
Good. Solid day ahead.Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
Level
217.02 m61,083 ML
Air / High
16 °C / 23 °C
Wind
N 7 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 138121A, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Baroon Pocket Dam sits in the warm band: moving baits, moving tides and fish on the edges. The gauge reads 217.02 m, holding steady. Today brings a mixed sky, wind N around 8 km/h, rising pressure near 1019 hPa and a high of 23 °C. Water sits around 21 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 10:22 AM-12:22 PM and 10:43 PM-12:43 AM: the windows to build the day around.
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: 10:22 AM-12:22 PM, 10:43 PM-12:43 AM, 3:57 AM-4:57 AM. Similar at 26 °C with likely rain: fish ahead of the front. The solunar majors shift about 50 minutes later.
Before you go
Queensland has no general fishing licence, but rules and permits apply. Queensland fishing licence: cost, rules and where to buy →
Chasing australian bass here? Check the size and bag limits with Queensland DPI before you keep anything; the Australian bass page has the seasons and the tactics.
Fishing times for Baroon Pocket Dam today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (04:53), sunset (18:11), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 10:22 AM-12:22 PM and 10:43 PM-12:43 AM; minor 3:57 AM-4:57 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 138121A (Obi Obi Ck at Baroon Pocket Dam HW).
Storage level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 138121A. Latest reading 2026-11-08 09:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp16 °C
High / Low23 °C / 13 °C
WindN 7 km/h, gusts 17 km/h
Pressure1018.6 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain53% cloud, 98%
Sunrise / Sunset04:53 / 18:11
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~21 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Baroon Pocket Dam
Today is the pick of the week on Baroon Pocket Dam, at 4 out of 5.
Best day this week: today, 9 Nov — good at 4/5, rising pressure behind a front, typically the slowest.
Today, 9 Nov — Good
Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
- Solunar majors
- 10:22 AM-12:22 PM and 10:43 PM-12:43 AM
- Minor period
- 3:57 AM-4:57 AM
- Sun
- 04:53 to 18:11
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 14 km/h
- Rain chance
- 98%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Baroon Pocket Dam: seasons written for the southern year, and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.
Australian bass
September to April in the rivers; closed 1 May to 31 August in NSW rivers, and dams stay open
The native sportfish of the east-coast rivers and the stocked dams. Surface lures in summer, deep in winter, and a river closed season for spawning. Prime. Cast spinnerbaits, small hardbodies and surface lures tight to structure in the rivers; sound up the schools in the dams.
When to come: the Baroon Pocket 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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Water temperature through the year
Typical surface temperature for this water type in degrees Celsius; today is around 21 °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
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Australian bass led the card at excellent. High of 28 °C, wind to 18 km/h.
Sat, Nov 7
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Australian bass led the card at excellent. High of 28 °C, wind to 13 km/h.
Fri, Nov 6
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Australian bass led the card at excellent. High of 24 °C, wind to 16 km/h.
Before you go
Licence
Queensland has no general recreational fishing licence; permits apply on some waters and the limits and closures do. Details and where to buy →
Regulations
Size and bag limits, closed seasons and marine park zones are set by Queensland DPI and change: confirm the current rules on the agency page linked from the Queensland licence page before you keep anything.
Access
A Stocked Impoundment Permit is required to fish Baroon Pocket with a line, from age 18, A$13.60 a week or A$64.58 a year as read from the Queensland Government; our Queensland licence page has the details.
Permit
Baroon Pocket Dam is in Queensland’s Stocked Impoundment Permit scheme: anyone 18 or over fishing it with a line needs the permit, and one permit covers every scheme water. What the permit costs and where to buy it. Compare it with every other storage in the state on Queensland dam levels today.
About this water
Baroon Pocket Dam is a lake in Queensland, Australia, covered from the Queensland reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Baroon Pocket Dam: the full guide
Baroon Pocket Dam
Baroon Pocket Dam, the reservoir known as Lake Baroon, sits on Obi Obi Creek between Montville and Maleny in the Blackall Range behind the Sunshine Coast, about 7 km north of Maleny. Seqwater, which owns it, gives it a full supply volume of 61,000 megalitres over a surface of 380 hectares, and it supplies drinking water to the region through the SEQ Water Grid. It is on the Queensland Government’s list of stocked impoundments, and the Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at the dam supplies the storage level and the 30-day chart on this page.
Species and seasons
The Queensland Government lists Australian bass and Mary River cod as the species stocked at Baroon Pocket, and it also lists Mary River cod as a no-take species from this dam, so any cod caught goes straight back. Bass are the lake’s everyday fish, schooling along the drop-offs and holding in the drowned timber, taken on soft plastics, spinnerbaits and surface lures at dawn and dusk. There is no closed season for bass in the dam, and the species card on this page is scored for bass only.
Where to fish it
Seqwater’s Northern and Southern recreation areas are where Baroon Pocket is fished from the shore, casting to the points and the timber edges. Electric-powered boats are allowed, launched only from the ramp at the Northern Recreation Area, and kayaks, canoes and stand-up paddle boards reach the arms where the bass school; water skiing, jet skis, wakeboarding and camping are not permitted. The upper arms toward the Obi Obi inflow fish after rain; the deeper water near the wall holds fish through the summer heat.
Planning a visit
Baroon Pocket is an easy day trip from the Sunshine Coast and from Brisbane, up the range roads to Montville or Maleny, and the ridge villages have food, fuel and accommodation. Sort out the permit on your phone before leaving home. Bring light spin gear for bass, a kayak or an electric-powered boat if you have one, and something warm for the dawn session in winter, when the range is cool and misty.
Reading this report here
Baroon Pocket is a sheltered hinterland lake, and the wind row matters mostly on the open basin near the wall; the chart shows a water-supply storage that rises after summer rain and draws down slowly, and Seqwater notes that the un-gated dam spills over its spillway when full. The water temperature estimate, labelled as one, is warm through summer and cool in winter, when the bass school deep; pressure and sky build the score at Baroon Pocket and the planner shows the day.
Licence, access and rules
A Stocked Impoundment Permit is required to fish Baroon Pocket with a line, from age 18, A$13.60 a week or A$64.58 a year as read from the Queensland Government; our Queensland licence page has the details. Seqwater sets the access, the boating rules and the opening hours at its recreation areas, and the Queensland freshwater size and bag limits apply; the government’s dam page and Seqwater’s are in the sources.
Common questions
Do I need a permit to fish Baroon Pocket Dam?
Yes. It is on the Queensland Government’s list of stocked impoundments, so anglers aged 18 and over need a Stocked Impoundment Permit to fish it with a line.
Can I keep Mary River cod from Baroon Pocket Dam?
No. The Queensland Government lists Mary River cod as stocked here but as a no-take species from this dam; bass are the fish to keep within the limits.
Can I use a boat on Baroon Pocket Dam?
Electric-powered boats, launched from the Northern Recreation Area ramp, and paddle craft such as kayaks and canoes; Seqwater does not allow water skiing, jet skis or camping.
Is fishing good at Baroon Pocket Dam right now?
Check the daily report at the top of this page: it is regenerated every morning from live data. Today's read: Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
Nearby waters
Where this page's numbers come from
- Storage and river readings
- Bureau of Meteorology, Water Data Online, station 138121A — Obi Obi Ck at Baroon Pocket Dam HW
- 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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