Australian bass
Fair
Dam fish school deep; vertical jig plastics and blades over them. Rivers slow, and closed in NSW from June.
Brisbane River at Gregors Creek Fishing Report
Updated Sat, 26 Sept 2026 from live weather and tide data
The upper Brisbane River at Gregors Creek: bass in a clear valley river north of Somerset, with a Bureau gauge.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Level
0.87 m
Air / High
23 °C / 23 °C
Wind
E 15 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 143009A, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Brisbane River at Gregors Creek rewards patience today, with cool water and short feeding windows. The gauge reads 0.87 m, holding steady. Today brings cloud cover, wind E around 14 km/h, steady pressure near 1028 hPa and a high of 23 °C. Water sits around 16 °C for the season (estimated). With the full moon, the solunar majors run 11:16 PM-1:16 AM and 11:16 AM-1:16 PM: the windows to build the day around.
Tie on: Blade or vibe, slow hops · Lightly weighted plastic · Whole pilchard or squid on the bottom · Suspending hardbody. Prime windows: 11:16 PM-1:16 AM, 11:16 AM-1:16 PM, 5:46 AM-6:46 AM. Warmer at 26 °C. 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 Brisbane River at Gregors Creek today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:35), sunset (17:48), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:16 PM-1:16 AM and 11:16 AM-1:16 PM; minor 5:46 AM-6:46 AM. Full Moon, 100% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 143009A (Brisbane_R Gregors C).
River level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 143009A. Latest reading 2026-09-25 18:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp23 °C
High / Low23 °C / 12 °C
WindE 15 km/h, gusts 32 km/h
Pressure1027.9 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain100% cloud, 76%
Sunrise / Sunset05:35 / 17:48
MoonFull Moon, 100%
Water temp (seasonal)~16 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Brisbane River at Gregors Creek
The best day on Brisbane River at Gregors Creek this week looks like Thursday 1 Oct, at 4 out of 5, against 3 today. Every day is scored by the same engine as the report above: pressure trend first, then wind, sky and season. Pick a species and the plan for that day changes with it.
Best day this week: Thursday, 1 Oct — good at 4/5, steady pressure, neither help nor hindrance.
Today, 26 Sept — Fair
A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
- Solunar majors
- 11:16 PM-1:16 AM and 11:16 AM-1:16 PM
- Minor period
- 5:46 AM-6:46 AM
- Sun
- 05:35 to 17:48
- Moon
- Full Moon, 100% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 16 km/h
- Rain chance
- 76%
Scores are a planning aid built from forecast data, not a promise.
Species guide
The species that matter on Brisbane River at Gregors Creek: 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 June to August in NSW rivers
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. Dam fish school deep; vertical jig plastics and blades over them. Rivers slow, and closed in NSW from June.
When to come: the Brisbane River at Gregors Creek 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 16 °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 dataFri, Sep 25
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Australian bass led the card at fair. High of 24 °C, wind to 19 km/h.
Thu, Sep 24
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Australian bass led the card at fair. High of 24 °C, wind to 19 km/h.
Wed, Sep 23
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Australian bass led the card at fair. High of 26 °C, wind to 19 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
Queensland has no general fishing licence; the size and bag limits apply, on the pages linked below..
About this water
Brisbane River at Gregors Creek is a river in Queensland, Australia, covered from the Queensland reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Brisbane River at Gregors Creek: the full guide
The Brisbane at Gregors Creek
Gregors Creek is a locality on the upper Brisbane River north of Lake Somerset, where the river runs through grazing country and forest in the upper Brisbane valley, between Linville and Esk. The Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at Gregors Creek supplies the river level and the 30-day chart on this page. The Brisbane at Linville and Lake Somerset have their own pages.
Species and seasons
Australian bass are the fish of this reach, in the pools and along the snags on small lures and flies, with golden perch and catfish also caught. The Queensland size and bag limits apply.
Where to fish it
The road crossings and reserves in the upper valley give access, and the river is walked and waded between the pools.
Planning a visit
Esk, to the south, has supplies, and the upper valley has camping. Bring light bass gear.
The river through the year
Above the dams the Brisbane River is a small valley river, running south through the cattle country of the Brisbane Valley past Linville, Moore and Gregors Creek toward Lake Wivenhoe, with gravel riffles, shallow runs and long pools under casuarinas. It is low and clear through the dry winter and spring, when the bass sit deep in the pools and fish slowly, and it colours and rises with the summer storms, when they feed hard on the surface in the evenings. Bass in these reaches are fish that have moved up from the stocked lakes downstream, so numbers vary from year to year with the flows. The Brisbane Valley Rail Trail follows the valley, and a walk along it is one way to see the river before choosing a pool. Gregors Creek is a place for light lures, surface lures at dusk and a careful approach to clear water.
Reading this report here
The chart shows the upper Brisbane rising after rain; a clear, falling river is the time to fish. The water temperature estimate, labelled as one, is warm for most of the year; pressure and sky build the score at Gregors Creek.
Licence, access and rules
Queensland has no general fishing licence; the size and bag limits apply, on the pages linked below.
Common questions
What can I catch at Gregors Creek?
Australian bass, with golden perch and catfish.
Do I need a permit here?
No; the river is not a stocked impoundment.
Where is Gregors Creek?
On the upper Brisbane River north of Lake Somerset.
Is fishing good at Brisbane River at Gregors Creek 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 143009A — Brisbane_R Gregors C
- Open-Meteo forecast model
- https://open-meteo.com/
- Moon and solunar windows
- Calculated on this site
- 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.