Australian bass
Fair
Dam fish school deep; vertical jig plastics and blades over them. Rivers slow, and closed in NSW from June.
Burnett River at Gayndah Fishing Report
Updated Fri, 25 Sept 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Burnett at Gayndah: bass, golden perch and the protected lungfish in the citrus town’s river, with the Bureau’s gauge at the town.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Water temp
~16 °C est.
Air / High
15 °C / 25 °C
Wind
SE 7 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 136003B, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Burnett River at Gayndah has cool water and fish holding a little deeper and slower. Today brings clear skies, wind SE around 6 km/h, steady pressure near 1029 hPa and a high of 26 °C. Water sits around 16 °C for the season (estimated). With the full moon, the solunar majors run 10:25 AM-12:25 PM and 10:25 PM-12:25 AM: 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: 10:25 AM-12:25 PM, 10:25 PM-12:25 AM, 4:55 AM-5:55 AM. Similar at 25 °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 Burnett River at Gayndah today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:40), sunset (17:50), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 10:25 AM-12:25 PM and 10:25 PM-12:25 AM; minor 4:55 AM-5:55 AM. Full Moon, 99% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 136003B (Burnett_R Gayndah).
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 temp15 °C
High / Low25 °C / 15 °C
WindSE 7 km/h, gusts 17 km/h
Pressure1029.4 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain5% cloud, 88%
Sunrise / Sunset05:40 / 17:50
MoonFull Moon, 99%
Water temp (seasonal)~16 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Burnett River at Gayndah
The best day on Burnett River at Gayndah this week looks like Sunday 27 Sept, 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: Sunday, 27 Sept — good at 4/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.
Today, 25 Sept — Fair
A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
- Solunar majors
- 10:25 AM-12:25 PM and 10:25 PM-12:25 AM
- Minor period
- 4:55 AM-5:55 AM
- Sun
- 05:40 to 17:50
- Moon
- Full Moon, 99% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 24 km/h
- Rain chance
- 88%
Scores are a planning aid built from forecast data, not a promise.
Species guide
The species that matter on Burnett River at Gayndah: 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.
Golden perch
Best: November to April
Yellowbelly. The bread-and-butter native of the Murray-Darling lakes and rivers; loves warm water, structure and a lure worked slowly past its nose. Slower. Work the deeper timber and the drop-offs with vibes and bait.
When to come: the Burnett River at Gayndah 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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Golden perch
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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 dataThu, 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 27 °C, wind to 21 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 27 °C, wind to 21 km/h.
Tue, Sep 22
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Australian bass led the card at good. High of 29 °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, the protection of the lungfish and the barramundi rules apply, on the pages linked below.
About this water
Burnett River at Gayndah is a river in Queensland, Australia, covered from the Queensland reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Burnett River at Gayndah: the full guide
The reach
The Burnett at Gayndah is the river through the North Burnett’s citrus town, slow and warm between sand bars, rock and river gums under the Gayndah bridge, with the river parks, the Claude Wharton Weir pool below the town and the reaches upstream toward Mundubbera. It is bass and perch water with a protected fish in it, and the Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at Gayndah supplies the river level and the 30-day chart on this page.
Species and seasons
Australian bass fish the snags and the deep bends from spring to autumn, with the Queensland tidal closure not applying this far up but the fresh reaches subject to the state’s bass rules; golden perch are the everyday fish from spring to autumn; the Queensland lungfish, protected, is common here and must go back untouched; saratoga and eel-tailed catfish are present; and barramundi from the weir pool reach the town, inside the Ben Anderson Barrage exemption. Carp are few.
Where to fish it
The river parks and the bridge give bank access at the town, the weir pool below fishes for bass and barramundi from a boat, and a kayak covers the sand-bar reaches upstream; the deep bends and the rock are the bass and perch water. Night fishing with surface lures along the snags is the summer method.
Reading the report
The chart follows the Burnett’s rain and the weir’s pool, rising after the summer storms and falling through the dry; a fresh brings the perch on. The water temperature estimate, labelled as one, gives the bass and perch band from October to April; the open valley lets the wind cross the river; pressure counts before a summer storm.
Rules and access
Queensland has no general fishing licence; the size and bag limits, the protection of the lungfish and the barramundi rules apply, on the pages linked below. The parks and the bridge are public; the weir has its exclusion zone.
Between the weirs
The Burnett from Mundubbera to Bundaberg is a chain of weir pools, Claude Wharton at Gayndah, Jones at Mundubbera, Ned Churchward and Ben Anderson below, and each pool is a barramundi and bass water inside the Ben Anderson Barrage exemption that the Queensland Government lists; the reaches between the pools are the river proper, sandy and shallow in the dry, and the pools are where the boats go.
Common questions
Can I keep a lungfish?
No. The Queensland lungfish is protected and must be returned untouched; it is common in the Burnett at Gayndah.
Do I need a licence at Gayndah?
No. Queensland has no recreational fishing licence; the limits and the protected species rules apply.
Is fishing good at Burnett River at Gayndah 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
- The written guide on this page
Pablo Ruiz Quintero
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.