Australian bass
Excellent
Prime. Cast spinnerbaits, small hardbodies and surface lures tight to structure in the rivers; sound up the schools in the dams.
Burnett River at Gayndah Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Burnett at Gayndah: bass, golden perch and the protected lungfish, beside the stocked Claude Wharton Weir, with the Bureau’s gauge at the town.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Level
92.99 m
Air / High
19 °C / 27 °C
Wind
NE 8 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 136003C, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Burnett River at Gayndah sits in the warm band: moving baits, moving tides and fish on the edges. The gauge reads 92.99 m, holding steady. Today brings a mixed sky, wind NE around 8 km/h, rising pressure near 1018 hPa and a high of 27 °C. Water sits around 21 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 10:27 AM-12:27 PM and 10:49 PM-12:49 AM: the windows to build the day around.
Golden perch
Excellent
Prime. Hop soft plastics and vibes around the timber, or fish shrimp and worms on the bottom.
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: 10:27 AM-12:27 PM, 10:49 PM-12:49 AM, 4:04 AM-5:04 AM. Warmer at 30 °C with likely rain: fish ahead of the front. The solunar majors shift about 50 minutes later.
Before you go
The Claude Wharton and Jones weir pools on the Burnett are stocked impoundments: fishing them needs a Queensland Stocked Impoundment Permit (anglers 18 and over).
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 (05:00), sunset (18:14), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 10:27 AM-12:27 PM and 10:49 PM-12:49 AM; minor 4:04 AM-5:04 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 136003C (Claude Wharton HW).
River level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 136003C. Latest reading 2026-11-08 07:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp19 °C
High / Low27 °C / 18 °C
WindNE 8 km/h, gusts 20 km/h
Pressure1018.0 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain33% cloud, 63%
Sunrise / Sunset05:00 / 18:14
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~21 °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 Tuesday 10 Nov, at 4 out of 5, against 3 today.
Best day this week: Tuesday, 10 Nov — good at 4/5, rising pressure behind a front, typically the slowest.
Today, 9 Nov — Fair
A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
- Solunar majors
- 10:27 AM-12:27 PM and 10:49 PM-12:49 AM
- Minor period
- 4:04 AM-5:04 AM
- Sun
- 05:00 to 18:14
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 18 km/h
- Rain chance
- 63%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
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 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.
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. Prime. Hop soft plastics and vibes around the timber, or fish shrimp and worms on the bottom.
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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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 32 °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 29 °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 30 °C, wind to 18 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 recreational fishing licence, but line fishing in the Claude Wharton Weir pool, a stocked impoundment, needs a Stocked Impoundment Permit from age 18: A$13.60 a week or A$64.58 a year.
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 town, slow and warm between sand bars, rock and river gums, with Claude Wharton Weir at Monaghans Rocks forming a pool at Gayndah and the reaches upstream toward Mundubbera. It is bass and golden perch water with a protected species in it, and the Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge on the Claude Wharton Weir pool at Gayndah, station 136003C, supplies the level and the 30-day chart on this page.
Species and seasons
Australian bass and golden perch are the page’s species, fished around snags and deep bends from spring to autumn. The Queensland lungfish is a no-take species and must be returned. Southern saratoga have a 50 cm minimum and a limit of one. Queensland’s bass closed season, 1 June to 31 August, applies in tidal waters, not in this fresh river. Claude Wharton Weir is stocked with bass, barramundi and golden perch under the state’s stocked impoundment scheme.
Where to fish it
Public land at the town gives bank access, and a kayak covers the sand-bar reaches upstream. Sunwater lists a boat ramp, picnic areas and camping at Claude Wharton Weir, but does not permit boating or fishing near the weir itself; stay at least 200 metres from the wall. For bass, cast surface lures along the snags at dusk; for golden perch, work lipless crankbaits or bait near timber.
Reading the report
The chart follows rain in the Burnett catchment and the weir pool, rising after summer storms and falling through the dry; a fresh often gets golden perch feeding. The modelled water temperature on this page, labelled as an estimate, gives the warm-water band from October to April.
Rules and access
Queensland has no general recreational fishing licence, but line fishing in the Claude Wharton Weir pool, a stocked impoundment, needs a Stocked Impoundment Permit from age 18: A$13.60 a week or A$64.58 a year. The lungfish protection and the size and possession limits are on the pages linked below.
Between the weirs
The Burnett between Mundubbera and Bundaberg is a chain of weir pools. Queensland lists Ben Anderson Barrage, which it says includes Paradise Dam, Claude Wharton Weir and Jones Weir, among the waters where the barramundi closed season does not apply, along with the waterways upstream of them. Claude Wharton Weir and Jones Weir have their own pages.
Common questions
Can I keep a lungfish?
No. The Queensland lungfish is a no-take species and must be returned to the water.
Is a permit needed on the Burnett at Gayndah?
Not for the river generally, since Queensland has no fishing licence; but anyone 18 or over line fishing the Claude Wharton Weir pool needs a Stocked Impoundment Permit.
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
- Storage and river readings
- Bureau of Meteorology, Water Data Online, station 136003C — Claude Wharton HW
- Open-Meteo forecast model
- https://open-meteo.com/
- Moon and solunar windows
- Calculated on this site
- Pages checked
- bom.gov.au/waterdata
- qld.gov.au/recreation/activities/boating-fishing/rec-fishing/dams/stoc
- sunwater.com.au/weirs-and-barrages/upper-burnett
- dpi.qld.gov.au/business-priorities/fisheries/closures/fresh/seasons
- qld.gov.au/recreation/activities/boating-fishing/rec-fishing/rules/lim
- dpi.qld.gov.au/business-priorities/fisheries/closures/tidal/seasons
- The written guide on this page
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