Barramundi
Excellent
Dawn, dusk and the run-off drains and creek mouths on the falling tide; hardbodies and soft vibes cast tight to snags and rock bars.
Callide Dam Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
Callide Dam near Biloela: stocked barramundi, golden perch and saratoga in a storage built for the Callide power station, exempt from the barramundi closure, with a ramp and private camping.
2/5
Slow. Work for them.Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
Level
201.63 m23,927 ML
Air / High
20 °C / 28 °C
Wind
NE 22 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 130314C, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Callide Dam is in full summer mode: early starts, shade at midday, and the evening change. The gauge reads 201.63 m, easing 0.07 over the week. Today brings clear skies, wind NE around 23 km/h, rising pressure near 1017 hPa and a high of 28 °C. Water sits around 29 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 10:31 AM-12:31 PM and 10:53 PM-12:53 AM: plan around them and beat the heat.
Tie on: Soft plastic, 3 to 5 inch paddle tail · Pilchard on ganged hooks · Metal slug, 20 to 40 g · Surface walker at first light. Prime windows: 10:31 AM-12:31 PM, 10:53 PM-12:53 AM, 4:11 AM-5:11 AM. Similar at 30 °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 barramundi here? Check the size and bag limits with Queensland DPI before you keep anything; the Barramundi page has the seasons and the tactics.
Fishing times for Callide Dam today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:06), sunset (18:16), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 10:31 AM-12:31 PM and 10:53 PM-12:53 AM; minor 4:11 AM-5:11 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Callide Dam Level today, and the weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 130314C (Callide Dam Wall).
Storage level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 130314C. Latest reading 2026-11-08 11:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp20 °C
High / Low28 °C / 19 °C
WindNE 22 km/h, gusts 40 km/h
Pressure1016.8 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain12% cloud, 100%
Sunrise / Sunset05:06 / 18:16
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~29 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Callide Dam
The best day on Callide Dam this week looks like Tuesday 10 Nov, at 3 out of 5, against 2 today.
Best day this week: Tuesday, 10 Nov — fair at 3/5, rising pressure behind a front, typically the slowest.
Today, 9 Nov — Tough
Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
- Solunar majors
- 10:31 AM-12:31 PM and 10:53 PM-12:53 AM
- Minor period
- 4:11 AM-5:11 AM
- Sun
- 05:06 to 18:16
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 23 km/h
- Rain chance
- 100%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Callide Dam: seasons written for the southern year, and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.
Barramundi
Run-off (March to May) and build-up (October to November) in the north; check the closed season on the Queensland east coast
Open all year Callide Dam is a stocked dam exempt from the closed season Rule as read from Queensland Department of Primary Industries on 2026-09-23.
The north's fish. Tidal rivers, run-off creeks, rock bars and the stocked impoundments. Warm water, moving water and a barometer on the way down. Dawn, dusk and the run-off drains and creek mouths on the falling tide; hardbodies and soft vibes cast tight to snags and rock bars.
When to come: the Callide 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 29 °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 early or late. Heat pins the bite to the dawn and dusk windows. Barramundi led the card at excellent. High of 30 °C, wind to 16 km/h.
Sat, Nov 7
3/5 Fair. Fish early or late. Heat pins the bite to the dawn and dusk windows. Barramundi led the card at excellent. High of 32 °C, wind to 21 km/h.
Fri, Nov 6
3/5 Fair. Fish early or late. Heat pins the bite to the dawn and dusk windows. Barramundi led the card at excellent. High of 33 °C, wind to 26 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
Anglers 18 and over need the Stocked Impoundment Permit at Callide, at A$13.60 for seven days or A$64.58 for a year.
Permit
Callide 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
Callide Dam is a lake in Queensland, Australia, covered from the Queensland reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Callide Dam: the full guide
The lake
Callide Dam was built on Callide Creek in 1965 and upgraded in 1988 to more than double its capacity to 136,300 megalitres. Sunwater says its original purpose was to supply the nearby Callide power plant; today it also supports wheat, sorghum, cotton, chickpeas and other crops, and releases water downstream to Callide Weir so that it can soak into the aquifers that most irrigators draw from. Water can also be pumped into the dam from Awoonga Dam. The Bureau of Meteorology’s station on the dam wall, 130314C, supplies the level and the 30-day chart on this page.
Species and seasons
The Queensland Government lists barramundi, golden perch and saratoga as the stocked species at Callide Dam. Barramundi are exempt from the east coast closure here, so the species card shows them open all year. Golden perch are more tolerant of cool water than barramundi and give the dam a second option through the cooler months, while saratoga are surface feeders that take lures near timber and weed edges in warm weather.
Where to fish it
Weed edges, timber and points are the structure for all three species. Barramundi respond to slow presentations at low light; golden perch take baits and lipless crankbaits worked near the bottom; saratoga strike at small surface lures and flies cast along the edges early in the morning. Fishing on or near the dam wall is not permitted, and boats must keep 200 metres from it.
Reading the report
The estimated water temperature row is a regional model for this kind of water and does not measure the lake itself, so treat it as a guide to the season. The chart shows releases to the weir system and any pumped inflows. Open shores catch the wind, which matters in a small boat.
Permits, access and rules
Anglers 18 and over need the Stocked Impoundment Permit at Callide, at A$13.60 for seven days or A$64.58 for a year. Sunwater owns the boat ramp, which Banana Shire Council manages; camping and accommodation are privately run in the designated area. Swimming, kayaking and sailing are allowed outside signed exclusion zones.
Common questions
What fish are stocked in Callide Dam?
Barramundi, golden perch and saratoga, according to the Queensland Government’s stocked impoundment list.
Is barramundi open all year at Callide Dam?
Yes. Callide is on the Queensland Government’s list of dams exempt from the 1 November to 31 January barramundi closure.
Is fishing good at Callide Dam right now?
Check the daily report at the top of this page: it is regenerated every morning from live data. Today's read: Slow. Work for them. Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
Nearby waters
Where this page's numbers come from
- Storage and river readings
- Bureau of Meteorology, Water Data Online, station 130314C — Callide Dam Wall
- 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.