Australian bass
Excellent
Prime. Cast spinnerbaits, small hardbodies and surface lures tight to structure in the rivers; sound up the schools in the dams.
Cania Dam Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
Cania Dam on Three Moon Creek in the North Burnett: stocked bass, golden perch, saratoga and silver perch over a drowned gold town, with a permit to fish and no camping at the dam.
4/5
Good. Solid day ahead.Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
Level
315.89 m17,393 ML
Air / High
18 °C / 26 °C
Wind
NE 14 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 136115A, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Cania Dam is fishing in its best temperature window, with the bite spread across the day. The gauge reads 315.89 m, easing 0.08 over the week. Today brings cloud cover, wind NE around 13 km/h, rising pressure near 1018 hPa and a high of 26 °C. Water sits around 21 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 10:30 AM-12:30 PM and 10:51 PM-12:51 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: 10:30 AM-12:30 PM, 10:51 PM-12:51 AM, 4:09 AM-5:09 AM. Warmer at 29 °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 Cania Dam today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:04), sunset (18:15), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 10:30 AM-12:30 PM and 10:51 PM-12:51 AM; minor 4:09 AM-5:09 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Cania Dam Level today, and the weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 136115A (Cania Dam).
Storage level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 136115A. Latest reading 2026-11-08 11:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp18 °C
High / Low26 °C / 17 °C
WindNE 14 km/h, gusts 29 km/h
Pressure1017.5 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain62% cloud, 100%
Sunrise / Sunset05:04 / 18:15
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~21 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Cania Dam
Today is the pick of the week on Cania 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
- 10:30 AM-12:30 PM and 10:51 PM-12:51 AM
- Minor period
- 4:09 AM-5:09 AM
- Sun
- 05:04 to 18:15
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Storms, 18 km/h
- Rain chance
- 100%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Cania 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.
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 Cania 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 29 °C, wind to 16 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 31 °C, wind to 14 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 32 °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
Cania is part of the Stocked Impoundment Permit Scheme; the permit is required from age 18 and costs A$13.60 for a week or A$64.58 for a year.
Permit
Cania 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
Cania Dam is a lake in Queensland, Australia, covered from the Queensland reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Cania Dam: the full guide
The lake
Cania Dam was completed in 1982 on Three Moon Creek, a tributary of the Burnett, and the lake covers the site of the abandoned gold mining town of Cania; Sunwater notes that headstones moved from the old cemetery can be seen at the Cania Dam lookout. Sunwater gives the lake a surface area of 720 hectares, an average depth of 12 metres and a capacity of 88,500 megalitres, and explains that the most common story behind the creek’s name is a prospector who saw the moon reflected in the creek and in his billy at once. The Bureau of Meteorology’s station at the dam, 136115A, supplies the level and the 30-day chart on this page.
Species and seasons
The Queensland Government lists Australian bass, golden perch, saratoga and silver perch as the species stocked at Cania. The species card rates bass and golden perch by month. Bass usually school in deeper water in the cooler months and move onto edges and timber when it warms; golden perch feed best from spring into autumn; saratoga are surface feeders in warm weather. Barramundi are not part of Cania’s stocking.
Where to fish it
Sunwater says the boat ramp, owned by Sunwater and managed by North Burnett Regional Council, is usable when the lake is at least half full; below that, most anglers drive down a gravel track towards the dam wall and launch from there. Timber and rocky points are the structure: blades and soft plastics for schooled bass, lipless crankbaits or baits for golden perch, and small surface lures at dawn for saratoga. Fishing on or near the wall is not permitted.
Reading the report
The chart matters for launching as much as for fishing, because of the half-full threshold for the ramp. The estimated water temperature row separates the deep winter bass pattern from the warmer months. Sheltered arms help on windy days, so read the wind row to choose where to fish.
Permits, access and rules
Cania is part of the Stocked Impoundment Permit Scheme; the permit is required from age 18 and costs A$13.60 for a week or A$64.58 for a year. North Burnett Regional Council owns and manages the recreational facilities. Swimming, kayaking and sailing are allowed outside signed exclusion zones, and boats must keep 200 metres from the wall.
Planning a visit
Sunwater states that camping is not permitted at Cania Dam, so plan to stay elsewhere in the district and visit as a day trip. The lookout with the relocated headstones is worth a stop. On a lake with an average depth of 12 metres, bass can hold well off the bank in winter, so a sounder saves time; in summer, early and late sessions avoid the heat and any afternoon wind.
Common questions
What can I catch at Cania Dam?
Stocked Australian bass, golden perch, saratoga and silver perch, according to the Queensland Government’s stocked impoundment list.
Is there camping at Cania Dam?
No. Sunwater says camping is not permitted at the dam; the recreation facilities are for day use.
Is fishing good at Cania 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 136115A — Cania Dam
- 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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