Golden perch
Excellent
Prime. Hop soft plastics and vibes around the timber, or fish shrimp and worms on the bottom.
Cecil Plains Weir Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Condamine at Cecil Plains on the western Darling Downs: yellowbelly, Murray cod and silver perch in a stocked weir pool with a Bureau gauge, and no public access at the weir itself.
4/5
Good. Solid day ahead.Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
Level
4.12 m
Air / High
19 °C / 27 °C
Wind
SSE 8 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 422316A, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Cecil Plains Weir has the water in the comfortable band where most of its fish feed through the day. The gauge reads 4.12 m, holding steady. Today brings a mixed sky, wind SSE around 8 km/h, rising pressure near 1016 hPa and a high of 27 °C. Water sits around 19 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 10:29 AM-12:29 PM and 10:50 PM-12:50 AM: the windows to build the day around.
Murray cod
Slow
Prime. Cast big spinnerbaits, hardbodies and swimbaits tight to timber and rock, and work the same snag several times.
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: 10:29 AM-12:29 PM, 10:50 PM-12:50 AM, 4:02 AM-5:02 AM. Similar at 28 °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 murray cod here? Check the size and bag limits with Queensland DPI before you keep anything; the Murray cod page has the seasons and the tactics.
Fishing times for Cecil Plains Weir today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (04:59), sunset (18:19), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 10:29 AM-12:29 PM and 10:50 PM-12:50 AM; minor 4:02 AM-5:02 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 422316A (Condamine_R Cecil Wr).
Storage level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 422316A. Latest reading 2026-11-08 18:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp19 °C
High / Low27 °C / 12 °C
WindSSE 8 km/h, gusts 14 km/h
Pressure1016.0 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain58% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset04:59 / 18:19
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~19 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Cecil Plains Weir
The best day on Cecil Plains Weir this week looks like Friday 13 Nov, at 5 out of 5, against 4 today.
Best day this week: Friday, 13 Nov — excellent at 5/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.
Today, 9 Nov — Good
Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
- Solunar majors
- 10:29 AM-12:29 PM and 10:50 PM-12:50 AM
- Minor period
- 4:02 AM-5:02 AM
- Sun
- 04:59 to 18:19
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Partly cloudy, 16 km/h
- Rain chance
- 0%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Cecil Plains Weir: seasons written for the southern year, and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.
Murray cod
Closed 1 September to 30 November in NSW, Victoria and the ACT, and 1 August to 31 October in Queensland; check the exempt lakes
Open now Closes 1 Aug 2027. Closed 1 August to 31 October in Queensland’s Murray-Darling fresh waters, except Connolly, Cooby, Coolmunda, Glenlyon, Leslie and Storm King dams. Rule as read from Queensland Department of Primary Industries on 2026-09-23.
The giant of the inland rivers and the big lakes (Hume, Mulwala, Eildon). A snag fish that eats big lures, and a species with a closed season across the Murray-Darling. Prime. Cast big spinnerbaits, hardbodies and swimbaits tight to timber and rock, and work the same snag several times.
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 Cecil Plains Weir 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 19 °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. Golden perch led the card at excellent. High of 28 °C, wind to 19 km/h.
Sat, Nov 7
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Golden perch led the card at excellent. High of 31 °C, wind to 16 km/h.
Fri, Nov 6
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Golden perch led the card at excellent. High of 29 °C, wind to 14 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
The weir is a Stocked Impoundment Permit water, so anglers from age 18 need the permit, A$13.60 a week or A$64.58 a year as read from the Queensland Government; our Queensland licence page has the details.
Permit
Cecil Plains Weir 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
Cecil Plains Weir is a lake in Queensland, Australia, covered from the Queensland reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Cecil Plains Weir: the full guide
Cecil Plains Weir
Cecil Plains Weir holds a pool on the Condamine River beside the town of Cecil Plains, about 40 km south of Dalby on the western Darling Downs. Sunwater, which owns it, describes it as the largest storage in the Upper Condamine scheme, a mass concrete weir built in 1947 to supply irrigation water, holding 700 megalitres. It is one of the Murray-Darling weirs the Queensland Government stocks for the permit scheme. The Bureau of Meteorology publishes a watercourse level at the weir rather than a storage level, and the chart on this page shows that series.
Species and seasons
Golden perch, Murray cod and silver perch are the species the Queensland Government lists as stocked at Cecil Plains. Yellowbelly are the fish most anglers take, on shrimp, worms and spinnerbaits around the timber through the warm months; Murray cod sit in the deeper holes and the log jams; silver perch school in the open pool. Queensland closes Murray cod from 1 August to 31 October in its Murray-Darling waters, and the weir is not an exempt dam; the species card computes the closure.
Where to fish it
Sunwater states that the weir is reached only through private property, that there is no public access to the weir or the weir area, and that it does not permit fishing near the weir wall. Toowoomba Regional Council runs the public recreation area at Apex Park, and the privately owned Cecil Plains Homestead upstream offers camping and accommodation. On the water, a kayak or small boat covers the pool upstream where fallen red gums hold the cod, keeping at least 200 metres from the wall.
Planning a visit
Cecil Plains is on the western Darling Downs, reached from Toowoomba along the Toowoomba–Cecil Plains Road or from Dalby. Buy the permit before the trip. Bring cod lures and shrimp for yellowbelly, and in summer plan the fishing for the cool of the morning.
Reading this report here
The Condamine here is a sheltered, slow river and the wind row matters little; the level chart shows flows arriving from upstream after storms on the Downs, which colour the water and move the yellowbelly. The water temperature estimate, labelled as one, is warm through summer; pressure and sky build the score at Cecil Plains Weir, and the planner shows the day.
Licence, access and rules
The weir is a Stocked Impoundment Permit water, so anglers from age 18 need the permit, A$13.60 a week or A$64.58 a year as read from the Queensland Government; our Queensland licence page has the details. The Murray cod closed season and the Queensland size and bag limits apply; the Millmerran-Pittsworth Fish Stocking Association and Toowoomba Regional Council are listed as the weir’s managers, and Sunwater’s access rules are in the sources.
Common questions
Can I fish for Murray cod at Cecil Plains Weir?
Yes, outside Queensland’s Murray-Darling closed season, 1 August to 31 October, and within the size and bag limits.
Can I fish from the weir wall at Cecil Plains?
No. Sunwater says there is no public access to the weir or the weir area and does not permit fishing near the wall; Apex Park is the council’s public recreation area.
Do I need a permit at Cecil Plains Weir?
Yes. It is a stocked impoundment, so a Stocked Impoundment Permit is required from age 18.
Is fishing good at Cecil Plains Weir 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 422316A — Condamine_R Cecil Wr
- 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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