Flinders River at Hughenden Fishing Report
Updated Fri, 25 Sept 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Flinders at Hughenden: golden perch and the inland fishing of the Gulf country’s longest river, in the pools when it holds water, 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
~13 °C est.
Air / High
22 °C / 29 °C
Wind
E 19 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 915004A, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Flinders River at Hughenden is in its cool-water rhythm: slower presentations and the warmest hours of the day. Today brings clear skies, wind E around 19 km/h, steady pressure near 1023 hPa and a high of 29 °C. Water sits around 13 °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 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 golden perch here? Check the size and bag limits with Queensland DPI before you keep anything; the Golden perch page has the seasons and the tactics.
Fishing times for Flinders River at Hughenden today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (06:10), sunset (18:19), 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 915004A (Flinders_R Hughenden).
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 temp22 °C
High / Low29 °C / 17 °C
WindE 19 km/h, gusts 31 km/h
Pressure1022.8 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain2% cloud, 6%
Sunrise / Sunset06:10 / 18:19
MoonFull Moon, 99%
Water temp (seasonal)~13 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Flinders River at Hughenden
Today is the pick of the week on Flinders River at Hughenden, at 3 out of 5. 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: today, 25 Sept — fair at 3/5, steady pressure, neither help nor hindrance.
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
- 06:10 to 18:19
- Moon
- Full Moon, 99% lit
- Sky and wind
- Partly cloudy, 27 km/h
- Rain chance
- 6%
Scores are a planning aid built from forecast data, not a promise.
Species guide
The species that matter on Flinders River at Hughenden: seasons written for the southern year, and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.
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 Flinders River at Hughenden 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 13 °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. Golden perch led the card at fair. High of 29 °C, wind to 29 km/h.
Wed, Sep 23
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Golden perch led the card at fair. High of 29 °C, wind to 32 km/h.
Tue, Sep 22
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Golden perch led the card at fair. High of 33 °C, wind to 24 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 apply, on the pages linked below.
About this water
Flinders River at Hughenden is a river in Queensland, Australia, covered from the Queensland reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Flinders River at Hughenden: the full guide
The reach
The Flinders at Hughenden is the upper reach of Queensland’s longest river as it runs through the dinosaur town on the Flinders Highway, a dry-country river of sand, rock and river gums that flows in the wet and holds a chain of pools through the dry, with the town bridge, the river park and the reaches into the grazing country either way. It is perch water of the inland kind, and the Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at Hughenden supplies the river level and the 30-day chart on this page.
Species and seasons
Golden perch are the fish, in the pools and on the snags from spring to autumn, and they run when the river flows; sleepy cod, spangled perch and eel-tailed catfish are in the pools; barramundi are far downstream in the Gulf reaches, not here; and red claw are a pot fishery. The river can stop flowing for months and the pools shrink.
Where to fish it
The river park and the bridge give bank access to the town pools, the crossings on the back roads give the pools upstream and down, and a kayak covers the reach when the river holds enough water; the deep pools under the rock bars are the perch water. The summer heat makes dawn and dusk the sessions.
Reading the report
The chart is the whole question at Hughenden: whether the river is flowing after the wet, holding pools through the dry or nearly dry; a flow brings the perch on and a dry spell concentrates them. The water temperature estimate, labelled as one, runs hot in the inland summer; the open country lets the wind cross the river; pressure counts before a storm and the rain row shows the wet arriving.
Rules and access
Queensland has no general fishing licence; the size and bag limits apply, on the pages linked below. The park, the bridge and the crossings are public.
Porcupine Gorge
Porcupine Gorge, north of Hughenden on the road to the Gulf, is the district’s other water: a sandstone gorge with permanent pools in Porcupine Creek that hold perch and sleepy cod through the dry, reached by the national park’s camp and the walking track to the pyramid; the Flinders itself runs on north-west toward Richmond, Julia Creek and the Gulf, where the barramundi are.
Common questions
What can I catch in the Flinders at Hughenden?
Golden perch in the pools from spring to autumn, sleepy cod, spangled perch and catfish, and red claw in the pots.
Do I need a licence at Hughenden?
No. Queensland has no recreational fishing licence; the limits apply.
Is fishing good at Flinders River at Hughenden 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.