Australian bass
Excellent
Prime. Cast spinnerbaits, small hardbodies and surface lures tight to structure in the rivers; sound up the schools in the dams.
Jones Weir Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Burnett at Mundubbera: bass, golden perch and silver perch in a stocked weir pool, a permit water with a Bureau watercourse gauge.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Level
110.04 m
Air / High
21 °C / 28 °C
Wind
NE 15 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 136004A, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Jones Weir is fishing in its best temperature window, with the bite spread across the day. The gauge reads 110.04 m, holding steady. Today brings a mixed sky, wind NE around 16 km/h, rising pressure near 1017 hPa and a high of 28 °C. Water sits around 21 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 10:28 AM-12:28 PM and 10:50 PM-12:50 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: 10:28 AM-12:28 PM, 10:50 PM-12:50 AM, 4:06 AM-5:06 AM. Similar at 31 °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 Jones Weir today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:01), sunset (18:16), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 10:28 AM-12:28 PM and 10:50 PM-12:50 AM; minor 4:06 AM-5:06 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 136004A (Jones Weir HW).
Storage level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 136004A. Latest reading 2026-11-08 18:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp21 °C
High / Low28 °C / 19 °C
WindNE 15 km/h, gusts 28 km/h
Pressure1017.1 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain39% cloud, 47%
Sunrise / Sunset05:01 / 18:16
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~21 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Jones Weir
The best day on Jones Weir 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
- 10:28 AM-12:28 PM and 10:50 PM-12:50 AM
- Minor period
- 4:06 AM-5:06 AM
- Sun
- 05:01 to 18:16
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 23 km/h
- Rain chance
- 47%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Jones Weir: 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 Jones 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 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 19 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 13 km/h.
Fri, Nov 6
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Australian bass led the card at excellent. High of 31 °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
Jones Weir is a Stocked Impoundment Permit water: from age 18, A$13.60 a week or A$64.58 a year as read from the Queensland Government, with details on our Queensland licence page.
Permit
Jones 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
Jones Weir is a lake in Queensland, Australia, covered from the Queensland reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Jones Weir: the full guide
Jones Weir
Jones Weir holds the Burnett River at Mundubbera in the North Burnett, about 31 km west of Gayndah, a pool of timbered banks and rock bars between the citrus orchards and the grazing country. Sunwater, which owns it, says it was the first of the Upper Burnett storages, commissioned in 1947 to secure water for the citrus and dairy farms and completed in 1951, and lists its capacity at 3,868 megalitres. It is one of the weirs on the Queensland Government’s stocked impoundment list. The Bureau of Meteorology publishes the weir’s level as a watercourse level, and the chart on this page shows that series. The Burnett at Mundubbera has its own river page.
Species and seasons
The Queensland Government lists Australian bass, golden perch and silver perch as stocked at Jones Weir. Bass hold along the timber and the rock bars and take spinnerbaits and soft plastics; golden perch are the warm-weather fish on shrimp and lures; silver perch school in the open pool. There is no closed season on these fish in the weir pool, and the government’s Ben Anderson Barrage exemption from the barramundi closure extends to Jones Weir.
Where to fish it
North Burnett Regional Council owns and manages the boat ramp, facilities and recreation areas about 2 km upstream of the weir, which are the shore and launching access, and a kayak or a small boat covers the pool to the rock bars. Sunwater does not permit fishing on or near the weir and asks boats to keep at least 200 metres from the wall; below it, releases can come at any time.
Planning a visit
Jones Weir is at Mundubbera on the Burnett Highway in the North Burnett, where the town has supplies. The permit is quickest to buy online. Bass and yellowbelly gear covers the weir pool, and the river reaches around Mundubbera have their own page.
Reading this report here
The pool is sheltered and the wind row matters little; the level chart shows flows arriving down the Burnett after rain, which colour the water and move the fish. The water temperature estimate, labelled as one, is warm through summer and cool in winter; pressure and sky build the score at Jones Weir, and the planner shows the day.
Licence, access and rules
Jones Weir is a Stocked Impoundment Permit water: from age 18, A$13.60 a week or A$64.58 a year as read from the Queensland Government, with details on our Queensland licence page. The Queensland freshwater size and bag limits apply; the Mundubbera Anglers Fish Stocking Association and North Burnett Regional Council are listed as the weir’s managers, and Sunwater’s access rules are in the sources.
Common questions
What is stocked at Jones Weir?
Australian bass, golden perch and silver perch, as the Queensland Government lists them.
Do I need a permit at Jones Weir?
Yes. It is a stocked impoundment, so anglers aged 18 and over need a Stocked Impoundment Permit.
Why is the level a watercourse level?
The Bureau of Meteorology publishes the weir’s level as a watercourse series, and the page shows that series.
Is fishing good at Jones Weir 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 136004A — Jones Weir HW
- 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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