Australian bass
Excellent
Prime. Cast spinnerbaits, small hardbodies and surface lures tight to structure in the rivers; sound up the schools in the dams.
Lake Kurwongbah Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
Sideling Creek Dam near Petrie: bass, golden perch, Mary River cod and saratoga in Moreton Bay’s suburban lake, paddle craft and shore fishing, a permit water with a Bureau gauge.
4/5
Good. Solid day ahead.Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
Level
20.39 m14,273 ML
Air / High
18 °C / 23 °C
Wind
NNE 5 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 142108A, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Lake Kurwongbah is fishing in its best temperature window, with the bite spread across the day. The gauge reads 20.39 m, holding steady. Today brings a mixed sky, wind NNE around 5 km/h, rising pressure near 1018 hPa and a high of 23 °C. Water sits around 21 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 10:22 AM-12:22 PM and 10:43 PM-12:43 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: 10:22 AM-12:22 PM, 10:43 PM-12:43 AM, 3:56 AM-4:56 AM. Warmer at 27 °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 Lake Kurwongbah today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (04:52), sunset (18:12), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 10:22 AM-12:22 PM and 10:43 PM-12:43 AM; minor 3:56 AM-4:56 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 142108A (Sideling Ck at Lake Kurwongbah Dam HW).
Storage level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 142108A. Latest reading 2026-11-08 09:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp18 °C
High / Low23 °C / 14 °C
WindNNE 5 km/h, gusts 12 km/h
Pressure1018.3 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain51% cloud, 4%
Sunrise / Sunset04:52 / 18:12
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~21 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Lake Kurwongbah
The best day on Lake Kurwongbah 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
- 10:22 AM-12:22 PM and 10:43 PM-12:43 AM
- Minor period
- 3:56 AM-4:56 AM
- Sun
- 04:52 to 18:12
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 18 km/h
- Rain chance
- 4%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Lake Kurwongbah: 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 Lake Kurwongbah 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 27 °C, wind to 19 km/h.
Sat, Nov 7
5/5 Excellent. Go now. Everything lines up: pressure, wind and light are in your favor. Australian bass led the card at excellent. High of 29 °C, wind to 13 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 25 °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
Lake Kurwongbah 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; our Queensland licence page has the details.
Permit
Lake Kurwongbah 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
Lake Kurwongbah is a lake in Queensland, Australia, covered from the Queensland reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Lake Kurwongbah: the full guide
Lake Kurwongbah
Lake Kurwongbah is the storage behind Sideling Creek Dam near Petrie in the City of Moreton Bay north of Brisbane, next to the suburbs of Lawnton, Kallangur, Petrie and Warner, a timbered lake with parkland along its shore. Seqwater completed the dam in 1957 and upgraded it in 1969, lists a full supply of 14,192 megalitres, and keeps it as a drought response dam for the SEQ Water Grid. It is on the Queensland Government’s stocked impoundment list as Sideling Creek Dam, and the Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at the dam supplies the level and the 30-day chart on this page. North Pine Dam, nearby, has its own page.
Species and seasons
The Queensland Government lists Australian bass, golden perch, Mary River cod and saratoga as stocked at Sideling Creek Dam. Bass are the fish most anglers target, on lures along the timber and the weed edges; golden perch hold deeper and take shrimp and lures; saratoga come to the surface in summer; Mary River cod are rare. There is no closed season on these fish in the lake, and the species card is scored for bass and golden perch.
Where to fish it
Seqwater lists fishing from a string of parks around the shore: Kurwongbah Park, Mick Hanfling Park, Tukuwompa Park, McGavin View, Bullocky Rest, Forgan Park and Forgan Cove, casting to the points and the timber edges. Kayaks, canoes and stand-up paddle boards cover the arms and the drowned trees where the bass hold, and the lake also has a rowing club. The upper arms fish after summer storms bring water down Sideling Creek.
Planning a visit
Lake Kurwongbah is in the northern suburbs of Moreton Bay, about 25 km north of Brisbane, with shops and tackle close by. The permit can be bought online in a few minutes. Bass lures and a kayak suit the lake, and North Pine Dam nearby is another stocked impoundment on the same permit.
Reading this report here
The lake is sheltered by its timbered shores and the wind row matters mostly on the main basin; the chart shows the storage level. The water temperature estimate, labelled as one, is warm for most of the year, and summer fishing is at dawn and dusk; pressure and sky build the score at Lake Kurwongbah, and the planner shows the day.
Licence, access and rules
Lake Kurwongbah 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; our Queensland licence page has the details. Seqwater sets the access and the craft allowed on the lake in its recreation guide, the Pine Rivers Fish Management Association and the City of Moreton Bay are listed as its managers, and the Queensland size and bag limits apply.
Common questions
Is Lake Kurwongbah the same as Sideling Creek Dam?
Yes. The Queensland Government lists the water as Sideling Creek Dam (Lake Kurwongbah).
What fish are in Lake Kurwongbah?
Australian bass, golden perch, Mary River cod and saratoga are listed as stocked.
Do I need a permit at Lake Kurwongbah?
Yes. Anglers aged 18 and over need a Stocked Impoundment Permit to fish Lake Kurwongbah.
Is fishing good at Lake Kurwongbah 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 142108A — Sideling Ck at Lake Kurwongbah Dam 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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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.