Lemon Tree Weir Fishing Report
Updated Fri, 25 Sept 2026 from live weather and tide data
A Condamine weir pool on the Darling Downs: golden perch, Murray cod and silver perch, a Stocked Impoundment Permit water with a Bureau gauge.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Level
369.17 m169 ML
Air / High
16 °C / 26 °C
Wind
ENE 11 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 422349A, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Lemon Tree Weir rewards patience today, with cool water and short feeding windows. The gauge reads 369.17 m, easing 0.11 over the week. Today brings clear skies, wind ENE around 11 km/h, steady pressure near 1030 hPa and a high of 26 °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.
Murray cod
Slow
Slow it down: heavier spinnerbaits, slow-rolled swimbaits and bait on the bottom next to the deep snags.
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 25 °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 Lemon Tree Weir today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:41), sunset (17:52), 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 422349A (Lemon Tree Weir).
Storage level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 422349A. Latest reading 2026-09-24 11:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp16 °C
High / Low26 °C / 12 °C
WindENE 11 km/h, gusts 26 km/h
Pressure1030.4 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain1% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset05:41 / 17:52
MoonFull Moon, 99%
Water temp (seasonal)~13 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Lemon Tree Weir
Today is the pick of the week on Lemon Tree Weir, 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
- 05:41 to 17:52
- Moon
- Full Moon, 99% lit
- Sky and wind
- Partly cloudy, 18 km/h
- Rain chance
- 0%
Scores are a planning aid built from forecast data, not a promise.
Species guide
The species that matter on Lemon Tree Weir: seasons written for the southern year, and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.
Murray cod
December to August; closed September to November
Closed now Reopens 1 Nov 2026. 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. Slow it down: heavier spinnerbaits, slow-rolled swimbaits and bait on the bottom next to the deep snags.
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 Lemon Tree 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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Golden perch
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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 27 °C, wind to 18 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 27 °C, wind to 19 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 31 °C, wind to 26 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
Lemon Tree 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; our Queensland licence page has the details.
About this water
Lemon Tree Weir is a lake in Queensland, Australia, covered from the Queensland reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Lemon Tree Weir: the full guide
Lemon Tree Weir
Lemon Tree Weir holds a pool on the Condamine River on the western Darling Downs, upstream of Cecil Plains in the cotton and grain country west of Pittsworth, a narrow, timbered river pool below the black-soil paddocks. It is one of the Murray-Darling weirs on the Queensland Government’s stocked impoundment list, and the Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at the weir supplies the level and the 30-day chart on this page. Cecil Plains Weir, downstream, has its own page.
Species and seasons
The Queensland Government lists golden perch, Murray cod and silver perch as stocked at Lemon Tree Weir. Golden perch are the fish of the warm months on shrimp, worms and lures along the timber; Murray cod hold in the snags and the deeper holes; silver perch school in the open pool. The Murray cod closed season, 1 August to 31 October in Queensland’s Murray-Darling waters, applies at the weir; the species card computes it.
Where to fish it
The bank access near the weir is where most anglers fish Lemon Tree, casting to the fallen timber and the undercut banks, and a kayak covers the pool upstream where the cod sit in the log jams. The river below the weir fishes after flows come down the Condamine.
Planning a visit
Lemon Tree Weir is in the farming country of the western Darling Downs, reached from Pittsworth or Cecil Plains on the country roads, and the Downs towns have supplies. Buy the permit before you go. Cod lures, shrimp and worms and a kayak suit the narrow pool; winter mornings are cold on the Downs.
Reading this report here
Lemon Tree is a sheltered river pool and the wind row matters little; the chart shows the weir level and the flows that arrive after storms on the Downs. The water temperature estimate, labelled as one, is warm in summer and cold in the Downs winter, when the cod are the fish; pressure and sky build the score at Lemon Tree Weir.
Licence, access and rules
Lemon Tree 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; our Queensland licence page has the details. The Murray cod closed season and the Queensland size and bag limits apply; access is from public reserves near the weir, and the rules are in the sources.
Common questions
Is Murray cod fishing closed at Lemon Tree Weir?
From 1 August to 31 October, under Queensland’s Murray-Darling closed season; the weir is not an exempt dam.
What is stocked at Lemon Tree Weir?
Golden perch, Murray cod and silver perch.
Do I need a permit at Lemon Tree Weir?
Yes. A Stocked Impoundment Permit is required from age 18.
Is fishing good at Lemon Tree 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 422349A — Lemon Tree Weir
- Open-Meteo forecast model
- https://open-meteo.com/
- Moon and solunar windows
- Calculated on this site
- 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.