Barramundi
Excellent
Dawn, dusk and the run-off drains and creek mouths on the falling tide; hardbodies and soft vibes cast tight to snags and rock bars.
Lake Lenthall Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
Lake Lenthall in the Wongi Forestry between Maryborough and Hervey Bay: stocked barramundi, bass and golden perch, exempt from the barramundi closure, reached by a rough dirt road.
3/5
Fair. Fish early or late.Heat pins the bite to the dawn and dusk windows.
Water temp
~29 °C est.
Air / High
20 °C / 26 °C
Wind
NE 9 km/h
Sources: Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Lake Lenthall is in full summer mode: early starts, shade at midday, and the evening change. Today brings a mixed sky, wind NE around 8 km/h, rising pressure near 1018 hPa and a high of 26 °C. Water sits around 29 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 10:23 AM-12:23 PM and 10:45 PM-12:45 AM: plan around them and beat the heat.
Tie on: Soft plastic, 3 to 5 inch paddle tail · Pilchard on ganged hooks · Metal slug, 20 to 40 g · Surface walker at first light. Prime windows: 10:23 AM-12:23 PM, 10:45 PM-12:45 AM, 4:01 AM-5:01 AM. Similar at 28 °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 barramundi here? Check the size and bag limits with Queensland DPI before you keep anything; the Barramundi page has the seasons and the tactics.
Fishing times for Lake Lenthall today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (04:57), sunset (18:10), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 10:23 AM-12:23 PM and 10:45 PM-12:45 AM; minor 4:01 AM-5:01 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Bureau of Meteorology station 137303A (Lenthalls Dam HW) has sent no reading in the last 30 days, so conditions here are modelled from weather, season and the nearest stations.
No recent gauge reading
Readings come back here when station 137303A reports again. Until then the seasonal curve below is the estimate.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp20 °C
High / Low26 °C / 18 °C
WindNE 9 km/h, gusts 18 km/h
Pressure1017.8 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain35% cloud, 67%
Sunrise / Sunset04:57 / 18:10
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~29 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Lake Lenthall
Today is the pick of the week on Lake Lenthall, at 3 out of 5.
Best day this week: today, 9 Nov — fair at 3/5, rising pressure behind a front, typically the slowest.
Today, 9 Nov — Fair
Heat pins the bite to the dawn and dusk windows.
- Solunar majors
- 10:23 AM-12:23 PM and 10:45 PM-12:45 AM
- Minor period
- 4:01 AM-5:01 AM
- Sun
- 04:57 to 18:10
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 18 km/h
- Rain chance
- 67%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Lake Lenthall: seasons written for the southern year, and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.
Barramundi
Run-off (March to May) and build-up (October to November) in the north; check the closed season on the Queensland east coast
Open all year Lenthalls Dam is a stocked dam exempt from the closed season Rule as read from Queensland Department of Primary Industries on 2026-09-23.
The north's fish. Tidal rivers, run-off creeks, rock bars and the stocked impoundments. Warm water, moving water and a barometer on the way down. Dawn, dusk and the run-off drains and creek mouths on the falling tide; hardbodies and soft vibes cast tight to snags and rock bars.
When to come: the Lake Lenthall 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 29 °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
3/5 Fair. Fish early or late. Heat pins the bite to the dawn and dusk windows. Barramundi led the card at excellent. High of 34 °C, wind to 19 km/h.
Sat, Nov 7
3/5 Fair. Fish early or late. Heat pins the bite to the dawn and dusk windows. Barramundi led the card at excellent. High of 30 °C, wind to 14 km/h.
Fri, Nov 6
3/5 Fair. Fish early or late. Heat pins the bite to the dawn and dusk windows. Barramundi led the card at excellent. High of 29 °C, wind to 16 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 Lenthall is in the Stocked Impoundment Permit Scheme, so anglers 18 and over need the permit: A$13.60 a week or A$64.58 a year.
Permit
Lake Lenthall 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 Lenthall is a lake in Queensland, Australia, covered from the Queensland reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Lake Lenthall: the full guide
The lake
Lake Lenthall, which Fraser Coast Regional Council says is commonly called Lenthalls Dam, is a water catchment and raw water storage in the Wongi Forestry, off the Bruce Highway between Maryborough and Torbanlea. The council warns that access is by a rough, unmaintained dirt road controlled by the state’s Forest Products business, that GPS directions can be unreliable and that a four-wheel drive is recommended. The Bureau of Meteorology’s headwater station, 137303A, publishes a watercourse level rather than a storage level for the dam, and this page shows it with the storage volume.
Species and seasons
The council says the Fraser Coast Fish Stocking Association stocks the lake every year and has released almost 450,000 fingerlings since 1984: barramundi, Australian bass, golden perch and silver perch, the same four species on the state’s stocked impoundment list. Lenthalls is exempt from the east coast barramundi closure, so the species card shows barramundi open all year. Bass and golden perch give options when the water cools and barramundi slow down.
Where to fish it
The lake has a boat ramp, and the council welcomes boating, fishing and kayaking. Drowned timber and weed edges hold barramundi in the warm months; bass school on deeper points and suspend near timber when the water cools, and a sounder helps find them. Small soft plastics, blades and spinnerbaits cover both natives. Before driving in, call the Ranger’s Office to check the site is open, because it closes when the dam gates are releasing.
Reading the report
The level shown here is a watercourse reading at the headwater gauge, useful for trends rather than as a storage percentage. Summer rain can push the lake above full and trigger gate releases. The estimated water temperature row suggests when barramundi or bass are the better target.
Permits, access and rules
Lake Lenthall is in the Stocked Impoundment Permit Scheme, so anglers 18 and over need the permit: A$13.60 a week or A$64.58 a year. The council sets a 6 knot limit on the whole lake and allows only low-emission outboards, meaning four-strokes or direct-injected two-strokes, or electric motors. The site opens 6 am to 8 pm; camping needs a booking, is limited to two nights, and there is no drinking water.
Common questions
Is barramundi open all year at Lenthalls Dam?
Yes. The Queensland Government exempts Lenthalls from the 1 November to 31 January barramundi closure.
What boats are allowed on Lake Lenthall?
Low-emission outboards (four-stroke or direct-injected two-stroke) or electric motors, at no more than 6 knots, under Fraser Coast Regional Council’s rules.
Is fishing good at Lake Lenthall 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 early or late. Heat pins the bite to the dawn and dusk windows.
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
- Pages checked
- frasercoast.qld.gov.au/Community/Sports-and-Recreation/Lake-lenthall
- frasercoast.qld.gov.au/Community/Sports-and-Recreation/Lake-lenthall/B
- frasercoast.qld.gov.au/Community/Sports-and-Recreation/Lake-lenthall/C
- qld.gov.au/recreation/activities/boating-fishing/rec-fishing/dams/stoc
- dpi.qld.gov.au/business-priorities/fisheries/closures/fresh/seasons
- bom.gov.au/waterdata
- The written guide on this page
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