Australian bass
Excellent
Prime. Cast spinnerbaits, small hardbodies and surface lures tight to structure in the rivers; sound up the schools in the dams.
Logan River at Beaudesert Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The upper Logan at Beaudesert: Australian bass in the fresh river of the Scenic Rim, well above the tide.
2/5
Slow. Work for them.Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
Water temp
~21 °C est.
Air / High
17 °C / 26 °C
Wind
E 6 km/h
Sources: Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Logan River at Beaudesert is fishing in its best temperature window, with the bite spread across the day. Today brings clear skies, wind E around 6 km/h, rising pressure near 1019 hPa and a high of 26 °C. Water sits around 21 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 10:21 AM-12:21 PM and 10:43 PM-12:43 AM: the windows to build the day around.
Bream
Good
Prime bream weather. Cast small vibes, crankbaits and 2 to 3 inch plastics at every piece of structure on the rising tide.
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: 10:21 AM-12:21 PM, 10:43 PM-12:43 AM, 3:54 AM-4:54 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 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 Logan River at Beaudesert today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (04:51), sunset (18:12), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 10:21 AM-12:21 PM and 10:43 PM-12:43 AM; minor 3:54 AM-4:54 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Bureau of Meteorology station 145001A (Logan_R Beaudesert) 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 145001A reports again. Until then the seasonal curve below is the estimate.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp17 °C
High / Low26 °C / 12 °C
WindE 6 km/h, gusts 20 km/h
Pressure1018.5 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain12% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset04:51 / 18:12
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~21 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Logan River at Beaudesert
The best day on Logan River at Beaudesert this week looks like Tuesday 10 Nov, at 4 out of 5, against 2 today.
Best day this week: Tuesday, 10 Nov — good at 4/5, rising pressure behind a front, typically the slowest.
Today, 9 Nov — Tough
Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
- Solunar majors
- 10:21 AM-12:21 PM and 10:43 PM-12:43 AM
- Minor period
- 3:54 AM-4:54 AM
- Sun
- 04:51 to 18:12
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Overcast, 23 km/h
- Rain chance
- 0%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Logan River at Beaudesert: 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.
Bream
Year-round; summer and autumn in the estuaries, winter at the mouths
Yellowfin bream on the east coast, black bream in the southern estuaries. Structure fish: rock walls, jetty piles, oyster racks, snags and pontoons. Prime bream weather. Cast small vibes, crankbaits and 2 to 3 inch plastics at every piece of structure on the rising tide.
When to come: the Logan River at Beaudesert 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
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Australian bass led the card at excellent. High of 29 °C, wind to 27 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 30 °C, wind to 21 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 26 °C, wind to 21 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, and this reach is not a stocked impoundment, so no permit is needed.
About this water
Logan River at Beaudesert is a river in Queensland, Australia, covered from the Queensland reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Logan River at Beaudesert: the full guide
The reach
At Beaudesert the Logan is a freshwater river that has left the Scenic Rim ranges and runs through the town over sand, gravel and rock, with long pools under river gums between the riffles. It is bass water, a different fishery from the tidal Logan closer to the bay, which has its own page. Bureau of Meteorology station 145001A, Logan_R Beaudesert, appears in Water Data Online, but its level record stops in 1957, so this page shows no live level for the town reach.
Species and seasons
Australian bass are the fish, from spring through autumn, on surface lures at dusk and on small plastics and spinnerbaits in the day. Outside stocked impoundments Queensland allows two bass, with a 30 cm minimum. The bass closed season from 1 June to 31 August applies in all Queensland tidal waters, which means the tidal Logan downstream, not this fresh reach; many anglers release winter bass anyway. Bream, the other fish on this page’s species card, belong to the tidal river below.
Where to fish it
Town parks and road bridges give bank access at Beaudesert, and road crossings upstream toward Rathdowney reach the rockier water under the ranges; beyond those points the banks are mostly private farmland. Fish the head and tail of each pool, cast tight to fallen timber and undercut banks, and give the shallows a surface lure in the last half hour of light. A kayak dragged between pools covers water no bank angler reaches.
Reading the report
Without a live gauge, read the rain row: summer storms on the ranges can lift and colour this river quickly, and a small fresh often moves bass up to the riffles once the water starts to clear. The water temperature shown is an estimate, labelled as one; bass are most active when it is warm, roughly from October to April, and pressure falling ahead of a storm is worth watching.
Rules and access
Queensland has no general fishing licence, and this reach is not a stocked impoundment, so no permit is needed. Fishing is banned all year from 100 metres upstream to 200 metres downstream of Cedar Grove Weir and of South Maclean Weir on the Logan, both listed among Queensland’s closed fresh waters; the limits and closures are linked below.
Downstream to the tidal river
Below Beaudesert the Logan winds north through farmland, is joined by the Albert near its lower end, and becomes tidal before it reaches the bay; the bass of the fresh water give way to estuary fish there. Cedar Grove and South Maclean weirs stand along the way, and their closed zones apply above and below each wall, so check where you stand before casting near any weir on this river.
Common questions
Is there a live river level for the Logan at Beaudesert?
No. Station 145001A at Beaudesert has no level data in Water Data Online after 1957, so the page shows none.
Is bass closed in the Logan at Beaudesert?
The 1 June to 31 August bass closure covers Queensland’s tidal waters, so it applies to the tidal Logan downstream but not to this fresh reach, where the limit is two bass over 30 cm.
Can I fish near the weirs on the Logan?
Not close to them: Queensland bans fishing from 100 metres above to 200 metres below Cedar Grove Weir and South Maclean Weir.
Is fishing good at Logan River at Beaudesert right now?
Check the daily report at the top of this page: it is regenerated every morning from live data. Today's read: Slow. Work for them. Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
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
- The written guide on this page
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