Australian bass
Fair
Dam fish school deep; vertical jig plastics and blades over them. Rivers slow, and closed in NSW from June.
Lake Maroon Fishing Report
Updated Fri, 25 Sept 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Burnett Creek dam near Boonah: a small Scenic Rim lake of bass, saratoga and golden perch with a quiet camp, a permit and a Bureau gauge.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Level
207.01 m43,847 ML
Air / High
26 °C / 26 °C
Wind
ENE 5 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 145021A, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Lake Maroon has cool water and fish holding a little deeper and slower. The gauge reads 207.01 m, holding steady. Today brings a mixed sky, wind ENE around 5 km/h, steady pressure near 1015 hPa and a high of 26 °C. Water sits around 16 °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.
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 26 °C with a rain chance. 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 Maroon today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (06:02), sunset (18:12), 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 145021A (Burnett Ck at Maroon Dam HW).
Storage level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 145021A. Latest reading 2026-09-24 08:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp26 °C
High / Low26 °C / 25 °C
WindENE 5 km/h, gusts 9 km/h
Pressure1015.2 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain56% cloud, 4%
Sunrise / Sunset06:02 / 18:12
MoonFull Moon, 99%
Water temp (seasonal)~16 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Lake Maroon
Today is the pick of the week on Lake Maroon, 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
- 06:02 to 18:12
- Moon
- Full Moon, 99% lit
- Sky and wind
- Partly cloudy, 11 km/h
- Rain chance
- 4%
Scores are a planning aid built from forecast data, not a promise.
Species guide
The species that matter on Lake Maroon: 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 June to August in NSW rivers
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. Dam fish school deep; vertical jig plastics and blades over them. Rivers slow, and closed in NSW from June.
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 Lake Maroon 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 16 °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. Australian bass 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. Australian bass led the card at fair. High of 26 °C, wind to 16 km/h.
Tue, Sep 22
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Australian bass led the card at fair. High of 26 °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
Maroon is a Stocked Impoundment Permit Scheme water; the permit is required 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.
About this water
Lake Maroon is a lake in Queensland, Australia, covered from the Queensland reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Lake Maroon: the full guide
The lake
Lake Maroon holds Burnett Creek in the Scenic Rim south of Boonah, a small impoundment under the ranges toward the New South Wales border with a camping ground, a ramp and timbered arms that run back into the hills, quieter and smaller than Moogerah half an hour away. It is bass and saratoga water stocked by the local group, and the Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at the dam supplies the level and the 30-day chart on this page.
Species and seasons
Australian bass are stocked and school in the deeper water off the wall in winter and spread along the timber and the edges in summer; saratoga fish the surface along the timber at dawn and dusk and are the lake’s signature; golden perch are stocked and fish the points from spring; silver perch and eel-tailed catfish are present; Mary River cod are stocked and protected; and red claw are a pot fishery. The stocking group publishes its releases.
Where to fish it
The camping ground and the ramp at the wall are the access, and the timbered arms upstream are the saratoga and summer bass water, a kayak fishery as much as a boat one; the deep water off the wall holds the winter schools. Bank fishing from the camp foreshore works at dusk, and the small lake is sheltered by its hills.
Reading the report
The water temperature estimate, labelled as one, moves the bass with the season and gives the saratoga their surface months from October; the chart shows the irrigation draw-down. The hills shelter the water and the wind matters less than on Moogerah; pressure counts before a summer storm and the planner picks the dawn.
Permits, access and rules
Maroon is a Stocked Impoundment Permit Scheme water; the permit is required 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 camping ground and the ramp are open; the Queensland rules and the protection of Mary River cod are in the sources.
Common questions
What is Lake Maroon known for?
Saratoga on the surface along the timber at dawn and dusk, with bass and golden perch; a small, quiet Scenic Rim lake with a camp.
Do I need a permit at Lake Maroon?
Yes, from age 18: the Stocked Impoundment Permit, A$13.60 a week or A$64.58 a year.
Is fishing good at Lake Maroon 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 145021A — Burnett Ck at Maroon Dam HW
- 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.