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 Moogerah Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
Lake Moogerah on Reynolds Creek near Boonah: stocked bass, golden perch, silver perch and Mary River cod, with fuel and electric boating, water skiing and two Seqwater fishing parks.
4/5
Good. Solid day ahead.Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
Level
154.90 m84,476 ML
Air / High
17 °C / 25 °C
Wind
S 6 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 143111A, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Lake Moogerah has the water in the comfortable band where most of its fish feed through the day. The gauge reads 154.90 m, easing 0.07 over the week. Today brings cloud cover, wind S 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 10:23 AM-12:23 PM and 10:45 PM-12:45 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: 10:23 AM-12:23 PM, 10:45 PM-12:45 AM, 3:56 AM-4:56 AM. Similar 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 Moogerah today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (04:52), sunset (18:14), 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 3:56 AM-4:56 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Moogerah Dam Level today, and the weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 143111A (Moogerah Dam HW).
Storage level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 143111A. Latest reading 2026-11-08 09:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp17 °C
High / Low25 °C / 12 °C
WindS 6 km/h, gusts 12 km/h
Pressure1019.4 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain92% cloud, 62%
Sunrise / Sunset04:52 / 18:14
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~21 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Lake Moogerah
Today is the pick of the week on Lake Moogerah, at 4 out of 5.
Best day this week: today, 9 Nov — good at 4/5, rising pressure behind a front, typically the slowest.
Today, 9 Nov — Good
Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
- Solunar majors
- 10:23 AM-12:23 PM and 10:45 PM-12:45 AM
- Minor period
- 3:56 AM-4:56 AM
- Sun
- 04:52 to 18:14
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 16 km/h
- Rain chance
- 62%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Lake Moogerah: 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 Moogerah 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 31 °C, wind to 21 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 31 °C, wind to 14 km/h.
Fri, Nov 6
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 27 °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
The Stocked Impoundment Permit applies at Moogerah to everyone 18 or over who line fishes; it costs A$13.60 for one week or A$64.58 for one year.
Permit
Lake Moogerah 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 Moogerah is a lake in Queensland, Australia, covered from the Queensland reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Lake Moogerah: the full guide
The lake
Moogerah Dam was completed in 1961 on Reynolds Creek near Boonah in the Scenic Rim. Seqwater says its water irrigates farms along Reynolds Creek and, through a series of diversions, supplies Warrill Creek and Warrill Valley farmers. It is a mass concrete double-curvature dam without gates, so water spills over the spillway once the lake is full, and it holds 83,765 megalitres. The Bureau of Meteorology’s station at the dam, 143111A, supplies the level and the 30-day chart on this page.
Species and seasons
The Queensland Government lists Australian bass, golden perch, Mary River cod and silver perch as stocked at Moogerah. This page’s species card follows bass and golden perch through the year. Bass form schools in deeper water in the cooler months and move to edges and timber as the water warms; golden perch are most active from spring to autumn. Seqwater has posted a notice about nesting catfish in the lake. Mary River cod are a threatened species, so read Queensland’s limits for them before taking one home.
Where to fish it
Seqwater lists fishing at Fred Haigh Park and AG Muller Park. In winter, look for bass schools on the sounder near the wall and off points and work blades or soft plastics through them; in summer, fish timber edges and weed at dawn and dusk. The lake is shared with water skiers, wakeboarders and jet skis operating from AG Muller Park, so quieter times and arms away from the ski traffic suit anglers.
Reading the report
The chart shows the irrigation draw-down, which can be substantial in a dry year, and the spill when the lake is full. The estimated water temperature row guides the switch between deep winter and shallow summer bass. Wind funnelling between the ranges can make the open water rough, so check the wind row.
Permits, access and rules
The Stocked Impoundment Permit applies at Moogerah to everyone 18 or over who line fishes; it costs A$13.60 for one week or A$64.58 for one year. Seqwater allows both fuel-powered and electric boating, sailing and kayaking, with swimming at the designated area at AG Muller Park and dogs on leash in set areas.
Common questions
What can I catch at Lake Moogerah?
Stocked Australian bass, golden perch, silver perch and Mary River cod, according to the Queensland Government; catfish are also present.
Where can I fish at Lake Moogerah?
Seqwater lists fishing at Fred Haigh Park and AG Muller Park, and boats can be used on the lake.
Is fishing good at Lake Moogerah 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 143111A — Moogerah 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.