Mount Morgan No. 7 Dam Fishing Report
Updated Sat, 26 Sept 2026 from live weather and tide data
The old town dam at Mount Morgan above Rockhampton: a new stocked impoundment for golden perch, saratoga and sleepy cod, with a Bureau gauge.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Level
248.10 m2,723 ML
Air / High
16 °C / 23 °C
Wind
ESE 16 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 132, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Mount Morgan No. 7 Dam rewards patience today, with cool water and short feeding windows. The gauge reads 248.10 m. Today brings clear skies, wind ESE around 16 km/h, steady pressure near 1027 hPa and a high of 23 °C. Water sits around 13 °C for the season (estimated). With the full moon, the solunar majors run 11:16 PM-1:16 AM and 11:16 AM-1:16 PM: 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: 11:16 PM-1:16 AM, 11:16 AM-1:16 PM, 5:46 AM-6:46 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 golden perch here? Check the size and bag limits with Queensland DPI before you keep anything; the Golden perch page has the seasons and the tactics.
Fishing times for Mount Morgan No. 7 Dam today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:44), sunset (17:55), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:16 PM-1:16 AM and 11:16 AM-1:16 PM; minor 5:46 AM-6:46 AM. Full Moon, 100% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 132 (No 7 Dam).
Storage level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 132. Latest reading 2026-09-23 12:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp16 °C
High / Low23 °C / 14 °C
WindESE 16 km/h, gusts 31 km/h
Pressure1026.5 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain2% cloud, 100%
Sunrise / Sunset05:44 / 17:55
MoonFull Moon, 100%
Water temp (seasonal)~13 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Mount Morgan No. 7 Dam
Today is the pick of the week on Mount Morgan No. 7 Dam, 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, 26 Sept — fair at 3/5, steady pressure, neither help nor hindrance.
Today, 26 Sept — Fair
A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
- Solunar majors
- 11:16 PM-1:16 AM and 11:16 AM-1:16 PM
- Minor period
- 5:46 AM-6:46 AM
- Sun
- 05:44 to 17:55
- Moon
- Full Moon, 100% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 18 km/h
- Rain chance
- 100%
Scores are a planning aid built from forecast data, not a promise.
Species guide
The species that matter on Mount Morgan No. 7 Dam: seasons written for the southern year, and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.
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 Mount Morgan No. 7 Dam 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 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 dataFri, Sep 25
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Golden perch led the card at fair. High of 25 °C, wind to 23 km/h.
Thu, 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 25 °C, wind to 21 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 25 °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
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About this water
Mount Morgan No. 7 Dam is a lake in Queensland, Australia, covered from the Queensland reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Mount Morgan No. 7 Dam: the full guide
Mount Morgan No. 7 Dam
Mount Morgan No. 7 Dam is the small storage on the Dee River side of Mount Morgan, the historic gold-mining town in the ranges south-west of Rockhampton, a quiet bush dam that the Queensland Government has added to its stocked impoundment list as one of three new waters. The Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at the dam supplies the level and the 30-day chart on this page. Rockhampton has its own page.
Species and seasons
The Queensland Government lists golden perch, southern saratoga, sleepy cod and eel-tailed catfish as the stocked species at Mount Morgan No. 7. Golden perch are the fish most anglers will catch, on shrimp, worms and small lures along the edges; saratoga cruise the surface in summer and take surface lures and flies; sleepy cod and catfish are the night and bottom fish. There is no closed season on these species in the dam, and the species card is scored for golden perch.
Where to fish it
The banks around Mount Morgan No. 7 are the shore access, casting to the edges and the drowned timber, and a kayak covers the small lake in a morning. Summer dawns and dusks are the saratoga sessions on the surface; golden perch feed through the warm months.
Planning a visit
Mount Morgan is on the Burnett Highway south-west of Rockhampton, a historic mining town with a museum, a caravan park and supplies. The permit can be bought online. Light gear for golden perch, surface lures for saratoga and a torch for sleepy cod after dark cover the stocked species.
Reading this report here
A small dam in the ranges warms fast in summer, and the water temperature estimate, labelled as one, is warm for much of the year; the chart shows a storage that fills with the wet-season rain. The wind row matters little on sheltered water; pressure and sky build the score at Mount Morgan No. 7 Dam, and the planner shows the day.
Licence, access and rules
Mount Morgan No. 7 Dam 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, with the details on our Queensland licence page. The council and the water authority set access at the dam, and the Queensland size and bag limits apply; the rules are in the sources.
Common questions
Is Mount Morgan No. 7 Dam open to fishing?
Yes. The Queensland Government lists it among three new stocked impoundments, so a Stocked Impoundment Permit is required from age 18.
What is stocked at Mount Morgan No. 7 Dam?
Golden perch, southern saratoga, sleepy cod and eel-tailed catfish.
Is there a closed season at the dam?
No closed season applies to the listed species here; the Queensland size and bag limits do.
Is fishing good at Mount Morgan No. 7 Dam 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 132 — No 7 Dam
- 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.