Golden perch
Excellent
Prime. Hop soft plastics and vibes around the timber, or fish shrimp and worms on the bottom.
Severn River at Ballandean Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Severn at Ballandean in the Granite Belt: Murray cod and golden perch in the granite pools of Queensland’s high country, with a Bureau gauge.
2/5
Slow. Work for them.Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
Level
0.57 m
Air / High
15 °C / 22 °C
Wind
ESE 2 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 416318A, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Severn River at Ballandean sits in the warm band: moving baits, moving tides and fish on the edges. The gauge reads 0.57 m, easing 0.17 over the week. Today brings clear skies, wind ESE around 2 km/h, rising pressure near 1018 hPa and a high of 22 °C. Water sits around 19 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 10:26 AM-12:26 PM and 10:48 PM-12:48 AM: the windows to build the day around.
Murray cod
Slow
Prime. Cast big spinnerbaits, hardbodies and swimbaits tight to timber and rock, and work the same snag several times.
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: 10:26 AM-12:26 PM, 10:48 PM-12:48 AM, 3:58 AM-4:58 AM. Warmer at 25 °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 murray cod here? Check the size and bag limits with Queensland DPI before you keep anything; the Murray cod page has the seasons and the tactics.
Fishing times for Severn River at Ballandean today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (04:54), sunset (18:19), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 10:26 AM-12:26 PM and 10:48 PM-12:48 AM; minor 3:58 AM-4:58 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 416318A (Severn_R Ballandean).
River level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 416318A. Latest reading 2026-11-08 18:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp15 °C
High / Low22 °C / 8 °C
WindESE 2 km/h, gusts 6 km/h
Pressure1017.6 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain0% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset04:54 / 18:19
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~19 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Severn River at Ballandean
The best day on Severn River at Ballandean this week looks like Friday 13 Nov, at 5 out of 5, against 2 today.
Best day this week: Friday, 13 Nov — excellent at 5/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.
Today, 9 Nov — Tough
Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
- Solunar majors
- 10:26 AM-12:26 PM and 10:48 PM-12:48 AM
- Minor period
- 3:58 AM-4:58 AM
- Sun
- 04:54 to 18:19
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Clear, 16 km/h
- Rain chance
- 0%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Severn River at Ballandean: seasons written for the southern year, and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.
Murray cod
Closed 1 September to 30 November in NSW, Victoria and the ACT, and 1 August to 31 October in Queensland; check the exempt lakes
Open now Closes 1 Aug 2027. Closed 1 August to 31 October in Queensland’s Murray-Darling fresh waters, except Connolly, Cooby, Coolmunda, Glenlyon, Leslie and Storm King dams. Rule as read from Queensland Department of Primary Industries on 2026-09-23.
The giant of the inland rivers and the big lakes (Hume, Mulwala, Eildon). A snag fish that eats big lures, and a species with a closed season across the Murray-Darling. Prime. Cast big spinnerbaits, hardbodies and swimbaits tight to timber and rock, and work the same snag several times.
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 Severn River at Ballandean 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 19 °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. Golden perch led the card at excellent. High of 24 °C, wind to 18 km/h.
Sat, Nov 7
5/5 Excellent. Go now. Everything lines up: pressure, wind and light are in your favor. Golden perch led the card at excellent. High of 26 °C, wind to 18 km/h.
Fri, Nov 6
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Golden perch led the card at excellent. High of 25 °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
No general fishing licence exists in Queensland and the Severn is not a stocked impoundment; the cod closure and the limits are on the pages linked below..
About this water
Severn River at Ballandean is a river in Queensland, Australia, covered from the Queensland reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Severn River at Ballandean: the full guide
The Severn at Ballandean
Ballandean is the Granite Belt village south of Stanthorpe on the Severn River, where the river runs through granite boulders and pools among vineyards and orchards toward the border. The Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at Ballandean, station 416318A, supplies the river level and the 30-day chart on this page.
Species and seasons
Murray cod are the fish of the Severn’s granite pools, taken on lures and bait, with golden perch in the warmer months. As Murray-Darling water, the Severn falls under Queensland’s cod closure from 1 August to 31 October, which the species card computes.
Where to fish it
The crossings and reserves around Ballandean and down toward the border give access to the pools, and the river is walked between them over the granite. Cod in clear granite water spook easily, so fish the shaded edges and the boulder gaps at first and last light.
Planning a visit
Stanthorpe, to the north, has supplies and accommodation. The Granite Belt is cold in winter, so bring warm clothes, and good boots for the rock.
The river through the year
The Severn rises in the Granite Belt and runs south and west past Ballandean toward the Dumaresq and the border rivers, part of the Murray-Darling. At Ballandean it is granite-country water: clear pools among boulders, joined by runs that shrink in a dry year, and it rises quickly after heavy rain on the tableland. The water is cool for much of the year, which shortens the season for cod, most active from late spring through summer and autumn; the closure keeps them off limits from late winter into spring. The winters are frosty and the fish slow right down, and summer evenings are the best time on the pools.
Reading this report here
The chart shows the Severn rising after storms on the Granite Belt. The water temperature estimate, labelled as one, is cooler here than on the plains; pressure and sky build the score at Ballandean.
Licence, access and rules
No general fishing licence exists in Queensland and the Severn is not a stocked impoundment; the cod closure and the limits are on the pages linked below.
Common questions
When is Murray cod closed on the Severn?
The Severn follows Queensland’s Murray-Darling closure, 1 August to 31 October.
What can I catch at Ballandean?
Murray cod, with golden perch in the warmer months.
Do I need a licence at Ballandean?
No: Queensland has no general recreational fishing licence, and the Severn needs no permit.
Is fishing good at Severn River at Ballandean 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
- Storage and river readings
- Bureau of Meteorology, Water Data Online, station 416318A — Severn_R Ballandean
- 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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