Golden perch
Excellent
Prime. Hop soft plastics and vibes around the timber, or fish shrimp and worms on the bottom.
Talgai Weir Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
A Condamine weir at Old Talgai north-west of Warwick: golden perch, Murray cod and silver perch in a stocked pool, with a Bureau gauge.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Level
412.34 m721 ML
Air / High
18 °C / 25 °C
Wind
ENE 3 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 422340A, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Talgai Weir has the water in the comfortable band where most of its fish feed through the day. The gauge reads 412.34 m, easing 0.19 over the week. Today brings a mixed sky, wind ENE around 3 km/h, rising pressure near 1017 hPa and a high of 25 °C. Water sits around 19 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 10:27 AM-12:27 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: 10:27 AM-12:27 PM, 10:48 PM-12:48 AM, 3:59 AM-4:59 AM. Similar at 27 °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 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 Talgai Weir today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (04:55), sunset (18:18), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 10:27 AM-12:27 PM and 10:48 PM-12:48 AM; minor 3:59 AM-4:59 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 422340A (Talgai Weir HW).
Storage level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 422340A. Latest reading 2026-11-08 11:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp18 °C
High / Low25 °C / 10 °C
WindENE 3 km/h, gusts 7 km/h
Pressure1016.7 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain31% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset04:55 / 18:18
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~19 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Talgai Weir
The best day on Talgai Weir this week looks like Friday 13 Nov, at 5 out of 5, against 3 today.
Best day this week: Friday, 13 Nov — excellent at 5/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.
Today, 9 Nov — Fair
A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
- Solunar majors
- 10:27 AM-12:27 PM and 10:48 PM-12:48 AM
- Minor period
- 3:59 AM-4:59 AM
- Sun
- 04:55 to 18:18
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Partly cloudy, 16 km/h
- Rain chance
- 0%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Talgai Weir: 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 Talgai Weir 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
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 27 °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. Golden perch led the card at excellent. High of 29 °C, wind to 14 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 27 °C, wind to 19 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
Talgai Weir 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; our Queensland licence page has the details.
Permit
Talgai Weir 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
Talgai Weir is a lake in Queensland, Australia, covered from the Queensland reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Talgai Weir: the full guide
Talgai Weir
Talgai Weir holds a pool on the Condamine River off the Ryeford–Pratten Road at Old Talgai, about 35 km north-west of Warwick on the southern Darling Downs. Sunwater lists it as built in 1981, one of the weirs that support the Upper Condamine scheme, which supplies irrigation and the towns of Warwick and Cecil Plains. The Queensland Government stocks it and lists it for the permit scheme, and the Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at the weir supplies the level and the 30-day chart on this page. Lemon Tree and Cecil Plains weirs, further down the Condamine, have their own pages.
Species and seasons
The Queensland Government lists golden perch, Murray cod and silver perch as stocked at Talgai. Golden perch are the everyday fish on shrimp, worms and small lures; Murray cod sit in the deeper water and the snags; silver perch school in the pool. Talgai is Murray-Darling water and Queensland’s Murray cod closed season, 1 August to 31 October, applies; the species card computes it with the rule linked.
Where to fish it
Talgai is a small, quiet water, and a kayak covers the pool upstream in a morning. Fish from public land only and stay well clear of the weir wall; the Nobby and District Fishing Club and Southern Downs Regional Council, which the government lists as the weir’s managers, are the people to ask about current bank access. The dawn session in summer is the one for yellowbelly, and cod respond to slow-rolled spinnerbaits along the timber in the cooler months.
Planning a visit
Talgai Weir is a short drive from Warwick, which has supplies and accommodation, or from Toowoomba to the north. Buy the permit ahead of time. Bring yellowbelly bait, a cod lure or two and warm clothes for a Downs winter morning; in summer, fish early.
Reading this report here
Small and sheltered, Talgai responds to the weather quickly: the chart shows the level after storms on the Downs, and the water temperature estimate, labelled as one, swings from warm in summer to cold in winter. Pressure and sky build the score at Talgai Weir, and the planner shows the day.
Licence, access and rules
Talgai Weir 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; our Queensland licence page has the details. The Murray cod closed season and the Queensland size and bag limits apply; the government’s weir page and the Sunwater scheme page are in the sources.
Common questions
Where is Talgai Weir?
On the Condamine River at Old Talgai, about 35 km north-west of Warwick on the southern Darling Downs.
Can I keep Murray cod at Talgai Weir?
Outside the Queensland Murray-Darling closed season, 1 August to 31 October, and within the limits.
Do I need a permit at Talgai Weir?
Yes. A Stocked Impoundment Permit is required from age 18.
Is fishing good at Talgai Weir 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 422340A — Talgai Weir 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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