Golden perch
Excellent
Prime. Hop soft plastics and vibes around the timber, or fish shrimp and worms on the bottom.
Warrego River at Cunnamulla Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Warrego at Cunnamulla: golden perch and Murray cod around the Allan Tannock Weir pool south of town, with a Bureau gauge and the Murray-Darling cod closure.
4/5
Good. Solid day ahead.Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
Level
6.24 m
Air / High
24 °C / 29 °C
Wind
SSE 5 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 423202C, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Warrego River at Cunnamulla sits in the warm band: moving baits, moving tides and fish on the edges. The gauge reads 6.24 m, easing 0.57 over the week. Today brings a mixed sky, wind SSE around 5 km/h, rising pressure near 1015 hPa and a high of 29 °C. Water sits around 19 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 11:16 PM-1:16 AM and 10:52 AM-12:52 PM: 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: 11:16 PM-1:16 AM, 10:52 AM-12:52 PM, 4:24 AM-5:24 AM. Warmer at 34 °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 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 Warrego River at Cunnamulla today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:20), sunset (18:42), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:16 PM-1:16 AM and 10:52 AM-12:52 PM; minor 4:24 AM-5:24 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 423202C (Warrego_R Cunnamulla).
River level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 423202C. Latest reading 2026-11-08 18:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp24 °C
High / Low29 °C / 13 °C
WindSSE 5 km/h, gusts 8 km/h
Pressure1015.0 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain48% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset05:20 / 18:42
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~19 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Warrego River at Cunnamulla
Today is the pick of the week on Warrego River at Cunnamulla, 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
- 11:16 PM-1:16 AM and 10:52 AM-12:52 PM
- Minor period
- 4:24 AM-5:24 AM
- Sun
- 05:20 to 18:42
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Overcast, 14 km/h
- Rain chance
- 0%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Warrego River at Cunnamulla: 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 Warrego River at Cunnamulla 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 27 °C, wind to 29 km/h.
Sat, Nov 7
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Golden perch led the card at excellent. High of 34 °C, wind to 29 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 31 °C, wind to 13 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
Queensland has no general fishing licence, and Allan Tannock Weir is not a stocked impoundment; the cod closure and limits apply, on the pages linked below..
About this water
Warrego River at Cunnamulla is a river in Queensland, Australia, covered from the Queensland reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Warrego River at Cunnamulla: the full guide
The Warrego at Cunnamulla
Cunnamulla is the outback town on the Warrego River in south-west Queensland, and Allan Tannock Weir, finished in 1991 at a stock-route crossing once called Keane’s Crossing, holds a pool of 4,772 megalitres 5 km south of the town. The weir waters irrigated grapes, cotton and fodder as well as the town. The Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at Cunnamulla, station 423202C, supplies the river level and the 30-day chart on this page. The Warrego at Augathella has its own page.
Species and seasons
Golden perch are the fish of the Warrego at Cunnamulla, on shrimp and worms in the weir pool and the waterholes, with Murray cod in the deeper holes. Queensland’s Murray-Darling cod closure, 1 August to 31 October, covers the Warrego, and the species card computes the dates.
Where to fish it
The weir has a boat ramp, which Paroo Shire Council manages, and picnic areas, but Sunwater does not permit fishing on or near the weir itself; boats must stay 200 metres from the wall or as signed. Downstream, water can be released at any time, so treat the river below the weir with care.
Planning a visit
Cunnamulla has supplies and accommodation. Sunwater does not permit camping near the weir. Carry water, and check the roads after rain.
The river through the year
The Warrego at Cunnamulla is the lower reach of a river that runs south past Charleville toward the Darling. Most of the year the weir holds a steady pool and the river below it is a string of waterholes; after good rain upstream a flow arrives, days later, and the river rises and runs. Golden perch feed on those rises in the warm months, the best fishing of the year; Murray cod hold in the weir pool and the deeper holes and are off limits during the closure. In the heat of summer the bite is early and late, and in a long dry the waterholes shrink and the fish concentrate in them.
Reading this report here
The chart shows whether the Warrego is running; flows after rain in the upper catchment are when the golden perch move. The water temperature estimate, labelled as one, is hot in summer; pressure and sky build the score at Cunnamulla.
Licence, access and rules
Queensland has no general fishing licence, and Allan Tannock Weir is not a stocked impoundment; the cod closure and limits apply, on the pages linked below.
Common questions
When is Murray cod closed at Cunnamulla?
From 1 August to 31 October, Queensland’s Murray-Darling closure.
Where is the weir at Cunnamulla?
Allan Tannock Weir is 5 km south of the town; fishing on or near the weir itself is not permitted.
Do I need a licence at Cunnamulla?
No. There is no general recreational fishing licence in Queensland, and the weir is not a stocked impoundment.
Is fishing good at Warrego River at Cunnamulla 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 423202C — Warrego_R Cunnamulla
- 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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