Golden perch
Excellent
Prime. Hop soft plastics and vibes around the timber, or fish shrimp and worms on the bottom.
Whetstone Weir Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
Macintyre Brook at Whetstone in the border country: golden perch, Murray cod and silver perch in a stocked weir pool, free camping on the south bank, and a Bureau gauge.
2/5
Slow. Work for them.Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
Level
262.64 m577 ML
Air / High
20 °C / 27 °C
Wind
SE 7 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 416401A, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Whetstone Weir has the water in the comfortable band where most of its fish feed through the day. The gauge reads 262.64 m, easing 0.12 over the week. Today brings clear skies, wind SE around 6 km/h, rising pressure near 1016 hPa and a high of 27 °C. Water sits around 19 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 10:30 AM-12:30 PM and 10:51 PM-12:51 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: 10:30 AM-12:30 PM, 10:51 PM-12:51 AM, 4:02 AM-5:02 AM. Warmer at 30 °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 Whetstone Weir today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (04:58), sunset (18:21), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 10:30 AM-12:30 PM and 10:51 PM-12:51 AM; minor 4:02 AM-5:02 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 416401A (MacIntyre at W'stone).
Storage level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 416401A. Latest reading 2026-11-08 11:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp20 °C
High / Low27 °C / 12 °C
WindSE 7 km/h, gusts 12 km/h
Pressure1016.1 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain21% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset04:58 / 18:21
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~19 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Whetstone Weir
The best day on Whetstone Weir this week looks like Tuesday 10 Nov, at 4 out of 5, against 2 today.
Best day this week: Tuesday, 10 Nov — good at 4/5, rising pressure behind a front, typically the slowest.
Today, 9 Nov — Tough
Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
- Solunar majors
- 10:30 AM-12:30 PM and 10:51 PM-12:51 AM
- Minor period
- 4:02 AM-5:02 AM
- Sun
- 04:58 to 18:21
- 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 Whetstone 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 Whetstone 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
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 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 31 °C, wind to 14 km/h.
Fri, Nov 6
2/5 Slow. Work for them. Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing. Golden perch led the card at excellent. High of 29 °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
Whetstone 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
Whetstone 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
Whetstone Weir is a lake in Queensland, Australia, covered from the Queensland reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Whetstone Weir: the full guide
Whetstone Weir
Whetstone Weir holds a pool on Macintyre Brook off McDougalls Road at Whetstone, about 64 km east of Goondiwindi, in the grazing country of the Queensland border rivers. The brook carries releases from Coolmunda Dam toward the Dumaresq, and Sunwater, which owns the weir, notes that it began as a timber crib weir for tobacco growers and was completely rebuilt in 2009 with steel sheet piling and a concrete cap; it holds 506 megalitres. The Queensland Government stocks it for the permit scheme, and the Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge on the brook at Whetstone supplies the level and the 30-day chart on this page. Ben Dor Weir downstream and Coolmunda Dam upstream have their own pages.
Species and seasons
The Queensland Government lists golden perch, Murray cod and silver perch as stocked at Whetstone. Golden perch are the fish most anglers catch on shrimp and lures; Murray cod hold in the snags and deeper holes; silver perch school in the open pool. The Murray cod closed season that Queensland sets for its Murray-Darling waters, 1 August to 31 October, applies at Whetstone, and the species card computes it.
Where to fish it
Goondiwindi Regional Council manages the reserve on the south side of the river, which is the public access to the pool, casting to the timber and the undercut banks, and a kayak covers the rest of it. Sunwater does not permit fishing on or near the weir and asks boats to stay 200 metres from the wall. When Coolmunda releases water down the brook, the flow lifts the pool and colours it.
Planning a visit
Whetstone is on the Cunningham Highway between Inglewood and Goondiwindi, and Inglewood has supplies and accommodation. Free camping is available at the council reserve on the south side of the river. Pick up the permit before the drive. Cod and yellowbelly gear covers the weir pool; check the releases from Coolmunda, which change the brook quickly.
Reading this report here
The level chart matters at Whetstone because releases from Coolmunda raise the brook; the wind row matters little on a sheltered stream. The water temperature estimate, labelled as one, is warm in summer and cold in the border-country winter; pressure and sky build the score at Whetstone Weir.
Licence, access and rules
Whetstone 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 Inglewood Fish Stocking Association, Goondiwindi Regional Council and the Dumaresq-Barwon Border Rivers Commission are listed as the weir’s managers.
Common questions
What river is Whetstone Weir on?
Macintyre Brook, the stream that runs from Coolmunda Dam through Inglewood toward the Dumaresq.
Can I camp at Whetstone Weir?
Not beside the weir itself, but Sunwater notes free camping at the reserve on the south side of the river, managed by Goondiwindi Regional Council.
Do I need a permit at Whetstone Weir?
Yes. Whetstone is a scheme weir stocked with golden perch, Murray cod and silver perch, so anglers 18 and over need a Stocked Impoundment Permit.
Is fishing good at Whetstone Weir 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 416401A — MacIntyre at W'stone
- 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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