Australian bass
Excellent
Prime. Cast spinnerbaits, small hardbodies and surface lures tight to structure in the rivers; sound up the schools in the dams.
Wuruma Dam Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
Wuruma Dam on the Nogo River 48 km north of Eidsvold: stocked bass, golden perch, silver perch and barramundi, free Sunwater camping and a permit to fish.
2/5
Slow. Work for them.Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
Level
227.70 m155,976 ML
Air / High
19 °C / 27 °C
Wind
NNE 13 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 136113A, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Wuruma Dam sits in the warm band: moving baits, moving tides and fish on the edges. The gauge reads 227.70 m, holding steady. Today brings clear skies, wind NNE around 13 km/h, rising pressure near 1018 hPa and a high of 27 °C. Water sits around 21 °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.
Golden perch
Excellent
Prime. Hop soft plastics and vibes around the timber, or fish shrimp and worms on the bottom.
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, 4:08 AM-5:08 AM. Warmer at 31 °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 australian bass here? Check the size and bag limits with Queensland DPI before you keep anything; the Australian bass page has the seasons and the tactics.
Fishing times for Wuruma Dam today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:03), sunset (18:16), 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 4:08 AM-5:08 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 136113A (Wuruma Dam).
Storage level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 136113A. Latest reading 2026-11-08 00:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp19 °C
High / Low27 °C / 19 °C
WindNNE 13 km/h, gusts 26 km/h
Pressure1017.9 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain1% cloud, 47%
Sunrise / Sunset05:03 / 18:16
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~21 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Wuruma Dam
The best day on Wuruma Dam 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
- 4:08 AM-5:08 AM
- Sun
- 05:03 to 18:16
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 18 km/h
- Rain chance
- 47%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Wuruma Dam: seasons written for the southern year, and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.
Australian bass
September to April in the rivers; closed 1 May to 31 August in NSW rivers, and dams stay open
The native sportfish of the east-coast rivers and the stocked dams. Surface lures in summer, deep in winter, and a river closed season for spawning. Prime. Cast spinnerbaits, small hardbodies and surface lures tight to structure in the rivers; sound up the schools in the dams.
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 Wuruma 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 21 °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. Australian bass led the card at excellent. High of 32 °C, wind to 18 km/h.
Sat, Nov 7
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Australian bass led the card at excellent. High of 31 °C, wind to 13 km/h.
Fri, Nov 6
5/5 Excellent. Go now. Everything lines up: pressure, wind and light are in your favor. Australian bass led the card at excellent. High of 32 °C, wind to 23 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
Line fishing at Wuruma requires a Stocked Impoundment Permit from age 18: A$13.60 for a week or A$64.58 for twelve months.
Permit
Wuruma Dam 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
Wuruma Dam is a lake in Queensland, Australia, covered from the Queensland reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Wuruma Dam: the full guide
The lake
Wuruma Dam holds the Nogo River, a tributary of the Burnett, about 48 kilometres north of Eidsvold. Sunwater says it took three years and A$5.3 million to build, was completed in 1968 and holds 165,000 megalitres; its name is a local Indigenous word for the brahminy kite, and the dam is on the traditional lands of the Wakka Wakka people. Sunwater describes the lake as one of the area’s most popular attractions for fishing, boating, picnics and camping. The Bureau of Meteorology’s station at the dam, 136113A, supplies the level and the 30-day chart on this page.
Species and seasons
The Queensland Government lists Australian bass, barramundi, golden perch and silver perch as stocked at Wuruma. The species card here rates bass and golden perch. Wuruma is also one of the dams where the 1 November to 31 January barramundi closure does not apply, so barramundi can be targeted all year. Bass school in deeper water in the cooler months and spread to the edges when it warms; golden perch feed well from spring into autumn.
Where to fish it
The boat ramp is owned by Sunwater and managed by North Burnett Regional Council, and some restrictions may apply at low water. Timber and rocky points are the structure for all the natives: use a sounder to find winter bass schools and work blades or soft plastics through them, and fish lipless crankbaits or baits near snags for golden perch. Fishing on or near the dam wall is not permitted, and boats keep 200 metres away.
Reading the report
The estimated water temperature row helps pick between the deep winter pattern for bass and the warmer months when fish move shallow. The chart shows draw-down and inflows. An open lake in cattle country catches the wind, so check the wind row before heading out.
Permits, access and rules
Line fishing at Wuruma requires a Stocked Impoundment Permit from age 18: A$13.60 for a week or A$64.58 for twelve months. Sunwater runs the camping area itself, with 40 marked sites on flat ground, no bookings and no fees, and a limit of three weeks in any four-week period. Outside the signed exclusion zones, visitors may swim, kayak and sail.
The Burnett dams nearby
Wuruma is one of several stocked impoundments in the Burnett catchment on the Queensland Government’s permit list, including Cania, Boondooma, Bjelke-Petersen and Paradise, each with its own page here. They differ in species: Cania and Bjelke-Petersen add saratoga, Boondooma sticks to bass, golden perch and silver perch, and Paradise is stocked with barramundi and bass. One annual permit covers them all, so an angler can move between lakes as conditions change.
Common questions
What can I catch at Wuruma Dam?
Stocked Australian bass, golden perch, silver perch and barramundi, according to the Queensland Government’s stocked impoundment list.
Can I camp at Wuruma Dam?
Yes, free of charge at Sunwater’s 40 marked sites; no bookings are needed, and stays are limited to three weeks in any four.
Is fishing good at Wuruma Dam 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 136113A — Wuruma Dam
- 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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