Tailor
Excellent
The main run. Fish the gutters and headlands into the evening; ganged pilchards, metals, and a wire-free trace only if you accept the bite-offs.
Coorong Fishing Report
Updated Sat, 26 Sept 2026 from live weather and tide data
A hundred kilometres of lagoon behind the dunes: mulloway at the mouth, bream and salmon trout in the channel, and the ocean beach on the other side.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Next tide
High 11:30 am model
Air / High
12 °C / 14 °C
Wind
SE 13 km/h
Sources: modelled tide curve, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Coorong has cool water and fish holding a little deeper and slower. Today brings cloud cover, wind SE around 13 km/h, falling pressure near 1032 hPa and a high of 13 °C. Tides: high 11:30 am and 11:37 pm, low 4:30 am and 6:45 am and 6:56 pm: the moving water either side of each change is when this place feeds. Water sits around 18 °C for the season (estimated). With the full moon, the solunar majors run 11:16 PM-1:16 AM and 11:16 AM-1:16 PM: the windows to build the day around.
Bream
Fair
Slow the retrieve right down: blades and lightly weighted plastics along the deeper rock walls and drop-offs, or unweighted bait drifted into the snags.
Flathead
Fair
Fish the deeper channels and the last of the run-out; slower hops with a heavier jighead, and a bait on the bottom as back-up.
Mulloway
Fair
The estuary fish move to the deeper reaches. Long, quiet sessions on the bottom with fresh bait across the top of the tide.
Tie on: Blade or vibe, slow hops · Lightly weighted plastic · Whole pilchard or squid on the bottom · Suspending hardbody. Prime windows: 11:16 PM-1:16 AM, 11:16 AM-1:16 PM, 5:46 AM-6:46 AM. Similar at 14 °C. The solunar majors shift about 50 minutes later.
Before you go
South Australia has no general fishing licence, but rules and permits apply. South Australia fishing licence: cost, rules and where to buy →
Chasing bream here? Check the size and bag limits with PIRSA before you keep anything; the Bream page has the seasons and the tactics.
Fishing times for Coorong today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:56), sunset (18:11), the moon and today's score, with the modelled tide changes in the panel below. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:16 PM-1:16 AM and 11:16 AM-1:16 PM; minor 5:46 AM-6:46 AM. Full Moon, 100% lit.
Water and weather
A modelled tide curve for these coordinates and the forecast for the day.
Tides (modelled)
Modelled sea level curve from Open-Meteo Marine for these coordinates, datum mean sea level. Fish the moving water either side of each change.
A model, not the official prediction: times can drift by tens of minutes inside bays and estuaries. Check the Bureau of Meteorology tide predictions for the exact times before you rely on them.
Sat
LOW4:30 am-0.35 m
LOW6:45 am-0.39 m
HIGH11:30 am0.23 m
LOW6:56 pm-0.56 m
HIGH11:37 pm0.06 m
Sun
LOW7:00 am-0.73 m
HIGH11:59 am0.01 m
LOW4:54 pm-0.68 m
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp12 °C
High / Low14 °C / 11 °C
WindSE 13 km/h, gusts 25 km/h
Pressure1032.4 hPa, falling
Sky / Rain85% cloud, 100%
Sunrise / Sunset05:56 / 18:11
MoonFull Moon, 100%
Water temp (seasonal)~18 °C est.
Why the tide matters here: tides and fishing in Australia.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Coorong
The best day on Coorong this week looks like Friday 2 Oct, at 5 out of 5, against 3 today. Every day is scored by the same engine as the report above: pressure trend first, then wind, sky and season. Pick a species and the plan for that day changes with it.
Best day this week: Friday, 2 Oct — excellent at 5/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.
Today, 26 Sept — Fair
A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
- Solunar majors
- 11:16 PM-1:16 AM and 11:16 AM-1:16 PM
- Minor period
- 5:46 AM-6:46 AM
- Sun
- 05:56 to 18:11
- Moon
- Full Moon, 100% lit
- Sky and wind
- Storms, 21 km/h
- Rain chance
- 100%
Scores are a planning aid built from forecast data, not a promise.
Species guide
The species that matter on Coorong: seasons written for the southern year, and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.
Bream
Year-round; summer and autumn in the estuaries, winter at the mouths
Yellowfin bream on the east coast, black bream in the southern estuaries. Structure fish: rock walls, jetty piles, oyster racks, snags and pontoons. Slow the retrieve right down: blades and lightly weighted plastics along the deeper rock walls and drop-offs, or unweighted bait drifted into the snags.
Flathead
Best: November to April
Dusky flathead in the eastern estuaries, sand flathead in the southern bays. An ambush predator lying on sand and mud edges waiting for whatever the tide brings. Fish the deeper channels and the last of the run-out; slower hops with a heavier jighead, and a bait on the bottom as back-up.
Mulloway
Best: summer and autumn, especially after rain
Jewfish. The big silver prize of the estuaries, breakwalls and surf beaches: nocturnal, tide-driven and unforgiving of noise. The estuary fish move to the deeper reaches. Long, quiet sessions on the bottom with fresh bait across the top of the tide.
Tailor
Autumn and winter on the east coast; August to September on Fraser Island
The surf and rock fish of the east coast, running north in autumn and winter. Fast, toothy and best at dawn, dusk and into the dark. The main run. Fish the gutters and headlands into the evening; ganged pilchards, metals, and a wire-free trace only if you accept the bite-offs.
When to come: the Coorong 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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SlowPeak
Water temperature through the year
Typical surface temperature for this water type in degrees Celsius; today is around 18 °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 dataFri, Sep 25
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Tailor led the card at excellent. High of 22 °C, wind to 18 km/h.
Thu, Sep 24
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Tailor led the card at excellent. High of 26 °C, wind to 21 km/h.
Wed, Sep 23
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Tailor led the card at excellent. High of 23 °C, wind to 18 km/h.
Before you go
Licence
South Australia has no general recreational fishing licence; the limits and closures do. Details and where to buy →
Regulations
Size and bag limits, closed seasons and marine park zones are set by PIRSA and change: confirm the current rules on the agency page linked from the South Australia licence page before you keep anything.
Access
South Australia needs no fishing licence; the size, bag and boat limits, the mulloway rules, the cockle season and the national park and marine park zones apply, published by PIRSA and the parks service and linked from this page.
About this water
Coorong is a bay or coastal water in South Australia, Australia, covered from the South Australia reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Coorong: the full guide
The lagoon
The Coorong is the long, shallow saltwater lagoon that runs south-east from the Murray Mouth behind the dunes of the Younghusband Peninsula for more than a hundred kilometres, part of the Coorong National Park and one of the country’s great wetlands. Its northern lagoon, from the mouth past Goolwa Channel and the barrages to Parnka Point, is the fishery: channels, sand flats and the deeper water near the mouth, with the ocean beach across the dunes and the mouth itself where the river meets the sea. Goolwa, at the northern end, has its own page. The report on this page is scored for the lagoon’s coordinates.
Species and seasons
Mulloway are the fish the Coorong is known for, at the mouth and in the northern lagoon when the river runs, and off the ocean beach at night; bream fish the channel and the barrages all year; salmon trout and flathead fish the northern lagoon in the warmer months; and Australian salmon run the ocean beach in the cooler months in big schools. Yellowfin whiting fish the shallow flats in summer, black bream hold in the channel, and cockles are gathered on the ocean beach under a PIRSA season and limit. The lagoon’s salinity and the river’s flow through the barrages decide how far the fish move up it each year.
Reading this report for the Coorong
The lagoon is shallow and open to the wind, and the wind row decides whether the boat fishing is possible and which shore is in the lee; the ocean beach is a Southern Ocean beach and the swell decides it. The river’s flow through the barrages decides the mouth’s fishing more than the weather, and that is a number the river authority publishes, not one this page has. Pressure and sky build the score and the planner shows the day; the tide panel is a modelled curve for these coordinates, labelled as a model, useful for the direction near the mouth, with the Bureau of Meteorology for the times.
Rules and access
South Australia needs no fishing licence; the size, bag and boat limits, the mulloway rules, the cockle season and the national park and marine park zones apply, published by PIRSA and the parks service and linked from this page. Access is by boat from Goolwa and the barrages, by vehicle along the ocean beach under the park’s rules, and at Parnka Point and the campgrounds of the park.
Common questions
Do I need a fishing licence on the Coorong?
No. South Australia has no recreational fishing licence; PIRSA’s limits, the cockle season and the park and marine park zones apply.
What can I catch in the Coorong?
Mulloway at the mouth and in the northern lagoon when the river runs, bream in the channel, salmon trout and flathead in the warmer months, salmon on the ocean beach in the cooler months and yellowfin whiting on the flats in summer.
Is fishing good at Coorong 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
- Tide curve (modelled)
- Open-Meteo Marine, sea level height including tides
- Open-Meteo forecast model
- https://open-meteo.com/
- Moon and solunar windows
- Calculated on this site
- The written guide on this page
Pablo Ruiz Quintero
Readings refresh on a 30-minute window. The full method, with every figure and its source, is on How our reports are made. Something wrong here? Tell us and it goes in the log with the date.