Rainbow trout
Excellent
Prime. Shore fishing along the edges with bait, spinners and flies, and the rivers if the season is open.
Arm River above the Mersey Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Arm River above the Mersey: brown trout in forest country below the Walls of Jerusalem, with a Bureau gauge.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Water temp
~13 °C est.
Air / High
7 °C / 17 °C
Wind
NNE 6 km/h
Sources: Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Arm River above the Mersey is in its cool-water rhythm: slower presentations and the warmest hours of the day. Today brings cloud cover, wind NNE around 6 km/h, steady pressure near 1021 hPa and a high of 17 °C. Water sits around 13 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 11:22 PM-1:22 AM and 11:50 AM-1:50 PM: the windows to build the day around.
Brown trout
Excellent
Prime. Nymphs and streamers on the rivers, and the lake edges on the overcast days.
Tie on: Blade or vibe, slow hops · Lightly weighted plastic · Whole pilchard or squid on the bottom · Suspending hardbody. Prime windows: 11:22 PM-1:22 AM, 11:50 AM-1:50 PM, 4:51 AM-5:51 AM. Warmer at 19 °C with likely rain: fish ahead of the front. The solunar majors shift about 50 minutes later.
Before you go
Tasmania requires a fishing licence for most fishing, from A$29.00. Tasmania fishing licence: cost, rules and where to buy →
Chasing rainbow trout here? Check the size and bag limits with IFS Tasmania before you keep anything; the Rainbow trout page has the seasons and the tactics.
Fishing times for Arm River above the Mersey today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:52), sunset (20:06), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:22 PM-1:22 AM and 11:50 AM-1:50 PM; minor 4:51 AM-5:51 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Bureau of Meteorology station 624.1 (ARM RIVER - ABOVE MERSEY) has sent no reading in the last 30 days, so conditions here are modelled from weather, season and the nearest stations.
No recent gauge reading
Readings come back here when station 624.1 reports again. Until then the seasonal curve below is the estimate.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp7 °C
High / Low17 °C / 4 °C
WindNNE 6 km/h, gusts 20 km/h
Pressure1021.2 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain90% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset05:52 / 20:06
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~13 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Arm River above the Mersey
The best day on Arm River above the Mersey this week looks like Thursday 12 Nov, at 4 out of 5, against 3 today.
Best day this week: Thursday, 12 Nov — good at 4/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.
Today, 9 Nov — Fair
A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
- Solunar majors
- 11:22 PM-1:22 AM and 11:50 AM-1:50 PM
- Minor period
- 4:51 AM-5:51 AM
- Sun
- 05:52 to 20:06
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Overcast, 13 km/h
- Rain chance
- 0%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Arm River above the Mersey: seasons written for the southern year, and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.
Rainbow trout
Streams from October to June in NSW and from September to June in Victoria; lakes open all year; Tasmania from the first Saturday of August
Open now Closes 3 May 2027. Most waters open from the first Saturday of August to the Sunday nearest 30 April; designated rainbow trout waters run from the Saturday nearest 1 October to the Sunday nearest 31 May. Rule as read from Inland Fisheries Service Tasmania on 2026-09-23.
The stocked lakes of the Snowy Mountains, the Victorian highlands and the Tasmanian central plateau. Closed seasons apply on the rivers: check the state rules. Prime. Shore fishing along the edges with bait, spinners and flies, and the rivers if the season is open.
Brown trout
Streams from October to June in NSW and from September to June in Victoria; lakes open all year; Tasmania from the first Saturday of August
Open now Closes 3 May 2027. Most waters open from the first Saturday of August to the Sunday nearest 30 April; designated rainbow trout waters run from the Saturday nearest 1 October to the Sunday nearest 31 May. Rule as read from Inland Fisheries Service Tasmania on 2026-09-23.
The wild trout of the highland rivers and Tasmania's lakes. Spawns in autumn, hence the closed rivers through winter in NSW and Victoria. Prime. Nymphs and streamers on the rivers, and the lake edges on the overcast days.
When to come: the Arm River above the Mersey 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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Rainbow trout
Brown trout
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Water temperature through the year
Typical surface temperature for this water type in degrees Celsius; today is around 13 °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. Rainbow trout led the card at excellent. High of 18 °C, wind to 14 km/h.
Sat, Nov 7
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Rainbow trout led the card at excellent. High of 10 °C, wind to 21 km/h.
Fri, Nov 6
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Rainbow trout led the card at excellent. High of 14 °C, wind to 18 km/h.
Before you go
Licence
Tasmanian Inland Angling Licence, from A$29.00, the same for residents and visitors. Details and where to buy →
Regulations
Size and bag limits, closed seasons and marine park zones are set by IFS Tasmania and change: confirm the current rules on the agency page linked from the Tasmania licence page before you keep anything.
Access
On the Arm River above the Mersey a Tasmanian inland angling licence is needed from age 14; our Tasmania licence page has the fees.
About this water
Arm River above the Mersey is a river in Tasmania, Australia, covered from the Tasmania reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Arm River above the Mersey: the full guide
The Arm River above the Mersey
The Arm River runs off the high country near the Walls of Jerusalem through forest to the Mersey below Lake Rowallan; the gauge sits just above the junction. The Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge there supplies the level of the Arm River above the Mersey and the 30-day chart on this page. Lake Rowallan and Lake Parangana have their own pages.
Species and seasons
Brown trout are the fish of the Arm River, in the pools and runs on the fly and small lures. The general river rules apply: open from the first Saturday of August to the Sunday nearest 30 April, computed on the species card; where the river runs inside a national park or the World Heritage Area, the Code bans bait, so fish lures or fly there.
Where to fish it
The Mersey Forest Road and the tracks off it give access to the Arm; it is steep forest country, walked and waded.
Planning a visit
Mole Creek and Deloraine are the nearest towns with supplies. The Walls of Jerusalem National Park above it has no road access and is explored on foot.
The river through the year
The Arm River comes off the high country around the Walls of Jerusalem, where snow lies through the winter, so its flow rises with the thaw and the spring rain and runs cold well into the season. Early in the season, from August, the river is high, cold and hard to fish, and the trout lie deep; from late spring the water warms and falls, and the trout move into the runs and rise to the hatches. Summer is the best time, when the water is lower and clearer, and the fish are wild and wary in clear water. The forest country around it is steep and wet, and the tracks can be slippery after rain. A light rod, a few dry flies and nymphs, and a map of the access tracks are the kit for it.
Reading this report here
The chart shows the Arm rising after rain in the high country. The water temperature estimate, labelled as one, is cold at the August opening and cool from October; pressure and sky build the score on the Arm River.
Licence, access and rules
On the Arm River above the Mersey a Tasmanian inland angling licence is needed from age 14; our Tasmania licence page has the fees. The Inland Fishing Code, which sets the rules on the Arm River above the Mersey, is in the sources.
Common questions
When is the Arm River open for trout?
The Arm River above the Mersey opens on the first Saturday of August and closes on the Sunday nearest 30 April.
What can I catch here?
Brown trout, in the runs and pools of the Arm River above the Mersey.
Do I need a licence here?
Yes: anyone aged 14 or over needs a Tasmanian inland angling licence on the Arm River above the Mersey.
Is fishing good at Arm River above the Mersey 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
- 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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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.