Rainbow trout
Excellent
Prime. Shore fishing along the edges with bait, spinners and flies, and the rivers if the season is open.
Bronte Lagoon Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
A Premium Wild Trout Fishery in the Central Highlands: lure and fly only, naturally recruiting browns and rainbows, informal camping and a Bureau gauge.
4/5
Good. Solid day ahead.Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
Level
665.22 m11,709 ML
Air / High
6 °C / 16 °C
Wind
NNW 9 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 167.1, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Bronte Lagoon rewards patience today, with cool water and short feeding windows. The gauge reads 665.22 m, holding steady. Today brings a mixed sky, wind NNW around 8 km/h, falling pressure near 1019 hPa and a high of 16 °C. Water sits around 13 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 11:21 PM-1:21 AM and 11:49 AM-1:49 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: 11:21 PM-1:21 AM, 11:49 AM-1:49 PM, 4:48 AM-5:48 AM. Similar at 16 °C with a rain chance. 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 Bronte Lagoon today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:49), sunset (20:07), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:21 PM-1:21 AM and 11:49 AM-1:49 PM; minor 4:48 AM-5:48 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 167.1 (BRONTE LAGOON - AT DAM).
Storage level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 167.1. Latest reading 2026-11-08 17:45.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp6 °C
High / Low16 °C / 2 °C
WindNNW 9 km/h, gusts 19 km/h
Pressure1019.1 hPa, falling
Sky / Rain43% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset05:49 / 20:07
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~13 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Bronte Lagoon
Today is the pick of the week on Bronte Lagoon, at 4 out of 5.
Best day this week: today, 9 Nov — good at 4/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.
Today, 9 Nov — Good
Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
- Solunar majors
- 11:21 PM-1:21 AM and 11:49 AM-1:49 PM
- Minor period
- 4:48 AM-5:48 AM
- Sun
- 05:49 to 20:07
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 13 km/h
- Rain chance
- 0%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Bronte Lagoon: 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 Bronte Lagoon 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 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 12 °C, wind to 13 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 6 °C, wind to 19 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 11 °C, wind to 27 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
The Tasmanian inland angling licence applies from age 14; the fees are on our Tasmania licence page.
Storage levels
Compare it with every other storage in the state on Tasmania dam levels today.
About this water
Bronte Lagoon is a lake in Tasmania, Australia, covered from the Tasmania reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Bronte Lagoon: the full guide
The lake
Bronte Lagoon is one of four waters, with Bradys Lake, Lake Binney and Tungatinah Lagoon, created between 1952 and 1956 as storages for the Tungatinah power station, the Inland Fisheries Service records. It lies about two hours’ drive north-west of Hobart via the A10, and the service manages it as a Premium Wild Trout Fishery. The Bureau of Meteorology gauge at the Bronte dam feeds this page’s level and 30-day chart.
Species and seasons
Natural recruitment of brown and rainbow trout keeps the lagoon supplied with well-conditioned fish, the service says. It is reserved for artificial lures and flies, with a 300 mm minimum and a bag of 12, and the season runs from the first Saturday of August to the Sunday nearest 30 April, computed on the species card. Tench live in the lagoon but redfin do not, and the service asks anglers to report any redfin caught there; short-finned eels are present.
Where to fish it
Trolling and spinning with cobra-style lures are popular, the service notes, and polaroiding is good, with tailing fish early in the morning and in the evening. Through summer, dun and beetle hatches give the fly angler rising fish. There is one formal ramp on the western shore near the dam wall and an informal launching area near the Bronte Canal inflow that may be unusable when the lagoon is low. Navigation is prohibited in Woodwards Canal and within 60 metres of the spillway and the Clarence pipeline outlet.
Reading the report
On a shallow highland lagoon the wind row decides much of the day: a steady breeze sets up wind lanes for the fly angler, and a strong one stirs the margins. The water temperature estimate, labelled as one, is cold for much of the season. Watch the level chart too, because a rising lagoon floods the grassy margins where trout tail at dawn. Highland weather changes fast; pressure and sky complete the score.
Licence, access and rules
The Tasmanian inland angling licence applies from age 14; the fees are on our Tasmania licence page. Informal lakeshore camping is permitted on the western shore near the boat ramp, with no facilities, so bring a chemical or portable toilet. The lure-and-fly rule, the size and bag limits and the season are in the Inland Fishing Code, linked in the sources with the service’s page for the lagoon.
Common questions
When is Bronte Lagoon open?
Through the Tasmanian brown trout season, from the first Saturday of August to the Sunday nearest 30 April, computed for this year on the species card with the Inland Fisheries Service rule linked.
Can I use bait at Bronte Lagoon?
No. The lagoon is reserved for artificial lures and flies under the Inland Fishing Code, with a 300 mm minimum and a bag of 12.
Is fishing good at Bronte Lagoon 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 167.1 — BRONTE LAGOON - AT 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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