Rainbow trout
Excellent
Prime. Shore fishing along the edges with bait, spinners and flies, and the rivers if the season is open.
Cluny Lagoon Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Derwent hydro lagoon below Repulse and directly above Meadowbank: brown trout with rainbows common, with a Bureau gauge at the dam.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Water temp
~13 °C est.
Air / High
11 °C / 18 °C
Wind
SSE 10 km/h
Sources: Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Cluny Lagoon is in its cool-water rhythm: slower presentations and the warmest hours of the day. Today brings clear skies, wind SSE around 11 km/h, steady pressure near 1020 hPa and a high of 18 °C. Water sits around 13 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 11:20 PM-1:20 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: 11:20 PM-1:20 AM, 11:49 AM-1:49 PM, 4:46 AM-5:46 AM. Similar at 21 °C. 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 Cluny Lagoon today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:48), sunset (20:06), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:20 PM-1:20 AM and 11:49 AM-1:49 PM; minor 4:46 AM-5:46 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Bureau of Meteorology station 573.1 (CLUNY LAGOON - AT DAM) 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 573.1 reports again. Until then the seasonal curve below is the estimate.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp11 °C
High / Low18 °C / 7 °C
WindSSE 10 km/h, gusts 24 km/h
Pressure1019.7 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain2% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset05:48 / 20:06
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~13 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Cluny Lagoon
The best day on Cluny Lagoon 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
- 11:20 PM-1:20 AM and 11:49 AM-1:49 PM
- Minor period
- 4:46 AM-5:46 AM
- Sun
- 05:48 to 20:06
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Overcast, 14 km/h
- Rain chance
- 0%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Cluny 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 Cluny 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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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 14 °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 11 °C, wind to 18 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 16 °C, wind to 23 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
Cluny Lagoon is inland water, so the Tasmanian inland angling licence applies from age 14, with the fees on our Tasmania licence page; the dam and the access points are under Hydro Tasmania’s rules, and the Inland Fishing Code, with the general lake rules and the season, is in the sources..
Storage levels
Compare it with every other storage in the state on Tasmania dam levels today.
About this water
Cluny Lagoon is a lake in Tasmania, Australia, covered from the Tasmania reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Cluny Lagoon: the full guide
Cluny Lagoon
Cluny Lagoon is the small hydro storage on the Derwent River below Lake Repulse, in the farming and bush country between Ouse and Meadowbank. Hydro Tasmania runs water from Repulse through the Repulse Power Station into Cluny, and from Cluny through its own power station into Meadowbank Lake; the Inland Fisheries Service puts the lagoon directly upstream of Meadowbank. The Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at the Cluny Lagoon dam supplies the level and the 30-day chart on this page.
Species and seasons
IFS describes Cluny as having a good population of small to medium brown trout, with rainbow trout also commonly encountered, and any method is allowed under the Code’s general lake rules. With no entry of its own in the Inland Fishing Code, Cluny keeps the general lake season, the first Saturday of August to the Sunday nearest 30 April, computed on the species card, with the general lake bag of 12 fish over 300 mm.
Where to fish it
Access to Cluny Lagoon is from the roads near the dam and the hydro access points; the bank fishes where the current from Repulse enters and along the edges, and a kayak covers the small lagoon. Meadowbank Lake, open all year, is directly downstream.
Planning a visit
Cluny Lagoon is reached from the Lyell Highway between Hamilton and Ouse; the small towns along the highway have limited services, and New Norfolk is the nearest larger town. The lagoon suits a morning on the bank or in a kayak, combined with Meadowbank Lake, which is open all year.
Reading this report here
The chart at Cluny tracks what Repulse releases above it. The river valley shelters it from the plateau winds; the water temperature estimate, labelled as one, is cool through the season. Pressure and sky build the score at Cluny Lagoon, and the planner shows the day.
Licence, access and rules
Cluny Lagoon is inland water, so the Tasmanian inland angling licence applies from age 14, with the fees on our Tasmania licence page; the dam and the access points are under Hydro Tasmania’s rules, and the Inland Fishing Code, with the general lake rules and the season, is in the sources.
Common questions
What season applies at Cluny Lagoon?
Cluny Lagoon keeps the general lake season, from the first Saturday of August to the Sunday nearest 30 April.
What can I catch at Cluny Lagoon?
Small to medium brown trout, with rainbow trout also common, under the general lake rules.
Do I need a licence at Cluny Lagoon?
Yes: anyone 14 or older needs the Tasmanian inland angling licence to fish Cluny Lagoon.
Is fishing good at Cluny Lagoon 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.