Rainbow trout
Excellent
Prime. Shore fishing along the edges with bait, spinners and flies, and the rivers if the season is open.
Huon River at Judbury Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Huon at Judbury: wild browns and sea-runners in the forested mid-reaches above Huonville, with the Bureau’s gauge at Judbury.
4/5
Good. Solid day ahead.Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
Level
1.15 m
Air / High
9 °C / 19 °C
Wind
SE 2 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 635.1, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Huon River at Judbury is in its cool-water rhythm: slower presentations and the warmest hours of the day. The gauge reads 1.15 m, up 0.31 over the week. Today brings clear skies, wind SE around 2 km/h, falling pressure near 1020 hPa and a high of 19 °C. Water sits around 13 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 11:19 PM-1:19 AM and 11:48 AM-1:48 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: 11:19 PM-1:19 AM, 11:48 AM-1:48 PM, 4:44 AM-5:44 AM. Similar 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 Huon River at Judbury today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:45), sunset (20:07), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:19 PM-1:19 AM and 11:48 AM-1:48 PM; minor 4:44 AM-5:44 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 635.1 (HUON RIVER AT JUDBURY).
River level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 635.1. Latest reading 2026-11-08 08:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp9 °C
High / Low19 °C / 4 °C
WindSE 2 km/h, gusts 10 km/h
Pressure1020.0 hPa, falling
Sky / Rain0% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset05:45 / 20:07
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~13 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Huon River at Judbury
Today is the pick of the week on Huon River at Judbury, 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
- 11:19 PM-1:19 AM and 11:48 AM-1:48 PM
- Minor period
- 4:44 AM-5:44 AM
- Sun
- 05:45 to 20:07
- 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 Huon River at Judbury: 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 Huon River at Judbury 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 16 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 19 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
A Tasmanian inland angling licence, one rod or two, is required from age 14; our Tasmania licence page has the fees.
About this water
Huon River at Judbury is a river in Tasmania, Australia, covered from the Tasmania reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Huon River at Judbury: the full guide
The reach
The Huon at Judbury sits where, in the Inland Fisheries Service’s description, the mid-reaches from Huonville up to Judbury, with steep forested banks, deep drop-offs and occasional rapids, give way to the upper reaches from Judbury to the Picton River at Tahune, surrounded by dense forest and mostly too fast to wade. The IFS gives the river a 100 km course from Lake Pedder to the D’Entrecasteaux Channel. The Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at Judbury, station 635.1, supplies the level and the 30-day chart on this page.
Species and seasons
The Huon is managed as a wild trout fishery. Resident and sea-run brown trout are the fish, and the IFS records escapee Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout in the tidal reaches below Huonville. It also records that a 13 kg brown trout landed in the Huon in 1887 is still the largest taken in Tasmania. Above the Huonville Bridge the river follows the brown trout season, first Saturday of August to the Sunday nearest 30 April, computed on the species card.
Where to fish it
Above Judbury, the IFS says the major river crossings are the best way in because the banks are almost impenetrable; summer, with lower flows, is the recommended time. Between Judbury and Huonville it has identified access points that fish for whitebait feeders early in the season and for lures and flies when the river is low. Above the Picton, access is by the Huon track into the national park, where bait is not permitted.
Reading the report
The chart shows a big south-west river that rises quickly after rain in the forests and falls back within days. The IFS notes that spring is the peak, when sea-run and resident trout chase whitebait up the edges of the current. The modelled water temperature is labelled as an estimate and runs cool for most of the season.
Licence, access and rules
A Tasmanian inland angling licence, one rod or two, is required from age 14; our Tasmania licence page has the fees. Under the Inland Fishing Code the Huon downstream of the Huonville Bridge is open all year, and upstream of it follows the standard season.
Common questions
When do the sea-run trout run in the Huon?
The IFS says fishing peaks in spring, when sea-run and resident trout chase whitebait; the season above Huonville is computed on the species card.
Is the Huon open all year?
Only downstream of the Huonville Bridge. Upstream, including Judbury, the brown trout season applies.
Is fishing good at Huon River at Judbury 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 635.1 — HUON RIVER AT JUDBURY
- 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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