Rainbow trout
Excellent
Prime. Shore fishing along the edges with bait, spinners and flies, and the rivers if the season is open.
Inglis River at Flowerdale Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Inglis River at Flowerdale near Wynyard: resident brown trout, sea-run fish near the coast and a spring whitebait run, with no current Bureau level series.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Water temp
~13 °C est.
Air / High
12 °C / 15 °C
Wind
NE 12 km/h
Sources: Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Inglis River at Flowerdale rewards patience today, with cool water and short feeding windows. Today brings a mixed sky, wind NE around 13 km/h, steady pressure near 1020 hPa and a high of 14 °C. Water sits around 13 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 11:24 PM-1:24 AM and 11:53 AM-1:53 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: 11:24 PM-1:24 AM, 11:53 AM-1:53 PM, 4:55 AM-5:55 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 Inglis River at Flowerdale today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:55), sunset (20:07), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:24 PM-1:24 AM and 11:53 AM-1:53 PM; minor 4:55 AM-5:55 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Conditions here are modelled from weather, season and the nearest stations.
No live gauge on this water
Water readings appear when a Bureau of Meteorology station covers it. Until then the seasonal curve below is the estimate.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp12 °C
High / Low15 °C / 6 °C
WindNE 12 km/h, gusts 22 km/h
Pressure1020.3 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain26% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset05:55 / 20:07
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~13 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Inglis River at Flowerdale
The best day on Inglis River at Flowerdale 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
- 11:24 PM-1:24 AM and 11:53 AM-1:53 PM
- Minor period
- 4:55 AM-5:55 AM
- Sun
- 05:55 to 20:07
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Overcast, 19 km/h
- Rain chance
- 0%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Inglis River at Flowerdale: 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 Inglis River at Flowerdale 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 13 °C, wind to 18 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 13 °C, wind to 24 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 24 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 is needed on the Inglis from age 14, and the government keeps it free for juniors aged 14 to 17 this season; our Tasmania licence page has the fees.
About this water
Inglis River at Flowerdale is a river in Tasmania, Australia, covered from the Tasmania reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Inglis River at Flowerdale: the full guide
The Inglis at Flowerdale
The Inglis River drains farmland and forest in Tasmania’s north-west and reaches Bass Strait just west of Wynyard; Flowerdale is the farming locality on its lower course, inland from the town. The Inland Fisheries Service describes access from the mouth or from spur roads off the C229 and C235. The Bureau of Meteorology’s Flowerdale gauge, station 14210.1, has not reported recent readings to Water Data Online, so this page carries no level chart. Burnie, along the coast, has its own page.
Species and seasons
The Inland Fisheries Service lists the Inglis as known for sea-run trout near the coast and for resident brown trout further upstream, and its stocking record shows 4,500 rainbow trout fry released in November 2025. The river opens with most Tasmanian waters on the first Saturday of August and closes on the Sunday nearest 30 April, dates the species card computes; the IFS entry sets a 220 mm minimum and a daily bag of five, with bait, lures and flies all allowed.
Where to fish it
The lower river is where sea-run trout are most likely, following the small fish that run in from the sea in spring, and a small spinner or a streamer swung across the current in the runs imitates them. Upstream around Flowerdale the resident browns hold in the deeper pools and under the banks, where a nymph or a small bait drifted along the seams is the steadier method. Farmland lines much of the river, so use the road access and ask before crossing paddocks.
Planning a visit
Wynyard and Burnie have tackle, fuel and accommodation a short drive from Flowerdale. The Inglis is one of the whitebait waters the IFS opened for 2026, from 1 October to 11 November between sunrise and sunset; whitebaiting needs its own licence from age 10, with a 2 kg daily limit and 10 kg for the season, and the list of open waters changes every year.
Reading this report here
Without a current level series, the rain row carries this page: the north-west coast is wet, and the Inglis colours up after heavy rain and fines down over the following days, which is often when sea-run fish move. The water temperature estimate, labelled as one, stays cool through most of the trout season; pressure and sky build the score at Flowerdale.
Licence, access and rules
A Tasmanian inland angling licence is needed on the Inglis from age 14, and the government keeps it free for juniors aged 14 to 17 this season; our Tasmania licence page has the fees. The IFS entry for the river and the whitebait rules are in the sources.
Common questions
When is the Inglis River open for trout?
From the first Saturday of August to the Sunday nearest 30 April; for 2026-27 the IFS lists 1 August 2026 to 2 May 2027.
Are there sea-run trout in the Inglis?
Yes. The Inland Fisheries Service lists the river as known for sea-run trout near the coast and resident browns further up.
Do I need a licence on the Inglis?
Yes: the Tasmanian inland angling licence from age 14, and a separate whitebait licence if you go whitebaiting.
Is fishing good at Inglis River at Flowerdale 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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