Rainbow trout
Slow
Winter lakes: bait on the bottom in the deeper bays through the middle of the day, or polaroiding the shallows on the bright days in Tasmania.
Lake Augusta Fishing Report
Updated Fri, 25 Sept 2026 from live weather and tide data
The highest storage on the Central Plateau: wild browns in shallow, rocky water at the gateway to the Nineteen Lagoons, with a Bureau gauge at the intake.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Level
1148.19 m2,268 ML
Air / High
3 °C / 13 °C
Wind
W 8 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 155.1, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Lake Augusta is a cold-water proposition today: bait on the bottom and a long soak. The gauge reads 1148.19 m, up 0.96 over the week. Today brings cloud cover, wind W around 8 km/h, rising pressure near 1024 hPa and a high of 13 °C. Water sits around 8 °C for the season (estimated). With the full moon, the solunar majors run 10:25 AM-12:25 PM and 10:25 PM-12:25 AM: the windows to build the day around.
Brown trout
Slow
The lake fishery: bait or slow lures in the deeper bays; the rivers are closed in NSW and Victoria.
Tie on: Bait on the bottom, running sinker · Heavy blade, deep · Slow-rolled swimbait · Live bait, deepest hole. Prime windows: 10:25 AM-12:25 PM, 10:25 PM-12:25 AM, 4:55 AM-5:55 AM. Cooler at 3 °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 Lake Augusta today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:58), sunset (18:13), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 10:25 AM-12:25 PM and 10:25 PM-12:25 AM; minor 4:55 AM-5:55 AM. Full Moon, 99% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 155.1 (AUGUSTA LAKE - AT INTAKE).
Storage level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 155.1. Latest reading 2026-09-24 00:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp3 °C
High / Low13 °C / 3 °C
WindW 8 km/h, gusts 15 km/h
Pressure1024.1 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain98% cloud, 100%
Sunrise / Sunset05:58 / 18:13
MoonFull Moon, 99%
Water temp (seasonal)~8 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Lake Augusta
The best day on Lake Augusta this week looks like Saturday 26 Sept, at 4 out of 5, against 3 today. Every day is scored by the same engine as the report above: pressure trend first, then wind, sky and season. Pick a species and the plan for that day changes with it.
Best day this week: Saturday, 26 Sept — good at 4/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.
Today, 25 Sept — Fair
A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
- Solunar majors
- 10:25 AM-12:25 PM and 10:25 PM-12:25 AM
- Minor period
- 4:55 AM-5:55 AM
- Sun
- 05:58 to 18:13
- Moon
- Full Moon, 99% lit
- Sky and wind
- Storms, 26 km/h
- Rain chance
- 100%
Scores are a planning aid built from forecast data, not a promise.
Species guide
The species that matter on Lake Augusta: seasons written for the southern year, and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.
Rainbow trout
Open season from October to June in NSW and Victoria; Tasmania from 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. Winter lakes: bait on the bottom in the deeper bays through the middle of the day, or polaroiding the shallows on the bright days in Tasmania.
Brown trout
Open season from October to June in NSW and Victoria; Tasmania from 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. The lake fishery: bait or slow lures in the deeper bays; the rivers are closed in NSW and Victoria.
When to come: the Lake Augusta 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
SlowPeak
Water temperature through the year
Typical surface temperature for this water type in degrees Celsius; today is around 8 °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 dataThu, Sep 24
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Rainbow trout led the card at slow. High of 13 °C, wind to 31 km/h.
Wed, Sep 23
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Rainbow trout led the card at fair. High of 10 °C, wind to 14 km/h.
Tue, Sep 22
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Rainbow trout led the card at fair. High of 8 °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
The Tasmanian inland angling licence applies from age 14; our Tasmania licence page has the fees.
About this water
Lake Augusta is a lake in Tasmania, Australia, covered from the Tasmania reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Lake Augusta: the full guide
Lake Augusta
Lake Augusta is the storage on the upper Ouse River at the top of the Central Plateau, north-west of Liawenee, a broad, shallow lake of rocks, tussock and bare shore at the start of the Western Lakes, reached by the gravel Lake Augusta Road. It is the jumping-off point for the Nineteen Lagoons, and the Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at the intake supplies the level and the 30-day chart on this page.
Species and seasons
Wild brown trout are the fish of Lake Augusta, cruising the rocky shallows and the flooded margins and taken on the fly, on lures and, under a special rule, on bait. The Inland Fishing Code lists the lake with the general season, 1 August 2026 to 2 May 2027, which is the first Saturday of August to the Sunday nearest 30 April, computed on the species card. Bait anglers are limited to one handheld rod here, and the bag is five fish over 300 mm with no more than two over 500 mm.
Where to fish it
The Lake Augusta Road follows the eastern shore and the dam end gives easy access; the rocky shallows and the grassy margins are waded and polaroided on bright days for cruising browns. The lake is the car park for walks into the Nineteen Lagoons, which carry their own rules in the Code.
Planning a visit
Lake Augusta is reached from the Highland Lakes Road at Liawenee, north of Miena, by the gravel Lake Augusta Road, which can close with snow in winter. There is no shop on the plateau beyond Miena, so carry food, fuel and warm, waterproof clothing. Polarised glasses and a quiet approach are the keys to fishing the rocky shallows for cruising browns.
Reading this report here
Augusta sits high and bare, and the wind row is the number to read before the drive: a westerly across the plateau makes the shallows unfishable and the air bitter. Snow can fall in any month. The water temperature estimate, labelled as one, is cold for most of the season; the chart shows the hydro storage filling and drawing down. Pressure and sky build the score at Lake Augusta.
Licence, access and rules
The Tasmanian inland angling licence applies from age 14; our Tasmania licence page has the fees. The Inland Fishing Code, with Augusta’s one-rod bait rule, the bag and the season, is in the sources, and the road and the shore are open under Hydro Tasmania’s rules.
Common questions
When is Lake Augusta open?
In the general Tasmanian season, 1 August 2026 to 2 May 2027 this year: the first Saturday of August to the Sunday nearest 30 April.
Can I use bait at Lake Augusta?
Yes, but only with one handheld rod, as the Inland Fishing Code sets for Augusta and Lake Mackenzie.
Do I need a licence at Lake Augusta?
Yes: the Tasmanian inland angling licence, from age 14.
Is fishing good at Lake Augusta 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
- Storage and river readings
- Bureau of Meteorology, Water Data Online, station 155.1 — AUGUSTA LAKE - AT INTAKE
- Open-Meteo forecast model
- https://open-meteo.com/
- Moon and solunar windows
- Calculated on this site
- The written guide on this page
Pablo Ruiz Quintero
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.