Rainbow trout
Excellent
Prime. Shore fishing along the edges with bait, spinners and flies, and the rivers if the season is open.
Lake Parangana Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Mersey River storage directly below Lake Rowallan: brown trout in a narrow forest lake of the Mersey-Forth scheme, fished mostly by boat, with a Bureau gauge at the dam.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Level
379.46 m5,331 ML
Air / High
7 °C / 16 °C
Wind
NE 2 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 594.1, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Lake Parangana is in its cool-water rhythm: slower presentations and the warmest hours of the day. The gauge reads 379.46 m, up 0.48 over the week. Today brings cloud cover, wind NE around 2 km/h, steady pressure near 1021 hPa and a high of 16 °C. Water sits around 13 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 11:22 PM-1:22 AM and 11:50 AM-1:50 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: 11:22 PM-1:22 AM, 11:50 AM-1:50 PM, 4:51 AM-5:51 AM. Similar at 18 °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 Lake Parangana today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:52), sunset (20:06), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:22 PM-1:22 AM and 11:50 AM-1:50 PM; minor 4:51 AM-5:51 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 594.1 (PARANGANA LAKE - AT DAM).
Storage level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 594.1. Latest reading 2026-11-07 00:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp7 °C
High / Low16 °C / 4 °C
WindNE 2 km/h, gusts 10 km/h
Pressure1021.2 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain71% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset05:52 / 20:06
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~13 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Lake Parangana
The best day on Lake Parangana 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
- 11:22 PM-1:22 AM and 11:50 AM-1:50 PM
- Minor period
- 4:51 AM-5:51 AM
- Sun
- 05:52 to 20:06
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Overcast, 11 km/h
- Rain chance
- 0%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Lake Parangana: 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 Lake Parangana 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 17 °C, wind to 16 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 10 °C, wind to 21 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 15 °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
The Tasmanian inland angling licence applies at Lake Parangana from age 14; our Tasmania licence page has the fees.
Storage levels
Compare it with every other storage in the state on Tasmania dam levels today.
About this water
Lake Parangana is a lake in Tasmania, Australia, covered from the Tasmania reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Lake Parangana: the full guide
Lake Parangana
Lake Parangana is the narrow storage on the Mersey River directly downstream of Lake Rowallan, in the forested valley of the upper Mersey south-west of Mole Creek, with access from the C171. Hydro Tasmania runs Rowallan’s water into it, along with the water that drops from Lake Mackenzie through the Fisher Power Station, and then sends Parangana’s water west by tunnel to the Lemonthyme Power Station and on to Lake Cethana. The Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at the Lake Parangana dam supplies the level and the 30-day chart on this page. Lake Rowallan upstream and the Mersey at Liena downstream have their own pages.
Species and seasons
The Inland Fisheries Service says that, unlike Rowallan, Parangana is known more for brown trout, taken along the steep forest edges and at the inflows on lures, the fly and bait under the general lake rules. Parangana is not listed separately in the Inland Fishing Code, so it follows the general lake season, the first Saturday of August to the Sunday nearest 30 April, computed on the species card; Lake Rowallan upstream opens later, as a rainbow-season water.
Where to fish it
IFS notes that boating is common here because dense bush surrounds much of the shore, so a small boat or a kayak is the practical way to fish the edges. The dam and the pull-offs along the C171 give some bank access, and the inflow from Rowallan is the moving water where the trout feed when water is being released.
Planning a visit
Lake Parangana is on the C171 beyond Mole Creek, and Mole Creek and Deloraine are the nearest towns with supplies. The same road leads on to Lake Rowallan, which opens later, in October. Carry food and fuel for a day in the valley.
Reading this report here
Parangana sits in a deep, forested valley that shelters it from wind, and its level follows the hydro releases, which the chart shows. The rain row matters because the upper Mersey is wet country. The water temperature estimate, labelled as one, is cold to cool; pressure and sky build the score at Lake Parangana.
Licence, access and rules
The Tasmanian inland angling licence applies at Lake Parangana from age 14; our Tasmania licence page has the fees. The road and the shore are open under Hydro Tasmania’s rules, and the Inland Fishing Code and the IFS page for the lake are in the sources.
Common questions
What season applies at Lake Parangana?
Lake Parangana keeps the general lake season, from the first Saturday of August to the Sunday nearest 30 April.
Is Lake Parangana on the same season as Lake Rowallan?
No. Rowallan upstream opens on the Saturday nearest 1 October; Parangana follows the general lake season from August.
Do I need a licence at Lake Parangana?
Yes: anyone 14 or older needs the Tasmanian inland angling licence to fish Lake Parangana.
Is fishing good at Lake Parangana 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 594.1 — PARANGANA LAKE - 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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