Rainbow trout
Excellent
Prime. Shore fishing along the edges with bait, spinners and flies, and the rivers if the season is open.
Lake Pieman Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The long, narrow lake behind Reece Dam at the end of the Pieman scheme: brown trout in remote West Coast forest, 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
95.54 m257,930 ML
Air / High
8 °C / 19 °C
Wind
NE 10 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 742.1, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Lake Pieman has cool water and fish holding a little deeper and slower. The gauge reads 95.54 m, easing 0.10 over the week. Today brings clear skies, wind NE around 10 km/h, steady 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 11:26 PM-1:26 AM and 11:55 AM-1:55 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: 11:26 PM-1:26 AM, 11:55 AM-1:55 PM, 4:55 AM-5:55 AM. Similar at 20 °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 Lake Pieman today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:56), sunset (20:11), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:26 PM-1:26 AM and 11:55 AM-1:55 PM; minor 4:55 AM-5:55 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 742.1 (PIEMAN LAKE - AT DAM).
Storage level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 742.1. Latest reading 2026-11-07 00:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp8 °C
High / Low19 °C / 5 °C
WindNE 10 km/h, gusts 15 km/h
Pressure1019.6 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain10% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset05:56 / 20:11
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~13 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Lake Pieman
The best day on Lake Pieman this week looks like Wednesday 11 Nov, at 4 out of 5, against 3 today.
Best day this week: Wednesday, 11 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
- 11:26 PM-1:26 AM and 11:55 AM-1:55 PM
- Minor period
- 4:55 AM-5:55 AM
- Sun
- 05:56 to 20:11
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Partly cloudy, 16 km/h
- Rain chance
- 0%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Lake Pieman: 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 Pieman 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 14 °C, wind to 14 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 23 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 12 °C, wind to 18 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
Fishing Lake Pieman takes the Tasmanian inland angling licence 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 Pieman is a lake in Tasmania, Australia, covered from the Tasmania reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Lake Pieman: the full guide
Lake Pieman
Lake Pieman is the Hydro Tasmania storage formed by damming the Pieman River with the Reece Dam, more than 25 km long but no wider than 400 metres, the Inland Fisheries Service says. Hydro Tasmania describes the Reece Power Station at the foot of the dam as the last station before the water runs out to the Southern Ocean, fed by the chain from Mackintosh through Rosebery. The Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at the Lake Pieman dam supplies the level and the 30-day chart on this page. Lake Mackintosh and Lake Rosebery upstream have their own pages.
Species and seasons
Brown trout are the fish of Lake Pieman, along the steep forested shores and the creek mouths, taken on lures, the fly and bait under the general lake rules. The lake 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, with the general bag of 12 fish over 300 mm.
Where to fish it
IFS notes a boat ramp just above the dam wall on the southern side and says boating is preferred because of the steep banks and vegetation. A boat is the way to reach the long arms of the lake, which see few anglers; trolling a lure along the drop-offs covers the narrow water efficiently.
Planning a visit
Reece Dam is reached by the B246 from the south out of Zeehan or the B252 from the north out of Rosebery, and Zeehan and Rosebery have the nearest supplies. It is remote country, so carry fuel and food, and bring a boat for the long arms.
Reading this report here
The rain row matters most on the West Coast, and heavy rain lifts and colours the lake, which the chart shows through the hydro operation. The wind row matters on the open arms; the water temperature estimate, labelled as one, is cool to cold. Pressure and sky build the score at Lake Pieman, and the planner shows the day.
Licence, access and rules
Fishing Lake Pieman takes the Tasmanian inland angling licence from age 14; our Tasmania licence page has the fees. Hydro Tasmania sets the access at Reece Dam, and the Code’s general lake rules and the IFS page for Lake Pieman are in the sources.
Common questions
Where is Lake Pieman?
Behind Reece Dam on the Pieman River, reached by the B246 from Zeehan or the B252 from Rosebery.
What season applies at Lake Pieman?
Lake Pieman keeps the general lake season, from the first Saturday of August to the Sunday nearest 30 April.
Do I need a licence at Lake Pieman?
Yes: anyone 14 or older needs the Tasmanian inland angling licence to fish Lake Pieman.
Is fishing good at Lake Pieman 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 742.1 — PIEMAN 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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