Rainbow trout
Excellent
Prime. Shore fishing along the edges with bait, spinners and flies, and the rivers if the season is open.
Lake Repulse Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
A Derwent River hydro lake near Ouse: a large head of brown trout between Catagunya and Cluny, best fished 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
124.56 m10,079 ML
Air / High
11 °C / 18 °C
Wind
SSE 10 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 580.1, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Lake Repulse rewards patience today, with cool water and short feeding windows. The gauge reads 124.56 m, easing 0.10 over the week. Today brings clear skies, wind SSE around 11 km/h, steady pressure near 1020 hPa and a high of 18 °C. Water sits around 13 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 11:20 PM-1:20 AM and 11:49 AM-1:49 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: 11:20 PM-1:20 AM, 11:49 AM-1:49 PM, 4:47 AM-5:47 AM. Similar at 20 °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 Repulse today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:48), sunset (20:06), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:20 PM-1:20 AM and 11:49 AM-1:49 PM; minor 4:47 AM-5:47 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 580.1 (REPULSE LAKE - AT DAM).
Storage level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 580.1. Latest reading 2026-11-07 00:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp11 °C
High / Low18 °C / 7 °C
WindSSE 10 km/h, gusts 24 km/h
Pressure1019.7 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain2% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset05:48 / 20:06
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~13 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Lake Repulse
The best day on Lake Repulse 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
- 11:20 PM-1:20 AM and 11:49 AM-1:49 PM
- Minor period
- 4:47 AM-5:47 AM
- Sun
- 05:48 to 20:06
- 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 Lake Repulse: 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 Repulse 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 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 18 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 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
Anglers at Lake Repulse need 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 Repulse is a lake in Tasmania, Australia, covered from the Tasmania reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Lake Repulse: the full guide
Lake Repulse
Lake Repulse is one of the Derwent River hydro storages above Ouse in the Central Highlands, a narrow, long storage between Lake Catagunya upstream and Cluny Lagoon downstream, accessed off the Lyell Highway. Hydro Tasmania runs Catagunya’s water through the Catagunya Power Station into Repulse, and Repulse’s water through the Repulse Power Station on to Cluny. The Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at the Lake Repulse dam supplies the level and the 30-day chart on this page.
Species and seasons
The Inland Fisheries Service describes a large head of brown trout in Repulse, together with the occasional rainbow trout, taken along the edges and at the inflow on lures, the fly and bait under the general lake rules. With no entry of its own in the Inland Fishing Code, Repulse takes the general lake season, the first Saturday of August to the Sunday nearest 30 April, computed on the species card, and the general bag of 12 fish over 300 mm.
Where to fish it
IFS rates Repulse as best fished by boat, and a small boat or a kayak covers the long river lake, trolling the drop-offs and casting at the inflow below the Catagunya station; the dam and the hydro access roads are the shore spots. It is a quiet water compared with Meadowbank downstream.
Planning a visit
Lake Repulse is reached from the roads north of Ouse on the Lyell Highway; Hamilton and New Norfolk are the nearest larger towns. Pair it with Catagunya upstream and Cluny and Meadowbank downstream for a day on the Derwent chain.
Reading this report here
Repulse follows the releases down the Derwent chain, which the chart shows, and the valley shelters it from the plateau winds. The water temperature estimate, labelled as one, is cool through the season; pressure and sky build the score at Lake Repulse, and the planner shows the day.
Licence, access and rules
Anglers at Lake Repulse need the Tasmanian inland angling licence from age 14; our Tasmania licence page has the fees. Access is 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 Repulse?
Lake Repulse keeps the general lake season, from the first Saturday of August to the Sunday nearest 30 April.
Where is Lake Repulse?
On the Derwent River above Ouse, between Lake Catagunya and Cluny Lagoon.
Do I need a licence at Lake Repulse?
Yes: anyone 14 or older needs the Tasmanian inland angling licence to fish Lake Repulse.
Is fishing good at Lake Repulse 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 580.1 — REPULSE 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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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.