Rainbow trout
Excellent
Prime. Shore fishing along the edges with bait, spinners and flies, and the rivers if the season is open.
Lake River at Parknook Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Lake River at Parknook below Woods Lake: brown trout in the midlands river toward the Macquarie, with a Bureau gauge.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Level
0.48 m
Air / High
11 °C / 17 °C
Wind
N 11 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 175.1, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Lake River at Parknook is in its cool-water rhythm: slower presentations and the warmest hours of the day. The gauge reads 0.48 m, holding steady. Today brings a mixed sky, wind N around 11 km/h, steady pressure near 1020 hPa and a high of 17 °C. Water sits around 13 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 11:18 PM-1:18 AM and 11:47 AM-1:47 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: 11:18 PM-1:18 AM, 11:47 AM-1:47 PM, 4:47 AM-5:47 AM. Similar at 18 °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 River at Parknook today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:48), sunset (20:03), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:18 PM-1:18 AM and 11:47 AM-1:47 PM; minor 4:47 AM-5:47 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 175.1 (LAKE RIVER - AT PARKNOOK).
River level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 175.1. Latest reading 2026-11-08 17:45.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp11 °C
High / Low17 °C / 6 °C
WindN 11 km/h, gusts 22 km/h
Pressure1020.3 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain29% cloud, 2%
Sunrise / Sunset05:48 / 20:03
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~13 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Lake River at Parknook
The best day on Lake River at Parknook 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
- 11:18 PM-1:18 AM and 11:47 AM-1:47 PM
- Minor period
- 4:47 AM-5:47 AM
- Sun
- 05:48 to 20:03
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Overcast, 11 km/h
- Rain chance
- 2%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Lake River at Parknook: 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 River at Parknook 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
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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 16 °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 14 °C, wind to 16 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 18 °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
On the Lake River at Parknook a Tasmanian inland angling licence is needed from age 14; our Tasmania licence page has the fees.
About this water
Lake River at Parknook is a river in Tasmania, Australia, covered from the Tasmania reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Lake River at Parknook: the full guide
The Lake River at Parknook
The Lake River runs from Woods Lake on the edge of the Central Plateau down through the northern midlands to the Macquarie near Cressy; Parknook is a gauging site on its middle reaches. The Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at Parknook supplies the river level and the 30-day chart on this page. Woods Lake has its own page.
Species and seasons
Brown trout are the fish of the Lake River, in the pools and runs on the fly, lures and bait. The Lake River is not listed separately in the Inland Fishing Code, so the general river rules apply: open from the first Saturday of August to the Sunday nearest 30 April, computed on the species card; the extended season on the lower Macquarie does not extend up this river.
Where to fish it
The road crossings between the plateau and Cressy give access; most of the land is private grazing country.
Planning a visit
Cressy, toward the Macquarie, is the nearest village, and Longford is the larger town. Bring light trout gear.
The river through the year
The Lake River begins at Woods Lake, so the river below it carries whatever leaves the lake as well as the rain; the chart shows both. From the plateau edge the river drops into the northern midlands, a dry, open country, and it runs best after winter and spring rain. The trout rise to the hatches on warm spring and summer evenings, and in a dry late summer the river runs low and the fish keep to the deeper pools. Below Parknook the river runs on toward Cressy and the Macquarie. The river is small and weedy through the midlands, and a careful approach to the pools pays off; the landholders’ permission is needed off the public road reserves.
Reading this report here
The chart shows the Lake River’s flow below Woods Lake, rising after rain on the plateau edge. The water temperature estimate, labelled as one, is cool in spring and autumn; pressure and sky build the score at Parknook.
Licence, access and rules
On the Lake River at Parknook a Tasmanian inland angling licence is needed from age 14; our Tasmania licence page has the fees. The Inland Fishing Code, which sets the rules on the Lake River at Parknook, is in the sources.
Common questions
When is the Lake River open for trout?
The Lake River at Parknook opens on the first Saturday of August and closes on the Sunday nearest 30 April.
Does the Macquarie extended season apply here?
No; it covers the lower Macquarie, not the Lake River.
Do I need a licence here?
Yes: anyone aged 14 or over needs a Tasmanian inland angling licence on the Lake River at Parknook.
Is fishing good at Lake River at Parknook 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 175.1 — LAKE RIVER - AT PARKNOOK
- 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.