Rainbow trout
Excellent
Prime. Shore fishing along the edges with bait, spinners and flies, and the rivers if the season is open.
Lake Rosebery Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Pieman scheme lake behind Bastyan Dam, with Tullah on its shore: browns and rainbows open to the end of May as an extended-season water, with a Bureau gauge at the dam.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Level
159.06 m120,974 ML
Air / High
9 °C / 19 °C
Wind
NE 8 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 658.1, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Lake Rosebery has cool water and fish holding a little deeper and slower. The gauge reads 159.06 m, up 0.15 over the week. Today brings a mixed sky, wind NE around 8 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 11:25 PM-1:25 AM and 11:53 AM-1:53 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: 11:25 PM-1:25 AM, 11:53 AM-1:53 PM, 4:53 AM-5:53 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 Rosebery today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:54), sunset (20:09), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:25 PM-1:25 AM and 11:53 AM-1:53 PM; minor 4:53 AM-5:53 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 658.1 (ROSEBERY LAKE - AT DAM).
Storage level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 658.1. Latest reading 2026-11-07 00:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp9 °C
High / Low19 °C / 4 °C
WindNE 8 km/h, gusts 17 km/h
Pressure1020.0 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain47% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset05:54 / 20:09
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~13 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Lake Rosebery
The best day on Lake Rosebery 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
- 11:25 PM-1:25 AM and 11:53 AM-1:53 PM
- Minor period
- 4:53 AM-5:53 AM
- Sun
- 05:54 to 20:09
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 14 km/h
- Rain chance
- 0%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Lake Rosebery: 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 31 May 2027. The South Esk from the Storys Creek Road bridge at Avoca to Beams Hollow, the lower Macquarie, Meander and Brumbys Creek and lakes Mackintosh and Rosebery open with most waters on the first Saturday of August and close with the rainbow waters on the Sunday nearest 31 May. Rule as read from Inland Fisheries Service Tasmania on 2026-09-24.
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 31 May 2027. The South Esk from the Storys Creek Road bridge at Avoca to Beams Hollow, the lower Macquarie, Meander and Brumbys Creek and lakes Mackintosh and Rosebery open with most waters on the first Saturday of August and close with the rainbow waters on the Sunday nearest 31 May. Rule as read from Inland Fisheries Service Tasmania on 2026-09-24.
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 Rosebery 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 16 °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 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 13 °C, wind to 16 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 Rosebery 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 Rosebery is a lake in Tasmania, Australia, covered from the Tasmania reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Lake Rosebery: the full guide
Lake Rosebery
Lake Rosebery was created in 1983 by the Bastyan Dam on the Pieman River, the Inland Fisheries Service says, with the dammed Mackintosh and Murchison rivers among its feeders; it lies on the A10 about 70 km north of Queenstown and 110 km south of Burnie, with the township of Tullah on its eastern shore. Hydro Tasmania runs water from the Mackintosh station into it and from the Bastyan station at its foot on to Lake Pieman. The Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at the Lake Rosebery dam supplies the level and the 30-day chart on this page. Lake Mackintosh, upstream, has its own page.
Species and seasons
Brown and rainbow trout are the fish of Lake Rosebery; IFS manages it as a wild trout fishery, with browns from natural recruitment and periodic rainbow stocking. Like Mackintosh, the lake is one of the Inland Fisheries Service’s extended-season waters: open from 1 August 2026 to 30 May 2027, the first Saturday of August to the Sunday nearest 31 May, computed on the species card, with a bag of 12 fish over 300 mm.
Where to fish it
IFS rates Rosebery highly for shore anglers, particularly along the eastern shore near Tullah and north-east of the Bastyan Dam, and a boat helps reach the less accessible areas and the wind lanes in open water. Casting from a drifting boat and trolling are the lure methods; in summer, fly anglers find fish rising to midges and chasing mudeyes, with beetle falls through summer and autumn.
Planning a visit
Tullah, on the eastern shore, and the mining town of Rosebery, near the southern end, have supplies and accommodation, and Queenstown is further south. The lake level fluctuates regularly, so bring a sounder if you boat among the drowned timber, and the extended season keeps Rosebery open until the end of May.
Reading this report here
Rain is the West Coast’s weather and the rain row matters at Rosebery because it lifts and colours the lake, which the chart shows. The wind row matters on the open water, where a steady breeze sets up the wind lanes; the water temperature estimate, labelled as one, is cool to cold. Pressure and sky build the score at Lake Rosebery.
Licence, access and rules
The Tasmanian inland angling licence applies at Lake Rosebery from age 14; our Tasmania licence page has the fees. The Inland Fishing Code, with the extended season and the bag, and the IFS page for the lake are in the sources, and access is under Hydro Tasmania’s rules.
Common questions
When does Lake Rosebery close?
On the Sunday nearest 31 May, 30 May 2027 this season, because it is an extended-season water.
What can I catch at Lake Rosebery?
Brown trout and rainbow trout, from the eastern shore near Tullah or from a boat in the wind lanes.
Do I need a licence at Lake Rosebery?
Yes: anyone 14 or older needs the Tasmanian inland angling licence to fish Lake Rosebery.
Is fishing good at Lake Rosebery 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 658.1 — ROSEBERY 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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