Rainbow trout
Excellent
Prime. Shore fishing along the edges with bait, spinners and flies, and the rivers if the season is open.
Little Pine Lagoon Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Central Plateau’s fly-only lagoon near Miena: wild brown trout tailing in the shallows, a five-knot limit and a Bureau gauge at the dam.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Level
1006.68 m1,499 ML
Air / High
6 °C / 13 °C
Wind
N 10 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 236.1, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Little Pine Lagoon rewards patience today, with cool water and short feeding windows. The gauge reads 1006.68 m, easing 0.06 over the week. Today brings clear skies, wind N around 10 km/h, steady pressure near 1020 hPa and a high of 13 °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, 4:48 AM-5:48 AM. Similar at 14 °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 Little Pine Lagoon today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:49), sunset (20:05), 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 4:48 AM-5:48 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 236.1 (LITTLE PINE LAGOON - AT DAM).
Storage level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 236.1. Latest reading 2026-11-08 17:45.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp6 °C
High / Low13 °C / 2 °C
WindN 10 km/h, gusts 20 km/h
Pressure1019.8 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain4% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset05:49 / 20:05
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~13 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Little Pine Lagoon
The best day on Little Pine Lagoon 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
- 4:48 AM-5:48 AM
- Sun
- 05:49 to 20:05
- 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 Little Pine Lagoon: 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 Little Pine Lagoon 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 11 °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 5 °C, wind to 24 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 11 °C, wind to 31 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
An Inland Fisheries Service angling licence is required from age 14, and our Tasmania licence page lists the 2026-27 fees.
Storage levels
Compare it with every other storage in the state on Tasmania dam levels today.
About this water
Little Pine Lagoon is a lake in Tasmania, Australia, covered from the Tasmania reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Little Pine Lagoon: the full guide
The lake
Little Pine Lagoon was formed by a low dam across the Little Pine River that diverts water down the Monpeelyata Canal to Lake Echo, the Inland Fisheries Service records. It lies about 10 km west of Miena on the B11, is shallow and weedy with an average depth of about a metre, and is highly productive. The service calls it probably the best known fly fishing water in Australia. Its level, with a 30-day chart, is read from the Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at the Little Pine dam.
Species and seasons
The brown trout population is sustained entirely by natural recruitment, with most fish between 0.5 and 1.5 kilograms. The lagoon is reserved for fly fishing only, with a bag of five, only two over 500 mm, and a 300 mm minimum; the outlet canal is also fly only, with a 220 mm minimum. The season runs from the first Saturday of August to the Sunday nearest 30 April, computed on the species card, and trolling from a boat is not allowed.
Where to fish it
From September to November, when levels are moderately high, trout tail within centimetres of the edge, so survey the margins before wading, particularly at first light and late afternoon, the service advises; the Road Shore, Untouchables Shore and Tailers Shore are the most popular. From December to March mayfly hatch across the lagoon and trout rise to the emerging duns, and later in the season a team of wet flies from a drifting boat often does well. Public foot access runs right around the shore.
Reading the report
The level chart is the key reading here, because tailing fish depend on a lagoon high enough to flood the margins. The wind row matters for the drift and the casting, and a still, overcast morning suits the hatch. Cold water is the norm in the water temperature estimate, which is labelled as one; pressure and sky round out the score.
Licence, access and rules
An Inland Fisheries Service angling licence is required from age 14, and our Tasmania licence page lists the 2026-27 fees. The one launching area is beside the Monpeelyata Canal; a 5-knot limit covers the whole lagoon, the 100 metres below the dam is a no-boating zone, and electric motors or oars are recommended north and east of the white posts near Bertrams Island. Camping is restricted to the designated area of the Parks and Wildlife Service reserve, with fuel stoves only.
Common questions
Is Little Pine Lagoon fly fishing only?
Yes. The Inland Fisheries Service reserves the lagoon and its outlet canal for fly fishing; the bag is five fish, only two over 500 mm, and trolling from a boat is not allowed.
When do the browns tail at Little Pine?
From September to November when the lagoon is moderately high, according to the Inland Fisheries Service; the level chart on this page shows whether it is.
Is fishing good at Little Pine Lagoon 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 236.1 — LITTLE PINE LAGOON - 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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