Rainbow trout
Excellent
Prime. Shore fishing along the edges with bait, spinners and flies, and the rivers if the season is open.
Meadowbank Lake Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Derwent lake between Hamilton and Ouse: stocked browns, rainbows and trophy Atlantic salmon, open all year, an hour from Hobart, with a Bureau gauge.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Level
72.69 m56,755 ML
Air / High
11 °C / 19 °C
Wind
E 9 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 565.1, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Meadowbank Lake rewards patience today, with cool water and short feeding windows. The gauge reads 72.69 m, easing 0.10 over the week. Today brings clear skies, wind E 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 11:19 PM-1:19 AM and 11:48 AM-1:48 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: 11:19 PM-1:19 AM, 11:48 AM-1:48 PM, 4:46 AM-5:46 AM. Similar at 19 °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 Meadowbank Lake today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:47), sunset (20:06), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:19 PM-1:19 AM and 11:48 AM-1:48 PM; minor 4:46 AM-5:46 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 565.1 (MEADOWBANK LAKE - AT DAM).
Storage level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 565.1. Latest reading 2026-11-07 17:45.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp11 °C
High / Low19 °C / 8 °C
WindE 9 km/h, gusts 20 km/h
Pressure1019.9 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain0% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset05:47 / 20:06
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~13 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Meadowbank Lake
The best day on Meadowbank Lake 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
- 11:19 PM-1:19 AM and 11:48 AM-1:48 PM
- Minor period
- 4:46 AM-5:46 AM
- Sun
- 05:47 to 20:06
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Overcast, 13 km/h
- Rain chance
- 0%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Meadowbank Lake: 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 all year Meadowbank Lake is open all year 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 all year Meadowbank Lake is open all year 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 Meadowbank Lake 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 12 °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 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
Tasmania’s inland angling licence is needed from age 14, and our Tasmania licence page sets out the fees.
Storage levels
Compare it with every other storage in the state on Tasmania dam levels today.
About this water
Meadowbank Lake is a lake in Tasmania, Australia, covered from the Tasmania reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Meadowbank Lake: the full guide
The lake
Meadowbank Lake was formed by damming the River Derwent for hydro-electric generation and lies in a rural district between grassy, treeless hills, between Hamilton and Ouse about an hour’s drive from Hobart on the A10, the Inland Fisheries Service records. The best access is either side of Dunrobin Bridge, and the low elevation and surrounding hills make it a sheltered water to fish. This page takes its level and 30-day chart from the Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at Meadowbank Dam.
Species and seasons
The service keeps the fishery going with regular stocking of brown trout, rainbow trout and trophy-sized Atlantic salmon, and the lake is open all year. Bait, lure and fly are all allowed, with a bag of five of which only two may be over 500 mm and a 300 mm minimum; the species card reads open all year with the rule linked. Redfin and tench are present and should be humanely killed if caught, and blackfish introduced to the Derwent system may also turn up.
Where to fish it
Above Dunrobin Bridge weed growth is prolific and the water is a small-boat zone with a 5-knot limit; the service recommends fly fishing there from the shore or a small boat, with strong caenid and red spinner hatches in spring and summer. Below the bridge the banks are steeper and the water deeper and less weedy, which suits spinning, trolling and bait fishing. Two ski zones sit south of the bridge, so share the water.
Reading the report
The level chart shows the hydro operation between Cluny Dam upstream and Meadowbank Dam below. At this low elevation the water temperature estimate, labelled as one, runs warmer than on the plateau, and autumn and spring are the strong trout seasons. The hills give some shelter from the wind; pressure and sky complete the score.
Licence, access and rules
Tasmania’s inland angling licence is needed from age 14, and our Tasmania licence page sets out the fees. The one concrete ramp is at the eastern end of Dunrobin Bridge, beside a picnic area and toilets; camping and picnicking are at Bethune Park on the western side. No-boating zones extend about 1,500 metres upstream of Meadowbank Dam and 300 metres downstream of Cluny Dam. See the sources for the service’s Meadowbank page and the Inland Fishing Code.
Common questions
Is Meadowbank Lake open all year?
Yes. The Inland Fisheries Service lists it among the waters open all year; the species card shows it with the rule linked.
How far is Meadowbank Lake from Hobart?
About an hour’s drive on the A10, between Hamilton and Ouse, according to the Inland Fisheries Service.
Is fishing good at Meadowbank Lake 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 565.1 — MEADOWBANK 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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