Rainbow trout
Slow
Winter lakes: bait on the bottom in the deeper bays through the middle of the day, or polaroiding the shallows on the bright days in Tasmania.
Mersey River at Liena Fishing Report
Updated Fri, 25 Sept 2026 from live weather and tide data
The upper Mersey at Liena: wild browns and rainbows in the gorge below the highland lakes, with the Bureau’s gauge at Liena.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Level
0.37 m
Air / High
8 °C / 19 °C
Wind
SSW 10 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 60.1, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Mersey River at Liena has cold water and fish that move for very little; fish the sunniest hours. The gauge reads 0.37 m, holding steady. Today brings cloud cover, wind SSW around 10 km/h, rising pressure near 1024 hPa and a high of 19 °C. Water sits around 8 °C for the season (estimated). With the full moon, the solunar majors run 10:25 AM-12:25 PM and 10:25 PM-12:25 AM: the windows to build the day around.
Brown trout
Slow
The lake fishery: bait or slow lures in the deeper bays; the rivers are closed in NSW and Victoria.
Tie on: Bait on the bottom, running sinker · Heavy blade, deep · Slow-rolled swimbait · Live bait, deepest hole. Prime windows: 10:25 AM-12:25 PM, 10:25 PM-12:25 AM, 4:55 AM-5:55 AM. Cooler at 12 °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 Mersey River at Liena today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (06:00), sunset (18:14), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 10:25 AM-12:25 PM and 10:25 PM-12:25 AM; minor 4:55 AM-5:55 AM. Full Moon, 99% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 60.1 (MERSEY RIVER - AT LIENA).
River level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 60.1. Latest reading 2026-09-23 17:45.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp8 °C
High / Low19 °C / 7 °C
WindSSW 10 km/h, gusts 25 km/h
Pressure1023.6 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain96% cloud, 100%
Sunrise / Sunset06:00 / 18:14
MoonFull Moon, 99%
Water temp (seasonal)~8 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Mersey River at Liena
The best day on Mersey River at Liena this week looks like Saturday 26 Sept, at 4 out of 5, against 3 today. Every day is scored by the same engine as the report above: pressure trend first, then wind, sky and season. Pick a species and the plan for that day changes with it.
Best day this week: Saturday, 26 Sept — good at 4/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.
Today, 25 Sept — Fair
A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
- Solunar majors
- 10:25 AM-12:25 PM and 10:25 PM-12:25 AM
- Minor period
- 4:55 AM-5:55 AM
- Sun
- 06:00 to 18:14
- Moon
- Full Moon, 99% lit
- Sky and wind
- Storms, 13 km/h
- Rain chance
- 100%
Scores are a planning aid built from forecast data, not a promise.
Species guide
The species that matter on Mersey River at Liena: seasons written for the southern year, and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.
Rainbow trout
Open season from October to June in NSW and Victoria; Tasmania from 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. Winter lakes: bait on the bottom in the deeper bays through the middle of the day, or polaroiding the shallows on the bright days in Tasmania.
Brown trout
Open season from October to June in NSW and Victoria; Tasmania from 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. The lake fishery: bait or slow lures in the deeper bays; the rivers are closed in NSW and Victoria.
When to come: the Mersey River at Liena 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 8 °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 dataThu, Sep 24
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Rainbow trout led the card at slow. High of 18 °C, wind to 11 km/h.
Wed, Sep 23
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Rainbow trout led the card at fair. High of 15 °C, wind to 8 km/h.
Tue, Sep 22
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Rainbow trout led the card at fair. High of 16 °C, wind to 18 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 from age 14, one rod or two; our Tasmania licence page has the fees.
About this water
Mersey River at Liena is a river in Tasmania, Australia, covered from the Tasmania reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Mersey River at Liena: the full guide
The reach
The Mersey at Liena is the upper river below the highland lakes of Parangana and Rowallan, running through the gorge country west of Mole Creek over rock, gravel and long pools with the Liena bridge, the Mersey Forest Road and the reserves along it, before it opens out toward Kimberley and Latrobe. It is wild trout water below a hydro system, and the Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at Liena supplies the river level and the 30-day chart on this page.
Species and seasons
Brown trout are wild and are the fishery, in the runs and the pools on the fly, lures and bait, with the spring hatches on the pools; rainbow trout are wild and stocked in the gorge reaches; and the river follows the brown trout season the Inland Fisheries Service publishes, first Saturday of August to the Sunday nearest 30 April, computed on the species card. The lower Mersey at Latrobe and Devonport is bream and sea-run trout water with its own rules.
Where to fish it
The Liena bridge and the reserves give bank access to the gorge pools, the Mersey Forest Road gives the upper river toward the dams, and the river is a wader’s water in the runs and the pool heads when the release allows; the Parangana releases shape the flow. Devonport, at the mouth, has its own page.
Reading the report
The chart follows the Parangana releases and the rain on the plateau, and a big release makes the gorge fast and unwadeable; a low release shows the rock. The water temperature estimate, labelled as one, runs cold below the dams and the page says so; the gorge shelters the water; pressure and sky fill the score.
Licence, access and rules
The Tasmanian inland angling licence applies from age 14, one rod or two; our Tasmania licence page has the fees. The bridge, the reserves and the forest road are public; the Inland Fishing Code is in the sources.
Mole Creek and the karst
Liena sits in the Mole Creek karst country, where the Mersey and its tributaries run through limestone and the caves of the national park lie under the farms; the springs keep the tributaries cool and clear, the Mole Creek and the Lobster Rivulet are small trout streams in their own right, and the Mersey below Liena toward Kimberley opens out into the runs that the Anglers Access Program marks.
Common questions
When is the upper Mersey open?
Through the Tasmanian brown trout season, first Saturday of August to the Sunday nearest 30 April, computed on the species card.
Do I need a licence at Liena?
Yes, from age 14: the Tasmanian inland angling licence, one rod or two.
Is fishing good at Mersey River at Liena 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 60.1 — MERSEY RIVER - AT LIENA
- Open-Meteo forecast model
- https://open-meteo.com/
- Moon and solunar windows
- Calculated on this site
- 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.