Rainbow trout
Excellent
Prime. Shore fishing along the edges with bait, spinners and flies, and the rivers if the season is open.
Ringarooma River at Moorina Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Ringarooma at Moorina in the north-east: brown trout in the old tin-mining valley, with a Bureau gauge.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Level
1.25 m
Air / High
9 °C / 16 °C
Wind
ESE 8 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 30.2, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Ringarooma River at Moorina is in its cool-water rhythm: slower presentations and the warmest hours of the day. The gauge reads 1.25 m, easing 0.13 over the week. Today brings a mixed sky, wind ESE around 8 km/h, steady pressure near 1021 hPa and a high of 16 °C. Water sits around 13 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 11:15 PM-1:15 AM and 11:44 AM-1:44 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: 11:15 PM-1:15 AM, 11:44 AM-1:44 PM, 4:45 AM-5:45 AM. Similar at 18 °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 Ringarooma River at Moorina today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:46), sunset (19:58), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:15 PM-1:15 AM and 11:44 AM-1:44 PM; minor 4:45 AM-5:45 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 30.2 (RINGAROOMA RIVER AT MOORINA).
River level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 30.2. Latest reading 2026-11-08 08:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp9 °C
High / Low16 °C / 7 °C
WindESE 8 km/h, gusts 18 km/h
Pressure1021.2 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain45% cloud, 9%
Sunrise / Sunset05:46 / 19:58
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~13 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Ringarooma River at Moorina
The best day on Ringarooma River at Moorina 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
- 11:15 PM-1:15 AM and 11:44 AM-1:44 PM
- Minor period
- 4:45 AM-5:45 AM
- Sun
- 05:46 to 19:58
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Overcast, 16 km/h
- Rain chance
- 9%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Ringarooma River at Moorina: 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 Ringarooma River at Moorina 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 17 °C, wind to 11 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 18 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 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
On the Ringarooma River at Moorina a Tasmanian inland angling licence is needed from age 14; our Tasmania licence page has the fees.
About this water
Ringarooma River at Moorina is a river in Tasmania, Australia, covered from the Tasmania reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Ringarooma River at Moorina: the full guide
The Ringarooma at Moorina
Moorina is a small settlement in the old tin-mining country of Tasmania’s north-east, downstream of Derby and Branxholm, where the Ringarooma runs through forest and farmland on its way north to the coast. The Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at Moorina supplies the river level and the 30-day chart on this page. The Ringarooma above Branxholm has its own page.
Species and seasons
Brown trout are the fish of the Ringarooma, in the runs and pools on the fly, small lures and bait. The river follows the Inland Fishing Code’s general river rules, open from the first Saturday of August to the Sunday nearest 30 April and computed on the species card, with a bag of five fish over 220 mm.
Where to fish it
The crossings and reserves around Moorina and Derby give access to the river, and anglers walk the banks between them.
Planning a visit
Scottsdale is the main town for supplies, and Derby, just upstream, is the nearest village. Bring light trout gear and a few nymphs for the faster runs.
The river through the year
The Ringarooma runs full through the north-eastern winter and rises quickly after heavy rain on the highlands. The valley remembers the worst of those floods: on 4 April 1929, after two days of extreme rain, the Briseis Dam on the Cascade River above Derby burst, and the Companion to Tasmanian History records that fourteen lives were lost. The trout season opens in August with the river high; from October the trout rise in the runs as the water warms, and summer is the best dry-fly fishing. Low summer flows make the fish wary, and the early mornings and evenings are the time, with a longer leader and a lighter fly than the spring water needed.
Reading this report here
The chart shows the Ringarooma rising after rain in the north-east highlands. The water temperature estimate, labelled as one, is cool for much of the season; pressure and sky build the score at Moorina.
Licence, access and rules
On the Ringarooma River at Moorina a Tasmanian inland angling licence is needed from age 14; our Tasmania licence page has the fees. The Code’s general river rules, which cover the Ringarooma River at Moorina, are in the sources.
Common questions
When is the Ringarooma open for trout?
The Ringarooma River at Moorina opens on the first Saturday of August and closes on the Sunday nearest 30 April.
What can I catch at Moorina?
Brown trout, in the runs and pools of the Ringarooma River at Moorina.
Do I need a licence here?
Yes: anyone aged 14 or over needs a Tasmanian inland angling licence on the Ringarooma River at Moorina.
Is fishing good at Ringarooma River at Moorina 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 30.2 — RINGAROOMA RIVER AT MOORINA
- 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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