Snapper
Excellent
Fish are thinner inshore. Work the deeper structure and the channel edges with baits on the bottom, and pick the tide change.
Triabunna Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Maria Island ferry port on Spring Bay: the wharf and the bay’s flathead, squid and salmon, bream in the Prosser, and the island’s no-fishing reserve across the water.
4/5
Good. Solid day ahead.Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
Next tide
Low 3:03 pm model
Air / High
10 °C / 14 °C
Wind
NE 12 km/h
Sources: modelled tide curve, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Triabunna is in its cool-water rhythm: slower presentations and the warmest hours of the day. Today brings clear skies, wind NE around 13 km/h, falling pressure near 1021 hPa and a high of 14 °C. Tides: high 8:03 am and 9:30 pm, low 1:39 am and 3:03 pm: the moving water either side of each change is when this place feeds. Water sits around 17 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 11:15 PM-1:15 AM and 11:43 AM-1:43 PM: the windows to build the day around.
King George whiting
Excellent
Deeper sand patches and the middle of the day; slower bites, bigger fish.
Southern calamari
Closed today
Reopens 15 Nov 2026. No taking or possessing calamari or squid, or squid jigs on a line, from Lemon Rock (south of Wineglass Bay) to Whale Head, including Coles Bay and Great Oyster Bay, from 15 October to 14 November inclusive.
Flathead
Excellent
Fish the deeper channels and the last of the run-out; slower hops with a heavier jighead, and a bait on the bottom as back-up.
Australian salmon
Fair
The main season. Beach gutters, rock platforms and bay edges on the rising tide; metals, surf poppers and bait all work.
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, 11:43 AM-1:43 PM, 4:42 AM-5:42 AM. Warmer 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 snapper here? Check the size and bag limits with IFS Tasmania before you keep anything; the Snapper page has the seasons and the tactics.
Fishing times for Triabunna today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:43), sunset (20:01), the moon and today's score, with the modelled tide changes in the panel below. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:15 PM-1:15 AM and 11:43 AM-1:43 PM; minor 4:42 AM-5:42 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
A modelled tide curve for these coordinates and the forecast for the day.
Tides (modelled)
Modelled sea level curve from Open-Meteo Marine for these coordinates, datum mean sea level. Fish the moving water either side of each change.
A model, not the official prediction: times can drift by tens of minutes inside bays and estuaries. Check the Bureau of Meteorology tide predictions for the exact times before you rely on them.
Mon
LOW1:39 am-0.34 m
HIGH8:03 am0.28 m
LOW3:03 pm-0.61 m
HIGH9:30 pm0.05 m
Tue
LOW2:10 am-0.18 m
HIGH8:43 am0.41 m
LOW3:47 pm-0.46 m
HIGH10:30 pm0.18 m
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp10 °C
High / Low14 °C / 8 °C
WindNE 12 km/h, gusts 26 km/h
Pressure1021.0 hPa, falling
Sky / Rain20% cloud, 2%
Sunrise / Sunset05:43 / 20:01
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~17 °C est.
Why the tide matters here: tides and fishing in Australia.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Triabunna
Today is the pick of the week on Triabunna, at 4 out of 5.
Best day this week: today, 9 Nov — good at 4/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.
Today, 9 Nov — Good
Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
- Solunar majors
- 11:15 PM-1:15 AM and 11:43 AM-1:43 PM
- Minor period
- 4:42 AM-5:42 AM
- Sun
- 05:43 to 20:01
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 14 km/h
- Rain chance
- 2%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Triabunna: seasons written for the southern year, and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.
Snapper
Best: October to January in the southern bays
The southern headline fish. Runs into Port Phillip, Western Port, the gulfs and the WA sounds in spring to spawn; holds on reef and rubble the rest of the year. Fish are thinner inshore. Work the deeper structure and the channel edges with baits on the bottom, and pick the tide change.
King George whiting
Best: December to May in SA; spring and summer in Port Phillip
The table fish of the south. Feeds over sand patches between weed and reef in 2 to 10 metres, mostly by day, mostly on the moving tide. Deeper sand patches and the middle of the day; slower bites, bigger fish.
Southern calamari
Spring and autumn peaks in the southern bays
Closed now Reopens 15 Nov 2026. No taking or possessing calamari or squid, or squid jigs on a line, from Lemon Rock (south of Wineglass Bay) to Whale Head, including Coles Bay and Great Oyster Bay, from 15 October to 14 November inclusive. Rule as read from NRE Tasmania on 2026-09-27.
Southern calamari over weed and sand in 2 to 10 metres of the bays and gulfs; a jig fishery at dawn, dusk and under the jetty lights.
Australian salmon
Winter and spring on the southern beaches
Not a salmon at all: a hard-fighting schooling fish of the surf and the bays, from WA around to NSW. Great on light gear, poor on the plate. The main season. Beach gutters, rock platforms and bay edges on the rising tide; metals, surf poppers and bait all work.
Flathead
Best: November to April
Dusky flathead in the eastern estuaries, sand flathead in the southern bays. An ambush predator lying on sand and mud edges waiting for whatever the tide brings. Fish the deeper channels and the last of the run-out; slower hops with a heavier jighead, and a bait on the bottom as back-up.
When to come: the Triabunna 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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Snapper
King George whiting
Southern calamari
Australian salmon
Flathead
SlowPeak
Water temperature through the year
Typical surface temperature for this water type in degrees Celsius; today is around 17 °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. Snapper led the card at excellent. High of 13 °C, wind to 16 km/h.
Sat, Nov 7
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Snapper led the card at excellent. High of 13 °C, wind to 19 km/h.
Fri, Nov 6
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Snapper led the card at excellent. High of 18 °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
Line fishing in the sea at Triabunna needs no general licence in Tasmania, and bream in the Prosser below the Prosser River Dam can be fished without an inland licence, because the river is listed for native fish in the Inland Fisheries Regulations; trout need the inland angling licence, and our Tasmania licence page has the fees and the split.
About this water
Triabunna is a coastal town in Tasmania, Australia, covered from the Tasmania reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Triabunna: the full guide
Triabunna and Spring Bay
Triabunna is the port town on Spring Bay on Tasmania’s east coast, the departure point for the passenger ferry to Maria Island, which Parks Tasmania puts at about 45 minutes with bookings essential. The bay’s sheltered water and flats run south to Orford and the Prosser River, and beyond them lies the Mercury Passage between the mainland and the island. It is a bay town facing an island, and the report on this page is scored for the town’s coordinates. Hobart, to the south-west, has its own page.
Species and seasons
Flathead fish the bay sand and the passage all year and are the coast’s everyday fish; squid work the wharf lights and the weed; Australian salmon run the passage and the beaches in the cooler months; black bream fish the Prosser River; silver trevally and mullet fill the wharf; garfish come to the wharf in the warmer months; and striped trumpeter and morwong are the reef fish of the passage for the boats. The Maria Island Marine Nature Reserve is closed to fishing and to setting gear between Cape Boullanger in the north and Return Point in the south; east of Cape Boullanger recreational fishing is allowed.
Where to fish it
Triabunna wharf is the walk-on mark for squid, trevally and flathead, fished at night under the lights and on the change of the tide, and the bay’s sand from the town to the Prosser mouth at Orford is flathead water for small boats; the Prosser estuary at Orford is the bream water, and Spring Beach south of Orford is the salmon sand. Triabunna has a boat ramp on the MAST facilities list, and the passage is a short run from it in settled weather.
Reading this report here
Maria Island shelters the bay from much of the ocean swell, while the passage is open to a south-easterly; the wind row tells you which water to fish. The tide panel is a modelled curve for the coordinates of Triabunna, labelled as a model, and the passage runs on it. Pressure and sky build the score at Triabunna; the planner shows the day. A small boat crossing the passage should watch for wind against tide, which stands the water up quickly.
Licence, access and rules
Line fishing in the sea at Triabunna needs no general licence in Tasmania, and bream in the Prosser below the Prosser River Dam can be fished without an inland licence, because the river is listed for native fish in the Inland Fisheries Regulations; trout need the inland angling licence, and our Tasmania licence page has the fees and the split. The reserve boundary and the regulations are in the sources.
Common questions
Can I fish at Maria Island?
Not in the marine reserve between Cape Boullanger and Return Point, where fishing and setting gear are banned; east of Cape Boullanger recreational fishing is allowed. The island is reached by passenger ferry from Triabunna.
Do I need a licence at Triabunna?
Not for line fishing in the sea or for bream in the Prosser estuary; trout need the inland angling licence.
Is fishing good at Triabunna right now?
Check the daily report at the top of this page: it is regenerated every morning from live data. Today's read: Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
Nearby waters
Where this page's numbers come from
- Tide curve (modelled)
- Open-Meteo Marine, sea level height including tides
- 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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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.