Rainbow trout
Excellent
Prime. Shore fishing along the edges with bait, spinners and flies, and the rivers if the season is open.
Blue Rock Lake Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Tanjil storage near Willow Grove: Australian bass, stocked brown trout and redfin in a clear, forested lake with a Bureau gauge on its level.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Level
138.04 m181,488 ML
Air / High
10 °C / 18 °C
Wind
E 14 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 226230A, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Blue Rock Lake rewards patience today, with cool water and short feeding windows. The gauge reads 138.04 m, up 0.17 over the week. Today brings clear skies, wind E around 14 km/h, steady pressure near 1018 hPa and a high of 18 °C. Water sits around 13 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 11:22 PM-1:22 AM and 11:50 AM-1:50 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: 11:22 PM-1:22 AM, 11:50 AM-1:50 PM, 5:00 AM-6:00 AM. Warmer at 24 °C with a rain chance. The solunar majors shift about 50 minutes later.
Before you go
Victoria requires a fishing licence for most fishing, from A$10.00. Victoria fishing licence: cost, rules and where to buy →
Chasing rainbow trout here? Check the size and bag limits with VFA before you keep anything; the Rainbow trout page has the seasons and the tactics.
Fishing times for Blue Rock Lake today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:59), sunset (19:58), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:22 PM-1:22 AM and 11:50 AM-1:50 PM; minor 5:00 AM-6:00 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 226230A (TANJIL @ BLUE ROCK).
Storage level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 226230A. Latest reading 2026-11-08 10:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp10 °C
High / Low18 °C / 9 °C
WindE 14 km/h, gusts 31 km/h
Pressure1018.2 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain0% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset05:59 / 19:58
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~13 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Blue Rock Lake
The best day on Blue Rock 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
- 11:22 PM-1:22 AM and 11:50 AM-1:50 PM
- Minor period
- 5:00 AM-6:00 AM
- Sun
- 05:59 to 19:58
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Partly cloudy, 23 km/h
- Rain chance
- 0%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Blue Rock 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 No closed season in lakes and reservoirs; the winter closure applies to rivers and streams. Rule as read from Victorian Fisheries Authority 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 No closed season in lakes and reservoirs; the winter closure applies to rivers and streams. Rule as read from Victorian Fisheries Authority 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 Blue Rock 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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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 15 °C, wind to 21 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 23 km/h.
Fri, Nov 6
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Rainbow trout led the card at excellent. High of 21 °C, wind to 26 km/h.
Before you go
Licence
Victorian Recreational Fishing Licence (RFL), from A$10.00, 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 VFA and change: confirm the current rules on the agency page linked from the Victoria licence page before you keep anything.
Access
Victoria’s Recreational Fishing Licence is required at Blue Rock unless you are exempt; our Victoria page has the current fees.
Storage levels
Compare it with every other storage in the state on Victoria dam levels today.
About this water
Blue Rock Lake is a lake in Victoria, Australia, covered from the Victoria reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Blue Rock Lake: the full guide
The lake
Blue Rock Lake is the storage on the Tanjil River near the township of Willow Grove, north of Moe in the Latrobe Valley, below the junction of the river’s east and west branches. The VFA lists it at 873 hectares and 200,000 megalitres and calls it one of Victoria’s foremost Australian bass fisheries, with forested banks, clear water and plenty of habitat. Shore anglers use the grassy banks at Spillway Road and at the dam wall on Old Tanjil Road, and boaters have two ramps with floating pontoons that work at any lake level. The inlet, the Tanjil arm, runs from open water and grass banks near the lake to timber and vegetation further up. The Blue Rock storage level on this page comes from the Bureau of Meteorology’s Water Data Online, stamped with the date and time it was read.
Species and seasons
Australian bass are the lake’s headline fish, stocked since December 2002 and in record numbers in 2018, when 81,000 fingerlings went in; in the colder months they school deeper between the dam wall and the river arm, where a sounder and vibes, jigs or spoons find them, and in the warm months they take soft plastics, diving lures and cicada imitations along the shade lines. Brown trout are stocked regularly and are the cool-season fish, trolled along the drop-offs and taken from the bank. Redfin to more than a kilogram and plentiful carp make up much of the rest. Macquarie perch may not be taken anywhere in Victoria, so any caught here must go straight back.
Reading this report for Blue Rock
The level is in the report and the 30-day chart, and it matters because a rising lake floods the grass edges where the bass and the redfin feed while a falling one pulls the fish back to the points and the timber. The wind row decides which part of the lake is comfortable in a small boat. Pressure and sky build the score, the water temperature is an estimate for a cool storage and the page says so, and the planner shows which day to take.
Licence and access
Victoria’s Recreational Fishing Licence is required at Blue Rock unless you are exempt; our Victoria page has the current fees. The VFA angling guide notes that camping and swimming are not allowed and that boats are limited in length, power and speed, so check the current boating rules before launching. The VFA limits and the Macquarie perch protection are on the pages in the sources.
Common questions
What fish are in Blue Rock Lake?
Stocked Australian bass and brown trout, redfin and carp; any Macquarie perch must be released, because Victoria prohibits taking them.
Where can I fish Blue Rock from the shore?
The VFA points to the grassy banks at Spillway Road and at the dam wall off Old Tanjil Road; the lake’s two ramps have floating pontoons for boats.
Is fishing good at Blue Rock 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 226230A — TANJIL @ BLUE ROCK
- Open-Meteo forecast model
- https://open-meteo.com/
- Moon and solunar windows
- Calculated on this site
- Pages checked
- vfa.vic.gov.au/recreational-fishing/victorias-top-fishing-destinations
- vfa.vic.gov.au/recreational-fishing/fishing-locations/inland-angling-g
- vfa.vic.gov.au/about/news/record-bass-stockings-into-blue-rock
- vfa.vic.gov.au/recreational-fishing/recreational-fishing-guide/catch-l
- vfa.vic.gov.au/recreational-fishing/fishing-licence
- The written guide on this page
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