Rainbow trout
Excellent
Prime. Shore fishing along the edges with bait, spinners and flies, and the rivers if the season is open.
Jamieson River Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Jamieson above Lake Eildon at the old gold town: trout in a rocky high-country river, with the Bureau’s gauge at Gerrang Bridge.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Level
1.54 m
Air / High
12 °C / 22 °C
Wind
ENE 4 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 405218, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Jamieson River has cool water and fish holding a little deeper and slower. The gauge reads 1.54 m, holding steady. Today brings clear skies, wind ENE around 5 km/h, steady pressure near 1018 hPa and a high of 22 °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, 5:02 AM-6:02 AM. Similar at 24 °C. 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 Jamieson River today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (06:01), sunset (19:57), 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 5:02 AM-6:02 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 405218 (JAMIESON @ GERRANG).
River level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 405218. Latest reading 2026-11-07 10:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp12 °C
High / Low22 °C / 4 °C
WindENE 4 km/h, gusts 9 km/h
Pressure1017.8 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain10% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset06:01 / 19:57
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~13 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Jamieson River
The best day on Jamieson River this week looks like Friday 13 Nov, at 4 out of 5, against 3 today.
Best day this week: Friday, 13 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
- 5:02 AM-6:02 AM
- Sun
- 06:01 to 19:57
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Partly cloudy, 13 km/h
- Rain chance
- 0%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Jamieson River: 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 15 June 2027. Rivers and streams close from the Tuesday after the King’s Birthday weekend to the Friday before the first Saturday in September. Lakes and reservoirs stay open all year. 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 now Closes 15 June 2027. Rivers and streams close from the Tuesday after the King’s Birthday weekend to the Friday before the first Saturday in September. Lakes and reservoirs stay open all year. 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 Jamieson River 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 17 °C, wind to 18 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 13 °C, wind to 21 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 21 °C, wind to 16 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
A Victorian Recreational Fishing Licence is needed unless exempt; fees are on our Victoria page.
About this water
Jamieson River is a river in Victoria, Australia, covered from the Victoria reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Jamieson River: the full guide
The reach
The Jamieson runs off the high country through a forested valley to the old gold town of Jamieson and the Jamieson arm of Lake Eildon, clear and rocky with pools between rapids, with the Jamieson–Licola road following much of it. The Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at Gerrang Bridge, station 405218, supplies the level and the 30-day chart on this page.
Species and seasons
Brown and rainbow trout are the fish, in the pools and runs, on the fly and on spinners; the VFA’s stocking record lists brown trout released into the Jamieson River. It follows the Victorian stream closure computed on the species card, with trout off limits from the Tuesday after the King’s Birthday weekend to the Friday before the first Saturday of September. River blackfish come under their own VFA bag and size limits.
Where to fish it
Gerrang Bridge and public land along the road give access to the middle river, the reaches near the town can be fished for trout early in the season, and the upper river is walk-in water. Fish upstream, putting a nymph or small spinner into the heads of pools and the pockets behind rocks; in low summer water, the fast, oxygenated riffles hold more fish than the still pools.
Reading the report
The chart shows a mountain river that rises with snowmelt and after rain and falls back through summer; a fresh moves the trout. The water here is cold most of the year, as the modelled temperature estimate on this page shows. The valley shelters the water, so pressure and cloud cover do most of the work in the score.
Licence, access and rules
A Victorian Recreational Fishing Licence is needed unless exempt; fees are on our Victoria page. Links to the VFA rules for trout and river blackfish sit below.
Where river meets lake
At the lake end, the boundary matters. The VFA’s Goulburn map shows a fixed marker at the Jamieson boat ramp and states that the closed season for Murray cod and trout applies to waters south of that marker, on the river side; Lake Eildon itself has no trout closure and is exempt from the cod closure; the lake is covered on its own page.
Common questions
Where does the river end and Lake Eildon begin?
At the fixed marker near the Jamieson boat ramp shown on the VFA map: south of it, the river closed seasons for cod and trout apply.
Do I need a licence on the Jamieson?
Yes, unless you are exempt: Victoria’s Recreational Fishing Licence covers the Jamieson.
Is fishing good at Jamieson River 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 405218 — JAMIESON @ GERRANG
- 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.