Rainbow trout
Excellent
Prime. Shore fishing along the edges with bait, spinners and flies, and the rivers if the season is open.
Kiewa River at Mongans Bridge Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Kiewa at Mongans Bridge: a trout stream inside the Kiewa tailrace, where all hook and line fishing stops in the closed season, with the Bureau’s gauge at the bridge.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Level
0.86 m
Air / High
13 °C / 21 °C
Wind
N 0 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 402203, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Kiewa River at Mongans Bridge has cool water and fish holding a little deeper and slower. The gauge reads 0.86 m, holding steady. Today brings a mixed sky, wind N around 0 km/h, steady pressure near 1018 hPa and a high of 21 °C. Water sits around 13 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 11:18 PM-1:18 AM and 11:46 AM-1:46 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: 11:18 PM-1:18 AM, 11:46 AM-1:46 PM, 5:00 AM-6:00 AM. Warmer 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 Kiewa River at Mongans Bridge today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:59), sunset (19:51), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:18 PM-1:18 AM and 11:46 AM-1:46 PM; minor 5:00 AM-6:00 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 402203 (KIEWA @ MONGANS BR).
River level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 402203. Latest reading 2026-11-07 10:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp13 °C
High / Low21 °C / 5 °C
WindN 0 km/h, gusts 12 km/h
Pressure1017.9 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain44% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset05:59 / 19:51
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~13 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Kiewa River at Mongans Bridge
The best day on Kiewa River at Mongans Bridge 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
- 11:18 PM-1:18 AM and 11:46 AM-1:46 PM
- Minor period
- 5:00 AM-6:00 AM
- Sun
- 05:59 to 19:51
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Partly cloudy, 8 km/h
- Rain chance
- 0%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Kiewa River at Mongans Bridge: 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. During the trout and salmon closed season these tailrace waters are closed to all hook-and-line fishing, whatever the species: no fish may be taken or possessed and no hook and line carried in, on or within 20 m of the water. The Goulburn below Eildon Pondage to Trawool Bridge and its tributaries, the Kiewa below Rocky Valley Dam to Keegans Bridge and its tributaries, and the Mitta Mitta below Dartmouth Pondage to Peters Bridge. Rule as read from Victorian Fisheries Authority on 2026-09-27.
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. During the trout and salmon closed season these tailrace waters are closed to all hook-and-line fishing, whatever the species: no fish may be taken or possessed and no hook and line carried in, on or within 20 m of the water. The Goulburn below Eildon Pondage to Trawool Bridge and its tributaries, the Kiewa below Rocky Valley Dam to Keegans Bridge and its tributaries, and the Mitta Mitta below Dartmouth Pondage to Peters Bridge. Rule as read from Victorian Fisheries Authority on 2026-09-27.
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 Kiewa River at Mongans Bridge 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 19 °C, wind to 10 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 17 °C, wind to 19 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 14 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 required unless you are exempt, with fees on our Victoria page.
About this water
Kiewa River at Mongans Bridge is a river in Victoria, Australia, covered from the Victoria reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Kiewa River at Mongans Bridge: the full guide
The reach
The Kiewa at Mongans Bridge is the middle of the Kiewa valley, below Mount Beauty and Tawonga and above Dederang, running quick and clear over gravel and rock through dairy flats under the high plains. The Victorian Fisheries Authority classes the Kiewa from below Rocky Valley Dam down to Keegans Bridge, near Dederang, and its tributaries as a tailrace, and its map places this reach inside that section. The Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at Mongans Bridge, station 402203, supplies the level and the 30-day chart on this page.
Species and seasons
Brown and rainbow trout are the fish, in the runs and at the heads of pools on spinners, bait and the fly. Tailrace limits are no minimum size and five salmonids a day, no more than two over 35 cm. The closed season, from the Tuesday after the King’s Birthday weekend to the Friday before the first Saturday of September, is computed on the species card, and on the tailrace it is a total ban on hook and line fishing for every species.
Where to fish it
The bridge and public reserves give bank access, and the river is wading water through the runs and pool heads. Valley road crossings between Mount Beauty and Dederang open up more water in a day. Move upstream, fish each run briefly and keep low: in clear water, trout see a careless angler long before they see the fly.
Reading the report
The chart reflects snowmelt, rain and releases from the hydro-electric storages on the high plains. A fresh moves the fish; a low, clear summer river pushes the best fishing toward dawn and dusk. The modelled water temperature, which the page labels as an estimate, reads cold for most of the year.
Licence, access and rules
A Victorian Recreational Fishing Licence is required unless you are exempt, with fees on our Victoria page. In the closed season it is an offence under the VFA rules to have a hook and line in, on or within 20 metres of the Kiewa tailrace between Rocky Valley Dam and Keegans Bridge. The tailrace rules and map are linked.
Common questions
Is the Kiewa at Mongans Bridge closed in winter?
Yes. It lies in the VFA’s Kiewa tailrace, from below Rocky Valley Dam to Keegans Bridge, where all hook and line fishing is banned in the trout closed season.
What are the trout limits on the Kiewa tailrace?
No minimum size and five salmonids a day, no more than two longer than 35 cm.
Is fishing good at Kiewa River at Mongans Bridge 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 402203 — KIEWA @ MONGANS BR
- 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.