Golden perch
Excellent
Prime. Hop soft plastics and vibes around the timber, or fish shrimp and worms on the bottom.
Laanecoorie Reservoir Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
A long, timbered Loddon River storage 40 km south-west of Bendigo: stocked Murray cod and golden perch on the VFA’s two-cod lake list, with a ramp and no foreshore camping.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Level
160.28 m8,295 ML
Air / High
14 °C / 21 °C
Wind
E 8 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge sp-o10606, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Laanecoorie Reservoir sits in the warm band: moving baits, moving tides and fish on the edges. The gauge reads 160.28 m, holding steady. Today brings clear skies, wind E around 8 km/h, steady pressure near 1016 hPa and a high of 21 °C. Water sits around 19 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 11:32 PM-1:32 AM and 11:60 AM-1:60 PM: the windows to build the day around.
Murray cod
Closed today
Reopens 1 Dec 2026. Closed 1 September to 30 November inclusive, except in Lake Eildon, Eildon Pondage, Lake Eppalock, Cairn Curran, Lake Nillahcootie and the other waters the VFA lists.
Tie on: Soft plastic on a 1/4 oz jighead · Small hardbody, shallow diver · Squid jig, size 3.0 · Fresh pipi or worm on a small hook. Prime windows: 11:32 PM-1:32 AM, 11:60 AM-1:60 PM, 5:13 AM-6:13 AM. Warmer at 27 °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 murray cod here? Check the size and bag limits with VFA before you keep anything; the Murray cod page has the seasons and the tactics.
Fishing times for Laanecoorie Reservoir today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (06:11), sunset (20:05), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:32 PM-1:32 AM and 11:60 AM-1:60 PM; minor 5:13 AM-6:13 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station sp-o10606 (Laanecoorie Reservoir).
Storage level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station sp-o10606. Latest reading 2026-11-08 08:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp14 °C
High / Low21 °C / 6 °C
WindE 8 km/h, gusts 11 km/h
Pressure1016.2 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain0% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset06:11 / 20:05
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~19 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Laanecoorie Reservoir
The best day on Laanecoorie Reservoir this week looks like Tuesday 10 Nov, at 4 out of 5, against 3 today.
Best day this week: Tuesday, 10 Nov — good at 4/5, rising pressure behind a front, typically the slowest.
Today, 9 Nov — Fair
A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
- Solunar majors
- 11:32 PM-1:32 AM and 11:60 AM-1:60 PM
- Minor period
- 5:13 AM-6:13 AM
- Sun
- 06:11 to 20:05
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Overcast, 13 km/h
- Rain chance
- 0%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Laanecoorie Reservoir: seasons written for the southern year, and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.
Murray cod
Closed 1 September to 30 November in NSW, Victoria and the ACT, and 1 August to 31 October in Queensland; check the exempt lakes
Closed now Reopens 1 Dec 2026. Closed 1 September to 30 November inclusive, except in Lake Eildon, Eildon Pondage, Lake Eppalock, Cairn Curran, Lake Nillahcootie and the other waters the VFA lists. Rule as read from Victorian Fisheries Authority on 2026-09-23.
The giant of the inland rivers and the big lakes (Hume, Mulwala, Eildon). A snag fish that eats big lures, and a species with a closed season across the Murray-Darling.
Golden perch
Best: November to April
Yellowbelly. The bread-and-butter native of the Murray-Darling lakes and rivers; loves warm water, structure and a lure worked slowly past its nose. Prime. Hop soft plastics and vibes around the timber, or fish shrimp and worms on the bottom.
When to come: the Laanecoorie Reservoir 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 19 °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
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Golden perch led the card at excellent. High of 18 °C, wind to 16 km/h.
Sat, Nov 7
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Golden perch led the card at excellent. High of 16 °C, wind to 27 km/h.
Fri, Nov 6
5/5 Excellent. Go now. Everything lines up: pressure, wind and light are in your favor. Golden perch led the card at excellent. High of 22 °C, wind to 18 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
The Victorian Recreational Fishing Licence applies unless you are exempt; see our Victoria page.
Storage levels
Compare it with every other storage in the state on Victoria dam levels today.
About this water
Laanecoorie Reservoir is a lake in Victoria, Australia, covered from the Victoria reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Laanecoorie Reservoir: the full guide
The lake
Laanecoorie Reservoir is on the Loddon River 40 kilometres south-west of Bendigo and 26 kilometres north-west of Maldon, near Dunolly and Tarnagulla. Works began in 1889 and the storage was enlarged in 1935 to its present 8,000 megalitres over about 480 hectares; Goulburn-Murray Water uses it to control flows released from Cairn Curran and Tullaroop upstream. The VFA angling guide describes a long, narrow reservoir with plenty of standing dead timber and a shallow, weedy southern end. The Bureau of Meteorology’s station on the reservoir, sp-o10606, supplies the level and the 30-day chart on this page.
Species and seasons
The VFA stocks both golden perch and Murray cod here: its database lists more than twenty releases of each since 2010, the latest in early 2026. Laanecoorie is on the VFA’s list of specified lakes with a two-cod bag, inside the 55 to 75 cm slot, and cod are closed from 1 September to 30 November because the reservoir is not an exempt water. Golden perch are open all year. Redfin, tench and carp make up much of the rest of the catch according to the angling guide.
Where to fish it
The standing timber is the structure that matters. Cod sit tight to trees and snags, and a slowly worked spinnerbait or deep diver at dawn or dusk in the warm months gets close to them; golden perch respond to yabbies, shrimp or lipless crankbaits hopped near the bottom. The shallow southern end warms first in spring. GMW asks boaters to keep to five knots within 50 metres of the shore to limit erosion.
Reading the report
With a small capacity for its surface area, the reservoir’s level can change noticeably when water is passed downstream, and the chart shows those moves. A falling lake concentrates fish around the deeper timber and the old river line. The estimated water temperature row indicates when natives become active, usually from mid-spring, and the wind row matters on the more open northern water.
Licence, access and rules
The Victorian Recreational Fishing Licence applies unless you are exempt; see our Victoria page. GMW prohibits camping and campfires in its reserves and on the foreshore and lakebed, and posts local boating rules at the ramps. The VFA’s cod slot, lake bag and closed season are in the sources.
Common questions
When is cod season at Laanecoorie?
Open from 1 December to 31 August and closed from 1 September to 30 November; the bag is two cod between 55 and 75 cm, as a VFA specified lake.
Can I camp at Laanecoorie Reservoir?
Not on GMW land: Goulburn-Murray Water prohibits camping and campfires in its reserves, on the foreshore and on the lakebed.
Is fishing good at Laanecoorie Reservoir 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 sp-o10606 — Laanecoorie Reservoir
- 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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