Golden perch
Excellent
Prime. Hop soft plastics and vibes around the timber, or fish shrimp and worms on the bottom.
Lake Bellfield Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
A deep Grampians reservoir on Fyans Creek beside Halls Gap: stocked Murray cod, golden perch and trout, cod open all year by VFA rule, and no powerboats on the water.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Level
275.16 m72,266 ML
Air / High
15 °C / 21 °C
Wind
NNW 1 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge LAKE-BELLFD-HG, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Lake Bellfield is fishing in its best temperature window, with the bite spread across the day. The gauge reads 275.16 m, holding steady. Today brings clear skies, wind NNW around 2 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 11:37 PM-1:37 AM and 12:05 PM-2:05 PM: the windows to build the day around.
Murray cod
Slow
Prime. Cast big spinnerbaits, hardbodies and swimbaits tight to timber and rock, and work the same snag several times.
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: 11:37 PM-1:37 AM, 12:05 PM-2:05 PM, 5:17 AM-6:17 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 Lake Bellfield today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (06:16), sunset (20:11), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:37 PM-1:37 AM and 12:05 PM-2:05 PM; minor 5:17 AM-6:17 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station LAKE-BELLFD-HG (Lake_Bellfield).
Storage level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station LAKE-BELLFD-HG. Latest reading 2026-11-08 09:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp15 °C
High / Low21 °C / 5 °C
WindNNW 1 km/h, gusts 8 km/h
Pressure1015.8 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain10% cloud, 4%
Sunrise / Sunset06:16 / 20:11
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~19 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Lake Bellfield
The best day on Lake Bellfield 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, steady pressure, neither help nor hindrance.
Today, 9 Nov — Fair
A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
- Solunar majors
- 11:37 PM-1:37 AM and 12:05 PM-2:05 PM
- Minor period
- 5:17 AM-6:17 AM
- Sun
- 06:16 to 20:11
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Overcast, 14 km/h
- Rain chance
- 4%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Lake Bellfield: 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
Open all year Lake Bellfield is listed as open all year 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. Prime. Cast big spinnerbaits, hardbodies and swimbaits tight to timber and rock, and work the same snag several times.
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 Lake Bellfield 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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Murray cod
Golden perch
SlowPeak
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 16 °C, wind to 18 km/h.
Sat, Nov 7
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 14 °C, wind to 21 km/h.
Fri, Nov 6
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 21 °C, wind to 21 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 you hold an exemption; fees are on our Victoria page.
Storage levels
Compare it with every other storage in the state on Victoria dam levels today.
About this water
Lake Bellfield is a lake in Victoria, Australia, covered from the Victoria reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Lake Bellfield: the full guide
The lake
Lake Bellfield sits in the eastern Grampians near Halls Gap, fed by Fyans Creek from a catchment inside the national park, which GWMWater says keeps its water quality generally high. It supplies Halls Gap, Pomonal, farms, recreational lakes and wetlands, and is the main source for the Wimmera Mallee Pipeline. The VFA angling guide describes a deep lake surrounded by forest, with steep sides, a road along the western side and four-wheel drive tracks on the other. The Bureau of Meteorology’s Lake Bellfield station feeds the level reading and 30-day chart shown here.
Species and seasons
The VFA database shows a mixed stocking program: Murray cod and golden perch released most recently in February 2026, rainbow trout nearly every year and brown trout occasionally. The angling guide adds that brown trout breed in Fyans Creek above the lake and that redfin fishing is good. Bellfield drains to the Wimmera, and the VFA does not apply the 1 September to 30 November cod closure to waters of the Wimmera basin other than the Wimmera River itself, so the species card shows cod open all year. Trout may be taken from the lake in any month.
Where to fish it
The VFA angling guide recommends the southern shore for fly fishing and notes that the steep sides and deep water keep the lake fishable even when it is low. Access for bank anglers is mainly along the western road. Cod and golden perch hold near rocky drop-offs and drowned timber; slow-rolled spinnerbaits and deep divers suit them in the warm months, while trout rise along the edges at dawn in cooler weather. Paddle and electric craft reach the eastern shore.
Reading the report
Cold water from the ranges keeps the estimated water temperature low for much of the year, which suits trout; cod become active in the warmest months. The chart shows how much the pipeline draws on the lake. Wind can funnel along the valley, so check the wind row before paddling across.
Licence, access and rules
A Victorian Recreational Fishing Licence is needed unless you hold an exemption; fees are on our Victoria page. GWMWater is the boating authority and does not allow boats with internal combustion engines; electric motors and paddle craft are the options. Dogs and shooting are not permitted. A private caravan park sits next to the dam wall, and toilets are at the observation tower. The VFA’s cod and trout pages are among the sources below.
Common questions
Is cod open all year at Lake Bellfield?
Yes. The VFA does not apply the 1 September to 30 November closure to Wimmera basin waters other than the Wimmera River, and Bellfield is on Fyans Creek in that basin.
Can I use a boat on Lake Bellfield?
Yes, without a combustion engine: GWMWater bans powerboats, so paddle craft and electric motors are the way onto the water.
Is fishing good at Lake Bellfield 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 LAKE-BELLFD-HG — Lake_Bellfield
- 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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