Golden perch
Excellent
Prime. Hop soft plastics and vibes around the timber, or fish shrimp and worms on the bottom.
Lake Eppalock Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Campaspe storage near Bendigo: golden perch and Murray cod in the timber, redfin in the bays, a cod fishery open all year, and a level that swings with the irrigation year.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Level
193.69 m296,530 ML
Air / High
14 °C / 21 °C
Wind
E 4 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge sp-o10350, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Lake Eppalock is fishing in its best temperature window, with the bite spread across the day. The gauge reads 193.69 m, holding steady. Today brings clear skies, wind E around 5 km/h, steady pressure near 1017 hPa and a high of 21 °C. Water sits around 19 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 11:29 PM-1:29 AM and 11:57 AM-1:57 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: 11:29 PM-1:29 AM, 11:57 AM-1:57 PM, 5:10 AM-6:10 AM. Warmer at 25 °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 Eppalock today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (06:08), sunset (20:02), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:29 PM-1:29 AM and 11:57 AM-1:57 PM; minor 5:10 AM-6:10 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Eppalock Water Level today, and the weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station sp-o10350 (Lake Eppalock).
Storage level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station sp-o10350. Latest reading 2026-11-08 08:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp14 °C
High / Low21 °C / 6 °C
WindE 4 km/h, gusts 6 km/h
Pressure1016.6 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain19% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset06:08 / 20:02
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~19 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Lake Eppalock
The best day on Lake Eppalock 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
- 11:29 PM-1:29 AM and 11:57 AM-1:57 PM
- Minor period
- 5:10 AM-6:10 AM
- Sun
- 06:08 to 20:02
- 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 Lake Eppalock: 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 Eppalock is 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 Eppalock 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 17 °C, wind to 21 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 14 °C, wind to 26 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 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
Victoria licenses all recreational fishing, this water included, unless you are exempt; a three-day licence costs A$10.00 and a year A$40.80 online under the 2026/2027 VFA schedule, and our Victoria licence page lists the rest.
Storage levels
Compare it with every other storage in the state on Victoria dam levels today.
About this water
Lake Eppalock is a lake in Victoria, Australia, covered from the Victoria reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Lake Eppalock: the full guide
The lake
Lake Eppalock is a storage on the Campaspe River south-east of Bendigo in central Victoria, a broad reservoir of flooded farmland and standing timber with arms running up the Campaspe and Coliban valleys. It is a native fish lake first: golden perch and Murray cod in the timber and along the rocky shores, redfin in the bays, and carp throughout, with a level that tends to rise over winter and spring and fall through the irrigation season. The level at the top of the page is read from the Bureau of Meteorology’s Water Data Online station for Lake Eppalock, with the time of the reading beside it.
Species by season
Golden perch are the lake’s fish, from spring through autumn around the standing timber, the rocky points and the drop-offs, on lipless crankbaits, spinnerbaits and bait. Murray cod fish the same timber, and Eppalock is one of the waters where the Victorian Fisheries Authority’s 1 September to 30 November cod closure does not apply, so cod may be fished all year; the VFA lists it among the specified lakes with a bag limit of two cod, each between 55 and 75 centimetres. Redfin school in the bays and along the drop-offs and are the cool-season fish, and carp are present in numbers.
Reading this report for Eppalock
The level is in the report and the 30-day chart, and it matters because a rising lake floods the grass and the timber edges where the perch feed and a falling one pulls the fish to the points and the deeper timber; the wind row decides which arm is fishable, because the lake is open and shallow enough to chop up in a northerly. Barometer and cloud go into the score, the water temperature shown is a labelled estimate for a lowland storage, and the planner points to the best-looking day of the week.
Licence, access and rules
Victoria licenses all recreational fishing, this water included, unless you are exempt; a three-day licence costs A$10.00 and a year A$40.80 online under the 2026/2027 VFA schedule, and our Victoria licence page lists the rest. Bank anglers use the public foreshore reserves around the lake, while small boats and kayaks reach the arms; at low levels, check the storage manager’s notices before counting on a ramp. The VFA size and bag limits for cod, golden perch and redfin are on the pages in the sources.
Common questions
Is there a closed season for Murray cod at Lake Eppalock?
No. The VFA’s 1 September to 30 November cod closure does not apply in Lake Eppalock, so cod may be fished all year, within the size and bag limits.
Do I need a licence to fish Lake Eppalock?
Yes, unless exempt: a Victorian Recreational Fishing Licence covers the lake, the same licence that covers every public water in the state.
Is fishing good at Lake Eppalock 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-o10350 — Lake Eppalock
- 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.