Golden perch
Excellent
Prime. Hop soft plastics and vibes around the timber, or fish shrimp and worms on the bottom.
Lake Nagambie Fishing Report
Updated Tue, 10 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Goulburn Weir pool at Nagambie, formed by an 1891 weir: Murray cod and golden perch water on the VFA’s two-cod list, with limited public shore and a busy water-sports lake.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Level
124.08 m23,734 ML
Air / High
11 °C / 26 °C
Wind
E 7 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge sp-o10438, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Lake Nagambie sits in the warm band: moving baits, moving tides and fish on the edges. The gauge reads 124.08 m, easing 0.10 over the week. Today brings clear skies, wind E around 8 km/h, steady pressure near 1016 hPa and a high of 26 °C. Water sits around 19 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 12:15 AM-2:15 AM and 12:42 PM-2:42 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: 12:15 AM-2:15 AM, 12:42 PM-2:42 PM, 5:41 AM-6:41 AM. Similar at 26 °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 Nagambie today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (06:05), sunset (20:01), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 12:15 AM-2:15 AM and 12:42 PM-2:42 PM; minor 5:41 AM-6:41 AM. New Moon, 1% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station sp-o10438 (Goulburn Weir).
Storage level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station sp-o10438. Latest reading 2026-11-08 14:30.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp11 °C
High / Low26 °C / 9 °C
WindE 7 km/h, gusts 11 km/h
Pressure1016.2 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain5% cloud, 33%
Sunrise / Sunset06:05 / 20:01
MoonNew Moon, 1%
Water temp (seasonal)~19 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Lake Nagambie
The best day on Lake Nagambie this week looks like Friday 13 Nov, at 5 out of 5, against 3 today.
Best day this week: Friday, 13 Nov — excellent at 5/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.
Today, 10 Nov — Fair
A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
- Solunar majors
- 12:15 AM-2:15 AM and 12:42 PM-2:42 PM
- Minor period
- 5:41 AM-6:41 AM
- Sun
- 06:05 to 20:01
- Moon
- New Moon, 1% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 13 km/h
- Rain chance
- 33%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Lake Nagambie: 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 Lake Nagambie 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.
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
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.
No angler reports yetBe the first: your report helps every angler who checks Lake Nagambie today.
Water log, last days
Auto-logged from live dataMon, Nov 9
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 10 km/h.
Sun, 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 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 15 °C, wind to 29 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 exempt; see our Victoria page.
Storage levels
Compare it with every other storage in the state on Victoria dam levels today.
About this water
Lake Nagambie is a lake in Victoria, Australia, covered from the Victoria reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Lake Nagambie: the full guide
The lake
Lake Nagambie was formed by the Goulburn Weir, completed in 1891 and described by Goulburn-Murray Water as the first major diversion structure for irrigation in Australia; it even appeared on the half sovereign and ten shilling notes from 1913 to 1933. The weir raises the Goulburn so water can flow by gravity into the Stuart Murray and Cattanach canals towards Waranga Basin and into the East Goulburn Main Channel. The VFA defines the fishing water as all impounded water from the weir upstream to Chinamans Bridge. The Bureau of Meteorology’s station at the weir, sp-o10438, supplies the level and the 30-day chart on this page.
Species and seasons
The VFA’s stocking database lists Murray cod and golden perch releases here up to 2018 and 2019. The lake is on the VFA’s list of specified lakes, so two cod between 55 and 75 cm may be kept, and cod are closed from 1 September to 30 November. Redfin, carp and trout also turn up, according to the VFA angling guide, which makes an interesting point: summer water temperatures rarely exceed 20°C because of cold releases from Lake Eildon upstream, which keeps this pool cooler than most cod water.
Where to fish it
The VFA angling guide warns that shore access is a problem because most of the lake is bordered by private property, so a boat opens far more water. Fish the drowned timber and the old river channel with deep-diving lures and spinnerbaits for cod, and hop soft plastics or baits near snags for golden perch. GMW prohibits swimming within 100 metres upstream of the weir, and rowing regattas and water-skiing events use the lake, so plan around them.
Reading the report
The weir holds the pool at a fairly steady level, so the chart usually shows small movements; a sudden change points to a release or a flood. Given the cold-water effect the VFA describes, the estimated water temperature row may overstate how warm the lake gets in summer. The pressure row and a still evening are the better cues for cod.
Licence, access and rules
A Victorian Recreational Fishing Licence is required unless exempt; see our Victoria page. GMW’s weir recreation area has a grassed area, playground, barbecues, toilets and a ramp. The sources link the VFA’s Murray cod page with the slot, the specified-lake bag and the spring closure.
Common questions
How many cod can I keep at Lake Nagambie?
Two, between 55 and 75 cm, because the VFA lists the Nagambie weir pool among its specified lakes; cod are closed from 1 September to 30 November.
Can I fish Lake Nagambie from the shore?
In places, but the VFA angling guide notes that most of the lake is bordered by private property; the weir recreation area is the easiest public access.
Is fishing good at Lake Nagambie 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-o10438 — Goulburn Weir
- Open-Meteo forecast model
- https://open-meteo.com/
- Moon and solunar windows
- Calculated on this site
- Pages checked
- The written guide on this page
Pablo Ruiz Quintero
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.