Tailor
Excellent
The main run. Fish the gutters and headlands into the evening; ganged pilchards, metals, and a wire-free trace only if you accept the bite-offs.
Lake Tyers Fishing Report
Updated Fri, 25 Sept 2026 from live weather and tide data
A quiet, forested estuary east of Lakes Entrance: bream in the arms, flathead on the sand and an entrance that opens and closes with the seasons.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Next tide
Low 12:30 pm model
Air / High
14 °C / 27 °C
Wind
NNE 1 km/h
Sources: modelled tide curve, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Lake Tyers has cool water and fish holding a little deeper and slower. Today brings cloud cover, wind NNE around 2 km/h, rising pressure near 1024 hPa and a high of 27 °C. Tides: high 6:46 am and 6:44 pm, low 12:39 am and 12:30 pm: the moving water either side of each change is when this place feeds. Water sits around 18 °C for the season (estimated). With the full moon, the solunar majors run 10:25 AM-12:25 PM and 10:25 PM-12:25 AM: the windows to build the day around.
Bream
Fair
Slow the retrieve right down: blades and lightly weighted plastics along the deeper rock walls and drop-offs, or unweighted bait drifted into the snags.
Flathead
Fair
Fish the deeper channels and the last of the run-out; slower hops with a heavier jighead, and a bait on the bottom as back-up.
Mulloway
Fair
The estuary fish move to the deeper reaches. Long, quiet sessions on the bottom with fresh bait across the top of the tide.
Tie on: Blade or vibe, slow hops · Lightly weighted plastic · Whole pilchard or squid on the bottom · Suspending hardbody. Prime windows: 10:25 AM-12:25 PM, 10:25 PM-12:25 AM, 4:55 AM-5:55 AM. Cooler at 14 °C with likely rain: fish ahead of the front. 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 bream here? Check the size and bag limits with VFA before you keep anything; the Bream page has the seasons and the tactics.
Fishing times for Lake Tyers today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:53), sunset (18:06), the moon and today's score, with the modelled tide changes in the panel below. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 10:25 AM-12:25 PM and 10:25 PM-12:25 AM; minor 4:55 AM-5:55 AM. Full Moon, 99% lit.
Water and weather
A modelled tide curve for these coordinates and the forecast for the day.
Tides (modelled)
Modelled sea level curve from Open-Meteo Marine for these coordinates, datum mean sea level. Fish the moving water either side of each change.
A model, not the official prediction: times can drift by tens of minutes inside bays and estuaries. Check the Bureau of Meteorology tide predictions for the exact times before you rely on them.
Fri
LOW12:39 am-0.60 m
HIGH6:46 am0.25 m
LOW12:30 pm-0.41 m
HIGH6:44 pm0.47 m
Sat
LOW1:09 am-0.59 m
HIGH7:13 am0.33 m
LOW1:10 pm-0.48 m
HIGH7:21 pm0.41 m
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp14 °C
High / Low27 °C / 12 °C
WindNNE 1 km/h, gusts 6 km/h
Pressure1024.3 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain71% cloud, 63%
Sunrise / Sunset05:53 / 18:06
MoonFull Moon, 99%
Water temp (seasonal)~18 °C est.
Why the tide matters here: tides and fishing in Australia.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Lake Tyers
The best day on Lake Tyers this week looks like Thursday 1 Oct, at 4 out of 5, against 3 today. Every day is scored by the same engine as the report above: pressure trend first, then wind, sky and season. Pick a species and the plan for that day changes with it.
Best day this week: Thursday, 1 Oct — good at 4/5, rising pressure behind a front, typically the slowest.
Today, 25 Sept — Fair
A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
- Solunar majors
- 10:25 AM-12:25 PM and 10:25 PM-12:25 AM
- Minor period
- 4:55 AM-5:55 AM
- Sun
- 05:53 to 18:06
- Moon
- Full Moon, 99% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 13 km/h
- Rain chance
- 63%
Scores are a planning aid built from forecast data, not a promise.
Species guide
The species that matter on Lake Tyers: seasons written for the southern year, and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.
Bream
Year-round; summer and autumn in the estuaries, winter at the mouths
Yellowfin bream on the east coast, black bream in the southern estuaries. Structure fish: rock walls, jetty piles, oyster racks, snags and pontoons. Slow the retrieve right down: blades and lightly weighted plastics along the deeper rock walls and drop-offs, or unweighted bait drifted into the snags.
Flathead
Best: November to April
Dusky flathead in the eastern estuaries, sand flathead in the southern bays. An ambush predator lying on sand and mud edges waiting for whatever the tide brings. Fish the deeper channels and the last of the run-out; slower hops with a heavier jighead, and a bait on the bottom as back-up.
Mulloway
Best: summer and autumn, especially after rain
Jewfish. The big silver prize of the estuaries, breakwalls and surf beaches: nocturnal, tide-driven and unforgiving of noise. The estuary fish move to the deeper reaches. Long, quiet sessions on the bottom with fresh bait across the top of the tide.
Tailor
Autumn and winter on the east coast; August to September on Fraser Island
The surf and rock fish of the east coast, running north in autumn and winter. Fast, toothy and best at dawn, dusk and into the dark. The main run. Fish the gutters and headlands into the evening; ganged pilchards, metals, and a wire-free trace only if you accept the bite-offs.
When to come: the Lake Tyers 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 18 °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 dataThu, Sep 24
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Tailor led the card at excellent. High of 23 °C, wind to 11 km/h.
Wed, Sep 23
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Tailor led the card at excellent. High of 18 °C, wind to 11 km/h.
Tue, Sep 22
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Tailor led the card at excellent. High of 15 °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
A Victorian Recreational Fishing Licence is needed here unless you are exempt, and the exemptions are wide; the 2026/2027 fees and the list are on our Victoria licence page.
About this water
Lake Tyers is a bay or coastal water in Victoria, Australia, covered from the Victoria reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Lake Tyers: the full guide
The lake
Lake Tyers is an estuarine lake a few kilometres east of Lakes Entrance in East Gippsland, two long, branching arms of tannin-stained water lined with forest, with a sand bar at the mouth that is closed to the sea for long periods and opens after floods or when it is breached. That entrance decides the lake’s character: closed, it is a still, brackish lake that fishes for bream and flathead in the arms; open, it is tidal and the sea fish come in. The Lake Tyers Beach settlement and the boat ramps are on the western arm, and the surf beach runs east from the entrance.
Species by season
Bream are the lake’s fish, all year in the arms around the snags, the fallen timber and the sandy points, with the biggest in the cooler months; flathead lie on the sand near the entrance and along the shallows in the warmer months; luderick fish the entrance rocks when it is open; and tailor, salmon and mulloway come in through an open entrance in their seasons. Estuary perch hold in the upper reaches, whiting fish the sand in summer, and the surf beach outside gives salmon and tailor in the cooler months.
Reading this report here
Whether the entrance is open is the first thing to know, and the tide panel, a modelled curve for these coordinates labelled as a model, only matters when it is; the lake itself is barely tidal. The wind row decides which arm to fish, because the arms are long and a south-westerly makes the open water uncomfortable while the sheltered reaches stay glassy. The barometer and the cloud cover complete the score; the planner shows which of the seven days lines up.
Licence and access
A Victorian Recreational Fishing Licence is needed here unless you are exempt, and the exemptions are wide; the 2026/2027 fees and the list are on our Victoria licence page. The ramps and the foreshore at Lake Tyers Beach are public, the arms are best fished by boat or kayak, and the surf beach is a walk from the settlement; the VFA limits are on the page in the sources.
Common questions
Is Lake Tyers open to the sea?
The entrance closes for long periods and opens after floods; this page cannot tell you the state of the bar, so check locally before planning around the tide.
Do I need a licence at Lake Tyers?
Yes, unless exempt: the Victorian Recreational Fishing Licence applies.
Is fishing good at Lake Tyers 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
- Tide curve (modelled)
- Open-Meteo Marine, sea level height including tides
- Open-Meteo forecast model
- https://open-meteo.com/
- Moon and solunar windows
- Calculated on this site
- 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.