Rainbow trout
Excellent
Prime. Shore fishing along the edges with bait, spinners and flies, and the rivers if the season is open.
Latrobe River at Noojee Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The upper Latrobe at Noojee: a small, cold trout stream in the wet Gippsland forest, with the Bureau’s gauge at the village.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Level
0.95 m
Air / High
8 °C / 19 °C
Wind
N 6 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 226205, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Latrobe River at Noojee rewards patience today, with cool water and short feeding windows. The gauge reads 0.95 m, holding steady. Today brings clear skies, wind N around 6 km/h, steady pressure near 1018 hPa and a high of 19 °C. Water sits around 13 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 11:23 PM-1:23 AM and 11:51 AM-1:51 PM: the windows to build the day around.
Brown trout
Excellent
Prime. Nymphs and streamers on the rivers, and the lake edges on the overcast days.
River blackfish
Closed today
Reopens 1 Jan 2027. River blackfish and two-spined blackfish cannot be taken or possessed in, on or next to Victorian waters south of the Great Dividing Range from 1 September to 31 December inclusive.
Tie on: Blade or vibe, slow hops · Lightly weighted plastic · Whole pilchard or squid on the bottom · Suspending hardbody. Prime windows: 11:23 PM-1:23 AM, 11:51 AM-1:51 PM, 5:01 AM-6:01 AM. Warmer at 25 °C with a rain chance. 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 rainbow trout here? Check the size and bag limits with VFA before you keep anything; the Rainbow trout page has the seasons and the tactics.
Fishing times for Latrobe River at Noojee today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (06:00), sunset (19:59), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:23 PM-1:23 AM and 11:51 AM-1:51 PM; minor 5:01 AM-6:01 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 226205 (LATROBE @ NOOJEE).
River level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 226205. Latest reading 2026-11-07 10:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp8 °C
High / Low19 °C / 2 °C
WindN 6 km/h, gusts 12 km/h
Pressure1017.9 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain2% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset06:00 / 19:59
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~13 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Latrobe River at Noojee
The best day on Latrobe River at Noojee this week looks like Thursday 12 Nov, at 4 out of 5, against 3 today.
Best day this week: Thursday, 12 Nov — good at 4/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.
Today, 9 Nov — Fair
A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
- Solunar majors
- 11:23 PM-1:23 AM and 11:51 AM-1:51 PM
- Minor period
- 5:01 AM-6:01 AM
- Sun
- 06:00 to 19:59
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Partly cloudy, 18 km/h
- Rain chance
- 0%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Latrobe River at Noojee: seasons written for the southern year, and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.
Rainbow trout
Streams from October to June in NSW and from September to June in Victoria; lakes open all year; Tasmania from the first Saturday of August
Open now Closes 15 June 2027. Rivers and streams close from the Tuesday after the King’s Birthday weekend to the Friday before the first Saturday in September. Lakes and reservoirs stay open all year. Rule as read from Victorian Fisheries Authority on 2026-09-23.
The stocked lakes of the Snowy Mountains, the Victorian highlands and the Tasmanian central plateau. Closed seasons apply on the rivers: check the state rules. Prime. Shore fishing along the edges with bait, spinners and flies, and the rivers if the season is open.
Brown trout
Streams from October to June in NSW and from September to June in Victoria; lakes open all year; Tasmania from the first Saturday of August
Open now Closes 15 June 2027. Rivers and streams close from the Tuesday after the King’s Birthday weekend to the Friday before the first Saturday in September. Lakes and reservoirs stay open all year. Rule as read from Victorian Fisheries Authority on 2026-09-23.
The wild trout of the highland rivers and Tasmania's lakes. Spawns in autumn, hence the closed rivers through winter in NSW and Victoria. Prime. Nymphs and streamers on the rivers, and the lake edges on the overcast days.
River blackfish
Victoria: closed 1 September to 31 December south of the Great Dividing Range; an evening and night fish the rest of the year
Closed now Reopens 1 Jan 2027. River blackfish and two-spined blackfish cannot be taken or possessed in, on or next to Victorian waters south of the Great Dividing Range from 1 September to 31 December inclusive. Rule as read from Victorian Fisheries Authority on 2026-09-29.
A slimy, mottled native of cool, snag-filled streams on both sides of the Divide in Victoria, feeding mainly at night, late evening and early morning. The VFA sets a 30 cm minimum and a combined bag of 2 blackfish, and closes them from 1 September to 31 December south of the Great Dividing Range.
When to come: the Latrobe River at Noojee 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 13 °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
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Rainbow trout led the card at excellent. High of 14 °C, wind to 14 km/h.
Sat, Nov 7
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Rainbow trout led the card at excellent. High of 12 °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. Rainbow trout led the card at excellent. High of 22 °C, wind to 19 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
Unless you are exempt, fishing here requires a Victorian Recreational Fishing Licence; the fees are listed on our Victoria page.
About this water
Latrobe River at Noojee is a river in Victoria, Australia, covered from the Victoria reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Latrobe River at Noojee: the full guide
The reach
The Latrobe at Noojee is the upper river in the forested foothills below Mount Baw Baw, small, cold and clear over gravel and fallen logs as it runs through the village and on down the valley. Further down it heads toward Lake Narracan, where the Tanjil comes in from Blue Rock. The Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at Noojee, station 226205, supplies the level and the 30-day chart on this page.
Species and seasons
Brown and rainbow trout are the fish, in the pools and runs, on bait, small spinners and the fly. The Latrobe is a Victorian river under the general stream rule: no minimum size and five salmonids a day, no more than two over 35 cm, with trout off limits from the Tuesday after the King’s Birthday weekend to the Friday before the first Saturday of September, as the species card computes. River blackfish have their own VFA limits.
Where to fish it
Village reserves give bank access to the pools, and forest roads upstream lead to smaller water reached on foot. The river is small enough to fish from the bank almost everywhere. Short, accurate casts matter more than distance here: drop a lightly weighted nymph or a small spinner at the head of each pool and let the current carry it past the logs.
Reading the report
The chart shows a forest river that rises quickly after rain and falls back within days; a fresh colours the water, and a low, clear river makes the trout nervous. The water temperature shown is a modelled estimate that reads cold for most of the year. In this wet country the rain row is worth reading before the drive.
Licence, access and rules
Unless you are exempt, fishing here requires a Victorian Recreational Fishing Licence; the fees are listed on our Victoria page. State forest roads can close after heavy rain or for works, so check before heading up. The VFA trout rules and the blackfish rules are linked from this page.
Downstream to Narracan
Below Noojee the Latrobe warms and slows as it runs toward Lake Narracan. The Tanjil, which joins from Blue Rock Lake, is a different case: the VFA classes it as a tailrace from below Blue Rock Dam down to Lake Narracan, with a total ban on hook and line fishing in the closed season. Blue Rock Lake, which the VFA has stocked with brown trout, has its own page.
Common questions
When is the Latrobe at Noojee open for trout?
From the first Saturday of September to the Tuesday after the King’s Birthday weekend in June, under the Victorian stream rule computed on the species card.
Is the Tanjil under the same rules?
No. The VFA classes the Tanjil from below Blue Rock Dam to Lake Narracan as a tailrace, closed to all hook and line fishing in the trout closed season.
Is fishing good at Latrobe River at Noojee 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 226205 — LATROBE @ NOOJEE
- 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.