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.
Loch Sport Fishing Report
Updated Fri, 25 Sept 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Gippsland Lakes village between Lake Victoria and the Ninety Mile: bream and flathead in the lake, salmon on the beach, with the jetties and the Bunga Arm.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Next tide
High 6:50 pm model
Air / High
15 °C / 24 °C
Wind
SSW 13 km/h
Sources: modelled tide curve, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Loch Sport is in its cool-water rhythm: slower presentations and the warmest hours of the day. Today brings a mixed sky, wind SSW around 13 km/h, rising pressure near 1024 hPa and a high of 24 °C. Tides: high 7:00 am and 6:50 pm, low 12:50 am and 12:36 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 15 °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 Loch Sport today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:55), sunset (18:08), 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
LOW12:50 am-0.58 m
HIGH7:00 am0.21 m
LOW12:36 pm-0.34 m
HIGH6:50 pm0.43 m
Sat
LOW1:13 am-0.55 m
HIGH7:25 am0.26 m
LOW1:19 pm-0.41 m
HIGH7:25 pm0.32 m
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp15 °C
High / Low24 °C / 13 °C
WindSSW 13 km/h, gusts 28 km/h
Pressure1024.4 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain31% cloud, 62%
Sunrise / Sunset05:55 / 18:08
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 Loch Sport
The best day on Loch Sport 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
- 05:55 to 18:08
- Moon
- Full Moon, 99% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 16 km/h
- Rain chance
- 62%
Scores are a planning aid built from forecast data, not a promise.
Species guide
The species that matter on Loch Sport: 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 Loch Sport 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 20 °C, wind to 10 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 14 °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 at Loch Sport unless exempt; our Victoria page has the fees.
About this water
Loch Sport is a coastal town in Victoria, Australia, covered from the Victoria reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Loch Sport: the full guide
Loch Sport and Lake Victoria
Loch Sport is the village on the strip of land between Lake Victoria and the Ninety Mile Beach in the Gippsland Lakes, with the jetties and the marina on the lake, the Bunga Arm and Lake Reeve behind the dunes, the ocean beach across the strip and the Lakes National Park at the end of the road. It is a lake village with a surf beach behind it, and the report on this page is scored for the village’s coordinates. The Gippsland Lakes have their own page.
Species and seasons
Black bream fish the jetties, the weed edges and the Bunga Arm all year and are the lakes’ fish; dusky flathead lie on the lake flats from spring to autumn and run big in the lakes; Australian salmon run the Ninety Mile Beach in the cooler months; tailor push into the lakes in summer; luderick fish the jetties in winter; mullet and silver trevally fill the marina; and gummy shark fish the beach at night. Estuary perch fish the arms in the dark.
Where to fish it
The jetties along the lake foreshore and the marina walls are the bream and luderick marks, fished at night, and the Bunga Arm and the Lake Reeve channels behind the dunes are the bream and flathead water for small boats; the Ninety Mile Beach across the strip is the salmon and gummy sand, reached by the tracks from the village. The ramp is at the marina, and the Lakes National Park is at the end of the road.
Reading this report here
Lake Victoria is broad and shallow and the wind row decides which shore fishes, with a westerly crossing it unhindered; the beach faces south-east and an easterly swell closes it. The tide in the lakes is small and the modelled curve, labelled as a model, matters little here; pressure and sky build the score and the planner shows the day.
Licence, access and rules
A Victorian Recreational Fishing Licence is needed at Loch Sport unless exempt; our Victoria page has the fees. The jetties, the marina and the beach are public, with a ramp at the marina; the VFA limits and the Lakes National Park rules are in the sources.
Common questions
What can I catch at Loch Sport?
Bream at the jetties and in the Bunga Arm, flathead on the lake flats in the warm months, salmon on the Ninety Mile Beach in the cooler months, luderick in winter.
Do I need a licence at Loch Sport?
Yes, unless exempt: the Victorian Recreational Fishing Licence.
Is fishing good at Loch Sport 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.