Bream
Good
Prime bream weather. Cast small vibes, crankbaits and 2 to 3 inch plastics at every piece of structure on the rising tide.
Loch Sport Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 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 jetties onto the lake and into the national park.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Next tide
Low 3:23 pm model
Air / High
12 °C / 17 °C
Wind
NE 11 km/h
Sources: modelled tide curve, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Loch Sport is fishing in its best temperature window, with the bite spread across the day. Today brings clear skies, wind NE around 11 km/h, steady pressure near 1020 hPa and a high of 17 °C. Tides: high 8:24 am and 9:21 pm, low 1:52 am and 3:23 pm: the moving water either side of each change is when this place feeds. Water sits around 22 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 11:16 PM-1:16 AM and 11:44 AM-1:44 PM: the windows to build the day around.
Flathead
Good
The best of it. Drift the sand and weed edges, bounce plastics or a strip of bait along the bottom, and cover ground until you find the school.
Mulloway
Fair
Fish the deep holes and the rock walls through a tide change after dark; live mullet, yellowtail or a large soft plastic worked slowly.
Tailor
Fair
Rock ledges and beach gutters on the rising tide; metals cast and retrieved fast, or a whole pilchard drifted through the wash.
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: 11:16 PM-1:16 AM, 11:44 AM-1:44 PM, 4:55 AM-5:55 AM. Similar at 19 °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 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 (05:54), sunset (19:53), 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 11:16 PM-1:16 AM and 11:44 AM-1:44 PM; minor 4:55 AM-5:55 AM. New Moon, 0% 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.
Mon
LOW1:52 am-0.35 m
HIGH8:24 am0.34 m
LOW3:23 pm-0.57 m
HIGH9:21 pm-0.10 m
Tue
LOW2:06 am-0.26 m
HIGH9:03 am0.43 m
LOW4:15 pm-0.43 m
HIGH10:30 pm-0.06 m
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp12 °C
High / Low17 °C / 10 °C
WindNE 11 km/h, gusts 27 km/h
Pressure1019.7 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain2% cloud, 12%
Sunrise / Sunset05:54 / 19:53
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~22 °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 12 Nov, at 5 out of 5, against 3 today.
Best day this week: Thursday, 12 Nov — excellent at 5/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.
Today, 9 Nov — Fair
A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
- Solunar majors
- 11:16 PM-1:16 AM and 11:44 AM-1:44 PM
- Minor period
- 4:55 AM-5:55 AM
- Sun
- 05:54 to 19:53
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Overcast, 18 km/h
- Rain chance
- 12%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
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. Prime bream weather. Cast small vibes, crankbaits and 2 to 3 inch plastics at every piece of structure on the rising tide.
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. The best of it. Drift the sand and weed edges, bounce plastics or a strip of bait along the bottom, and cover ground until you find the school.
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. Fish the deep holes and the rock walls through a tide change after dark; live mullet, yellowtail or a large soft plastic worked slowly.
Tailor
Autumn and winter on the east coast; the run reaches K'gari (Fraser Island) in late winter, where the east beach from Waddy Point to Indian Head is closed to all fin fish from 1 August to 29 September
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. Rock ledges and beach gutters on the rising tide; metals cast and retrieved fast, or a whole pilchard drifted through the wash.
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 22 °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. Bream led the card at excellent. High of 15 °C, wind to 19 km/h.
Sat, Nov 7
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Bream led the card at good. High of 14 °C, wind to 34 km/h.
Fri, Nov 6
5/5 Excellent. Go now. Everything lines up: pressure, wind and light are in your favor. Bream 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
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, 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 drop-offs all year and are the lakes’ fish; dusky flathead lie on the lake flats from spring to autumn; 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 jetties inside The Lakes National Park, at the eastern end of the village, open onto Lake Victoria and Lake Reeve for bream and flathead; the Ninety Mile Beach across the strip is the salmon and gummy sand, reached by the tracks from the village. Boats launch in the village, and Parks Victoria puts Rotamah Island 18 kilometres away by water from Loch Sport.
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 along the weed edges of Lake Victoria, 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 you are exempt; the Victorian Recreational Fishing Licence covers the lakes and the ocean beach alike.
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.