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.
Marlo Fishing Report
Updated Fri, 25 Sept 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Snowy River mouth: bream and estuary perch in the Snowy and the Brodribb, salmon on the beach and the Frenchs Narrows, with Cape Conran down the coast.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Next tide
Low 12:30 pm model
Air / High
15 °C / 26 °C
Wind
WSW 6 km/h
Sources: modelled tide curve, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Marlo rewards patience today, with cool water and short feeding windows. Today brings cloud cover, wind WSW around 6 km/h, rising pressure near 1024 hPa and a high of 26 °C. Tides: high 6:42 am and 6:41 pm, low 12:35 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 16 °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 Marlo today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:50), sunset (18:04), 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
LOW12:35 am-0.61 m
HIGH6:42 am0.27 m
LOW12:30 pm-0.44 m
HIGH6:41 pm0.47 m
Sat
LOW1:04 am-0.61 m
HIGH7:12 am0.36 m
LOW1:10 pm-0.51 m
HIGH7:21 pm0.43 m
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp15 °C
High / Low26 °C / 14 °C
WindWSW 6 km/h, gusts 8 km/h
Pressure1024.2 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain81% cloud, 62%
Sunrise / Sunset05:50 / 18:04
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 Marlo
The best day on Marlo 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
- 05:50 to 18:04
- Moon
- Full Moon, 99% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 13 km/h
- Rain chance
- 62%
Scores are a planning aid built from forecast data, not a promise.
Species guide
The species that matter on Marlo: 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 Marlo 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 22 °C, wind to 14 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 13 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 18 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
Victoria’s Recreational Fishing Licence applies at Marlo unless you are exempt; fees on our Victoria page.
About this water
Marlo is a coastal town in Victoria, Australia, covered from the Victoria reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Marlo: the full guide
Marlo and the Snowy mouth
Marlo is the village on the bluff above the mouth of the Snowy River in East Gippsland, with the Snowy and the Brodribb joining below the village, the estuary running out to the sea through Frenchs Narrows and the entrance, the jetties on the foreshore, the ocean beach and, to the east, Cape Conran and its rocks. It is an estuary-mouth village, and the report on this page is scored for the village’s coordinates. The Snowy River’s upper reaches have their own page.
Species and seasons
Black bream fish the Snowy and Brodribb snags, the jetties and the narrows all year and are the estuary’s fish; estuary perch fish the snags and the deep bends, best in the dark; dusky flathead lie on the estuary sand from spring to autumn; Australian salmon run the beach and the entrance in the cooler months; luderick fish the jetties in winter; tailor come in through the entrance in summer; mulloway are taken at the entrance at night; and the Cape Conran rocks give salmon and sweep. The Snowy’s freshes from the mountains move the whole estuary.
Where to fish it
The jetties on the Marlo foreshore and the banks of the Snowy below the village are the bream and perch marks, fished at night and on the change, and Frenchs Narrows and the entrance are the flathead and mulloway water; the ocean beach east of the entrance is the salmon sand, and Cape Conran’s platforms are the salmon and sweep rocks. The ramps are at the village and the Brodribb, and Cape Conran has one too.
Reading this report here
The entrance runs on the tide and the modelled tide curve, labelled as a model, is for the direction; the rain row matters because a fresh down the Snowy pushes the bream to the mouth. The beach faces south and a south-westerly closes it while the river stays fishable. Pressure and sky build the score at Marlo; the planner shows the day.
Licence, access and rules
Victoria’s Recreational Fishing Licence applies at Marlo unless you are exempt; fees on our Victoria page. The jetties, the foreshore and the beach are public, with ramps at the village; the VFA limits and the Cape Conran Coastal Park rules are in the sources.
Common questions
What can I catch at Marlo?
Bream in the Snowy and the Brodribb, estuary perch on the snags at night, flathead on the estuary sand in the warm months, salmon on the beach in the cooler months, mulloway at the entrance.
Do I need a licence at Marlo?
Yes, unless exempt: the Victorian Recreational Fishing Licence.
Is fishing good at Marlo 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.