Bream
Good
Prime bream weather. Cast small vibes, crankbaits and 2 to 3 inch plastics at every piece of structure on the rising tide.
Marlo Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 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, with Cape Conran and its rocks down the coast.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Next tide
Low 3:06 pm model
Air / High
10 °C / 17 °C
Wind
ENE 10 km/h
Sources: modelled tide curve, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Marlo has the water in the comfortable band where most of its fish feed through the day. Today brings clear skies, wind ENE around 10 km/h, steady pressure near 1020 hPa and a high of 17 °C. Tides: high 8:25 am and 9:06 pm, low 1:57 am and 3:06 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 11:12 PM-1:12 AM and 11:40 AM-1:40 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: 11:12 PM-1:12 AM, 11:40 AM-1:40 PM, 4:51 AM-5:51 AM. Warmer at 20 °C. 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 (19:48), 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 11:12 PM-1:12 AM and 11:40 AM-1:40 PM; minor 4:51 AM-5:51 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
LOW1:57 am-0.47 m
HIGH8:25 am0.47 m
LOW3:06 pm-0.62 m
HIGH9:06 pm0.12 m
Tue
LOW2:30 am-0.39 m
HIGH9:02 am0.54 m
LOW3:43 pm-0.53 m
HIGH9:48 pm0.16 m
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp10 °C
High / Low17 °C / 9 °C
WindENE 10 km/h, gusts 17 km/h
Pressure1020.2 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain23% cloud, 91%
Sunrise / Sunset05:50 / 19:48
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 Marlo
The best day on Marlo 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
- 11:12 PM-1:12 AM and 11:40 AM-1:40 PM
- Minor period
- 4:51 AM-5:51 AM
- Sun
- 05:50 to 19:48
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 13 km/h
- Rain chance
- 91%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
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. 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 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 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 23 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 13 °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 19 °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
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 a shifting 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 at Orbost, upstream, has its 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 the lower estuary toward the entrance is 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. Boats launch in the village; at Cape Conran, Parks Victoria describes the West Cape ramp as exposed, often covered with sand and kelp, and advises a four-wheel drive to launch.
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 a ramp in 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. Anglers at Marlo need the Victorian Recreational Fishing Licence unless exempt.
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
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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.