Rainbow trout
Excellent
Prime. Shore fishing along the edges with bait, spinners and flies, and the rivers if the season is open.
Mitta Mitta River at Mitta Mitta Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Mitta Mitta below Dartmouth: a cold trout tailwater where the village reach falls inside the VFA tailrace, with the Bureau’s gauge downstream at Bowlers Lane.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Level
246.61 m
Air / High
13 °C / 22 °C
Wind
ESE 3 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 401222, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Mitta Mitta River at Mitta Mitta rewards patience today, with cool water and short feeding windows. The gauge reads 246.61 m, holding steady. Today brings a mixed sky, wind ESE around 3 km/h, steady pressure near 1018 hPa and a high of 22 °C. Water sits around 13 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 11:17 PM-1:17 AM and 11:45 AM-1:45 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.
Tie on: Blade or vibe, slow hops · Lightly weighted plastic · Whole pilchard or squid on the bottom · Suspending hardbody. Prime windows: 11:17 PM-1:17 AM, 11:45 AM-1:45 PM, 4:59 AM-5:59 AM. Warmer at 24 °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 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 Mitta Mitta River at Mitta Mitta today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:58), sunset (19:50), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:17 PM-1:17 AM and 11:45 AM-1:45 PM; minor 4:59 AM-5:59 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 401222 (MITTA @ BOWLERS LANE).
River level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 401222. Latest reading 2026-11-07 10:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp13 °C
High / Low22 °C / 8 °C
WindESE 3 km/h, gusts 10 km/h
Pressure1017.8 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain59% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset05:58 / 19:50
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~13 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Mitta Mitta River at Mitta Mitta
The best day on Mitta Mitta River at Mitta Mitta this week looks like Friday 13 Nov, at 4 out of 5, against 3 today.
Best day this week: Friday, 13 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
- 11:17 PM-1:17 AM and 11:45 AM-1:45 PM
- Minor period
- 4:59 AM-5:59 AM
- Sun
- 05:58 to 19:50
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Partly cloudy, 21 km/h
- Rain chance
- 0%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Mitta Mitta River at Mitta Mitta: 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. During the trout and salmon closed season these tailrace waters are closed to all hook-and-line fishing, whatever the species: no fish may be taken or possessed and no hook and line carried in, on or within 20 m of the water. The Goulburn below Eildon Pondage to Trawool Bridge and its tributaries, the Kiewa below Rocky Valley Dam to Keegans Bridge and its tributaries, and the Mitta Mitta below Dartmouth Pondage to Peters Bridge. Rule as read from Victorian Fisheries Authority on 2026-09-27.
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. During the trout and salmon closed season these tailrace waters are closed to all hook-and-line fishing, whatever the species: no fish may be taken or possessed and no hook and line carried in, on or within 20 m of the water. The Goulburn below Eildon Pondage to Trawool Bridge and its tributaries, the Kiewa below Rocky Valley Dam to Keegans Bridge and its tributaries, and the Mitta Mitta below Dartmouth Pondage to Peters Bridge. Rule as read from Victorian Fisheries Authority on 2026-09-27.
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.
When to come: the Mitta Mitta River at Mitta Mitta 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 17 °C, wind to 21 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 18 °C, wind to 18 km/h.
Fri, Nov 6
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Rainbow trout led the card at excellent. High of 22 °C, wind to 14 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
The Victorian Recreational Fishing Licence applies here unless you are exempt; see our Victoria page.
About this water
Mitta Mitta River at Mitta Mitta is a river in Victoria, Australia, covered from the Victoria reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Mitta Mitta River at Mitta Mitta: the full guide
The reach
The Mitta Mitta at Mitta Mitta is the river below Dartmouth Dam, cold and regulated by the dam’s release, running through the village and the valley’s flats toward Eskdale, Tallandoon and Lake Hume over gravel runs, deep pools and willows. The VFA classes the river from below the Dartmouth pondage down to Peters Bridge, near Tallandoon, as a tailrace, and the village reach is inside it. The Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at Bowlers Lane, station 401222, about 8 km downstream of the village on the same reach, supplies the level and the 30-day chart on this page.
Species and seasons
Brown and rainbow trout are the fish, in the runs and pools on bait, spinners and the fly. In the tailrace the limits are no minimum size and five salmonids a day, no more than two over 35 cm; in the closed season, from the Tuesday after the King’s Birthday weekend to the Friday before the first Saturday of September, all hook and line fishing is banned. Below Peters Bridge the general stream rule applies, and above Lake Dartmouth the minimum is 25 cm with a bag of three.
Where to fish it
The village, the bridges and road crossings give bank access, drift boats cover the runs when the release is up, and wading is possible on a low release. The VFA’s stocking record lists Murray cod released into the Mitta Mitta, and the lower river toward Lake Hume is where natives are more likely. Dartmouth above and Lake Hume below have their own pages.
Reading the report
This chart is largely the Dartmouth release. A big transfer toward Hume makes the river high, cold and unsafe to wade; a low release shows the gravel and brings the fly fishing back. The modelled water temperature, labelled as an estimate, reads cold because of the dam, and the page says so.
Licence, access and rules
The Victorian Recreational Fishing Licence applies here unless you are exempt; see our Victoria page. During the closed season the VFA makes it an offence to carry a hook and line in, on or within 20 metres of the Mitta Mitta tailrace between the Dartmouth pondage and Peters Bridge.
Common questions
Is the Mitta Mitta closed in winter?
At the village, yes: the reach from the Dartmouth pondage to Peters Bridge is a VFA tailrace with a total hook and line ban in the closed season. Below Peters Bridge the general stream closure applies.
Do I need a licence on the Mitta Mitta?
Yes. The Victorian Recreational Fishing Licence is required unless you are exempt.
Is fishing good at Mitta Mitta River at Mitta Mitta 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 401222 — MITTA @ BOWLERS LANE
- 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.