Rainbow trout
Slow
Winter lakes: bait on the bottom in the deeper bays through the middle of the day, or polaroiding the shallows on the bright days in Tasmania.
Mitta Mitta River at Mitta Mitta Fishing Report
Updated Fri, 25 Sept 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Mitta Mitta below Dartmouth at Mitta Mitta: a cold tailwater of big trout in the valley, with the Bureau’s gauge at the village.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Water temp
~8 °C est.
Air / High
16 °C / 27 °C
Wind
SE 2 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 401202, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Mitta Mitta River at Mitta Mitta has cold water and fish that move for very little; fish the sunniest hours. Today brings cloud cover, wind SE around 2 km/h, rising pressure near 1025 hPa and a high of 27 °C. Water sits around 8 °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.
Brown trout
Slow
The lake fishery: bait or slow lures in the deeper bays; the rivers are closed in NSW and Victoria.
Tie on: Bait on the bottom, running sinker · Heavy blade, deep · Slow-rolled swimbait · Live bait, deepest hole. Prime windows: 10:25 AM-12:25 PM, 10:25 PM-12:25 AM, 4:55 AM-5:55 AM. Similar at 24 °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 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 (05:56), sunset (18:08), the moon and today's score. 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
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 401202 (MITTA @ MITTA MITTA).
No live gauge on this water
Water readings appear when a Bureau of Meteorology station covers it. Until then the seasonal curve below is the estimate.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp16 °C
High / Low27 °C / 12 °C
WindSE 2 km/h, gusts 8 km/h
Pressure1025.0 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain91% cloud, 45%
Sunrise / Sunset05:56 / 18:08
MoonFull Moon, 99%
Water temp (seasonal)~8 °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 Sunday 27 Sept, 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: Sunday, 27 Sept — good at 4/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.
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
- 05:56 to 18:08
- Moon
- Full Moon, 99% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 11 km/h
- Rain chance
- 45%
Scores are a planning aid built from forecast data, not a promise.
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
Open season from October to June in NSW and Victoria; Tasmania from August
Open now Closes 15 June 2027. Rivers and streams close from the Tuesday after the King’s Birthday weekend to the Friday before the first Saturday in September. Lakes and reservoirs stay open all year. Rule as read from Victorian Fisheries Authority on 2026-09-23.
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. Winter lakes: bait on the bottom in the deeper bays through the middle of the day, or polaroiding the shallows on the bright days in Tasmania.
Brown trout
Open season from October to June in NSW and Victoria; Tasmania from August
Open now Closes 15 June 2027. Rivers and streams close from the Tuesday after the King’s Birthday weekend to the Friday before the first Saturday in September. Lakes and reservoirs stay open all year. Rule as read from Victorian Fisheries Authority on 2026-09-23.
The wild trout of the highland rivers and Tasmania's lakes. Spawns in autumn, hence the closed rivers through winter in NSW and Victoria. The lake fishery: bait or slow lures in the deeper bays; the rivers are closed in NSW and Victoria.
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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Rainbow trout
Brown trout
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Water temperature through the year
Typical surface temperature for this water type in degrees Celsius; today is around 8 °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. Rainbow trout led the card at slow. High of 25 °C, wind to 11 km/h.
Wed, Sep 23
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Rainbow trout led the card at slow. High of 23 °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. Rainbow trout led the card at fair. High of 18 °C, wind to 21 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 unless exempt; our Victoria page has the fees.
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 and Lake Hume over gravel runs, deep pools and willows, with the Dartmouth tailrace above it carrying the VFA’s closed-season ban. It is a trout tailwater with a reputation for big browns, and the Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at Mitta Mitta supplies the river level and the 30-day chart on this page.
Species and seasons
Brown and rainbow trout are the fish, wild and stocked, in the runs and the pools on bait, spinners and the fly, with the reach from the Dartmouth pondage to Peters Bridge classified by the VFA as a tailrace with a total ban in the closed season, from the Tuesday after the King’s Birthday weekend to the Friday before the first Saturday of September, computed on the species card, and the river below Peters Bridge under the general stream rule; the upper Mitta above Dartmouth carries a 25 cm minimum. Murray cod are stocked in the lower river toward Hume.
Where to fish it
The village, the bridges and the road crossings give bank access, drift boats cover the runs from the pondage down through the valley, and wading is possible on a low release; the runs and the pool heads are the trout water. Lake Dartmouth above and Lake Hume below have their own pages.
Reading the report
The chart is the Dartmouth release: a big transfer to Hume makes the river high, cold and unwadeable, a low release shows the gravel and makes the fly fishing; read it before the drive. The water temperature estimate, labelled as one, runs cold because of the dam release and the page says so; the valley shelters the water; pressure and sky fill the score.
Licence, access and rules
The Victorian Recreational Fishing Licence applies unless exempt; our Victoria page has the fees. The village, the bridges and the crossings are public; the VFA tailrace and stream rules are in the sources.
Common questions
Is the Mitta Mitta closed in winter?
The tailrace from the Dartmouth pondage to Peters Bridge carries a total ban in the closed season; the river below follows the general stream closure. Both are computed on the species card from the VFA rule.
Do I need a licence on the Mitta Mitta?
Yes, unless exempt: the Victorian Recreational Fishing Licence.
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
- 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.