Golden perch
Excellent
Prime. Hop soft plastics and vibes around the timber, or fish shrimp and worms on the bottom.
Murray River at Echuca Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Murray at Echuca and Moama: cod and golden perch through the red gums of the old river port, New South Wales water from bank to bank, with the Bureau’s gauge at Echuca.
4/5
Good. Solid day ahead.Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
Level
87.33 m
Air / High
17 °C / 23 °C
Wind
ESE 11 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 409200, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Murray River at Echuca is fishing in its best temperature window, with the bite spread across the day. The gauge reads 87.33 m, easing 0.22 over the week. Today brings cloud cover, wind ESE around 11 km/h, rising pressure near 1016 hPa and a high of 23 °C. Water sits around 19 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 11:28 PM-1:28 AM and 11:56 AM-1:56 PM: the windows to build the day around.
Murray cod
Closed today
Reopens 1 Dec 2026. Closed 1 September to 30 November in all waters except Blowering and Copeton dams.
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: 11:28 PM-1:28 AM, 11:56 AM-1:56 PM, 5:11 AM-6:11 AM. Warmer at 29 °C. The solunar majors shift about 50 minutes later.
Before you go
The Murray River is New South Wales water from bank to bank, including along the Victorian shore, so the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee applies here and a Victorian licence does not (the Victorian Fisheries Authority makes the one exception for Lake Hume).
New South Wales requires a fishing licence for most fishing, from A$7.00. New South Wales fishing licence: cost, rules and where to buy →
Chasing murray cod here? Check the size and bag limits with DPIRD NSW before you keep anything; the Murray cod page has the seasons and the tactics.
Fishing times for Murray River at Echuca today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (06:09), sunset (20:00), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:28 PM-1:28 AM and 11:56 AM-1:56 PM; minor 5:11 AM-6:11 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 409200 (MURRAY @ ECHUCA).
River level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 409200. Latest reading 2026-11-07 10:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp17 °C
High / Low23 °C / 8 °C
WindESE 11 km/h, gusts 19 km/h
Pressure1016.1 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain94% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset06:09 / 20:00
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~19 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Murray River at Echuca
Today is the pick of the week on Murray River at Echuca, at 4 out of 5.
Best day this week: today, 9 Nov — good at 4/5, rising pressure behind a front, typically the slowest.
Today, 9 Nov — Good
Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
- Solunar majors
- 11:28 PM-1:28 AM and 11:56 AM-1:56 PM
- Minor period
- 5:11 AM-6:11 AM
- Sun
- 06:09 to 20:00
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Overcast, 13 km/h
- Rain chance
- 0%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Murray River at Echuca: seasons written for the southern year, and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.
Murray cod
Closed 1 September to 30 November in NSW, Victoria and the ACT, and 1 August to 31 October in Queensland; check the exempt lakes
Closed now Reopens 1 Dec 2026. Closed 1 September to 30 November in all waters except Blowering and Copeton dams. Rule as read from DPIRD NSW on 2026-09-23.
The giant of the inland rivers and the big lakes (Hume, Mulwala, Eildon). A snag fish that eats big lures, and a species with a closed season across the Murray-Darling.
Golden perch
Best: November to April
Yellowbelly. The bread-and-butter native of the Murray-Darling lakes and rivers; loves warm water, structure and a lure worked slowly past its nose. Prime. Hop soft plastics and vibes around the timber, or fish shrimp and worms on the bottom.
When to come: the Murray River at Echuca 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 19 °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
2/5 Slow. Work for them. Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing. Golden perch led the card at excellent. High of 19 °C, wind to 18 km/h.
Sat, Nov 7
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Golden perch led the card at excellent. High of 18 °C, wind to 26 km/h.
Fri, Nov 6
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Golden perch led the card at excellent. High of 23 °C, wind to 14 km/h.
Before you go
Licence
NSW Recreational Fishing Fee, from A$7.00, 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 DPIRD NSW and change: confirm the current rules on the agency page linked from the New South Wales licence page before you keep anything.
Access
The Murray is New South Wales water: the VFA states that a NSW fishing licence is needed even when you stand on the Victorian bank, and that a Victorian licence is not valid on the river except at Lake Hume.
About this water
Murray River at Echuca is a river in Victoria, Australia, covered from the Victoria reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Murray River at Echuca: the full guide
The reach
The Murray at Echuca runs between Echuca on the Victorian bank and Moama on the New South Wales one, with the Campaspe coming in at the town and the Goulburn upstream, and red gum forest along both banks. The Victorian Fisheries Authority’s river guide notes public boat ramps at Echuca East and at Victoria Park in Echuca, and good fishing at the mouths of the Goulburn and the Campaspe. The Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at Echuca, station 409200, supplies the level and the 30-day chart on this page.
Species and seasons
Murray cod and golden perch are the fish. The cod closure, 1 September to 30 November, is the same on both sides of the border and is computed on the species card. The VFA guide records carp, redfin and Murray crayfish in the Barmah to Echuca reach, and states that silver perch and freshwater catfish may not be taken from the Murray, and that trout cod must be released alive. Because the whole river is New South Wales water, its size and bag limits are the ones that apply.
Where to fish it
The two public ramps at Echuca put a boat onto snag-lined reaches both upstream and downstream, and the river parks give bank access at both towns. The VFA guide recommends a boat for reaching midstream snags and says trolled lures take cod and golden perch well. Downstream, Torrumbarry Weir, about 25 kilometres from Echuca in the VFA’s words, has a good ramp; keep clear of the weir structure itself.
Reading the report
The level here is set by releases from the storages upstream as much as by rain, and the VFA notes the best fishing tends to come in a period of stable flow after a rise. A falling river in autumn concentrates fish on the snags. The water temperature shown is a modelled estimate, labelled as one, and it gives the cod band from December to April.
Licence, access and rules
The Murray is New South Wales water: the VFA states that a NSW fishing licence is needed even when you stand on the Victorian bank, and that a Victorian licence is not valid on the river except at Lake Hume. The three-day NSW fee costs A$7, and the NSW size and bag limits are the ones to follow; the Campaspe, a Victorian river, is covered by the Victorian licence.
Common questions
Which licence do I need at Echuca?
The NSW Recreational Fishing Fee, from either bank: the Murray is New South Wales water and the VFA says a Victorian licence is not valid on it.
When is cod season at Echuca?
Open from 1 December to 31 August; closed 1 September to 30 November, as computed on the species card.
Is fishing good at Murray River at Echuca right now?
Check the daily report at the top of this page: it is regenerated every morning from live data. Today's read: Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
Nearby waters
Where this page's numbers come from
- Storage and river readings
- Bureau of Meteorology, Water Data Online, station 409200 — MURRAY @ ECHUCA
- 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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