Golden perch
Excellent
Prime. Hop soft plastics and vibes around the timber, or fish shrimp and worms on the bottom.
Murray River at Robinvale Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Murray at Robinvale and Euston: cod and golden perch on the weir pool between Swan Hill and Mildura, New South Wales water from bank to bank.
4/5
Good. Solid day ahead.Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
Water temp
~19 °C est.
Air / High
20 °C / 26 °C
Wind
E 8 km/h
Sources: Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Murray River at Robinvale has the water in the comfortable band where most of its fish feed through the day. Today brings cloud cover, wind E around 8 km/h, rising pressure near 1014 hPa and a high of 26 °C. Water sits around 19 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 11:36 PM-1:36 AM and 12:04 PM-2:04 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: 11:36 PM-1:36 AM, 12:04 PM-2:04 PM, 5:22 AM-6:22 AM. Warmer at 32 °C with a rain chance. 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 Robinvale today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (06:20), sunset (20:05), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:36 PM-1:36 AM and 12:04 PM-2:04 PM; minor 5:22 AM-6:22 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Bureau of Meteorology station 414205 (MURRAY @ ROBINVALE) has sent no reading in the last 30 days, so conditions here are modelled from weather, season and the nearest stations.
No recent gauge reading
Readings come back here when station 414205 reports again. Until then the seasonal curve below is the estimate.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp20 °C
High / Low26 °C / 9 °C
WindE 8 km/h, gusts 12 km/h
Pressure1014.2 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain89% cloud, 12%
Sunrise / Sunset06:20 / 20:05
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~19 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Murray River at Robinvale
Today is the pick of the week on Murray River at Robinvale, 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
- 11:36 PM-1:36 AM and 12:04 PM-2:04 PM
- Minor period
- 5:22 AM-6:22 AM
- Sun
- 06:20 to 20:05
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 11 km/h
- Rain chance
- 12%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Murray River at Robinvale: 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 Robinvale 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 21 °C, wind to 18 km/h.
Sat, Nov 7
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 19 °C, wind to 24 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 26 °C, wind to 21 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, so the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee, from A$7 for three days, is required from either bank; the VFA states the Victorian licence is not valid on the river.
About this water
Murray River at Robinvale is a river in Victoria, Australia, covered from the Victoria reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Murray River at Robinvale: the full guide
The reach
The Murray at Robinvale runs between the Victorian town and Euston on the New South Wales bank, held into a pool by the Euston weir downstream, with irrigated horticulture on the Victorian side and Mallee country on the other. The VFA’s river guide singles out Robinvale for very large Murray cod, while adding that success here depends heavily on water levels. The Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at Robinvale, station 414205, no longer reports, and the only live gauge is below Euston Weir, on a different pool, so this page carries no live level.
Species and seasons
Murray cod and golden perch are the target fish, the cod closed from 1 September to 30 November as the species card computes. The VFA guide lists carp, redfin, tench, golden perch and good numbers of protected silver perch in this part of the river, as well as protected freshwater catfish; neither silver perch nor catfish may be taken from the Murray. New South Wales limits apply to everything you keep.
Where to fish it
Parkland along the river at both towns gives bank access, and ramps put a boat onto the pool upstream toward Boundary Bend and onto the river below the weir. The VFA recommends fishing close to snags, ideally large clumps of them, and notes that cod mostly rest in water deeper than two metres. Give the weir structure a wide berth. In warm months, a bait of shrimp or yabby fished on the bottom beside a snag after dark is a reliable way to find golden perch as well as cod.
Reading the report
With the weir holding the pool, the river at Robinvale moves slowly except in a flood. The VFA writes that there is little fish movement here until the level rises, so a rising chart is the signal to go. The water temperature on this page is an estimate from a model and runs hot through the Mallee summer; the open country lets the wind cross the river.
Licence, access and rules
The Murray is New South Wales water, so the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee, from A$7 for three days, is required from either bank; the VFA states the Victorian licence is not valid on the river. Size and bag limits are set in Sydney, not Melbourne, so read the NSW freshwater guide before keeping fish.
Common questions
What can I catch at Robinvale?
Murray cod outside the spring closure, golden perch, redfin and carp; silver perch and freshwater catfish are present but may not be taken.
Which licence applies at Robinvale?
The NSW Recreational Fishing Fee, including on the Victorian bank; the Murray is New South Wales water.
Is fishing good at Murray River at Robinvale 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
- 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.