Rainbow trout
Excellent
Prime. Shore fishing along the edges with bait, spinners and flies, and the rivers if the season is open.
Ovens River at Myrtleford Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Ovens at Myrtleford: trout in the runs and natives in the deeper pools, at the Buffalo River junction, with the Bureau’s gauge at the town.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Level
1.75 m
Air / High
14 °C / 21 °C
Wind
NE 1 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 403210, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Ovens River at Myrtleford is in its cool-water rhythm: slower presentations and the warmest hours of the day. The gauge reads 1.75 m, holding steady. Today brings a mixed sky, wind NE around 2 km/h, rising pressure near 1018 hPa and a high of 21 °C. Water sits around 13 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 11:20 PM-1:20 AM and 11:48 AM-1:48 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: 11:20 PM-1:20 AM, 11:48 AM-1:48 PM, 5:02 AM-6:02 AM. Warmer at 25 °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 Ovens River at Myrtleford today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (06:01), sunset (19:53), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:20 PM-1:20 AM and 11:48 AM-1:48 PM; minor 5:02 AM-6:02 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 403210 (OVENS @ MYRTLEFORD).
River level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 403210. Latest reading 2026-11-07 10:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp14 °C
High / Low21 °C / 5 °C
WindNE 1 km/h, gusts 3 km/h
Pressure1017.7 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain32% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset06:01 / 19:53
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~13 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Ovens River at Myrtleford
The best day on Ovens River at Myrtleford 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
- 11:20 PM-1:20 AM and 11:48 AM-1:48 PM
- Minor period
- 5:02 AM-6:02 AM
- Sun
- 06:01 to 19:53
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Overcast, 11 km/h
- Rain chance
- 0%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Ovens River at Myrtleford: 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. 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. 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. 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. Prime. Nymphs and streamers on the rivers, and the lake edges on the overcast days.
When to come: the Ovens River at Myrtleford 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
2/5 Slow. Work for them. Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing. Rainbow trout led the card at excellent. High of 19 °C, wind to 11 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 16 °C, wind to 26 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 21 °C, wind to 13 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
Anglers need a Victorian Recreational Fishing Licence unless exempt; our Victoria page has the prices.
About this water
Ovens River at Myrtleford is a river in Victoria, Australia, covered from the Victoria reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Ovens River at Myrtleford: the full guide
The reach
The Ovens at Myrtleford is the middle river, below Porepunkah and above Wangaratta, wider and slower than at Bright with pools, willows and gravel runs, and with the Buffalo River coming in from Lake Buffalo to the south. It is trout water with native fish in the deeper holes, and the Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at Myrtleford, station 403210, supplies the level and the 30-day chart on this page.
Species and seasons
Brown and rainbow trout fish the runs and the heads of pools on spinners, bait and the fly. Below Porepunkah the VFA’s general river limits apply: no minimum size and five salmonids a day, no more than two over 35 cm, with the stream closure computed on the species card. The VFA has stocked Macquarie perch into the Ovens and the Buffalo River, but the species is fully protected in Victoria and any caught must go straight back.
Where to fish it
Parkland and bridges give bank access at the town, and the Buffalo junction is worth a look for both trout and natives. A kayak covers the pools downstream. At dawn, wade the tail of a riffle and fish up into the run; later in the day, drift a nymph or a small bait through the deeper, slower water.
Reading the report
The chart shows a river that rises with snowmelt and rain and falls back through summer. A fresh moves the trout; a low, warm summer river favours the natives in the deeper pools. The modelled water temperature, labelled as an estimate, runs cool in the valley for much of the year.
Licence, access and rules
Anglers need a Victorian Recreational Fishing Licence unless exempt; our Victoria page has the prices. The VFA trout regulations and the Macquarie perch protection are both linked from this page.
Lake Buffalo and the Buffalo River
Lake Buffalo, on the Buffalo River south of Myrtleford, is on the VFA’s list of specified lakes where two Murray cod a day may be kept, and the VFA has stocked it with Murray cod. The lake has its own page. The river below it joins the Ovens at Myrtleford, and the junction reach is where the two rivers’ fish mix.
Common questions
Can I keep a Macquarie perch from the Ovens?
No. The VFA prohibits taking Macquarie perch in all Victorian waters; release any you catch immediately.
Do I need a licence at Myrtleford?
Yes, a Victorian Recreational Fishing Licence, unless you qualify for an exemption.
Is fishing good at Ovens River at Myrtleford 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 403210 — OVENS @ MYRTLEFORD
- 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.