Southern calamari
Excellent
Spring and autumn are the seasons: the weed beds on the rising tide, slow sinking jigs.
Port Welshpool Fishing Report
Updated Fri, 25 Sept 2026 from live weather and tide data
The gateway to Corner Inlet and Wilsons Promontory: whiting over the seagrass, snapper in the channels and a long jetty into the tide.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Next tide
Low 3:45 pm model
Air / High
13 °C / 22 °C
Wind
WSW 12 km/h
Sources: modelled tide curve, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Port Welshpool is in its cool-water rhythm: slower presentations and the warmest hours of the day. Today brings a mixed sky, wind WSW around 11 km/h, rising pressure near 1025 hPa and a high of 22 °C. Tides: high 10:06 am and 10:04 pm, low 3:12 am and 3:45 pm: the moving water either side of each change is when this place feeds. Water sits around 13 °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.
Australian salmon
Good
The main season. Beach gutters, rock platforms and bay edges on the rising tide; metals, surf poppers and bait all work.
Snapper
Fair
Fish are thinner inshore. Work the deeper structure and the channel edges with baits on the bottom, and pick the tide change.
Flathead
Fair
Fish the deeper channels and the last of the run-out; slower hops with a heavier jighead, and a bait on the bottom as back-up.
Tie on: Blade or vibe, slow hops · Lightly weighted plastic · Whole pilchard or squid on the bottom · Suspending hardbody. Prime windows: 10:25 AM-12:25 PM, 10:25 PM-12:25 AM, 4:55 AM-5:55 AM. Cooler at 14 °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 snapper here? Check the size and bag limits with VFA before you keep anything; the Snapper page has the seasons and the tactics.
Fishing times for Port Welshpool today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:59), sunset (18:12), the moon and today's score, with the modelled tide changes in the panel below. 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
A modelled tide curve for these coordinates and the forecast for the day.
Tides (modelled)
Modelled sea level curve from Open-Meteo Marine for these coordinates, datum mean sea level. Fish the moving water either side of each change.
A model, not the official prediction: times can drift by tens of minutes inside bays and estuaries. Check the Bureau of Meteorology tide predictions for the exact times before you rely on them.
Fri
LOW3:12 am-0.58 m
HIGH10:06 am0.31 m
LOW3:45 pm-0.26 m
HIGH10:04 pm0.19 m
Sat
LOW3:56 am-0.49 m
HIGH10:48 am0.25 m
LOW4:57 pm-0.42 m
HIGH11:17 pm0.11 m
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp13 °C
High / Low22 °C / 13 °C
WindWSW 12 km/h, gusts 21 km/h
Pressure1025.1 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain42% cloud, 61%
Sunrise / Sunset05:59 / 18:12
MoonFull Moon, 99%
Water temp (seasonal)~13 °C est.
Why the tide matters here: tides and fishing in Australia.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Port Welshpool
The best day on Port Welshpool 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
- 05:59 to 18:12
- Moon
- Full Moon, 99% lit
- Sky and wind
- Storms, 18 km/h
- Rain chance
- 61%
Scores are a planning aid built from forecast data, not a promise.
Species guide
The species that matter on Port Welshpool: seasons written for the southern year, and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.
Snapper
Best: October to January in the southern bays
The southern headline fish. Runs into Port Phillip, Western Port, the gulfs and the WA sounds in spring to spawn; holds on reef and rubble the rest of the year. Fish are thinner inshore. Work the deeper structure and the channel edges with baits on the bottom, and pick the tide change.
King George whiting
Best: December to May in SA; spring and summer in Port Phillip
The table fish of the south. Feeds over sand patches between weed and reef in 2 to 10 metres, mostly by day, mostly on the moving tide. Deeper sand patches and the middle of the day; slower bites, bigger fish.
Southern calamari
Spring and autumn peaks in the southern bays
Southern calamari over weed and sand in 2 to 10 metres of the bays and gulfs; a jig fishery at dawn, dusk and under the jetty lights. Spring and autumn are the seasons: the weed beds on the rising tide, slow sinking jigs.
Australian salmon
Winter and spring on the southern beaches
Not a salmon at all: a hard-fighting schooling fish of the surf and the bays, from WA around to NSW. Great on light gear, poor on the plate. The main season. Beach gutters, rock platforms and bay edges on the rising tide; metals, surf poppers and bait all work.
Flathead
Best: November to April
Dusky flathead in the eastern estuaries, sand flathead in the southern bays. An ambush predator lying on sand and mud edges waiting for whatever the tide brings. Fish the deeper channels and the last of the run-out; slower hops with a heavier jighead, and a bait on the bottom as back-up.
When to come: the Port Welshpool 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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King George whiting
Southern calamari
Australian salmon
Flathead
SlowPeak
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 dataThu, Sep 24
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Southern calamari led the card at excellent. High of 19 °C, wind to 10 km/h.
Wed, Sep 23
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Southern calamari led the card at excellent. High of 16 °C, wind to 14 km/h.
Tue, Sep 22
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Southern calamari led the card at excellent. High of 14 °C, wind to 19 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
A Victorian Recreational Fishing Licence is needed here unless you are exempt, and the exemptions are wide; the 2026/2027 fees and the list are on our Victoria licence page.
About this water
Port Welshpool is a coastal town in Victoria, Australia, covered from the Victoria reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Port Welshpool: the full guide
Port Welshpool and Corner Inlet
Port Welshpool is a small port on Corner Inlet, the broad, shallow embayment tucked in behind Wilsons Promontory on Victoria’s south coast. The inlet is a maze of seagrass banks, channels and islands, drained and filled by big tides, and it is one of the state’s best King George whiting grounds; the port itself has a long timber jetty rebuilt for fishing and a ramp that serves the inlet and the run out through the entrance to the Prom and Bass Strait. Port Albert is the next port along, and the inlet’s other ramps are at Toora and Foster. This page is scored for the port’s coordinates.
Species by season
King George whiting are the inlet’s fish from spring to autumn over the seagrass edges and the sand holes on the making tide, and the jetty gives them to shore anglers on the right tide. Snapper come into the channels in spring and summer, gummy shark and flathead lie in the channels and on the sand through the warmer months, and salmon and tailor run the entrance and the surf beaches of the Prom in the cooler months. Squid work the seagrass and the jetty lights in spring and autumn, garfish and silver trevally are jetty fish through the year, and the offshore grounds toward the Prom fish for snapper, gummies and kingfish in summer for the boats that make the run.
Reading this report here
Corner Inlet is tide-driven: the tide panel on this page is a modelled curve for these coordinates, labelled as a model, and the inlet fishes on the run-in over the banks and the run-out in the channels, with the Bureau of Meteorology’s prediction for the exact times. The wind row matters because the inlet is shallow and the run outside is exposed; a westerly or south-westerly roughs it up and a still morning is the day. Pressure and sky build the score and the planner shows which of the seven days to take.
Licence and access
A Victorian Recreational Fishing Licence is needed here unless you are exempt, and the exemptions are wide; the 2026/2027 fees and the list are on our Victoria licence page. The Port Welshpool jetty is public and fishable, the ramp is at the port, and the inlet’s other ramps are at Toora, Foster and Port Albert. Corner Inlet has marine park zones and the VFA limits apply; both are on the pages linked in the sources.
Common questions
What can I catch from the Port Welshpool jetty?
King George whiting on the right tide, squid under the lights, garfish, silver trevally, flathead and, in season, salmon and snapper.
Do I need a licence at Port Welshpool?
Yes, unless exempt: the Victorian Recreational Fishing Licence applies in Corner Inlet.
Is fishing good at Port Welshpool 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
- Tide curve (modelled)
- Open-Meteo Marine, sea level height including tides
- 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.