Golden perch
Excellent
Prime. Hop soft plastics and vibes around the timber, or fish shrimp and worms on the bottom.
Taylors Lake Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
Horsham’s recreation lake in the Wimmera: Murray cod open all year as Wimmera basin water, with golden perch and redfin, two boat ramps and a Bureau gauge.
4/5
Good. Solid day ahead.Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
Level
144.56 m26,588 ML
Air / High
15 °C / 22 °C
Wind
ENE 8 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge TAYLORS-LAKE-HG, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Taylors Lake has the water in the comfortable band where most of its fish feed through the day. The gauge reads 144.56 m, holding steady. Today brings a mixed sky, wind ENE around 8 km/h, steady pressure near 1015 hPa and a high of 22 °C. Water sits around 19 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 11:38 PM-1:38 AM and 12:06 PM-2:06 PM: the windows to build the day around.
Murray cod
Slow
Prime. Cast big spinnerbaits, hardbodies and swimbaits tight to timber and rock, and work the same snag several times.
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: 11:38 PM-1:38 AM, 12:06 PM-2:06 PM, 5:19 AM-6:19 AM. Warmer at 28 °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 murray cod here? Check the size and bag limits with VFA before you keep anything; the Murray cod page has the seasons and the tactics.
Fishing times for Taylors Lake today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (06:17), sunset (20:11), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:38 PM-1:38 AM and 12:06 PM-2:06 PM; minor 5:19 AM-6:19 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station TAYLORS-LAKE-HG (Taylors).
Storage level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station TAYLORS-LAKE-HG. Latest reading 2026-11-08 09:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp15 °C
High / Low22 °C / 7 °C
WindENE 8 km/h, gusts 11 km/h
Pressure1015.3 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain42% cloud, 2%
Sunrise / Sunset06:17 / 20:11
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~19 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Taylors Lake
Today is the pick of the week on Taylors Lake, at 4 out of 5.
Best day this week: today, 9 Nov — good at 4/5, steady pressure, neither help nor hindrance.
Today, 9 Nov — Good
Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
- Solunar majors
- 11:38 PM-1:38 AM and 12:06 PM-2:06 PM
- Minor period
- 5:19 AM-6:19 AM
- Sun
- 06:17 to 20:11
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Overcast, 18 km/h
- Rain chance
- 2%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Taylors Lake: 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
Open all year Taylors Lake is Wimmera basin water, open all year Rule as read from Victorian Fisheries Authority 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. Prime. Cast big spinnerbaits, hardbodies and swimbaits tight to timber and rock, and work the same snag several times.
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 Taylors Lake 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
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 18 °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 15 °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 22 °C, wind to 24 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
Victoria’s Recreational Fishing Licence applies at Taylors Lake unless you are exempt; our Victoria page has the fees.
Storage levels
Compare it with every other storage in the state on Victoria dam levels today.
About this water
Taylors Lake is a lake in Victoria, Australia, covered from the Victoria reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Taylors Lake: the full guide
Taylors Lake
Taylors Lake is the GWMWater storage 20 km south-east of Horsham in the Wimmera, an off-stream reservoir supplied from upstream storage in the Wimmera-Glenelg headworks and from nearby Potters Creek. GWMWater lists camping, fishing and water skiing as its popular pursuits, with boating from designated ramps and duck shooting in season. The Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at the lake supplies the level and the 30-day chart on this page.
Species and seasons
Murray cod are the prize of Taylors Lake, and the VFA lists it among its specified lakes for cod, where the bag is two fish between 55 and 75 cm. The lake is Wimmera basin water, which the VFA exempts from the Murray cod closed season, so cod may be kept all year within the limits; golden perch and redfin are the other fish most anglers catch. The species card computes the cod rule with the VFA page linked.
Where to fish it
GWMWater has boat ramps on the eastern and western sides of the lake, each with toilets, and anglers fish from the shore near the camping areas and the points, casting lures and bait into the deeper water; a boat covers the lake when the skiers are off it. Early morning and evening are the cod sessions in summer.
Planning a visit
Taylors Lake is a short drive south-east of Horsham on the Wimmera plains, and Horsham has tackle shops, supplies and accommodation. Summer brings skiers and campers, so the dawn and the evening are the quiet fishing times; bring cod lures, shrimp or worms for yellowbelly, and check GWMWater’s blue-green algae notices before swimming or fishing in the hot months.
Reading this report here
Taylors is an open lake in flat country, so the wind row decides the day: a strong northerly or southerly makes it rough and stirs up the shallows. The chart shows how far the lake has drawn down. The water temperature estimate, labelled as one, is warm in summer and cold in winter; pressure and sky build the score at Taylors Lake.
Licence, access and rules
Victoria’s Recreational Fishing Licence applies at Taylors Lake unless you are exempt; our Victoria page has the fees. GWMWater sets the recreation rules at the lake and the VFA sets the cod limits, both linked in the sources.
Common questions
Is Murray cod closed at Taylors Lake in spring?
No. Taylors Lake is Wimmera basin water, which the VFA exempts from the Murray cod closed season.
What can I catch at Taylors Lake?
Murray cod, two a day between 55 and 75 cm under the VFA specified-lakes rule, plus golden perch and redfin.
Do I need a licence at Taylors Lake?
Yes, unless exempt: the Victorian Recreational Fishing Licence covers Taylors Lake.
Is fishing good at Taylors Lake 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 TAYLORS-LAKE-HG — Taylors
- 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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