Rainbow trout
Slow
Winter lakes: bait on the bottom in the deeper bays through the middle of the day, or polaroiding the shallows on the bright days in Tasmania.
Tullaroop Reservoir Fishing Report
Updated Fri, 25 Sept 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Tullaroop Creek storage near Maryborough: one of Victoria’s best big-trout lakes, with redfin for the numbers and a Bureau gauge on the level.
2/5
Slow. Work for them.Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
Level
222.88 m73,385 ML
Air / High
15 °C / 25 °C
Wind
S 6 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge sp-o11454, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Tullaroop Reservoir has cold water and fish that move for very little; fish the sunniest hours. The gauge reads 222.88 m, holding steady. Today brings clear skies, wind S around 6 km/h, rising pressure near 1025 hPa and a high of 25 °C. Water sits around 8 °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.
Brown trout
Slow
The lake fishery: bait or slow lures in the deeper bays; the rivers are closed in NSW and Victoria.
Tie on: Bait on the bottom, running sinker · Heavy blade, deep · Slow-rolled swimbait · Live bait, deepest hole. Prime windows: 10:25 AM-12:25 PM, 10:25 PM-12:25 AM, 4:55 AM-5:55 AM. Cooler at 18 °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 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 Tullaroop Reservoir today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (06:10), sunset (18:23), the moon and today's score. 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
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station sp-o11454 (Tullaroop Reservoir).
Storage level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station sp-o11454. Latest reading 2026-09-24 09:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp15 °C
High / Low25 °C / 14 °C
WindS 6 km/h, gusts 10 km/h
Pressure1024.8 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain23% cloud, 28%
Sunrise / Sunset06:10 / 18:23
MoonFull Moon, 99%
Water temp (seasonal)~8 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Tullaroop Reservoir
The best day on Tullaroop Reservoir this week looks like Sunday 27 Sept, at 4 out of 5, against 2 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 — Tough
Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
- Solunar majors
- 10:25 AM-12:25 PM and 10:25 PM-12:25 AM
- Minor period
- 4:55 AM-5:55 AM
- Sun
- 06:10 to 18:23
- Moon
- Full Moon, 99% lit
- Sky and wind
- Overcast, 11 km/h
- Rain chance
- 28%
Scores are a planning aid built from forecast data, not a promise.
Species guide
The species that matter on Tullaroop Reservoir: seasons written for the southern year, and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.
Rainbow trout
Open season from October to June in NSW and Victoria; Tasmania from August
Open all year No closed season in lakes and reservoirs; the winter closure applies to rivers and streams. 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. Winter lakes: bait on the bottom in the deeper bays through the middle of the day, or polaroiding the shallows on the bright days in Tasmania.
Brown trout
Open season from October to June in NSW and Victoria; Tasmania from August
Open all year No closed season in lakes and reservoirs; the winter closure applies to rivers and streams. 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. The lake fishery: bait or slow lures in the deeper bays; the rivers are closed in NSW and Victoria.
When to come: the Tullaroop Reservoir 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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Rainbow trout
Brown trout
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Water temperature through the year
Typical surface temperature for this water type in degrees Celsius; today is around 8 °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. Rainbow trout led the card at slow. High of 24 °C, wind to 16 km/h.
Wed, Sep 23
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Rainbow trout led the card at fair. High of 21 °C, wind to 8 km/h.
Tue, Sep 22
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Rainbow trout led the card at fair. High of 17 °C, wind to 16 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
The Victorian Recreational Fishing Licence applies unless you are exempt; our Victoria page lists the fees.
About this water
Tullaroop Reservoir is a lake in Victoria, Australia, covered from the Victoria reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Tullaroop Reservoir: the full guide
The lake
Tullaroop Reservoir is the Goulburn-Murray Water storage on Tullaroop Creek north of Carisbrook, near Maryborough in central Victoria, a lake of open shores and flooded timber that the VFA stocks heavily with brown and rainbow trout and that regularly produces fish over two kilograms, with ramps and shore access around it. It is trout water in a district better known for cod, and the Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge on the reservoir supplies the level and the 30-day chart on this page.
Species and seasons
Brown and rainbow trout are the fishery, stocked as yearlings and grown big in a rich lake, fished along the edges and the drop-offs on bait, lures and flies from autumn to spring, trolled through the cooler months and taken deep in summer; there is no closed season on the reservoir. Redfin are the numbers fish and take small lures and worms through the year; golden perch have been stocked and show in the warm months; and carp are present under the VFA rules.
Where to fish it
The ramps on the western and southern shores launch onto a lake that trolls well along the drop-offs, and the timbered bays hold the browns at dusk; bank fishing along the open shores works at first light in the cool months with bait or a slowly retrieved minnow, and a wading angler with a fly covers the flats when the lake is full over the grass.
Reading the report
The water temperature estimate, labelled as an estimate, is the switch: the trout are on the edges in the cool and cold bands and deep in the warm one, and the calendar shows autumn to spring as the season; the chart shows the draw-down that exposes the flats. The open shores catch the wind and a northerly builds a chop; pressure and sky fill the score.
Licence, access and rules
The Victorian Recreational Fishing Licence applies unless you are exempt; our Victoria page lists the fees. The ramps and the shore are managed by the water authority; the VFA trout rules and the lake’s limits are in the sources.
Common questions
Is Tullaroop good for trout?
Among the best in Victoria for size: heavily stocked and rich, with browns and rainbows over two kilograms taken regularly in the cool months.
Is there a closed season at Tullaroop?
No; the reservoir is open all year for trout, as the species card shows with the VFA rule. The streams around it follow the stream closure.
Is fishing good at Tullaroop Reservoir right now?
Check the daily report at the top of this page: it is regenerated every morning from live data. Today's read: Slow. Work for them. Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
Nearby waters
Where this page's numbers come from
- Storage and river readings
- Bureau of Meteorology, Water Data Online, station sp-o11454 — Tullaroop Reservoir
- 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.