Golden perch
Excellent
Prime. Hop soft plastics and vibes around the timber, or fish shrimp and worms on the bottom.
Wimmera River at Horsham Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Wimmera through Horsham: cod and golden perch in the town weir pool, the one Wimmera water where the cod closure still applies, with the Bureau’s gauge at the city.
4/5
Good. Solid day ahead.Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
Level
0.25 m
Air / High
17 °C / 22 °C
Wind
ENE 10 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 415200, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Wimmera River at Horsham has the water in the comfortable band where most of its fish feed through the day. The gauge reads 0.25 m, holding steady. Today brings cloud cover, wind ENE around 10 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 11:39 PM-1:39 AM and 12:07 PM-2:07 PM: the windows to build the day around.
Murray cod
Closed today
Reopens 1 Dec 2026. Closed 1 September to 30 November inclusive, except in Lake Eildon, Eildon Pondage, Lake Eppalock, Cairn Curran, Lake Nillahcootie and the other waters the VFA lists.
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: 11:39 PM-1:39 AM, 12:07 PM-2:07 PM, 5:20 AM-6:20 AM. Warmer at 29 °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 Wimmera River at Horsham today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (06:18), sunset (20:11), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:39 PM-1:39 AM and 12:07 PM-2:07 PM; minor 5:20 AM-6:20 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 415200 (WIMMERA @ HORSHAM).
River level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 415200. Latest reading 2026-11-07 10:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp17 °C
High / Low22 °C / 7 °C
WindENE 10 km/h, gusts 18 km/h
Pressure1015.1 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain66% cloud, 6%
Sunrise / Sunset06:18 / 20:11
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~19 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Wimmera River at Horsham
Today is the pick of the week on Wimmera River at Horsham, 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
- 11:39 PM-1:39 AM and 12:07 PM-2:07 PM
- Minor period
- 5:20 AM-6:20 AM
- Sun
- 06:18 to 20:11
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Overcast, 18 km/h
- Rain chance
- 6%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Wimmera River at Horsham: 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 inclusive, except in Lake Eildon, Eildon Pondage, Lake Eppalock, Cairn Curran, Lake Nillahcootie and the other waters the VFA lists. 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.
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 Wimmera River at Horsham 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 16 km/h.
Sat, Nov 7
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Golden perch led the card at excellent. High of 16 °C, wind to 26 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
The Victorian Recreational Fishing Licence applies to anyone not exempt; see our Victoria page.
About this water
Wimmera River at Horsham is a river in Victoria, Australia, covered from the Victoria reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Wimmera River at Horsham: the full guide
The reach
The Wimmera at Horsham is the river through the region’s main city, held into a long pool by the town weir past parkland and the botanic gardens and running on through red gums toward Dimboola and Jeparit. It is cod and golden perch water, and the Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at Horsham, station 415200, supplies the level and the 30-day chart on this page.
Species and seasons
Murray cod fish the snags and deep bends through summer and autumn. The VFA’s cod page exempts the waters of the Wimmera basin from the closed season but names the Wimmera River itself as the exception, so the 1 September to 30 November closure applies here and the species card computes it. The river bag is one cod, 55 to 75 cm. Golden perch are the common catch from spring to autumn, and the VFA’s stocking record lists silver perch released into the Wimmera River.
Where to fish it
Riverside parkland and the gardens give bank access to the weir pool, and a kayak covers the river downstream toward Dimboola. Keep clear of the weir structure. Work lures along fallen timber on the outside bends, and in summer try a surface lure along the snags after dark. The Wimmera at Dimboola has its own page.
Reading the report
The chart reflects the management of the town pool and the river’s winter flow: steady through summer, higher after winter rain. The water temperature shown is an estimate from a model and gives the cod band from November to April. The open plains let the wind across the pool, which shapes the day for small boats.
Licence, access and rules
The Victorian Recreational Fishing Licence applies to anyone not exempt; see our Victoria page. The VFA cod page, with the Wimmera River’s exclusion from the basin exemption, is linked here.
Other waters nearby
The VFA has stocked golden perch into Green Lake near Horsham, and Taylors Lake, another Wimmera storage, is on its list of specified cod lakes with a bag of two. Because the basin exemption covers those lakes and not the river, a spring cod trip in this district belongs on the lakes, not on the Horsham weir pool.
Common questions
Is cod open all year on the Wimmera River?
No. The VFA exempts the Wimmera basin except the Wimmera River itself, so the 1 September to 30 November closure applies at Horsham; the species card computes it.
Has the Wimmera been stocked?
The VFA stocking record lists silver perch for the Wimmera River and golden perch for Green Lake near Horsham.
Is fishing good at Wimmera River at Horsham 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 415200 — WIMMERA @ HORSHAM
- 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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