Rainbow trout
Excellent
Prime. Shore fishing along the edges with bait, spinners and flies, and the rivers if the season is open.
Yarra River at Warburton Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The upper Yarra at Warburton: trout in the runs and pools of a forest river in the Yarra Ranges, with the Bureau’s gauge at the town.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Level
0.50 m
Air / High
11 °C / 21 °C
Wind
ENE 6 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 229404A, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Yarra River at Warburton has cool water and fish holding a little deeper and slower. The gauge reads 0.50 m, holding steady. Today brings clear skies, wind ENE around 6 km/h, steady 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 11:24 PM-1:24 AM and 11:52 AM-1:52 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.
River blackfish
Closed today
Reopens 1 Jan 2027. River blackfish and two-spined blackfish cannot be taken or possessed in, on or next to Victorian waters south of the Great Dividing Range from 1 September to 31 December inclusive.
Tie on: Blade or vibe, slow hops · Lightly weighted plastic · Whole pilchard or squid on the bottom · Suspending hardbody. Prime windows: 11:24 PM-1:24 AM, 11:52 AM-1:52 PM, 5:03 AM-6:03 AM. Warmer at 25 °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 Yarra River at Warburton today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (06:02), sunset (20:00), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:24 PM-1:24 AM and 11:52 AM-1:52 PM; minor 5:03 AM-6:03 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 229404A (YARRA RIV-WARBURTON).
River level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 229404A. Latest reading 2026-11-08 00:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp11 °C
High / Low21 °C / 5 °C
WindENE 6 km/h, gusts 18 km/h
Pressure1017.6 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain4% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset06:02 / 20:00
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~13 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Yarra River at Warburton
The best day on Yarra River at Warburton this week looks like Thursday 12 Nov, at 4 out of 5, against 3 today.
Best day this week: Thursday, 12 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
- 11:24 PM-1:24 AM and 11:52 AM-1:52 PM
- Minor period
- 5:03 AM-6:03 AM
- Sun
- 06:02 to 20:00
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Partly cloudy, 13 km/h
- Rain chance
- 0%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Yarra River at Warburton: 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.
River blackfish
Victoria: closed 1 September to 31 December south of the Great Dividing Range; an evening and night fish the rest of the year
Closed now Reopens 1 Jan 2027. River blackfish and two-spined blackfish cannot be taken or possessed in, on or next to Victorian waters south of the Great Dividing Range from 1 September to 31 December inclusive. Rule as read from Victorian Fisheries Authority on 2026-09-29.
A slimy, mottled native of cool, snag-filled streams on both sides of the Divide in Victoria, feeding mainly at night, late evening and early morning. The VFA sets a 30 cm minimum and a combined bag of 2 blackfish, and closes them from 1 September to 31 December south of the Great Dividing Range.
When to come: the Yarra River at Warburton 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
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 13 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 12 °C, wind to 19 km/h.
Fri, Nov 6
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Rainbow trout led the card at excellent. High of 21 °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
The Victorian Recreational Fishing Licence is required unless you are exempt; our Victoria page lists fees.
About this water
Yarra River at Warburton is a river in Victoria, Australia, covered from the Victoria reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Yarra River at Warburton: the full guide
The reach
The Yarra at Warburton is the upper river in the Yarra Ranges, below the closed water-supply catchment of the Upper Yarra Reservoir and above the Yarra Valley, running cold and clear over gravel and rock through the town and on past Millgrove and Yarra Junction. It is trout water within reach of Melbourne, and the Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at Warburton, station 229404A, supplies the level and the 30-day chart on this page.
Species and seasons
Brown and rainbow trout are the fish, in the runs and pools on the fly, spinners and bait, under the Victorian stream closure computed on the species card: trout may not be taken from the Tuesday after the King’s Birthday weekend to the Friday before the first Saturday of September. Blackfish have their own limits. Macquarie perch are fully protected in Victoria: the VFA has prohibited taking them in all waters since December 2023.
Where to fish it
Riverside reserves give bank access through Warburton and Millgrove, and the river can be waded in the runs and pool heads down toward Yarra Junction. Early morning and the last hour of light are the productive times. The catchment above the reservoir is closed to the public.
Reading the report
The chart shows a forest river that rises after rain in the ranges and falls back through summer; a fresh moves the trout. The water temperature on this page comes from a model, not a sensor, and stays cold for much of the year. Forest cover keeps the wind down, and in the wet ranges the rain row deserves a look.
Licence, access and rules
The Victorian Recreational Fishing Licence is required unless you are exempt; our Victoria page lists fees. The VFA trout and blackfish rules and the Macquarie perch protection are linked from this page.
Cod and the Yarra
The Yarra is a special case in the VFA’s Murray cod rules: waters south of the Great Dividing Range are exempt from the cod closed season, but the Yarra River is named as the exception, so the 1 September to 30 November closure still applies to any cod taken from it. At Warburton the fishery is trout, but the rule is worth knowing lower down.
Common questions
When is the Yarra at Warburton open for trout?
From the first Saturday of September to the Tuesday after the King’s Birthday weekend in June, under the VFA stream rule computed on the species card.
Can I keep a Macquarie perch from the Yarra?
No. The VFA has prohibited taking Macquarie perch in all Victorian waters since 20 December 2023.
Is fishing good at Yarra River at Warburton 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 229404A — YARRA RIV-WARBURTON
- 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.