Rainbow trout
Excellent
Prime. Shore fishing along the edges with bait, spinners and flies, and the rivers if the season is open.
Wellington Dam Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Collie River dam with the world’s biggest dam mural: a DPIRD trout water in Wellington National Park, marron in season, a freshwater licence and a Bureau gauge.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Level
157.91 m79,146 ML
Air / High
16 °C / 19 °C
Wind
SE 11 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge ODSS_57614_WSLAHD.1, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Wellington Dam has cool water and fish holding a little deeper and slower. The gauge reads 157.91 m, easing 0.05 over the week. Today brings a mixed sky, wind SE around 11 km/h, steady pressure near 1020 hPa and a high of 18 °C. Water sits around 13 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 11:19 PM-1:19 AM and 10:55 AM-12:55 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.
Tie on: Blade or vibe, slow hops · Lightly weighted plastic · Whole pilchard or squid on the bottom · Suspending hardbody. Prime windows: 11:19 PM-1:19 AM, 10:55 AM-12:55 PM, 4:15 AM-5:15 AM. Similar at 21 °C. The solunar majors shift about 50 minutes later.
Before you go
Western Australia requires a fishing licence for most fishing, from A$40.00. Western Australia fishing licence: cost, rules and where to buy →
Chasing rainbow trout here? Check the size and bag limits with DPIRD WA before you keep anything; the Rainbow trout page has the seasons and the tactics.
Fishing times for Wellington Dam today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:09), sunset (18:50), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:19 PM-1:19 AM and 10:55 AM-12:55 PM; minor 4:15 AM-5:15 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station ODSS_57614_WSLAHD.1 (Wellington Wsl Logger).
Storage level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station ODSS_57614_WSLAHD.1. Latest reading 2026-11-07 02:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp16 °C
High / Low19 °C / 9 °C
WindSE 11 km/h, gusts 25 km/h
Pressure1019.8 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain42% cloud, 2%
Sunrise / Sunset05:09 / 18:50
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~13 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Wellington Dam
Today is the pick of the week on Wellington Dam, at 3 out of 5.
Best day this week: today, 9 Nov — fair at 3/5, steady pressure, neither help nor hindrance.
Today, 9 Nov — Fair
A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
- Solunar majors
- 11:19 PM-1:19 AM and 10:55 AM-12:55 PM
- Minor period
- 4:15 AM-5:15 AM
- Sun
- 05:09 to 18:50
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 18 km/h
- Rain chance
- 2%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Wellington Dam: 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
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
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.
When to come: the Wellington Dam 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 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 24 °C, wind to 18 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 23 °C, wind to 18 km/h.
Fri, Nov 6
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Rainbow trout led the card at excellent. High of 22 °C, wind to 27 km/h.
Before you go
Licence
Western Australian recreational fishing licences, from A$40.00, 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 DPIRD WA and change: confirm the current rules on the agency page linked from the Western Australia licence page before you keep anything.
Access
A South-west freshwater angling licence, A$50 as read from DPIRD, is required here, and marroning needs its own licence; our Western Australia licence page has the concessions.
Storage levels
Compare it with every other storage in the state on Western Australia dam levels today.
About this water
Wellington Dam is a lake in Western Australia, Australia, covered from the Western Australia reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Wellington Dam: the full guide
The lake
Wellington Dam holds the Collie River in Wellington National Park, about 195 km from Perth and a 30-minute drive from Bunbury or Collie, Water Corporation records. Built in 1933, it is the second largest surface water catchment in WA; its water is not suitable for drinking and goes mainly to irrigation, managed by Harvey Water. Across the wall is Reflections, Guido van Helten’s 8,000 square metre mural, which the corporation calls the biggest dam mural in the world. The Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at Wellington Dam provides this page’s level reading and 30-day chart.
Species and seasons
DPIRD names Wellington Dam among the most popular trout waters in Western Australia. Trout have a 300 mm minimum and count toward a mixed daily bag of four with freshwater cobbler, and redfin are an introduced pest that DPIRD asks anglers not to return. Marroning is possible in the marron season with a marron licence, as Water Corporation notes. The rules for all of these are in DPIRD’s south-west freshwater guide.
Where to fish it
Potters Gorge Campground sits on the dam shore in jarrah and marri forest, with sites for caravans, campervans and tents, and water skiing is allowed on a small section of the dam there. Below the wall, the Collie River runs past the Rapids and on to Honeymoon Pool, where three tent-only campgrounds sit by the river. Campsites must be booked online, and the kiosk at the dam sells food, coffee and camping supplies.
Reading the report
The water temperature estimate, labelled as one, gives the trout their band from about May to October, and the level chart shows the irrigation draw-down through summer. A long lake lets the wind build along its length, so check the wind row before taking a small boat or kayak out; pressure and sky fill in the score.
Licences, access and rules
A South-west freshwater angling licence, A$50 as read from DPIRD, is required here, and marroning needs its own licence; our Western Australia licence page has the concessions. Entry to Wellington National Park is free, and dogs are not allowed because of 1080 baiting. Campfires are permitted only in the provided fire rings when conditions allow. The Water Corporation, Parks and DPIRD pages are in the sources.
Common questions
What is Wellington Dam known for?
Reflections, the mural on the dam wall, and trout fishing: DPIRD lists Wellington Dam among the state’s most popular trout waters.
Do I need a licence at Wellington Dam?
Yes, from age 16: the South-west freshwater angling licence, A$50, and a marron licence for marroning.
Is fishing good at Wellington Dam 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 ODSS_57614_WSLAHD.1 — Wellington Wsl Logger
- Open-Meteo forecast model
- https://open-meteo.com/
- Moon and solunar windows
- Calculated on this site
- Pages checked
- 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.