Fishing Times, Solunar, Weather

Benalla

Fishing at Benalla looks tougher today, with timing around the best solunar period more important than usual. With the major bite period coinciding with the moon overhead, this supports the potential for increased fish feeding activity.

Scheduled update Tue 8 Sept 2026 · 9:00pm AEST

Moon Phase

Waning Crescent

Estimated Fish Feeding Activity

52%

Benalla is subdued at 28%, with only minor feeding activity likely.

Next Bite · Major · 9:01pm

Sunrise · 6:29am

Sunset · 6:00pm

Todays Fishing Times ▼

Solunar Overview

Benalla Solunar Fishing Times

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Check today’s major and minor bite windows, moon phase and seven-day solunar outlook for Benalla.

Today’s Solunar Score

52%

Next Bite · Major

9:01pm

Moon Phase

Waning Crescent

Pressure

Barometric pressure

Pressure is most useful for fishing when it shows movement. A stable, rising, or falling trend can add context to the rest of today’s fishing forecast.

Right now

Pressure data unavailable

• Building trend

Interpretation

Pressure trend is still building from recent samples. Current pressure is available, but there needs to be more readings before it can be interpreted.

Pressure is only one signal. Wind, tide, solunar timing, water movement, and local structure still matter.

Pressure movement

Recent readings build the pressure trend used for interpretation.

Pressure trend chart will appear once more readings are available.

Fishing Reports

Benalla recent fishing reports

Recent catch activity for this location.

local data

Reports analysed

This year

This season

Species mentioned

Reported species

Murray Cod Yellowbelly Carp

Species most often mentioned in regional reports

Murray Cod leads the reports for Benalla, followed by Carp and Yellowbelly.

This summary is based on reports grouped for the region and is intended to complement the species chart.

Based on regional Getfished fishing report species data.

* Note that report summaries will sometimes display the same species under different names. This is because they are being reported that way. This is intentional.

Share of the displayed top 3 species mentions for this location.

Local bait trends

Bait turning up in reports

Worms, corn and chicken make up most of what's been mentioned here.

It is a useful starting point, not a hard ranking.

Built from all-time reported bait mentions: 940 mentions across 6 distinct bait entries.

Share of the displayed top 5 bait mentions.

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What are today's best fishing times at Benalla?

Today's sunrise is 6:29 am and sunset is 6:00 pm. As a general guide, the hour before and after sunrise and sunset are often among the most productive fishing periods. A minor solunar period overlaps the morning fishing period today.

Find out what we learned from analysing 20,000 fishing reports about moon times and fish.

Can Getfished tell if fish are biting at Benalla, today?

No. Because no forecast can truthfully guarantee whether fish are biting at a specific spot right now. Getfished shows the current fishing conditions instead: tide movement, solunar timing, weather, wind, pressure, marine conditions and fishing report, derived, species history.

Use this information to make informed decisions about where to fish, and to compare conditions across nearby locations. Try different locations, different bait and lures. Remember to use berley and try to target a specific fish species in season.

✨Find out what we learned from analysing 20,000 fishing reports about moon times and fish told us.

Benalla Overview

Latitude	-36.5518
Longitude	145.9834 View on Google Maps
Nearest city	Melbourne
Environment	Freshwater
Distance from Melbourne (as the crow flies)	199.89 km
Platform	CampgroundDrinking waterParkingShelterToilets
Rivers	Broken river
Lakes	Lake benalla

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Overcast

Benalla Lake

Next Bite · Major

Starts: 9:01pm

Benalla Lake is subdued at 28%, with only minor feeding activity likely.

52% Poor major

Air 9.2 C

Sunrise 6:29am

Sunset 6:00pm

Updated 8 Sep 8:56pm

Benalla Lake Fishing

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Broken Creek

Next Bite · Major

Starts: 9:01pm

Quiet conditions at 28%, with limited activity expected.

52% Poor major

Air 9.5 C

Pressure 1010 hPa

Sunrise 6:29am

Sunset 6:00pm

Updated 8 Sep 8:56pm

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🛈 Getfished Fishing Report, Solunar & Conditions Summaries Source

Fishing report summaries are derived from Getfished’s structured fishing report database system. More information on this on how we collect and structure fishing report data can be found on our Fishing reports information.

Forecasts are based on the Getfished Meteorological and Solunar Forecasting System, which combines data from the BOM, and other sources. Our custom software systems use these inputs to establish solunar, tides and other forecasts for fishing conditions.

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