Thu
6 Aug
Activity
Moon Phase
3rd quarter
Moonrise
12:42am
Major Windows
4:52am – 6:52am
5:19pm – 7:19pm
Minor Windows
9:55am – 11:55am
11:42pm – 1:42am
Fishing, Times, Solunar, Weather
Today's Lake Purrumbete fishing forecast suggests patchy activity, with the key solunar periods the most likely to encourage feeding. The major period, indicating the moon is overhead, suggests a possible increase in fish feeding activity during this key period. Light precipitation; often fishable with minimal impact.
Updated
Moon Phase
3rd Quarter
Estimated Fish Feeding Activity
47%
Lake Purrumbete is sitting at 47%, with a few windows that could produce.
Daily Timing
At 47%, Lake Purrumbete is in the moderate range. The 9:55am-11:55am period is considered the most likely to produce fish feeding activity.
Solunar Score Today
47% Potential Bite (Feeding) Intensity
Major 1
04:52 – 06:52
Centre · 05:52
Strength · 78.5%
Overhead transit major
Major 2
17:19 – 19:19
Centre · 18:19
Strength · 89.8%
Underfoot transit major
Minor 1
09:55 – 11:55
Centre · 10:55
Strength · 26.9%
Moonset minor
Minor 2
23:42 – 01:42
Centre · 00:42
Strength · 47%
Moonrise minor
7 Day Solunar Forecast
Compare daily bite activity, major fish feeding times and moon conditions to help plan upcoming fishing sessions.
Weather
Conditions here can shift quickly through the day, so use this as the broad weather picture alongside the separate wind and pressure sections below.
Right now
Overcast
11.3°C
Today
Maximum
12.2°C
Minimum
6.9°C
Rain
0.3 mm
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
Interpretation
Pressure changes tend to matter more than the absolute value, especially when conditions are shifting.
Pressure is only one signal. Wind, tide, solunar timing, water movement, and local structure still matter.
Recent readings build the pressure trend used for interpretation.
Wind
Wind direction and strength can change how exposed a location feels, especially around open water, beaches, piers, and headlands.
Right now
Current speed
11.5 km/h
Direction
SW
Today max
17.2 km/h
Reading the wind
Wind direction and strength can affect comfort, casting, and exposure around this location.
Wind gusts can be stronger than the average wind speed, so it's worth checking the gust forecast if you're planning to fish from an exposed location or need to know about potential changes in conditions.
Even modest wind can affect comfort and casting, especially where the water is exposed.
The marker shows the current wind direction, while the daily outlook below shows whether conditions are likely to build or ease over the coming days.
Fishing Reports
No recent local reports are available. Showing fishing report activity across the wider region.
These reports reflect activity across the wider region, not just this location. Conditions and catches may vary locally.
Reports analysed
63
This year
0
This season
0
Species mentioned
0
Broader regional report data is available, but no species in the displayed report summary currently match this location’s fishing report data.
Reports in Crater Lakes centre on a tighter cluster of species, led by Atlantic Salmon, Rainbow Trout and Tiger Trout.
The leading species here reflect report mentions within the region, not a full catch survey.
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 5 species mentions across the wider region, not only this location.
Around this area, pilchard fillets, glassies and pilchard fillet feature again and again.
It is a useful starting point, not a hard ranking.
Built from all-time reported bait mentions: 46 mentions across 6 distinct bait entries.
Share of the displayed top 5 bait mentions.
Today's sunrise is 7:24 am and sunset is 5:41 pm. As a general guide, the hour before and after sunrise and sunset are often among the most productive fishing periods. Today's major solunar periods overlap both the morning and evening fishing periods.
Find out what we learned from analysing 20,000 fishing reports about moon times and fish.
Being a land-based location using berley is extremely imortant in order to bring the towards the fish towards location and into you.
Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout and Redfin can be targeted at the location during summer. Activity is strongest for these species during the warmer part of the year. Actual catches will vary according to temperature trends, localised weather and tides.
Atlantic Salmon, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Redfin and Tiger Trout are a good choice for anglers to target during autumn. With the water temperature dropping the location provides an opportunity to concentrate on these species.
Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Redfin and Tiger Trout are the species to focus on because Winter is when the water drops below 15c and this location is no different. Fish can be slower to bite with reduced activity levels. As always what you catch varies with the prevalent temperature trends, localised weather and of course tides.
Spring sees the water temperature begin to rise with Atlantic Salmon, Australian Salmon, Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout and Redfin becoming more active. Later in spring summer species such as Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout and Redfin begin to move into the area and can become more common at the location.
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.
| Latitude | -38.2937 |
|---|---|
| Longitude | 143.2417
View on Google Maps |
| Nearest city | Melbourne |
| Distance from Melbourne (as the crow flies) | 186.94 km |
| Platform | Land based |
| Lakes | Lake purrumbete |
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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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