Can you fish at the Eraring power station outlet canal?

Yes, outside the seasonal closure. From 6pm to 6am each night in May, June, July and August, the whole Eraring outlet canal and the waters within 100 metres of its end are closed to all fishing, from the bank or a boat. At all other times the canal and its mouth at Myuna Bay are open to line fishing under normal NSW bag and size limits, with a Recreational Fishing Fee receipt.

When is the Eraring outlet canal closed to fishing?

Every night from 6pm to 6am from 1 May to 31 August inclusive, under a DPIRD location closure. It covers the whole outlet canal and the water within 100 metres of the canal's end, any species and any method. The rule was introduced in 2004 to protect juvenile fish that crowd into the warm water, and the Vales Point outlet canal on the southern lake has the same closure.

Why is the water warm at Myuna Bay?

Eraring Power Station discharges its cooling water into Lake Macquarie through the outlet canal that opens at Myuna Bay, so the water around the mouth is warmer than the open lake, and fish — juveniles especially — gather there in the cooler months. Origin has scheduled Eraring to close on 30 April 2029, after which the warm outflow is expected to stop.

What fish can you catch at the Eraring outlet?

Yellowfin bream are the main catch, with dusky flathead, sand whiting and tailor also on the cards. Plenty of what bites is undersize, so carry a measure: bream are 25 cm, sand whiting 27 cm, tailor 30 cm, and dusky flathead must be between 36 and 70 cm with a bag of 5.

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Eraring Outlet Canal (Myuna Bay)

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📍 Eraring Outlet Canal (Myuna Bay)

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Weather: Rainy Wind: E 86° · 18 km/h Swell: 0.8 m @ 5 s E Water: 19.7 °C Pressure: 1025.6 hPa ↓ falling Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here

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Wind NE 18 km/h

Moon first quarter all day

Water temp 19.7 °C all day

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Day Timeline

Major Minor Tide Twilight

First light 5:42 am Last light 7:35 pm

High 4:38 am Low 9:50 am High 4:27 pm Low 11:18 pm

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Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

7:00 pm → 9:30 pm

2h 30m

Good

5:00 am → 10:00 am

Good

11:00 pm → 12:00 am

Good

2:00 am → 3:30 am

1h 30m

First light

5:42 am

Last light

7:35 pm

Sunrise

6:07 am

Sunset

7:10 pm

Moonrise

1:11 pm

Moonset

2:34 am

High tide

4:38 am

Low tide

9:50 am

High tide

4:27 pm

Low tide

11:18 pm

Tide times here are a rough model estimate. Check the BoM tide tables before you fish the change.

Hourly Wind

High Bite Hours Highlighted

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Hourly Swell

Steady ~0.6 m E

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Wind Map

Wind data (text)

Now: 18 km/h E (86°).

Wind map data: ECMWF HRES (operational), updated every 6 hours. Not for navigation.

Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

7:00 pm → 9:30 pm

2h 30m

Good

5:00 am → 10:00 am

Good

11:00 pm → 12:00 am

Good

2:00 am → 3:30 am

1h 30m

First light

5:42 am

Last light

7:35 pm

Sunrise

6:07 am

Sunset

7:10 pm

Moonrise

1:11 pm

Moonset

2:34 am

High tide

4:38 am

Low tide

9:50 am

High tide

4:27 pm

Low tide

11:18 pm

Tide times here are a rough model estimate. Check the BoM tide tables before you fish the change.

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