Closed seasons - fresh waters

Barramundi

All Queensland fresh waters (except Gulf of Carpentaria)barramundi closed season – 1 November to 31 January

This closed season does not apply in:

  • Aplins Weir (also includes Black Weir and Gleeson Weir)
  • Lake Awoonga
  • Ben Anderson Barrage (also includes Paradise Dam, Claude Wharton Weir and Jones Weir)
  • Burdekin Falls
  • Callide, Eungella, Fairbairn, Fred Haigh (Lake Monduran), Kinchant and Koombooloomba dams
  • Lake Gregory (Isis Balancing Storage)
  • Copperlode Falls (Lake Morris)
  • Lenthalls, Peter Faust, Teemburra, Tinaroo and Wuruma dams
  • and in waterways upstream of these impoundments.

Gulf of Carpentaria: barramundi closed season – 7 October to 31 January

This closed season does not apply in:

  • East Leichhardt Dam
  • lakes Belmore, Corella, Fred Tritton, Julius and Moondarra
  • and in waterways upstream of these impoundments.

You can’t target barramundi outside of the dams listed above for catch and release during these closed seasons, as the stress of capture may prevent fish from spawning.

Murray cod

All Queensland fresh waters in the Murray-Darling Drainage DivisionMurray cod closed season – 1 August to 31 October

This closed season does not apply in Beardmore, Connolly, Cooby, Coolmunda, Glenlyon, Leslie and Storm King dams.