Fishing at Lake Eucumbene
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Lake Eucumbene is 'the jewel in the crown' of all the Snowy Mountains lakes. It's the largest lake of the mighty Snowy Mountains Scheme, with over 145 sq km of shoreline. When full, Lake Eucumbene holds nine times the volume of Sydney Harbour and has an average depth of over 30 meters.
Fishing at Lake Eucumbene is one of lifes real pleasures. Whether you're fishing from a boat or the shoreline, there's always the chance you'll land that elusive 'trophy trout'.
Useful Fishing Links
Eucumbene Fishing Report | Eucumbene Webcam | Eucumbene Lake Levels | Eucumbene Weather Averages |
Freshwater Bag & Size Limits | NSW Fisheries | NSW Fishing Licence | Boating RMS |
Hot Spots
• Coppermine & Collingwood Bays
• Cemetery Point
• Rushy Plains
• Seven Gates
• Yens Bay
• Buckenderra
• Anglers Reach Arm
• Old Adaminaby
• Providence Flats
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• Braemar Bay
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Best Baits
• Bardi Grubs
• Worms
• Power Bait
(chunky cheese, pink)
• Mudeyes
• Salmon Eggs (fake)
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• Yabbies
Tip: Ground bait with corn!
Best Lures/Plastics
• Rapala Spotted
• Berkley Powerglade
• Tsunami Super Trout
• Zman Grubz
• Reidy Reidy's Rubbers
• Berkley Gulp Shrimp
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Got a bait tip or fishing hot spot?
Ok, we all have special bait, techniques or places to whet a line at Lake Eucumbene.
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We thought this might be a great place to build up a list of fishing tips and tricks.
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My tip:
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If fishing off the bank - no matter what bait you use... catapult a can of corn kernels into your fishing zone. Yes, just the corn and not the actual can :-)
Email your tips/tricks and we'll add them here.
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Some Recent Catches
Caught a trout in the Eucumbene Region and want to see it here?
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Simply email your pic to us (with a sentence or two on how/where you caught it) and you might just see it here!
More Eucumbene trout catches can be seen on our Fish Catches Gallery.
Cobrabald Bay Brown
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Chris Dimovski and his mate James Bale were fishing around Cobrabald Bay on 3 January 2026.
Chris landing this big brown trolling a Tassie Devil No. 63 - pretty fish. ​
The boys had a great time and added they love watching the Lake Eucumbene YouTube Reports (search for the YouTube channel - spirits_in_the_snowies). Thanks for your support boys. Tight lines.​​
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"Filling up the freezer"
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Mark and his wife had a great day out on the water in late December 2025 catching some great fish on the troll.
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They kept 6 for meals and let the biggest go to swim another day.
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Great to see you back at the big lake Mark.
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Take the weather with you
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Andrew McGovern is a well known and respected master trout catcher. He's been doing it for decades. According to Andrew "One of the biggest lessons I've learnt on trout over the years is that the most subtle weather change can produce a short bite window. Often the forecast is wrong, but if it's right and you're on the water.... magic can happen".
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Fishing smarter NOT Harder. Thumping brown trout just shy of 70cm caught at Braemar Bay in November 2020.
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"My last fish for 2025"
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Mark Linstead and mates fished for 2 days just before New Year and caught 11 fish.
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All were browns, ranging from 32cm to 65cm and all were released to swim another day.
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The fish were all caught trolling using 2 colours of lead.
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Jocks Cove Brown
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Ray and his wife Bronwyn spent 3 great days up at Braemar Bay recently, enjoying some lovely weather and beautiful sunsets.
Ray also landed this lovely brown in Jocks Cove using a black wooly worm fly.
When Ray cleaned it, the fish had obviously been feeding heavily on small grasshoppers.​​
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The best fish of my life!
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Geoff Bramann caught this ripper rainbow trout in the Eueumbene River at Providence Portal on the last day of the trout season.
Geoff described his catch as 'the best fish of his life'.
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What a beauty. Well done Geoff & thanks to Mark Wiggins for the photo.
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Eucumbene Gold!
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Eucumbene regular Allan Cunningham had a great day out at Buckenderra recently.
Allan caught a few nice fish, all on the fly. Allan mentioned this beauty put up a good fight.
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Well done Allan!
"I can't believe how hard they fought for such small fish"
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First time Eucumbene visitor Matt Perry spent a week up at the lake recently and caught a couple from his boat.
Matt mentioned one of the fish were in the trees near the Old Adaminaby boat ramp, the other straight across from Rainbow Pines on the other side of the lake.
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Matt told me he couldn't believe how hard they fought for such small fish.
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Hope to see you back soon Matt.
Did you know?
The largest trout caught in Lake Eucumbene is 10kgs (22.2lbs)
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Angler: Max Harman
Trout Weight: 22.2lbs (10kg)
Caught: 4.30am on 25/5/1969
Location: Providence Arm
Weather: Clear, calm and near freezing
Method: Trolling the deep water with a Silver Wonder Wobbler
Gear: J.W Sea Lake Pattern Rod. 9lb Damyl Nylon Line
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