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Lake Awoonga

Type
Lake or reservoir, Queensland, Australia
Season
All year (barramundi)
Where the season comes from

There is no closed season for Barramundi at Lake Awoonga, however, seasonal size and possession limits apply.

Set for this water by name.

Fishing at Lake Awoonga - Gladstone Area Water Board
Gladstone Area Water Board (Queensland Government statutory authority; owner/operator of Awoonga Dam) · checked 2026-11-04. Dates change each season: confirm them there.

Live gauges
None listed
Listed by
1 authoritative list
Guides
2 name it
Shops
None listed

Today on Lake Awoonga

No live reading
Why there is no reading

The Bureau of Meteorology's data is not shown until its reuse terms are confirmed (it asks automated access to stop). We show no number rather than a guessed one.

Regulations & lists Guides & shops

Lake Awoonga's open water below a wooded peak, gum leaves at the edge
Photo credit

Lake Awoonga near Gladstone, Queensland. Photo: Ginge1420, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

More about Lake Awoonga

Lake Awoonga is a lake in Queensland, Australia. The Gladstone Area Water Board runs it as a stocked fishery, its hatchery stocking barramundi, mangrove jack and sea mullet. It is a Boyne River impoundment near Gladstone. It is not on the SIPS list and no SIPS permit is required. Also called Awoonga Dam.

Where to fish

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Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish. Most waters here need a rod licence or permit and often a beat booking or club ticket; the listing pages under Regulations say which.

Nothing on this page grants or implies access.

Restrooms near Lake Awoonga

Restrooms near Lake Awoonga

Restrooms within 2 miles of Lake Awoonga in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.

No restroom mapped within 2 mi yet — add one you know.

Campgrounds, fishing access sites and boat ramps often have one that isn't on the map yet.

Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.

More water near Lake Awoonga (6)

Sources OpenStreetMap via Nominatim (position)Overture Maps places (guide map points)

Where the map point comes from

Position: the OpenStreetMap feature “Lake Awoonga, Benaraby, Queensland, 4680, Australia” (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), found with Nominatim; a point on or near the named feature, approximate.

We hold no access map for Queensland yet.

The map shows shops and guides nearby that publish a street address on their own website. Everyone else is in the lists below.

Regulations and official lists

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Each line is an official list that names this water. Those pages are the authority on seasons, licences, limits and closures for each beat or reach; read them before you go.

Guides and shops near Lake Awoonga

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Listings are unclaimed: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.

2 guides name it on their website

Guides

All Queensland guides

Shops nearby

No shop nearby yet.

All Queensland shops

How these are chosen

Guides whose own website names this water come first, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Shops whose website names this water first, then fly shops within 100 km when the shop's website gives its location.

Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories.

Species

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The species the agency lists here; presence varies by reach and season.

Listed by the agency

  • Barramundi
  • Mangrove jack
  • Sea mullet

Gear checklist

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A stillwater fly-fishing checklist for lakes and ponds: a 9–10 ft 5–6 weight rod, floating and intermediate lines, chironomids and leeches, and float-tube options, with estimated prices and where to buy.

Lakes & stillwater

9′–10′ rod, 5–6 weight, floating + intermediate lines · Rainbow, brook and brown trout in lakes

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Videos for this water (3)

Watch: stillwater trout basics

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Chironomids, leeches and where fish hold in a lake.

Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.

  • Catch More Trout in Lakes Using Indicators – Stillwater Fly Fishing TipsEmbedded from YouTube · Fly Fish Food · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Stillwater Fly Fishing Is Simpler Than You Think! | Introduction to Stillwater Fly FishingEmbedded from YouTube · Fly Fish Food · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Why is this Chironomid Fly Pattern So Versatile? | Two-Toner BC Chironomid | Fly Tying TutorialEmbedded from YouTube · Fly Fish Food · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube

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Fish Tales

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Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Lake Awoonga.

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Sources for this page

Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.

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All 4 sources and dates

A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.

Live readings come from the named provider when the page is shown, under the licence shown on each card. Designations, species and the flagship note link to the agency or body that publishes them; this page copies only the list wording and the species names. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: the OpenStreetMap feature “Lake Awoonga, Benaraby, Queensland, 4680, Australia” (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), found with Nominatim; a point on or near the named feature, approximate. Water type is our own classification.