Balgrillo Lake Fishing in Bourke, New South Wales

• Overview

  Balgrillo Lake sits within Bourke in New South Wales. The bank is 105 metres above sea level. Surface area runs to about 10 hectares — small enough to read in one session. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Bourke. For supplies, Bourke is 197 km out. Cobar is 245 km and Cunnamulla 282 km. Water in the same corner: Camel Lake near enough 28 km, Tongo Woolshed Lake 44 km away and Yantabangee Lake near enough 57 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of state rules.

• Where to Fish on Balgrillo Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Read Balgrillo Lake before you fish it and the day goes better. Weed beds hold food, and food holds fish.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about 11°C in July to roughly 29°C in January. Cold never shuts this water down; heat is the only limit. Season rules are a separate question. Levels swing with the wet season, which moves the fishing about. June through August is cool but far from dead. It holds true on Balgrillo Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. Mapping flags this water as intermittent: it can be dry for part of the year, so check before travelling. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. For a change of water, Camel Lake is 28 km distant. For Balgrillo Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.