Blue Lake Fishing Guide, Central Darling, New South Wales

• Overview

  Blue Lake is a Central Darling water, New South Wales side. Elevation runs to 135 metres. With some 75 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. It is a small entry by Central Darling standards. Head to Broken Hill, 90 km away, for anything you forgot. For a city, Adelaide is 501 km off. Rules here are straightforward: one set of state rules.

• Where to Fish on Blue Lake

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Read Blue Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out. Fish the water in front of you before wading further out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, January reads 28°C and July reads 11°C. The whole calendar is open, with dawn and dusk the productive hours in summer. Summer, December to February, brings heat, so fish the early and late hours. April and May steady things again after the summer heat. Anyone fishing Blue Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Mapping flags this water as intermittent: it can be dry for part of the year, so check before travelling. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Coogee Lake sits 26 km off and takes the overflow. None of that is settled for Blue Lake in what we hold.