Lake Coonany Fishing in Bourke, New South Wales

• Overview

  Out in Bourke, New South Wales, sits Lake Coonany. It sits in warm green lowland. Roughly 2.01 sq km of surface: treat each bay as a water in its own right. You are looking at roughly 5.5 km of shoreline, with plenty of water between access points. Nearest town is Bourke, 96 km off. The nearest city of size is Toowoomba, 708 km away. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lake Coonany

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Lake Coonany responds to conditions more than to tactics. Work the margins before you start casting for distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put January near 29°C and July near 12°C. Cold never becomes a factor on this one. Spring, September into November, and autumn, March into May, are the strong stretches. The shoulder seasons either side of summer are the ones to aim for. Anyone fishing Lake Coonany regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Mapped as intermittent, it fills after rain and shrinks between. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. If the gate is shut, Youngerina Lake at 5.5 km is the nearest alternative. Nothing here settles the position at Lake Coonany for certain.