Youngerina Lake in Bourke: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Youngerina Lake is a Bourke water, New South Wales side. It lies 111 metres above sea level. It runs to roughly 18 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. On size it sits at the modest end of our Bourke list. Start from Bourke, 96 km down the road. Brewarrina follows at 172 km, then Cunnamulla at 178 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Youngerina Lake

  Depth here is unknown, so count the lead down before committing. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Read Youngerina Lake before you fish it and the day goes better. Slack water beside moving water is always worth a look.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, January reads 29°C and July reads 12°C. Heat, not cold, shapes the year here. Spring runs September to November and autumn March to May, and both fish well. April and May steady things again after the summer heat. Anyone fishing Youngerina Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. Public mapping marks it as seasonal water rather than permanent. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Should this one be busy, Lake Denman is 3.2 km off. What applies at Youngerina Lake may have changed since it was mapped.