Fishing and Boating in Lake Oberon

Lake Oberon, also known as the impounded reservoir of Oberon Dam or Fish River Dam, is located upstream of Oberon in the Central Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia.

The dam was constructed in two stages, the first of which began in 1943 and was completed in 1959; it was upgraded in 1996. Its purpose includes flood mitigation, industrial and water supply, and the impounded reservoir is called Lake Oberon.

The Oberon Dam is a major dam on the Fish River, located approximately 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) upstream, southeast of Oberon. The dam is a concrete slab and buttress with an earth embankment with a maximum water depth of 30 metres (98 ft) and a catchment area of 140 square kilometres (54 sq mi). The dam wall is 35 metres (115 ft) high, while the buttress is 232 metres (761 ft) long, and the embankment a further 167 metres (548 ft) long. It holds back 45,420 megalitres (1,604×10^6 cu ft) of water at 1,068 metres (3,504 ft) AHD. The concrete ski jump chute spillway and fuse plug can discharge up to 280 cubic metres per second (9,900 cu ft/s). The dam provides water to the Fish River Water Supply, the only scheme in Eastern Australia to transfer western flowing water to areas east of the Great Dividing Range. It also provides a bulk water supply to Oberon Shire, Lithgow City Council, Sydney Catchment Authority, and EnergyAustralia.

The reservoir is a popular destination for fishing enthusiasts and suitable for bo