Fishy goings-on filmed in outback Qld

It's often said to be pouring cats and dogs but in outback Queensland it appears to have been raining fish.

Much-needed rain drenched drought-ravaged western parts of the state this week, bringing some unexpected scaly visitors.

Following falls on Thursday, Tahnee Oakhill snapped footage of her family finding small fish at their remote cattle station 70km northwest of Winton.

"My husband called us outside and I said, `You've got to be joking'," she told AAP.

"Then we spotted them just laying in the dirt and flip-flopping.

"We reckon they must have come from the sky. There are no creeks or no gullies around."

Ms Oakhill said the local consensus was the minute fish were perch.

Nearby Winton received 120mm on Wednesday - the town's wettest March day since 1994.