Best bets for holiday fishing

Photo Credit: Courtesy of ODFW

by OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff
7-2-2020
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  • Coast cutthroat trout can be found in almost all rivers and streams along the coast. The Trask River historically has had the best numbers of fish. The Kilchis has the best bank access.
  • Summer steelhead are available in the Nestucca and Wilson rivers.
  • Bass fishing has been good just about anywhere in the Umpqua Basin recently. Anglers should consider places like Ford’s Pond and Cooper Creek Reservoir.
  • Bass fishing at Lost Creek Lake also can be very good this time of year. 
  • Places like Henry Hagg Lake, Detroit Reservoir and Foster Lake continue to boast good trout fishing because they have deeper, cooler waters for trout to retreat to during the warmer parts of the day.
  • This is a great time of year to fish the high elevation, hike-in lakes. The fishing stays good throughout the summer. Learn more about this fishery.
  • Anglers have been enjoying some very good trout fishing on several eastside lakes and reservoirs, including Yellowjacket, Delintment, Malheur, Anthony, Balm Creek and Fourmile.
  • If ocean conditions permit, the ocean salmon season is open along much of the coast.

You’ll find more of the best fishing opportunities listed at the top of each zone in the Recreation Report.

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OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Reports
for Thursday, June 25th, 2020

Applegate Reservoir: Reservoir is 53 % Full
Applegate River: Open For Trout Fishing
Arizona Pond: Arizona Pond Report
Ben Irving Reservoir: Ben Irving Reservoir Report
Chetco River: Water Conditions Have Been Very Good This Year
Coos River: Coos River Basin Report
Coquille River: Coquille River Fishing Report
Diamond Lake: Diamond Lake Fishing Report
Elk River: Elk River Report
Emigrant Reservoir: Emigrant Reservoir Fishing Report
Empire Lake Upper: Empire Lakes Report
Expo Pond: Expo Pond Fishing Report
Fish Lake : Fish Lake Fishing Report
Floras Lake: Best Accessed By Boat
Galesville Reservoir: Galesville Reservoir Report
Garrison Lake: Lots of Trout in The Lake!
Hemlock Lake: Recent Stockings
Howard Prairie Reservoir: Howard Prairie Reservoir Report
Hyatt Lake: Reservoir is 36 % Full
Illinois River: Illinois River Report
Lake Selmac: Lake Selmac Fishing Report
Lemolo Lake: Lemolo Reservoir Fishing Report
Lost Creek Lake: Exceptional Bass Fishing Going On
Plat I Reservoir: Plat I Reservoir Fishing Report
Rogue River- Lower: Lower Rogue River Fishing Report
Rogue River- Upper: Upper Rogue River Report
Smith River: Smith River Fishing Report
Tenmile Lakes: Bass Are Now Spread Out Around The Lakes
North Umpqua River: North Umpqua River Report
Umpqua River: Umpqua River Fishing Report
Willow Lake: Healthy Numbers of Yellow Perch
Alsea River: Trout Fishing Has Been Good
Nestucca River: Nestucca River Fishing Report
Salmon River: Salmon River Fishing Report
Siletz River: Siletz River Fishing Report
Siuslaw River: Siuslaw River Fishing Report
Trask River: Trask River Fishing Report
Wilson River: Wilson River Fishing Report
Yaquina River: Yaquina River Report
Clackamas River: Clackamas River Report
Cottage Grove Reservoir: Cottage Grove Reservoir Report
Detroit Reservoir: Full & Should Remain in Good Shape All Summer
Dexter Reservoir: Dexter Reservoir Report
Dorena Reservoir: Dorena Reservoir Report
EE Wilson Angling Pond: EE Wilson Pond Report
Foster Reservoir: Reservoir is in Excellent Shape
Freeway Lake East: Freeway lake Report
Gold Lake: Gold Lake Report
Green Peter Reservoir: Trout is A Good Option For Anglers This Time of Year
Henry Hagg Lake: Last Stocked June 15
Hills Creek Reservoir: Hills Creek Reservoir Report
Junction City Pond: Junction City Pond Report
McKenzie River: McKenzie River Fishing Report
Upper McKenzie: Upper McKenzie RIver Report
Middle Fork Willamette: Middle Fork Williamette Report
North Fork Reservoir: North Fork Reservoir Report
Sandy River: Summer Steelhead Throughout River
Santiam River ( North Fork) Above Detroit Lake: North Fork Santiam River Report
Santiam River (South Fork): South Fork Santiam River Report
: This Week's Recreation Report
St. Louis Ponds: Gate Closed, But Anglers Able to Walk In
Trojan Ponds: Trojan Ponds Report
Walling Pond: Walling Pond Report
Walter Wirth Lake: Walter Wirth Lake Report
Davis Lake: Davis Lake Report
Deschutes River: Good Fishing Conditions
Lake Billy Chinook: Kokanee Fishing Has Been Good
Imnaha River: Imnaha River Fishing Report
John Day River: River Flows Are Still Holding Well
Wallowa Lake : Fishing Has Been Good
Wallowa River: Increased Flows and River Will Be Off Color For a Bit
Snake River: Snake River Below Hells Canyon Reservoir Report