28 public waters in the Willamette Zone region — 20 lakes/reservoirs and 8 rivers. Every one is public water fishable on a Oregon licence.
See every public fishing venue in Oregon on the map, with boat ramps, camping, parking and full rules for each one.
Lake Bonneville in Hood River County is a productive Oregon fishery offering diverse warmwater and anadromous species. Sturgeon, Chinook and Coho salmon, and Steelhead attract serious anglers, while the lake also supports healthy populations of Smallmouth bass, Walleye, Channel catfish, and Shad. The 4,771-acre reservoir provides excellent opportunity for both river-run fish and resident species across multiple seasons.
Bull Run Lake, a 440-acre lake in Clackamas, Multnomah and Hood River Counties, Oregon, managed by Public land (PAD-US) — Oregon: An Oregon warmwater reservoir — largemouth and Smallmouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow Perch and Brown Bullhead, with a stocked Rainbow Trout fishery on many; the Willamette Valley flood-control reservoirs and the Owyhee and Klamath-basin lakes are the strongest bass water in the state.
Lost Lake (240 acres) sits in Hood River County, Oregon, managed by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. A Cascade Range lake — the Cascade Lakes Highway, Santiam Pass and Mount Hood chains: stocked and wild rainbow, brook and Cutthroat Trout, Kokanee Salmon on the larger lakes, and Atlantic Salmon or Lake Trout on a special few (Hosmer, Odell, Cultus).
Drano Lake, a 231-acre lake in Hood River County, Oregon, managed by Public land (PAD-US) — Oregon: An Oregon warmwater reservoir — largemouth and Smallmouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow Perch and Brown Bullhead, with a stocked Rainbow Trout fishery on many; the Willamette Valley flood-control reservoirs and the Owyhee and Klamath-basin lakes are the strongest bass water in the state.
Laurance Lake, a 80-acre lake in Hood River County, Oregon, managed by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife: A Cascade Range lake — the Cascade Lakes Highway, Santiam Pass and Mount Hood chains: stocked and wild rainbow, brook and Cutthroat Trout, Kokanee Salmon on the larger lakes, and Atlantic Salmon or Lake Trout on a special few (Hosmer, Odell, Cultus).
Boulder Lake, a 69-acre lake in Jefferson, Wasco and Hood River Counties, Oregon, managed by Public land (PAD-US) — Oregon: A Cascade Range lake — the Cascade Lakes Highway, Santiam Pass and Mount Hood chains: stocked and wild rainbow, brook and Cutthroat Trout, Kokanee Salmon on the larger lakes, and Atlantic Salmon or Lake Trout on a special few (Hosmer, Odell, Cultus).
Hood River County, Oregon — Wahtum Lake is a 64-acre lake, managed by Public land (PAD-US) — Oregon: A Cascade Range lake — the Cascade Lakes Highway, Santiam Pass and Mount Hood chains: stocked and wild rainbow, brook and Cutthroat Trout, Kokanee Salmon on the larger lakes, and Atlantic Salmon or Lake Trout on a special few (Hosmer, Odell, Cultus).
Kingsley Reservoir, a 50-acre lake in Hood River County, Oregon, managed by Public land (PAD-US) — Oregon: A Cascade Range lake — the Cascade Lakes Highway, Santiam Pass and Mount Hood chains: stocked and wild rainbow, brook and Cutthroat Trout, Kokanee Salmon on the larger lakes, and Atlantic Salmon or Lake Trout on a special few (Hosmer, Odell, Cultus).
Badger Lake, a 48-acre lake in Hood River County, Oregon, managed by Public land (PAD-US) — Oregon: A Cascade Range lake — the Cascade Lakes Highway, Santiam Pass and Mount Hood chains: stocked and wild rainbow, brook and Cutthroat Trout, Kokanee Salmon on the larger lakes, and Atlantic Salmon or Lake Trout on a special few (Hosmer, Odell, Cultus).
Bear Lake (33 acres) sits in Union, Wallowa, Marion and 2 more counties in Oregon, managed by Public land (PAD-US) — Oregon. A Cascade Range lake — the Cascade Lakes Highway, Santiam Pass and Mount Hood chains: stocked and wild rainbow, brook and Cutthroat Trout, Kokanee Salmon on the larger lakes, and Atlantic Salmon or Lake Trout on a special few (Hosmer, Odell, Cultus).
Wasco, Clackamas and Hood River Counties, Oregon — Frog Lake is a 31-acre lake, managed by Public land (PAD-US) — Oregon: A Cascade Range lake — the Cascade Lakes Highway, Santiam Pass and Mount Hood chains: stocked and wild rainbow, brook and Cutthroat Trout, Kokanee Salmon on the larger lakes, and Atlantic Salmon or Lake Trout on a special few (Hosmer, Odell, Cultus).
Columbia, Jefferson, Marion and 2 more counties in Oregon — Scout Lake is a 25-acre lake, managed by Public land (PAD-US) — Oregon: A Cascade Range lake — the Cascade Lakes Highway, Santiam Pass and Mount Hood chains: stocked and wild rainbow, brook and Cutthroat Trout, Kokanee Salmon on the larger lakes, and Atlantic Salmon or Lake Trout on a special few (Hosmer, Odell, Cultus).
Hood River County, Oregon — Tunnel Lake is a 16-acre lake, managed by Public land (PAD-US) — Oregon: A Cascade Range lake — the Cascade Lakes Highway, Santiam Pass and Mount Hood chains: stocked and wild rainbow, brook and Cutthroat Trout, Kokanee Salmon on the larger lakes, and Atlantic Salmon or Lake Trout on a special few (Hosmer, Odell, Cultus).
Hood River County, Oregon — Lower Green Point Reservoir is a 15-acre lake, managed by Public land (PAD-US) — Oregon: Lakes and reservoirs across the West Coast typically hold largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass, channel and blue catfish, black and white crappie, bluegill, and rainbow, brown and lake trout, with kokanee and other landlocked salmon present in many larger reservoirs -- species commonly documented across the region's public waters by state wildlife agencies.
Hood River, Klamath, Yamhill and 1 more county in Oregon — North Lake is a 15-acre lake, managed by Public land (PAD-US) — Oregon: A Cascade Range lake — the Cascade Lakes Highway, Santiam Pass and Mount Hood chains: stocked and wild rainbow, brook and Cutthroat Trout, Kokanee Salmon on the larger lakes, and Atlantic Salmon or Lake Trout on a special few (Hosmer, Odell, Cultus).
Grant Lake, a 14-acre lake in Hood River County, Oregon, managed by Public land (PAD-US) — Oregon: A Cascade Range lake — the Cascade Lakes Highway, Santiam Pass and Mount Hood chains: stocked and wild rainbow, brook and Cutthroat Trout, Kokanee Salmon on the larger lakes, and Atlantic Salmon or Lake Trout on a special few (Hosmer, Odell, Cultus).
Bingen Lake (10 acres) sits in Hood River County, Oregon, managed by Public land (PAD-US) — Oregon. A Cascade Range lake — the Cascade Lakes Highway, Santiam Pass and Mount Hood chains: stocked and wild rainbow, brook and Cutthroat Trout, Kokanee Salmon on the larger lakes, and Atlantic Salmon or Lake Trout on a special few (Hosmer, Odell, Cultus).
Tanner Lake, a 9-acre lake in Josephine, Hood River and Multnomah Counties, Oregon, managed by Public land (PAD-US) — Oregon: An Oregon coast-range lake behind the dunes — Largemouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Bluegill and Black Crappie, Sea-Run Cutthroat Trout, and a hatchery coho or Rainbow Trout fishery on several; Siltcoos, Tenmile, Tahkenitch and Devils Lake are the best known.
In Hood River County, Oregon, Warren Lake is a 9-acre lake, managed by Public land (PAD-US) — Oregon. A Cascade Range lake — the Cascade Lakes Highway, Santiam Pass and Mount Hood chains: stocked and wild rainbow, brook and Cutthroat Trout, Kokanee Salmon on the larger lakes, and Atlantic Salmon or Lake Trout on a special few (Hosmer, Odell, Cultus).
Rainy Lake, a 9-acre lake in Hood River County, Oregon, managed by Public land (PAD-US) — Oregon: A Cascade Range lake — the Cascade Lakes Highway, Santiam Pass and Mount Hood chains: stocked and wild rainbow, brook and Cutthroat Trout, Kokanee Salmon on the larger lakes, and Atlantic Salmon or Lake Trout on a special few (Hosmer, Odell, Cultus).
White River runs 71 km through Wasco and Hood River Counties, Oregon, managed by Public land (PAD-US) — Oregon: A central or eastern Oregon redband river — the Deschutes, Crooked, Metolius, Williamson and their kind: native redband (interior rainbow) Trout, Mountain Whitefish, and Summer Steelhead on the anadromous reaches, much of it under wild-fish and fly-or-lure regulations.
Columbia River - Gorge runs 56 km through Hood River and Wasco Counties, Oregon, managed by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife: A warm Oregon mainstem river — the John Day, lower Umpqua, mainstem Willamette, Snake in Hells Canyon: Smallmouth Bass by the hundred, Channel Catfish, Summer Steelhead running through, and White Sturgeon on the big rivers.
Wind River (5 km) flows through Hood River County, Oregon, managed by Public land (PAD-US) — Oregon. A Cascade-slope river — the McKenzie, the Santiams, the Clackamas, the upper Willamette forks: wild cutthroat and Rainbow Trout, hatchery Summer Steelhead and Spring Chinook Salmon, and Mountain Whitefish, with drift-boat and bank access through public forest.
Hood River County, Oregon — East Fork Hood River is a 42 km stream, managed by Public land (PAD-US) — Oregon: An Oregon coastal river — winter and Summer Steelhead, fall and Spring Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon and Sea-Run Cutthroat Trout, running from the Coast Range to tidewater; the north-coast (Wilson, Trask, Nestucca) and south-coast (Rogue, Elk, Chetco) rivers are the marquee runs.
In Hood River County, Oregon, Little White Salmon River is a 6 km river or creek, managed by Public land (PAD-US) — Oregon. A Cascade-slope river — the McKenzie, the Santiams, the Clackamas, the upper Willamette forks: wild cutthroat and Rainbow Trout, hatchery Summer Steelhead and Spring Chinook Salmon, and Mountain Whitefish, with drift-boat and bank access through public forest.
In Hood River County, Oregon, Hood River is a 41 km river or creek, managed by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. An Oregon coastal river — winter and Summer Steelhead, fall and Spring Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon and Sea-Run Cutthroat Trout, running from the Coast Range to tidewater; the north-coast (Wilson, Trask, Nestucca) and south-coast (Rogue, Elk, Chetco) rivers are the marquee runs.
In Hood River County, Oregon, West Fork Hood River is a 22 km river or creek, managed by Public land (PAD-US) — Oregon. An Oregon coastal river — winter and Summer Steelhead, fall and Spring Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon and Sea-Run Cutthroat Trout, running from the Coast Range to tidewater; the north-coast (Wilson, Trask, Nestucca) and south-coast (Rogue, Elk, Chetco) rivers are the marquee runs.
In Hood River County, Oregon, Middle Fork Hood River is a 14 km river or creek, managed by Public land (PAD-US) — Oregon. A Cascade-slope river — the McKenzie, the Santiams, the Clackamas, the upper Willamette forks: wild cutthroat and Rainbow Trout, hatchery Summer Steelhead and Spring Chinook Salmon, and Mountain Whitefish, with drift-boat and bank access through public forest.
Across its mapped waters, Hood River County holds 32 species on PiscaMaps, including Rainbow Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Kokanee Salmon, Brook Trout, Summer Steelhead, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass and Bluegill.
Ramps, put-ins and species for every water — plus the carp layer no other US app has.
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