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Deschutes River is a public river in Wasco County, Deschutes County, Jefferson County and Sherman County, Oregon, managed by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. You can fish it on an Oregon angling licence — plus a Combined Angling Tag to keep salmon, steelhead or sturgeon. Oregon’s navigable rivers carry a public right to the bed and banks below the ordinary high-water line; on smaller non-navigable streams over private land, access is by permission or from public land. Angling for game fish on rivers and streams is closed from one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise, and barbless hooks are required in the Columbia and many salmon and steelhead rivers. Public access confirmed via marquee water.
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.
It runs roughly 118 miles through the Central Zone region. Anglers here mostly fish for bull trout, mountain whitefish, redband trout, spring chinook salmon; summer steelhead are also on record. Live flow and gauge height come from the Crooked River Below Opal Springs, Near Culver, Or USGS station shown below. The nearest other mapped waters on PiscaMaps are Lake Billy Chinook and Lake Simtustus.
Species hand-compiled from ODFW zone regulations, the ODFW trout-stocking schedule and PiscaMaps water-type profiles.
Night fishing: On Oregon rivers and streams you may not angle for game fish from one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise. Lakes, reservoirs and ponds are generally open around the clock unless posted (bass, panfish and catfish are commonly fished at night). Check the zone regulations for the specific water.
Boats: The reservoirs and larger lakes take trailered boats via a state-park, Forest Service or county ramp; the Cascade lakes are often car-top or electric-only and many rivers are classic drift-boat water. Every boat — including canoes, kayaks and drift boats 10 feet and over — needs an Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Permit.
Bank & bivvy camping: About half of Oregon is federal land — dispersed camping is allowed on most BLM and Forest Service ground along these waters, plus developed Forest Service, BLM and state-park campgrounds on nearly every reservoir and Cascade lake.
Tackle: Trout limits are set by zone -- commonly 2 per day in western Oregon, up to 5 in parts of the southeast, plus bonus hatchery-trout allowances. Wild steelhead and most wild salmon must be released; only fin-clipped hatchery fish may be kept, and barbless hooks are required in the Columbia and many salmon and steelhead rivers. Check the current Oregon Sport Fishing Regulations for the zone.
Boat ramps: 5 mapped — Boat ramp, Boat ramp, Boat ramp, Boat ramp, Boat ramp.
Camping: 16 sites mapped nearby — Dixon Camp, Chinook Camp, Beaver Camp, G Loop, B Loop, Deer Camp and others.
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors.
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Live from USGS gauge 14087400 — Crooked River Below Opal Springs, Near Culver, Or. Full gauge data →
Anyone 12 or older needs an Oregon angling licence — the resident annual is about $44, the non-resident annual about $118, with a 1-day licence (~$23, which includes the harvest tag). To keep salmon, steelhead, sturgeon or halibut you also need a Combined Angling Tag (~$46 resident / ~$96 non-resident). Youth 12–17 pay a reduced fee and under-12 fish free. All boats, including non-motorized craft 10 feet and longer, need an Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Permit. Buy from ODFW at myodfw.com. An Oregon angling licence covers this water (plus a Combined Angling Tag to keep salmon, steelhead or sturgeon).
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