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South Fork Crooked River is a public river in Crook County, Oregon, managed by Public land (PAD-US) — Oregon. 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 named water on PAD-US public land.
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 20 miles through the Southeast Zone region. Anglers here mostly fish for redband trout, mountain whitefish, summer steelhead. Live flow and gauge height come from the Sf Crooked River Near Bell Butte, Near Paulina, Or USGS station shown below. The nearest other mapped waters on PiscaMaps are Merwin Reservoir Number 1 and Merwin Reservoir Number 2.
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: Oregon rivers are classic drift-boat and raft water (the Deschutes, Rogue, McKenzie, John Day especially); every boat 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 rivers, plus developed campgrounds on the Deschutes, Rogue, John Day and the Cascade-lake chains.
Tackle: Trout bag limits are set by zone and water — commonly 2 per day in western Oregon, up to 5 in parts of the southeast, with bonus hatchery trout allowances. Wild steelhead and most wild salmon must be released; only fin-clipped hatchery fish may be kept. Barbless hooks are required in the Columbia and many salmon and steelhead rivers. Check the current Oregon Sport Fishing Regulations for the zone.
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Live from USGS gauge 14078260 — Sf Crooked River Near Bell Butte, Near Paulina, 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 — it lies on public (PAD-US open-access) land; check the ODFW zone regulations for the specific season and limits.
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