Lake / pond Open — summer low / warm

Benson Lake

Columbia Gorge, OR · about 70 min from Portland, OR (typical, off-peak)

Stocked gorge lake, no ramp.

Salt River / stream Lake / pond Shop (desk) Guide only Parking Stay State access Private — ask first

Season

Legal on many waters. West-side streams drop and warm. Fish dawn. Confirm ODFW. Official rule

License

Oregon angling license (ODFW)

Park

Benson State Rec Site. I-84 Exit 30.

Walk in

Short walk from the public lot.

Wading

Confirm flow before you step in.

Usual window

Confirm ODFW for this week.

Friday conditions

Weather is not in yet.

A setup that belongs here

5- or 6-wt unless the water is bigger.

Notes

Easy Angling Willamette / Portland 50-list. Confirm ODFW.

Maps Call shop

Log this trip

Stays on this phone only. Nobody else sees it.

201 Oak St, Hood River, OR 97031
Call

Columbia Gorge desk. Hood River and the east-side Deschutes day.

Call Website

21570 Willamette Dr, West Linn, OR 97068
Often 10:30am–4pm — confirm

Portland metro desk. Clackamas, Sandy, and the lower Willamette.

Call Website

Shop desks, plus a few independents who fish public water. We do not take a cut. Call them.

No desk pinned yet. Ask the shop above who they trust here.