Local Waters
Blue Lake Park
Fairview, OR · about 65 hours from Somerville (typical, off-peak)
Metro stocked lake.
Salt River / stream Lake / pond Shop (desk) Guide only Parking Stay State access Private — ask first
Around now
Most likely in this drive this week. Not a guarantee — confirm the official rule.
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Smallmouth bass
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Trout
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Sunfish and crappie
Also worth a thought: Largemouth bass.
- Season
- Legal on many waters. West-side streams drop and warm. Fish dawn. Confirm ODFW. Official rule
- License
- Oregon angling license (ODFW)
- Park
- Metro Blue Lake Park. Fee. Advisory on eating fish — read the sign.
- Walk in
- Short walk from the public lot.
- Wading
- Confirm flow before you step in.
- Usual window
- Confirm ODFW for this week.
- Monday conditions
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SW 5 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⛅ 82° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:20 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:04
- Wind at dawn
- SW 5 mph · Mostly Sunny · 66°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: SW 5 mph
- 10am: SW 6 mph
- 2pm: SW 10 mph
- dusk: SW 9 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 5- or 6-wt unless the water is bigger.
- Notes
- Portland 50-list. Consumption advisory. Confirm ODFW.
OHA fish advisory on the Columbia Slough system. Read it.
Log this trip
Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.
Shops
Guides
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.