Local Waters
Cultus Lake
Cascade Lakes, OR · about 60 min from Bend (typical, off-peak)
Bigger cascade lake, stocked and wild.
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
- Cultus Lake Campground and day-use.
- Walk in
- Short walk from the public lot.
- Wading
- Confirm flow before you step in.
- Usual window
- Confirm ODFW for this week.
- Thursday conditions
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SW 3 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⛅ 84° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:24 · 🌕 Full moon · Set 10:54
- Wind at dawn
- SW 3 mph · Mostly Clear · 58°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: SW 3 mph
- 10am: SW 2 mph
- 2pm: W 2 mph
- dusk: NW 5 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 5- or 6-wt unless the water is bigger.
- Notes
- ODFW stocking Central. Public USFS. Confirm ODFW.
Log this trip
Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.
Shops
Fly and Field Outfitters (Sunriver)
56805 Venture Ln, Sunriver, OR 97707
Call — Sunriver hours differ from Bend
Sunriver location of Fly and Field. Cascade Lakes and Fall River.
The Patient Angler
50 SW Century Dr, Bend, OR 97702
Call
Bend trout desk. Cascade Lakes and the in-town Deschutes.
Confluence Fly Shop
375 SW Powerhouse Dr #100, Bend, OR 97702
Mon–Sat 10am–7pm, Sun 11am–6pm
Old Mill Bend shop. Deschutes in town.
Fly and Field Outfitters
35 NW Hawthorne Ave, Bend, OR 97703
Call
Bend shop. Stillwater and river.
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.