Local Waters
Dorman Pond
Forest Grove, OR · about 60 hours from Carlisle (typical, off-peak)
The Gales Creek country pond Portland lists.
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
- ODFW / roadside lot at Dorman Pond on Hwy 8 / Hwy 6 country west of Forest Grove. Named public pond on the Portland 50-list.
- Walk in
- Short walk from the signed access.
- Wading
- Confirm flow before you step in.
- Usual window
- Confirm the current rule for this week.
- Saturday conditions
-
E 5 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ☁️ 74° cloud
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:20 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:11
- Wind at dawn
- E 5 mph · Cloudy · 70°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: E 5 mph
- 10am: E 5 mph
- 2pm: E 5 mph
- dusk: E 3 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 4-wt stillwater.
- Notes
- Named ODFW pond. Confirm ODFW.
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.