Local Waters
Duncan Reservoir
Silver Lake, OR · about 4 hours from Maupin (typical, off-peak)
Easy Angling Southeast leftover — the Silver Lake irrigation pond that grows trout fast.
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
- BLM Duncan Reservoir Campground on County Rd 4-14, five miles east then south of Silver Lake off Hwy 31. Primitive ramp, vault toilet.
- Walk in
- Short from camp to the bank and ramp.
- Wading
- Bank, tube, or cartop. Desert wind.
- Usual window
- Stocked May–June. Best before drawdown. Confirm ODFW.
- Monday conditions
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N 5 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⛅ 85° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:18 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 10:54
- Wind at dawn
- N 5 mph · Mostly Clear · 58°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: N 5 mph
- 10am: N 3 mph
- 2pm: N 3 mph
- dusk: NNW 6 mph
- Next dawn (Tuesday)
- SSW 3 mph around dawn. Fine to go. · SSW 3 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 5-wt stillwater.
- Notes
- Easy Angling Southeast. Named BLM campground. Confirm ODFW.
Overnight plan: Monday evening and Tuesday dawn. Book two nights if you want the morning. Drive time is to the stay, then a few minutes to the water.
Log this trip
Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.
Shops
No shop pinned yet. Ask around before you invent a honey hole.
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.