Lake / pond Open — summer low / warm

Empire Lakes (John Topits)

Coos Bay, OR · about 4 hours from Portland, OR (typical, off-peak)

In-town Coos Bay lakes, stocked and warmwater.

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

John Topits City Park lots off Newmark Ave. Paved trail, cartop launch.

Walk in

Short walk from the public lot.

Wading

Bank and trail. Non-motorized.

Usual window

Confirm ODFW for this week.

Saturday conditions

NE 12 mph.

Sky: 🌧️ 71° rain
Sun and moon: Rise 9:28 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:11
Wind at dawn: NE 12 mph · Patchy Drizzle · 71°F
Wind later: dawn: NE 12 mph

10am: NE 12 mph

2pm: NE 12 mph

dusk: NE 9 mph

A setup that belongs here

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

Notes

ODFW 50 south-coast. Named city park. Confirm ODFW.

Maps Call shop

Log this trip

Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.

168 W 6th Ave, Eugene, OR 97401
Call — valley hours

Willamette Valley desk. McKenzie, the Willamette, and a first Oregon trout day.

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.