Local Waters
Faraday Lake
Estacada, OR · about 50 min from Portland, OR (typical, off-peak)
Stocked PGE lake above Estacada.
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
- PGE Faraday Hydroelectric Project lot. Footbridge to the lake. Bank only — no boats or tubes.
- Walk in
- Footbridge from the lot to the park.
- Wading
- Bank only.
- Usual window
- Confirm ODFW for this week.
- Monday conditions
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Wind ? mph.
- Sky
- ⛅ 86° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:20 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:03
- Wind at dawn
- 0 mph · Partly Cloudy · 50°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: 0 mph
- 10am: 0 mph
- 2pm: E 2 mph
- dusk: NE 5 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 5- or 6-wt unless the water is bigger.
- Notes
- ODFW 50-in-60 Portland. Named PGE park. Confirm ODFW.
Log this trip
Stays on this phone only. Nobody else sees it.
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.