Local Waters
Freeway Lakes
Albany, OR · about 3 hours from Maupin (typical, off-peak)
Easy Angling Willamette leftover — the I-5 ponds.
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
- Freeway Lakes County Park lots on Three Lakes Rd just south of Albany, both sides of I-5. Linn County.
- Walk in
- Short from the county lots. Bank on the east ponds; ramp on the west pond.
- Wading
- Bank. Small boats on the west pond.
- Usual window
- Stocked April–May; bass and panfish later. Confirm ODFW.
- Thursday conditions
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SW 3 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⛅ 84° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:27 · 🌕 Full moon · Set 11:00
- 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-wt.
- Notes
- Easy Angling Willamette. Named Linn County park. Confirm ODFW.
Log this trip
Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.
Shops
Two Rivers Fly Shop
204 1st Ave SW, Albany, OR 97321
Call
Albany desk between Salem and Corvallis. Confirm they are still open.
Watershed Fly Shop
351 SW Madison Ave, Corvallis, OR 97333
Tue–Sat 10am–6pm (confirm)
Corvallis desk. Alsea, Marys, mid-Willamette. Confirm the address if they have moved.
Home Waters Fly Fishing
444 W 3rd Ave, Eugene, OR 97401
Tue–Sat 10am–5pm
McKenzie and Middle Fork Willamette desk. Second Eugene shop besides Caddis Fly.
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.