Local Waters
Gales Creek (Campground)
Forest Grove, OR · about 60 min from Portland, OR (typical, off-peak)
The Hwy 6 creek west of Hagg Lake that the forums still ask about.
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
- ODF Tillamook State Forest Gales Creek Campground on Hwy 6 west of Forest Grove. State forest camp / day-use on Gales Creek.
- Walk in
- Short from camp to Gales Creek.
- Wading
- Small Coast Range creek.
- Usual window
- Late spring through fall. Confirm ODFW.
- Monday conditions
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SW 5 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⛅ 82° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:23 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:08
- Wind at dawn
- SW 5 mph · Mostly Sunny · 66°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: SW 5 mph
- 10am: SW 8 mph
- 2pm: SW 12 mph
- dusk: SW 9 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 3- or 4-wt.
- Notes
- Named Tillamook State Forest campground. 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.