Local Waters
Lost Lake (Nehalem / Elsie)
Elsie, OR · about 4 hours from Maupin (typical, off-peak)
Easy Angling Northwest leftover — the Coast Range Lost Lake, not the Hood one.
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
- Clatsop State Forest Lost Lake day-use and primitive launch off Lost Lake Rd east of Spruce Run Park on Nehalem River Rd.
- Walk in
- Short from the forest lot around the shore.
- Wading
- Bank, tube, or small boat. Whole-lake bank.
- Usual window
- Stocked March into September. Surplus steelhead some winters. Confirm ODFW.
- Sunday conditions
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NE 2 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⚡ 77° storm
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:23 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:11
- Wind at dawn
- NE 2 mph · Chance Rain Showers · 62°F
- Wind later
-
- dawn: NE 2 mph
- 10am: E 2 mph
- 2pm: S 5 mph
- dusk: S 3 mph
- Next dawn (Monday)
- Wind ? mph. · 0 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 4- or 5-wt.
- Notes
- Easy Angling Northwest. Named state-forest day-use. Confirm ODFW.
Overnight plan: Sunday evening and Monday 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
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.