Local Waters
McNary Channel Ponds
Umatilla, OR · about 3 hours from Maupin (typical, off-peak)
Stocked ponds by the dam.
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
- Corps lots off West Third. Accessible docks.
- Walk in
- Short walk from the public lot.
- Wading
- Confirm flow before you step in.
- Usual window
- Confirm ODFW for this week.
- Saturday conditions
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S 5 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⛅ 77° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:04 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 10:56
- Wind at dawn
- S 5 mph · Partly Sunny · 60°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: S 5 mph
- 10am: S 5 mph
- 2pm: SSW 6 mph
- dusk: SW 6 mph
- Next dawn (Sunday)
- SSW 7 mph around dawn. Fine to go. · SSW 7 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 5- or 6-wt unless the water is bigger.
- Notes
- Easy Angling Northeast. Confirm ODFW.
Overnight plan: Saturday evening and Sunday 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
No shop pinned yet. Ask around before you invent a honey hole.
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.