Local Waters
North Powder Pond
North Powder, OR · about 6 hours from Portland, OR (typical, off-peak)
Easy Angling Southeast leftover — the I-84 pond a Baker-side angler would notice missing.
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
- Public pond lot 0.4 miles off US 30 just east of I-84 exit 285. Bank parking. No other facilities.
- Walk in
- Short from the dirt lot to the bank.
- Wading
- Bank only.
- Usual window
- Stocked April, May, and late September. Confirm ODFW.
- Saturday conditions
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W 2 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ☀️ 83° fair
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:00 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 10:49
- Wind at dawn
- W 2 mph · Patchy Smoke · 58°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: W 2 mph
- 10am: W 2 mph
- 2pm: W 2 mph
- dusk: W 13 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 4- or 5-wt.
- Notes
- Easy Angling Southeast. Named public pond. Confirm ODFW.
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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.