Local Waters
North Powder Pond
North Powder, OR · about 4 hours from Maupin (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
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
- 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.
- Monday conditions
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Wind ? mph.
- Sky
- ⛅ 86° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:03 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 10:45
- Wind at dawn
- 0 mph · Mostly Clear · 51°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: 0 mph
- 10am: 0 mph
- 2pm: E 3 mph
- dusk: NE 6 mph
- Next dawn (Tuesday)
- W 1 mph around dawn. Fine to go. · W 1 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 4- or 5-wt.
- Notes
- Easy Angling Southeast. Named public pond. Confirm ODFW.
Overnight plan: Monday evening and Tuesday 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.