Local Waters
Bend Pine Nursery Pond
Bend, OR · about 3 hours from Portland, OR (typical, off-peak)
Bend 50-in-90 leftover — the in-town pond that is not youth-only.
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
- Bend Park & Rec Pine Nursery Park lot at 3750 NE Purcell Blvd. Open to all ages.
- Walk in
- Short from the park lot to the pond.
- Wading
- Bank. City pond.
- Usual window
- Stocked trout; bluegill and bass. Confirm ODFW.
- Sunday conditions
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S 3 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⛅ 83° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:16 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 10:59
- Wind at dawn
- S 3 mph · Partly Cloudy · 59°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: S 3 mph
- 10am: W 1 mph
- 2pm: NW 3 mph
- dusk: N 6 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 4- or 5-wt.
- Notes
- ODFW 50-in-90 Bend. Named city park. Confirm ODFW.
Log this trip
Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.
Shops
Fly and Field Outfitters
35 NW Hawthorne Ave, Bend, OR 97703
Call
Bend shop. Stillwater and river.
Confluence Fly Shop
375 SW Powerhouse Dr #100, Bend, OR 97702
Mon–Sat 10am–7pm, Sun 11am–6pm
Old Mill Bend shop. Deschutes in town.
The Patient Angler
50 SW Century Dr, Bend, OR 97702
Call
Bend trout desk. Cascade Lakes and the in-town Deschutes.
Fin & Fire
Redmond, OR
Call
Redmond desk. Crooked River country. Confirm the street address.
Fly and Field Outfitters (Sunriver)
56805 Venture Ln, Sunriver, OR 97707
Call — Sunriver hours differ from Bend
Sunriver location of Fly and Field. Cascade Lakes and Fall River.
Guides
Shop desks, plus a few independents who fish public water. We do not take a cut. Call them.
The Fly Fisher's Place — book a day
Sisters, OR · wade / stillwater · Half or full day — ask the shop
Good for: Metolius, Crooked, Cascade Lakes
Shop desk. We do not take the money.
The Patient Angler — book a day
Bend, OR · wade / stillwater · Ask the shop
Good for: Bend trout and Cascade Lakes
Shop desk. We do not take the money.