Local Waters

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Lake / pond Open — summer low / warm

Walter Wirth Lake

Salem, OR · about 1½ hours from Eugene (typical, off-peak)

Easy Angling Willamette leftover — Salem's airport-side family lake.

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.

  • Smallmouth bass Smallmouth bass
  • Trout Trout
  • Sunfish and crappie 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
Cascade Gateway Park lots off Turner Rd SE near the Salem airport. City park, year-round.
Walk in
Short from the park lot. Some accessible bank.
Wading
Bank and a non-motorized slide. Not a wade river.
Usual window
Stocked April through June; warmwater after. Confirm ODFW.
Friday conditions

Wind ? mph.

Sky
⛅ 84° partly
Sun and moon
Rise 9:28 · 🌕 Full moon · Set 10:58
Wind at dawn
0 mph · Mostly Clear · 55°F
Wind later
  • dawn: 0 mph
  • 10am: 0 mph
  • 2pm: W 1 mph
  • dusk: N 2 mph
A setup that belongs here
4- or 5-wt.
Notes
Easy Angling Willamette. Named city park. Confirm ODFW.
Maps Call shop

Log this trip

Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.

? mph · Mostly Clear

How did it go

Pictures only — no video.

Opens a map. Locate finds you, then tap to drop or drag the pin. Private — not the public map.

Shops

Royal Treatment Fly Fishing

21570 Willamette Dr, West Linn, OR 97068
Often 10:30am–4pm — confirm

Portland metro desk. Clackamas, Sandy, and the lower Willamette.

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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.

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