Local Waters
Black Butte Ranch lakes
Black Butte Ranch, OR · about 50 min from Bend (typical, off-peak)
Private land. Fish only if the landowner still allows it. Ask, stay where they said, leave gates as you found them. This is not a state lot.
Named resort lakes. Listed so testers know they are members-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
- Member / guest lakes at Black Butte Ranch. Private. Not a public lot. Metolius public lots at Camp Sherman are the walk-in pin.
- Walk in
- Short walk from the signed access.
- Wading
- Confirm flow before you step in.
- Usual window
- Confirm the current rule for this week.
- Sunday conditions
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S 2 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⛅ 80° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:18 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:01
- Wind at dawn
- S 2 mph · Mostly Cloudy · 58°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: S 2 mph
- 10am: SSE 1 mph
- 2pm: NNW 2 mph
- dusk: N 8 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 4-wt stillwater.
- Notes
- Private resort. Book / member. Confirm ODFW.
Member / guest water. Not a public lot.
Log this trip
Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.
Shops
The Fly Fisher's Place
151 W Main Ave, Sisters, OR 97759
Call — high-desert hours
Metolius, Crooked, Cascade Lakes. The Sisters desk.
Fin & Fire
Redmond, OR
Call
Redmond desk. Crooked River country. Confirm the street address.
The Patient Angler
50 SW Century Dr, Bend, OR 97702
Call
Bend trout desk. Cascade Lakes and the in-town Deschutes.
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.