Local Waters

← Around Portland, OR

Lake / pond Open — summer low / warm

Dexter Reservoir

Dexter / Lowell, OR · about 3 hours from Portland, OR (typical, off-peak)

Lower Middle Fork Willamette reservoir.

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
Dexter State Rec Site.
Walk in
Short walk from the public lot.
Wading
Confirm flow before you step in.
Usual window
Confirm ODFW for this week.
Monday conditions

SW 5 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky
⛅ 82° partly
Sun and moon
Rise 9:24 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:03
Wind at dawn
SW 5 mph · Mostly Sunny · 66°F
Wind later
  • dawn: SW 5 mph
  • 10am: SW 6 mph
  • 2pm: SW 10 mph
  • dusk: SW 9 mph
A setup that belongs here
5- or 6-wt unless the water is bigger.
Notes
Easy Angling Willamette. Confirm ODFW.
Maps Call shop

Log this trip

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

SW 5 mph · Mostly Sunny

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

The Caddis Fly Angling Shop

168 W 6th Ave, Eugene, OR 97401
Call — valley hours

Willamette Valley desk. McKenzie, the Willamette, and a first Oregon trout day.

Call Website

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.

If this isn’t the day