Local Waters

← Around Portland, OR

Lake / pond Open — summer low / warm

Dorman Pond

Forest Grove, OR · about 55 min from Portland, OR (typical, off-peak)

The Gales Creek country pond Portland lists.

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
ODFW / roadside lot at Dorman Pond on Hwy 8 / Hwy 6 country west of Forest Grove. Named public pond on the Portland 50-list.
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

S 3 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky
⛅ 83° partly
Sun and moon
Rise 9:22 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:09
Wind at dawn
S 3 mph · Partly Cloudy · 59°F
Wind later
  • dawn: S 3 mph
  • 10am: W 1 mph
  • 2pm: NW 3 mph
  • dusk: N 6 mph
A setup that belongs here
4-wt stillwater.
Notes
Named ODFW pond. Confirm ODFW.
Maps Call shop

Log this trip

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

S 3 mph · Partly Cloudy

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.

If this isn’t the day