Local Waters
Eel Lake (Tugman)
Lakeside, OR · about 4 hours from Portland, OR (typical, off-peak)
The stocked lake beside Tenmile that Easy Angling skipped.
Salt River / stream Lake / pond Shop (desk) Guide only Parking Stay State access Private — ask first
- Season
- Legal on many waters. West-side streams drop and warm. Fish dawn. Confirm ODFW. Official rule
- License
- Oregon angling license (ODFW)
- Park
- Tugman State Park day-use ramp and accessible dock. Day-use fee.
- Walk in
- Short walk from the public lot.
- Wading
- Bank, dock, or boat. Not a wade river.
- Usual window
- Confirm ODFW for this week.
- Monday conditions
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N 6 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⛅ 84° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:30 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:08
- Wind at dawn
- N 6 mph · Mostly Clear · 60°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: N 6 mph
- 10am: N 5 mph
- 2pm: N 6 mph
- dusk: NNW 6 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 5- or 6-wt unless the water is bigger.
- Notes
- ODFW 50 south-coast. Named state park. Confirm ODFW.
Log this trip
Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.
Shops
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.