Local Waters

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Lake / pond Open — summer low / warm

Faraday Lake

Estacada, OR · about 3 hours from Bend (typical, off-peak)

Stocked PGE lake above Estacada.

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
PGE Faraday Hydroelectric Project lot. Footbridge to the lake. Bank only — no boats or tubes.
Walk in
Footbridge from the lot to the park.
Wading
Bank only.
Usual window
Confirm ODFW for this week.
Sunday conditions

SSW 3 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky
⛅ 80° partly
Sun and moon
Rise 9:18 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:05
Wind at dawn
SSW 3 mph · Mostly Cloudy · 60°F
Wind later
  • dawn: SSW 3 mph
  • 10am: S 1 mph
  • 2pm: NNW 2 mph
  • dusk: N 8 mph
A setup that belongs here
5- or 6-wt unless the water is bigger.
Notes
ODFW 50-in-60 Portland. Named PGE park. Confirm ODFW.
Maps Call shop

Log this trip

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

SSW 3 mph · Mostly 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