Local Waters

← Around Eugene

Lake / pond Open — summer low / warm

Green Peter Reservoir

Sweet Home, OR · about 75 min from Eugene (typical, off-peak)

The kokanee reservoir Easy Angling parked next to Foster.

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
Linn County Whitcomb Creek Park ramp and camp on Quartzville Rd, plus Thistle Creek. Corps water.
Walk in
Short from Whitcomb Creek Park to the ramp.
Wading
Boat and park bank. Drawdown in late summer.
Usual window
Confirm ODFW for this week.
Tuesday conditions

Wind ? mph.

Sky
⛅ 94° partly
Sun and moon
Rise 9:23 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:01
Wind at dawn
0 mph · Mostly Clear · 63°F
Wind later
  • dawn: 0 mph
  • 10am: 0 mph
  • 2pm: 0 mph
  • dusk: 0 mph
A setup that belongs here
5- or 6-wt unless the water is bigger.
Notes
Easy Angling Willamette (named next to Foster). Named county park ramp. Confirm ODFW.

Log this trip

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

? mph · Mostly Clear

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

Watershed Fly Shop

351 SW Madison Ave, Corvallis, OR 97333
Tue–Sat 10am–6pm (confirm)

Corvallis desk. Alsea, Marys, mid-Willamette. Confirm the address if they have moved.

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.

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