Local Waters

← Around Bend

Lake / pond Open — summer low / warm

Lake Billy Chinook

Culver, OR · about 60 min from Bend (typical, off-peak)

The canyon reservoir. Oregon's legal bull-trout keep, if you want that fight.

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
Cove Palisades State Park Crooked River, Upper Deschutes, and Lower Deschutes day-use ramps. Day-use fee. Perry South is tribal-permit water — use the state-park lots.
Walk in
Short from the state-park ramps.
Wading
Boat fishery. Bank at the day-use coves.
Usual window
Year-round on many arms. Bull trout rules are strict — read them. Confirm ODFW.
Monday conditions

Wind ? mph.

Sky
⛅ 90° partly
Sun and moon
Rise 9:17 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 10:58
Wind at dawn
0 mph · Mostly Clear · 58°F
Wind later
  • dawn: 0 mph
  • 10am: 0 mph
  • 2pm: NE 2 mph
  • dusk: NE 7 mph
A setup that belongs here
6- or 7-wt streamers; kokanee is a boat.
Notes
ODFW 50-in-90 Bend. Named OSP day-use. Stay off reservation water unless you have a tribal permit. Confirm ODFW.
Maps Call shop

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

Fin & Fire

Redmond, OR
Call

Redmond desk. Crooked River country. Confirm the street address.

Call Website

The Fly Fisher's Place

151 W Main Ave, Sisters, OR 97759
Call — high-desert hours

Metolius, Crooked, Cascade Lakes. The Sisters desk.

Call Website

Fly and Field Outfitters

35 NW Hawthorne Ave, Bend, OR 97703
Call

Bend shop. Stillwater and river.

Call Website

Confluence Fly Shop

375 SW Powerhouse Dr #100, Bend, OR 97702
Mon–Sat 10am–7pm, Sun 11am–6pm

Old Mill Bend shop. Deschutes in town.

Call Website

The Patient Angler

50 SW Century Dr, Bend, OR 97702
Call

Bend trout desk. Cascade Lakes and the in-town Deschutes.

Call Website

Guides

Shop desks, plus a few independents who fish public water. We do not take a cut. Call them.

The Fly Fisher's Place — book a day

Sisters, OR · wade / stillwater · Half or full day — ask the shop

Good for: Metolius, Crooked, Cascade Lakes

Shop desk. We do not take the money.

Call the shop Website

The Patient Angler — book a day

Bend, OR · wade / stillwater · Ask the shop

Good for: Bend trout and Cascade Lakes

Shop desk. We do not take the money.

Call the shop Website

If this isn’t the day