Local Waters
Lost Lake (Nehalem / Elsie)
Elsie, OR · about 4 hours from Sisters (typical, off-peak)
Easy Angling Northwest leftover — the Coast Range Lost Lake, not the Hood one.
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.
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Trout
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Smallmouth bass
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Sunfish and crappie
Also worth a thought: Largemouth bass.
- Season
- Typical opener Apr 25 through October. Wild fish, flies, and C&R stretches are common. Confirm ODFW. Official rule
- License
- Oregon angling license (ODFW)
- Park
- Clatsop State Forest Lost Lake day-use and primitive launch off Lost Lake Rd east of Spruce Run Park on Nehalem River Rd.
- Walk in
- Short from the forest lot around the shore.
- Wading
- Bank, tube, or small boat. Whole-lake bank.
- Usual window
- Stocked March into September. Surplus steelhead some winters. Confirm ODFW.
- Tuesday conditions
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SSW 3 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- 🌧️ 73° rain
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:34 · 🌖 Waning gibbous · Set 10:55
- Wind at dawn
- SSW 3 mph · Partly Cloudy · 54°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: SSW 3 mph
- 10am: SSW 2 mph
- 2pm: SW 2 mph
- dusk: W 6 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 4- or 5-wt.
- Notes
- Easy Angling Northwest. Named state-forest day-use. 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.