Lake / pond Open — summer low / warm

Lost Lake (Nehalem / Elsie)

Elsie, OR · about 4 hours from Maupin (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

Season

Legal on many waters. West-side streams drop and warm. Fish dawn. 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.

Friday conditions

Weather is not in yet.

A setup that belongs here

4- or 5-wt.

Notes

Easy Angling Northwest. Named state-forest day-use. Confirm ODFW.

Maps Call shop

Log this trip

Stays on this phone only. Nobody else sees it.

21570 Willamette Dr, West Linn, OR 97068
Often 10:30am–4pm — confirm

Portland metro desk. Clackamas, Sandy, and the lower Willamette.

Call Website

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.