Local Waters
North Powder Pond
North Powder, OR · about 4 hours from Maupin (typical, off-peak)
Easy Angling Southeast leftover — the I-84 pond a Baker-side angler would notice missing.
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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Smallmouth bass
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Trout
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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
- Public pond lot 0.4 miles off US 30 just east of I-84 exit 285. Bank parking. No other facilities.
- Walk in
- Short from the dirt lot to the bank.
- Wading
- Bank only.
- Usual window
- Stocked April, May, and late September. Confirm ODFW.
- Monday conditions
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Wind ? mph.
- Sky
- ⛅ 86° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:03 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 10:45
- Wind at dawn
- 0 mph · Mostly Clear · 51°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: 0 mph
- 10am: 0 mph
- 2pm: E 3 mph
- dusk: NE 6 mph
- Next dawn (Tuesday)
- W 1 mph around dawn. Fine to go. · W 1 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 4- or 5-wt.
- Notes
- Easy Angling Southeast. Named public pond. Confirm ODFW.
Overnight plan: Monday evening and Tuesday dawn. Book two nights if you want the morning. Drive time is to the stay, then a few minutes to the water.
Log this trip
Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.
Shops
No shop pinned yet. Ask around before you invent a honey hole.
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.