Local Waters
Prineville Youth Pond
Prineville, OR · about 62 hours from Greenfield (typical, off-peak)
Named city youth pond. Testers with kids in Crook County.
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
- Ochoco Creek Park / city lots at 1151 S Main Street, Prineville. City park. Youth 17 and under only.
- Walk in
- Short walk from the signed access.
- Wading
- Confirm flow before you step in.
- Usual window
- Confirm the current rule for this week.
- Saturday conditions
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Wind 17 mph on open water. Try a sheltered bank.
- Sky
- ☀️ 88° fair
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:13 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 10:59
- Wind at dawn
- W 17 mph · Patchy Blowing Dust · 88°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: W 17 mph
- 10am: W 17 mph
- 2pm: W 17 mph
- dusk: W 17 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 3-wt stillwater.
- Notes
- Youth 17 and under (disabled-permit where posted). Confirm ODFW.
Youth 17 and under only.
Log this trip
Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.
Shops
Fin & Fire
Redmond, OR
Call
Redmond desk. Crooked River country. Confirm the street address.
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.
The Patient Angler
50 SW Century Dr, Bend, OR 97702
Call
Bend trout desk. Cascade Lakes and the in-town Deschutes.
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.