Local Waters
Salmon Creek (Oakridge)
Oakridge, OR · about 66 hours from Portland (typical, off-peak)
Easy Angling Willamette leftover — stocked public forest creek.
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, Salmon.
- Season
- Legal on many waters. West-side streams drop and warm. Fish dawn. Confirm ODFW. Official rule
- License
- Oregon angling license (ODFW)
- Park
- USFS Salmon Creek Falls Campground and day-use on Forest Rd 24, five miles east of Oakridge.
- Walk in
- Short from the day-use lot to the falls water.
- Wading
- Wadable. Footing is wet rock.
- Usual window
- Stocked spring into August. Confirm ODFW.
- Sunday conditions
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NE 5 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⚡ 74° storm
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:21 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:03
- Wind at dawn
- NE 5 mph · Patchy Drizzle · 65°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: NE 5 mph
- 10am: E 6 mph
- 2pm: E 7 mph
- dusk: E 5 mph
- Flow
- 556 cfs · 2.89 ft · 62°F water · 6:00 pm · MF WILLAMETTE RIVER ABV SALT CRK, NEAR OAKRIDGE,OR · USGS gauge
- A setup that belongs here
- 4- or 5-wt.
- Notes
- Easy Angling Willamette. Named USFS campground and 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.
The Caddis Fly — book a day
Eugene, OR · wade / drift · Half or full day
Good for: McKenzie and Willamette Valley public water
Shop desk. Ask who they send west of the Cascades.