Local Waters
Lake Simtustus (Perry South)
Madras, OR · about 40 min from Sisters (typical, off-peak)
Private land. Fish only if the landowner still allows it. Ask, stay where they said, leave gates as you found them. This is not a state lot.
Named reservoir. Permit water. Listed so testers do not show up with only an ODFW card.
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
- USFS Perry South Campground on Lake Simtustus. Forest camp. Warm Springs tribal fishing permit required on this reservoir — not a walk-in public Deschutes lot.
- 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 9:15 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:02
- 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
- 6-wt stillwater.
- Notes
- Named USFS camp. Warm Springs permit required. Confirm tribal and ODFW rules.
Warm Springs tribal fishing permit required. Not a plain ODFW walk-in.
Log this trip
Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.
Shops
The Fly Fisher's Place
151 W Main Ave, Sisters, OR 97759
Call — high-desert hours
Metolius, Crooked, Cascade Lakes. The Sisters desk.
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.