Local Waters
Walter Wirth Lake
Salem, OR · about 80 min from Portland, OR (typical, off-peak)
Easy Angling Willamette leftover — Salem's airport-side family lake.
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
- Cascade Gateway Park lots off Turner Rd SE near the Salem airport. City park, year-round.
- Walk in
- Short from the park lot. Some accessible bank.
- Wading
- Bank and a non-motorized slide. Not a wade river.
- Usual window
- Stocked April through June; warmwater after. Confirm ODFW.
- Sunday conditions
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S 2 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⛅ 80° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:22 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:07
- Wind at dawn
- S 2 mph · Mostly Cloudy · 60°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: S 2 mph
- 10am: S 1 mph
- 2pm: NNW 5 mph
- dusk: N 8 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 4- or 5-wt.
- Notes
- Easy Angling Willamette. Named city park. 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.
No desk pinned yet. Ask the shop above who they trust here.