Local Waters
Walton Lake
Prineville, OR · about 2 hours from Maupin (typical, off-peak)
The small Ochoco lake ODFW listed just past the 90-minute Bend ring.
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 Walton Lake Campground off Hwy 26 east of Prineville. Forest Pass / camp fee.
- Walk in
- Short walk from the public lot.
- Wading
- Lots of bank. Family water.
- Usual window
- Confirm ODFW for this week.
- Thursday conditions
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W 2 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⛅ 81° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:17 · 🌕 Full moon · Set 10:49
- Wind at dawn
- W 2 mph · Mostly Clear · 47°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: W 2 mph
- 10am: 0 mph
- 2pm: N 1 mph
- dusk: NW 5 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 5- or 6-wt unless the water is bigger.
- Notes
- Named USFS. ODFW Bend 50-list 'feeling up for a drive.' Confirm ODFW.
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.
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.