ANTELOPE FLAT RESERVOIR – Opportunities for carryover rainbow trout from 10-18 inches are good, however anglers are reporting mixed success. Anglers should fish the deeper water near the dam this time of year. BIG LAVA LAKE: Angler success has picked up. Anglers fishing the bottom with powerbait or worms are having success along with those anglers trolling lures and fly anglers. The fish being caught are in excellent condition. CLEAR LAKE: Clear Lake, located about 20 ... [full story]

MCMINNVILLE - The Fish and Wildlife Commission today approved $127,079 in funding for eight Fish Restoration and Enhancement projects benefiting fish and angling throughout Oregon . Created by the Oregon legislature in 1989, the R&E program funds projects that restore or enhance fisheries and habitat, educate the public, support fish stocking or research efforts to improve or sustain fisheries. Its seven-member citizen board reviews project proposals and makes funding recommendations to the state Fish and ... [full story]

ANTELOPE FLAT RESERVOIR: Opportunities for carryover rainbow trout from 10-18 inches are good; however anglers are reporting mixed success. BIG LAVA LAKE : Angler success has picked up. Anglers fishing the bottom with powerbait or worms are having success along with those anglers trolling lures and fly anglers. The fish being caught are in excellent condition. CLEAR LAKE : Clear Lake , located about 20 miles west of Maupin, has been stocked with keeper trout ... [full story]

ANTELOPE FLAT RESERVOIR: Opportunities for carryover rainbow trout from 10-18 inches are good; however anglers are reporting mixed success. BIG LAVA LAKE: Angler success has picked up. Anglers fishing the bottom with powerbait or worms are having success along with those anglers trolling lures and fly anglers. Angling prospects for the weekend and 4th of July are good. The fish being caught are in excellent condition. CLEAR LAKE: Clear Lake, located about 20 miles west of Maupin, ... [full story]

ANTELOPE FLAT RESERVOIR: Opportunities for carryover rainbow trout from 10-18 inches are good. No recent reports BIG LAVA LAKE : Midge hatch is abating and the fish seem to be giving a little more attention to the offerings of the anglers. Never less the overall assessment is that fishing is still a little on the slow side, picking up a little with prospects for the next week looking good. The fish that are being caught ... [full story]

ANTELOPE FLAT RESERVOIR: Reservoir is full. Opportunities for carryover rainbow trout from 10-18 inches are good. Anglers are reporting success near the dam. Reservoir was also recently stocked with legal size rainbow trout. BIG LAVA LAKE: Reports are that fishing was pretty good late last week though the catch slowed over the weekend. The rainbow trout are running 13 to 22 inches in length and in very good condition. CLEAR LAKE: Clear Lake, located about 20 ... [full story]

Unlike most steelhead streams, the Hood River offers year-round steelhead fishing opportunities for both summer and winter-run steelhead. Angler opportunity peaks, however, when the winter run steelhead return in late winter or early spring. Being one of easternmost populations of winter steelhead in the Columbia Basin , the Hood River run is later than most winter run populations. The hatchery population is comprised entirely from wild broodstock, so hatchery and wild fish return at nearly ... [full story]

CONTACTS:Brad Wurfel, Salem, 503-947-6020 Meghan Collins, Roseburg, 541-440-3353 Mary Hoverson, LaGrande, 541-963-2138Anne Pressentin-Young, Clackamas, 503-657-2000Fax: (503) 947-6009 OVERVIEWSteelhead anglers have ample opportunities throughout the state. The winter steelhead update is designed to help anglers identify productive river systems and specific locations for pursuing winter steelhead and to draw attention to any recent angling regulation changes. ODFW maintains a rigorous stocking and fishery management program throughout Oregon , to maximize angling opportunities. All anglers are advised ... [full story]

While the Deschutes River is famous for its summer run steelhead, good fishing opportunities exist well into the winter for summer-run hatchery fish that remain in the river. Summer-run fish are slow to mature and do not typically begin spawning until early spring in the Deschutes . Slowly migrating or holding fish provide anglers opportunity throughout the Lower Deschutes for most of the winter. While not as popular as the summer fishery, winter steelhead angling ... [full story]