Open all year. Best fishing is near the outlet and around Pelican Bay at Rocky Point. The lake is freezing and thawing in some locations. Rain this week will likely thaw sections of the lake. The lake is not safe or good for ice fishing.

Most boat ramps are frozen except Rocky Point. Odessa Creek boat ramp is closed as gate is locked. Day use is allowed.

Hagelstein Park boat ramp, restroom and day use is open. Please remember that nets or traps of any type cannot be used to catch any species of fish. This includes minnows to use for bait. See page 20 of the Sport Fishing Regulations for legal harvest methods for minnows and chubs.

ODFW encourages catch-and-release on this fishery due to record low spawning numbers in 2020 and very low numbers in 2019. Please fight your fish quickly and then release your fish immediately without removing it from the water. Releasing fish is easier with barbless hooks.  

The lake is 3.4 feet below full pool and 48 percent full.

Please remember that once you retain your one redband/rainbow trout limit you must stop fishing for redband/rainbow trout. Also, all radio tagged redband trout must be released unharmed. Redband trout will have what looks to be fishing line coming from the abdomen. These fish will be 6-20 inches long.