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Willamette Zone

High lakes stocking schedule - Mid-Willamette District

July 13, 2023

Includes lakes in the Willamette National Forest and Mt. Jefferson Wilderness.

To help create fisheries in Oregon's back country, off-road areas, ODFW stocks almost 40 lakes in the Mid-Willamette District every two years with brook and rainbow trout.

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Lake Name Acres Depth Elevation Species National Forest/Wilderness*
Alice 1 9' 5,400' RB Willamette NF
Bays 1 9' 6,000' BT Mt Jefferson Wilderness
Bear 9 24' 5,260' BT Mt Jefferson Wilderness
Berley, Lower 6 23' 5,300' RB Mt Jefferson Wilderness
Berley, Upper 7 20' 5,350' BT Mt Jefferson Wilderness
Blue 12 40' 5,425' BT Willamette NF
Bowerman 6 10' 5,050' BT Willamette NF
Clagget 6 10' 4,921 RB Mt Jefferson Wilderness
Clinton 1 12' 4,950' RB Mt Jefferson Wilderness
Craig 5 14' 5,300' BT Mt. Jefferson Wilderness
Davey 2 14' 5,200' RB Mt Jefferson Wilderness
Dixie, North 3 8' 5,200' RB Mt. Jefferson Wildnerness
Duffy 30 30' 4,800' RB & BT Mt. Jefferson Wildnerness
Green Peak 6 12' 5,580' BT Mt. Jefferson Wilderness
Grenet 4 15' 5,180' RB Mt. Jefferson Wilderness
J Jake 1 26' 5,050' RB Mt. Jefferson Wildnerness
Jan (Corvallis) 2 23' 5,350' BT Mt Washington Wilderness
Jenny 3 9' 5,850' RB Mt. Jefferson Wilderness
Jorn 35 35' 5,050' RB Willamette NF
Lake O' Woods 5 9' 4,900' RB Willamette NF
Lard 5 19' 4,000' BT Mt. Washington Wilderness
Lula 4 18' 5,150 BT Mt Jefferson Wilderness
Maxwell 1 13' 5,500' BT Mt Jefferson Wilderness
Melis 5 17' 4,900' RB Willamette NF
Mildred 3 11' 4,700' RB Mt. Jefferson Wilderness
Mowich 54 45' 5,300' RB & BT Mt. Jefferson Wilderness
Pinet 4 10'  4,350 BT Willamette NF
Prill 8 20' 5,130' BT Mt Jefferson Wilderness
Pyramid 5 10' 5,400 BT Mt Jefferson Wilderness
Ralph's 2 11' 4,990' RB Mt Jefferson Wilderness
Russell 12 27' 6,000' RB Mt Jefferson Wilderness
Red Butte 6 22' 5,400' BT  
Sad 2 10' 5,100' BT Mt Jefferson Wilderness
Santiam 16 40' 5,100' RB & BT Mt Jefferson Wilderness
Scout 7 30' 6,000' BT Mt Jefferson Wilderness
Sheep 2 6' 4,930' BT Mt Jefferson Wilderness
Slideout 6 20' 4,760' BT Mt Jefferson Wilderness
Swallow 2 13' 5,300' RB Mt Jefferson Wilderness
Temple 11 9' 4,415' RB Mt Jefferson Wilderness
Turpentine 8 29' 4,690 RB & BT Mt Jefferson Wilderness
Whiskey 3 12' 4,950' BT Mt Jefferson Wilderness

* RB-T = triploid rainbow trout; BT = triploid brook trout
Trails linked are for general guidance only. Consult the nearest US Forest Service office for the latest trail conditions. 

For more information about these lakes -- including the species stock, GPS coordinates and additional trail notes -- click here.

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