
High lakes stocking schedule - Wallowa District
Includes lakes in the Eagle Cap Wilderness Area.
To help create fisheries in Oregon's back country, off-road areas, ODFW stocks 12 lakes in the Wallowa District every two years with rainbow trout.
Learn more about fishing high lakes
Lake Name | Acres | Depth | Elevation | National Forest/Wilderness* | |
Aneroid | 39 | 49' | 7,520' | Eagle Cap Wilderness | |
Crater | 12 | 10 | 7,500' | Eagle Cap Wilderness | |
Frances | 40 | 21' | 7,700' | Eagle Cap Wilderness | |
Hawk | 2.4 | 18' | 7,993' | Eagle Cap Wilderness | |
Heart | 3 | 23' | 7,340' | Eagle Cap Wilderness | |
Hobo | 8 | 34' | 8,320' | Eagle Cap Wilderness | |
Legore | 2 | 30' | 8,957' | Eagle Cap Wilderness | |
Mellard Pond | Eagle Cap Wilderness | ||||
Prospect | 14 | 100' | 8,380' | Eagle Cap Wilderness | |
Swamp | 43 | 23 | 7,837' | Eagle Cap Wilderness | |
Unit | 15 | 31' | 7,007' | Eagle Cap Wilderness | |
Van Patten | 23 | 75' | 7,500' | Wallowa Whitman NF |
* Trail links 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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