Recreation Report
Southwest Zone
Recreation Report
Weekend's Best Bets
SW Zone –
- Weather has been near perfect for some late season trout fishing on either Garrison or Floras Lakes. Garrison Lake in particular usually has some fairly good numbers of trout that carry over from the spring stockings.
- Anglers are still picking up fall chinook trolling the Chetco River estuary.
- Empire, Saunders, and Butterfield Lakes will be stocked by end of week 10/23/26 with legal trout.
Trout Stocking:
| WEEK | HATCHERY | ZONE | LOCATION | LEGALS | 1 LB | TROPHY |
| 10/19/2026 | Cole Rivers | SW | Butterfield Lake | 1600 | ||
| SW | Empire Lake | 3000 | ||||
| SW | Upper Powers Pond | 1300 | ||||
| SW | Saunders Lake | 1300 | ||||
| SW | Bradley Lake | 800 |