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April 4, 2025 Best bets for weekend fishing: With spring on the way, the Willamette River and other waterbodies are increasing in activity. Several waterbodies will be stocked with trout this week. Trout stocking Scheduled to be stocked the week of March 31: Huddleston Pond Stocked the week of March 24: Sheridan Pond, EE Wilson Pond, Sunnyside Park Pond, Row River Nature Park Pond, Dorena Reservoir, Junction City Pond, Timber Linn Lake, Canby Pond, Walling Pond, Foster Reservoir, Henry Hagg Lake, Dexter Reservoir, Pine Nursery Pond Check the 2025 trout stocking schedule Trout stocking maps Check out the ODFW fishing
April 3, 2025 Best bets for weekend fishing Kokanee fishing continues to be excellent on Lake Billy Chinook with fish averaging 13 inches; however, with spring run-off occurring water clarity is reduced in the Crooked and Deschutes River Arms making for challenging conditions With most year-round stream fisheries affected by spring runoff and poor water clarity, the spring-fed Metolius River is a good bet for consistent fishing for redband trout and whitefish. Anglers report good fishing for brown trout on the upper Deschutes upstream of the Old Mill area in Bend and around Tumalo State Park. At Haystack Reservoir anglers
April 3, 2025 Best bets for weekend fishing Despite high, muddy conditions, anglers on the lower Rogue are picking up a few Chinook and steelhead every day. Take your boots. Willow Lake would be a great place to close out spring break with a little trout fishing. The lake is stocked and the boat ramp and day use areas are open. The middle and upper Rogue is dropping into shape for steelhead fishing. Warmwater fishing should start picking up on Emigrant Reservoir – check out the flooded willows in the draw-down zones for bass. Ice is melting on Howard Prairie