Upper Klamath Lake - The lake is 2.6 feet below full pool and 58 percent full

The lake is 2.6 feet below full pool and 58 percent full

Upper Klamath Lake - Klamath Falls, OR (Klamath County)

by OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff
2-1-2023
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Open all year. Best fishing is near the outlet and around Pelican Bay at Rocky Point. Most of the lake is frozen. Both Moore Park boat ramps are frozen. Howard and Shoalwater bays are frozen.

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 2.6 feet below full pool and 58 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.

More Reports

OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Reports

for Wednesday, February 1st, 2023

Hood River: Some anglers have been out steelhead fishing, but no reports of fish caught yet
Lake Billy Chinook: Anglers report good winter kokanee and bull trout fishing
Detroit Reservoir: Currently the water level is back down at its lowest level to maximize flood storage
Santiam River ( North Fork) : River is currently running around 1,440 cfs at the gauge in Mehama
Alsea River: The popular NF Alsea fishery is open and improving
Kilchis River: The Kilchis is low and clear
Miami River: Miami will be very low and clear again this week
Necanicum River: The Necanicum will remain very low and clear this week
Nehalem River- North Fork: Fishing on the North Fork Nehalem has remained slow this week
Salmon River: Steelhead are starting to push up and throughout the system
Siletz River: Winter steelhead are movingup in the Siletz River
Siuslaw River: Winter steelhead are showing up on the Siuslaw River
Trask River: The Trask is going to remain low and clear this week
Wilson River: Winter steelhead fishing slowed on the Wilson this week
Yaquina River: Fishing has been challenging the past few weeks but it’s starting to pick up
Ben Irving Reservoir: Anglers may have some success on warmer afternoons fishing for bluegill or bass
Chetco River: Chetco is Low and Clear
Cooper Creek Reservoir: Trout fishing may be good on warmer days
Diamond Lake: There have been recent reports of folks fishing on the ice and catching fish
Elk River: Elk River is Low and Clear
Fish Lake : Anglers have been doing very well ice fishing at Fish Lake in the last few week
Lake Marie: Lake Marie has slowed after a productive early winter
Lake Selmac: Fishing for trout should be good as temperatures have cooled
Lemolo Lake: Trout fishing typically slows during the winter but can be good when conditions allow
Lost Creek Lake: Lost Creek Lake Report
Rogue River- Lower: Fishing pressure has slowed as flows have dropped
Rogue River - Middle: Current flow is around 1,400 cfs and temperature in the low-40s F
Sixes River: Steelhead are scattered through the river
Smith River: The Smith is getting low and clear
Umpqua River: Fish are slowing down with the cold
North Umpqua River: Anglers a still catching steelhead, but the numbers are getting lower
South Umpqua River : Still been seeing a fair number of hatchery steelhead being caught
Winchuck River: Fishing pressure has been very light
Ana Reservoir: Fishing with bait from the bank in January has been good for trout
Ana River: Ana River Report
Duncan Reservoir: Duncan Reservoir is Slowly filling up
Fourmile Lake: Snow is blocking access into Fourmile Lake

Two rod validation allowed in the Willamette River starting March 1 below the Falls, April 16 above

Willamette River

1-31-2023
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