Sky Lakes and Mountain Lake Wilderness Updates

Sky Lakes Wilderness Lakes - Chiloquin, OR


by OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff
7-3-2024
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Access is available to all lakes. Fishing should be good in the early mornings and late evenings. Rainbow trout Rapalas, Crocodiles, Super Dupers can work really well for the larger fish. ‌

Best lakes to catch fish are Clover, Como, Harriette, Echo, Weston and South Pass in the Mountain Lakes Wilderness and Sonya, Margurette and Isherwood in the Sky Lakes Wilderness. ‌

Best lakes for brook trout are Badger Lake (Sky Lakes Wilderness), which is a short hike from Fourmile Lake, and Clover Lake (Mountain Lakes Wilderness). Please report any Brook Trout caught in other lakes. Badger and Woodpecker Lakes are accessible from Fourmile Lake.‌

Best lures are typically dark Panther Martin spinners.‌

The biggest trout come from the bigger and deeper lakes of Harriette, Isherwood, Margurette, Sonya and Wizard Lakes. ‌

Please report Brook Trout captured in Elizabeth, Little Heavenly, Big Heavenly or Isherwood Lakes. 




More Reports

OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Reports
for Wednesday, July 3rd

John Day River: Bass are abundant throughout
Crane Prairie Reservoir: Anglers report good trout fishing
Crescent Lake: Crescent Lake Fishing Report
Haystack Reservoir: Haystack Reservoir Update
Metolius River: Metolius River continues to fish well
Ochoco Reservoir: Ochoco Reservoir Update
Prinevile Reservoir: Anglers report fair fishing
Blue River: Blue River Update
Blue River Reservoir: Blue River Reservoir Update
Clackamas River: Clackamas River Update
Clear Lake: Clear Lake Update
Coast Fork Willamette River: Coast Fork will be stocked
Detroit Reservoir: Detroit Reservoir is full
Gold Lake: Gold Lake fishing officially open
McKenzie River: McKenzie River Will Be Stocked
Middle Fork Willamette: Summer Fishing at Middle Fork Willamette River
Quartzville Creek: Quartzville Creek Update
Salmon Creek: Salmon Creek Update
Santiam River ( North Fork) : Santa River (North Fork) Update
Santiam River ( North Fork) Above Detroit Lake: Santiam River (North Fork) Above Detroit Update
Santiam River (South Fork): Good Flows at Santiam River (South Fork)
Kilchis River: Kilchis River
Necanicum River: Fair Trout Fishing
Nestucca River: Spring Chinook Fishing is Slow
Three Rivers: The Anti-Snagging Gear Restriction
Tillamook Bay: Tillamook Bay Update
Trask River: Trask River Update
Beulah Reservoir: Beulah Reservoir Update
Blitzen River: Blitzen River Update
Bully Creek Reservoir: Bully Creek Reservoir Update
Campbell Reservoir: Campbell Reservoir Update
Chickahominy Reservoir: Great Fishing at Chickahominy Reservoir
Delintment Lake: Great Fishing at Delintment Lake
Fish Lake : Great Fishing at Fish Lake
Fourmile Lake: Fourmile Lake Update
Gerber Reservoir: Incredible Densities of Yellow Perch and Some Larger Crappie
Upper Klamath Lake: Upper Klamath Lake Update
Klamath River - Upper - OR: Improved Fishing at Klamath River
Krumbo Reservoir: Anglers are Consistently Catching Trout
Lake Of The Woods: Lake of the Woods Update
Malheur Reservoir: Trout in the Malheur Reservoir
Mann Lake: Mann Lake Update
Miller Lake: Good Fishing at Miller Lake
Owyhee Reservoir: Owyhee Reservoir is 93 Percent Full
Owyhee River: Great Fishing at Owyhee River (Lower)

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6-28-2024
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