Lost Creek Reservoir Updates

Lost Creek Lake - Trail, OR (Jackson County)


by OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff
10-16-2024
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Lost Creek's current elevation is about 1810 feet or 40 percent full and slowly dropping. The Takelma boat ramp is open for sure but Stewart will likely close soon as the lake elevation is below 1,812 feet. Crowds have thinned allowing anglers to enjoy the very good fall-winter trout fishery provided at Lost Creek.

On Oct. 10 the reservoir was stocked with 5,000 legal sized rainbow and 2,300 larger trout. An angler caught several nice rainbow trout fishing worms near the bottom in the vicinity of the Highway 62 bridge recently. Trollers can have very good success at Lost Creek using a variety of gear: Apex lures, Brad's cut plug lures with scent, red hoochies, and wedding rings. Trout can be caught at a variety of depth from the surface down to about 50 feet. Lures are often fish behind dodgers, and can be spiked with corn, worms or power worms. Copepods are often present. The fish are safe to eat when cooked, and the the copepods can be scraped off. Bank fishing on both sides of the dam can be very effective using PowerBait.

Bass fishing has been good at Lost Creek. Bass have been caught on ned rigs, wacky rigs, and a Texas rigged Senko.

Anglers can get the latest reservoir details by calling the US Army Corps Lost Creek Lake and Applegate Reservoir projects information line at 1-800-472-2434.




More Reports

OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Reports
for Wednesday, October 16th

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