First Stocking to Receive 20,000 Legal Rainbows This Week


by OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff
3-20-2019
Website

Lost Creek is scheduled to receive its first stocking of 20,000 legal rainbow trout this week.  There should still be good populations of holdover fish from last year still present. The lake is 81 percent full and both ramps are usable. Surface temperature has risen to 47 degrees.

Recent reports indicate anglers have found success on red wedding rings fished with a worm behind a dodger or flashers have produced fish, as have PowerBait fished deep while trolling.

Some of the trout have external parasites called copepods. Fish parasites generally do not pose a threat to humans when fish are cooked, and copepods can be scraped off prior to cooking. Anglers are encourage to keep fish that have copepods while staying within the daily limit, since release simply allows the parasite to expand to other hosts.

 





More Reports

OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Reports
for Wednesday, March 20th, 2019

Ana Reservoir: Excellent Destination For Kids Out on Spring Break
Blitzen River: Spring Run-Off is Here
Gerber Reservoir: Reservoir is 70 Percent Full
Applegate River: Winter Steelhead in The Applegate Run Later Than Most Streams
Ben Irving Reservoir: Trout Fishing Should Be Good
Expo Pond: Fishing for Bass and Panfish is Fair
Empire Lake Lower: Try Fishing Bait Near the Bottom
Grande Ronde River: Anglers Reporting Good Catch Rates
Willow Lake: Anglers Finding Trout


3-14-2019
New phone line for reporting 2018 hunts The deadline to report all 2018 big game and turkey tags has been extended...... Read More