The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has stuffed more than 50 Oregon lakes and a handful of streams with more about 120,000 hatchery trout ahead of Memorial Day Weekend.
To help you find some of those trout for yourself, maybe closer to home, I’ve broken down the ODFW’s data into several helpful lists.
The first list below ranks the 15 reservoirs, lakes and rivers that the state scheduled to be stocked with the most trout during the week ahead of the three-day holiday.
All of these spots are stocked with at least 2,500 hatchery trout, and some with many more legals and/or larger trout than that. If you’re looking for LOTS of trout, start there.
After the list of top spots, continue down this page to find all of the stocking locations for each of Oregon’s angling zones. The locations are followed by the numbers of trout that were slated to be planted at each spot, as well as a total stocked across that regional area.
The stocking numbers that include an asterisk (*) all include larger trout in the mix. Most of the those are trophy trout measuring 14 to 17 inches and usually weighing over a pound. A smattering of the larger fish are brood trout, which can be massive.
All together, over 60 locations across the state were expected to be stocked in recent days.
You’ll also notice that many of the bodies of water are hyperlinked. Click those links to reach articles with more detailed information about each location. I’m still in the process of updating some of those articles as I wrap this one up, but all will give you some additional insights.
15 Fishing Spots Heavily Stocked for Memorial Day
- Applegate Lake, 15,500
- Detroit Lake, 9,000
- Jubilee Lake, 7,700
- Wallowa Lake, 7,550
- Willow Lake (former Willow Creek Res.), 5,500
- Timothy Lake, 4,050
- Santiam River, North Fork above Detroit Lake, 4,000
- Clear Lake, 3,225
- Tenmile Lake, North, 3,000
- Tenmile Lake, South, 3,000
- Lost Lake, 2,835
- Foster Reservoir, 2,800
- Kinney Lake, 2,750
- Cleawox Lake, 2,568
- Rogue River, above Lost Creek, 2,500
Northwest Zone
Alder Lake, 602*
Buck Lake, 566
Cleawox Lake, 2,568*
Dune Lake, 536*
Perkins Lake, 300
Scout Lake (formerly Scout Camp Lake), 200*
TOTAL THIS ZONE: 4,772
Southwest Zone
Applegate Lake, 15,500*
Empire Lake, Upper, 1,000*
Fish Lake, 500*
Rogue River above Lost Creek, 2,500
Spalding Pond, 600
Tenmile Lake, North, 3,000
Tenmile Lake, South, 3,000
Willow Lake (former Willow Cr Res), 5,500*
TOTAL THIS ZONE: 31,600
Willamette Zone
Alton Baker Canal, 1,200
Blue River Reservoir, 2,000
Breitenbush River, 1,400
Carmen Reservoir, 750
Detroit Lake, 9,000*
EE Wilson Pond, 850
Fall Creek (Willamette River), 1,200
Foster Reservoir, 2,800*
Harriet Lake, 2,250*
Henry Hagg Lake, 2,000
Junction City Pond, 900
Leaburg Lake, 1,400
Quartzville Creek, 1,650
Santiam River, North Fork, 4,000
Sheridan Pond, 800
Silver Creek Reservoir, 1,935*
Smith River Reservoir, 1,000
Timber Linn Lake, 900
Timothy Lake, 4,050*
Trillium Lake, 2,050
Willamette River, Coast Fork, 800
TOTAL THIS ZONE: 42,935
Central Zone
Antelope Flat Reservoir, 200*
Clear Lake, 3,225*
Lost Lake, 2,835*
Olallie Lake, 55*
Shevlin Pond, 666
Twin Lake, North, 500*
Twin Lake, South, 500*
TOTAL THIS ZONE: 7,981
Northeast Zone
Aldrich Ponds, 650
Hog Creek Pond, 300
Holliday Park Pond, 1,100
Honeymoon Pond, 50*
Jubilee Lake, 7,700
Kinney Lake, 2,750*
Seventh Street Pond, 1,100
Morgan Lake, 1,650
Teepee Pond, 50*
Umatilla Forest Ponds (North), 750
Umatilla Forest Ponds (South), 2,150
Walla Walla Forest Ponds (North), 750
Walla Walla Forest Ponds (South), 1,150
Wallowa Lake, 7,550*
Wildcat Pond, 200
TOTAL THIS ZONE: 27,900
Southeast Zone
Ana Reservoir, 2,250
Balm Creek Reservoir, 1,000
Heart Lake, 300*
Lake of the Woods, 1,270*
TOTAL THIS ZONE: 4,820