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East Oregonian
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Saturday, July 3, 2021
Beat the heat on a lake in the Blue Mountains
DENNIS
DAUBLE
THE NATURAL WORLD
T
he history of the Blue
Mountains does not
begin with 10-foot-
tall mastodons, wandering
Indian tribes or the Oregon
Trail. It is written in ancient
rocks. According to the
noted geologist Ellen Morris
Bishop, the Blue Mountains
of Northeastern Oregon
began their life as a volca-
nic archipelago 400 million
years ago. Only during the
Ice Age did glaciers advance
to scour bedrock, erode
valleys and sculpt tall moun-
tain peaks. Examples of such
activity can be found in the
Lake Basin of the Wallowa
Mountains.
In contrast, the Blue
Mountains were not glaci-
ated. Consequently, they
have few if any natural
lakes. However, over the past
several decades, creative
engineering has led to a trio
of scenic high mountain
lakes having high recre-
ational value. Each water
body is well worth a visit as
valley temperatures heat up.
Dennis Dauble/Contributed Photo
Picturesque Jubilee Lake can be fi shed by wading along the shoreline or from a nonmotor-
ized vessel.
Olive Lake
Indian Lake
You could do no worse
than start your summer
trout experience at Indian
Lake (Lake Hiyuumptipin).
U.S. Forest Service/Contributed Photo
Located near the crest of the
Blues at 4,200 feet elevation, Olive Lake holds a good population of brook trout, along with stocked rainbows and naturally
Indian Lake was created in produced kokanee salmon.
the late 1960s by damming
Jubilee Lake
Much of Indian Lake’s
tiny Jennings Creek. Three
the Umatilla Indian Reser-
Jubilee Lake is the only
shoreline is accessible by
years ago, I camped in the
vation, Indian Lake is 34
game in town for still water
well-worn trails. However,
shelter of lodgepole pine
miles southeast of Pend-
trout in the Tollgate region
wading can be diffi cult
with military veterans who
leton. Drinking water, 43
because a rim of submerged
affi liated with a recovery
fee-based campsites with fi re of the Blues. This 20-acre
jewel of a lake was created in
aquatic vegetation lines
group called Heroes on the
pits, tipi rentals and an RV
much of the bank. Hence,
Water. We camped in the
disposal station are available the late 1960s by damming
meandering Mottet Creek.
launching a nonmechanized
shelter of slender lodgepole
for public use. A reservation
Jubilee is primarily a
fl oating vessel to fi sh from is fi shing permit is required
pine, swapped tall tales and
put-and-take fi shery for
an advantage.
trolled fl ies from pontoon
and can be purchased at the
catchable-sized rainbow
Owned and operated by
boats and kayaks for rainbow
lake during the camping
trout; however, holdovers
the Confederated Tribes of
trout up to 14 inches long.
season (See ctuir.org).
Bucks: ‘She’s is the kind of defender
everyone hates to play against’
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other three key players are
juniors. We had four fresh-
men play in the champion-
ship game in Ridgeview. The
future is looking bright here
at Pendleton.”
Hoisington led the Bucks
with an average of 10 points a
game. She also had 51 steals,
42 assists and 35 rebounds.
“It’s hard for me to fi gure
out how she wasn’t Player
of the Year in the confer-
ence,” Porter said. “There
are some good players, but
as an all-around player, she
is one of the better, if not the
best, in the league.”
Taber also averaged 10
points a game, and added 50
rebounds, 29 assists and 14
steals.
“Chloe is the kind of kid,
if it’s a game or practice,
you don’t see a change in
her work ethic,” Porter said.
“She is the best pure shooter
up to 16 inches are possible
following a mild winter. The
fi rst stocking by the Oregon
Department of Fish and
Wildlife occurred in early
June this year with addi-
tional plants planned over the
summer for a total of 16,000
legal-sized and 300 trophy-
size trout (14-16 inches).
The lake’s picturesque
shoreline is lined with
bulrush, willow and conifer,
yet provides plenty of access
for bank anglers. Cast from
the gentle sloping shoreline
or troll the inlet arm and
deep area near the outfl ow
where trout seek cool water
refuge in late summer.
Only nonmotorized water-
craft, including fl oat tubes,
pontoon boats and car-top-
pers, are allowed, which
lends to a quiet atmosphere.
Jubilee Lake is 12 miles
northeast of Tollgate. Forest
Service Road No. 64, off
Highway 204 between
Weston and Elgin, leads you
there. Adjacent to Jubilee is
the largest (53 camp sites)
and most popular fee-based
campground in the Umatilla
National Forest. Handicap
access is near the day-use
area and a graded perimeter
trail circles the entire lake.
I have ever coached.”
Jenness, who went down
with a knee injury in the
next-to-last regular-season
game, averaged 9.5 points a
game. She led the Bucks with
86 rebounds and also had 13
steals and nine assists.
“She is becoming a
complete basketball player,”
Porter said. “Every year she
has been on varsity, she has
increased her rebound totals.
She has a knack for watch-
ing the fl ight of the ball and
how it’s going to come off the
rim. She has the heart and
determination to get every
rebound and get the ball
down the fl oor.”
Samp fi nished the season
with six points per game,
along with 17 rebounds and
13 steals, but it’s her defense
that put her on the list.
“She’s is the kind of
defender everyone hates to
play against,” Porter said.
“Her knack for getting steals
and the pressure she puts on
people is phenomenal. She is
known for defense, but this
year she became a 3-point
shooter.”
Wilson chipped in six
points a game, along with 36
rebounds, 12 assists and 12
steals.
“Josie is a really, really
athletic player,” Porter said.
“Her fi rst varsity action was
when she was a freshman,
and we were loaded and won
the league title. I believed in
her. She’s never fi lled up the
stat sheet like Muriel, but
she is consistent with points,
rebounds and steals. Without
her, there would have been
a hole there someone would
have had to fi ll.”
The Bucks fi nished 9-1 in
IMC play and 10-2 overall.
They lost the IMC district
championship game game
to Ridgeview. Ravens senior
Paige Pentzer was named
Player of the Year.
Travel south down the
spine of the Blues and you
fi nd 160-acre Olive Lake
at 6,200 feet elevation. A
once-small natural lake
was deepened and enlarged
by a 30-foot-high crib-
and-rock dam built in the
early 1900s by the Fremont
Power Company to provide
hydroelectric power to the
then-booming gold mining
community.
Anglers have plenty of
choices when it comes to
fi shing Olive Lake. Approx-
imately 3,800 rainbow trout
were stocked by ODFW in
late June, of which 1,050
are trophy size. Natu-
ral-spawning populations of
brook trout are also pres-
ent. Kokanee, or landlocked
sockeye salmon, can be
caught trolling or jigging.
These “silvers” travel in
schools that move up and
down throughout the water
column in response to water
temperature, light, and pres-
ence of their favorite prey:
zooplankton.
Olive Lake campground
is 12 miles west of the old
mining town of Gran-
ite and 27 miles east of
Dale on Highway 395. The
fee-based, fi rst-come, fi rst-
served campground features
28 campsites, toilet facil-
ities, a boat ramp and two
docks. A 2-mile hiking trail
circles the lake. No potable
water or garbage service is
available. Gas and elec-
tric trolling boat motors
are allowed but no personal
watercraft.
The U.S. Forest Service
closed the campground
temporarily in mid-June
for hazard tree removal
with a planned opening
by early July. Additional
maintenance work may be
conducted around the dam
this summer (see fs.usda.
gov/Umatilla for more infor-
mation). Also starting in
July is the ability to reserve
most campsites on Recre-
ation.gov, while a limited
number of sites remain
available fi rst come, fi rst
served.
If you are like me, fi shing
is the main draw when I visit
a Blue Mountain lake. But
that’s only part of the expe-
rience. There also is ample
opportunity for hiking,
swimming, bird watching,
photography, mountain
biking, wildlife viewing and
berry picking. Alternatively,
you might choose to relax
in the shade of a tall fi r tree
and consider the origin of
ancient rock formations.
———
Dennis Dauble is a retired
fishery scientist, outdoor
writer, presenter and educator
who lives in Richland, Wash-
ington. For more stories about
outdoor adventure, including
fi sh and fi shing in area waters,
see DennisDaubleBooks.com.
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