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B2 — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
SATURDAY, MAY 7, 2022
ODFW plans to stock trout in lakes, ponds around region
May 30-June 3
EO Media Group
LA GRANDE — The
Oregon Department of
Fish and Wildlife plans
to stock thousands of
rainbow trout, including
trophy fi sh, which are 15
inches or longer, over the
next month or so in lakes,
ponds and rivers across
Northeastern Oregon.
The majority of the trout
released are “legals” — at
least 8 inches long, and thus
legal for anglers to keep.
The trout stocking
schedule, which is subject
to change:
Week of May 9-13
• Victor Pond, 500 legals,
50 trophy
• Hunter Pond (Starkey
Forest), 200 legals, 100
trophy
• Unity Reservoir, 4,000
legals, 1,000 trophy
• Wolf Creek Reservoir,
4,000 legals, 1,000 trophy
• Highway 203 Pond,
2,250 legal, 825 trophy
• Magone Lake, 2,850
legals, 40 trophy
• Roulet Pond, 1,100
legal, 200 trophy
• Weavers Pond, 500
legals, 50 trophy
• Morgan Lake, 1,750
legals
• Marr Pond, 400 legals,
75 trophy
• Peach (Ladd) Pond,
1,000 legal, 75 trophy
• Umapine Pond, 100
trophy
Week of May 16-20
• Kinney Lake, 2,500
legals, 250 trophy
• Honeymoon Pond, 500
legals, 50 trophy
• Phillips Reservoir,
3,000 legals, 750 trophy
• Wallowa Lake, 6,000
legals, 300 trophy
• Luger Pond, 450 legals,
100 trophy
• Teepee Pond, 500
legals, 50 trophy
• Taylor Green Pond, 200
legals, 100 trophy
• South Fork Burnt River,
1,000 legals
• Balm Creek Reservoir,
2,000 legals
• Teepee Pond, 500
legals, 50 trophy
• Marr Pond, 1,000
legals, 250 trophy
• Morgan Lake, 1,250
legals
• Victor Pond, 500 legals,
50 trophy
• Honeymoon Pond, 500
legals, 50 trophy
• Wallowa Lake, 6,000
legals, 300 trophy
• Magone Lane, 1,000
legals, 1,000 trophy
• Weavers Pond, 1,000
legals, 50 trophy
Schedules and maps
for trout stocking plans
later in the year are avail-
able at https://myodfw.
com/fi shing/species/trout/
stocking-schedule.
Fishing forecast
Wolf Creek Reservoir
Reservoir is slowly
fi lling, and the boat ramp
is now useable. However,
the reservoir is still very
low. Without a substantial
increase in water, the res-
ervoir may drop quickly
throughout the year so
fi shing may be best over the
next couple months.
Thief Valley Reservoir
Reservoir is full. Thief
Valley drained signifi -
cantly last year, and there
may not be many fi sh that
survived through the fall
and winter. However, the
reservoir has recently been
stocked with rainbow trout.
Fishing will probably be
best over the next couple
months before the reser-
voir drops again due to
increasing water releases
in the spring and summer.
Unity Reservoir
Reservoir is about 86%
full, and anglers have been
successful catching 16-
to 17-inch rainbow trout.
Fishing from shore with bait
has been a good technique,
and fi shing from a boat will
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, File
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife plans to stock 475
rainbow trout, including 75 trophy fi sh 15 inches or longer, in
Wallowa County’s Marr Pond the week of May 9-13.
probably also be a good way
to fi sh the reservoir. Fishing
will likely be best at Unity
Reservoir over the next
couple of months while the
reservoir has a good amount
of water in it.
Grande Ronde River
Steelhead fi shing is
closed until Sept. 1, 2022.
Variable fl ows may make
fi shing diffi cult during
spring runoff . As the water
warms, bass fi shing will
become better in the lower
Grande Ronde. Anglers are
reminded that bull trout and
Chinook salmon may be
encountered in the Grande
Ronde River and must be
released unharmed.
season opened on April 15.
There is a predicted run of
approximately 3,000 spring
chinook returning to the
Umatilla River. Fishing has
been slow, but there have
been anglers out trying to
take advantage of the early
bright fi sh and the fi sh are
starting to show up in the
past week. The fl ows in
the Umatilla came up in
the past week from recent
rain, but fl ows are starting
to drop slightly and this is
when anglers should really
concentrate their eff orts as
the increase in fl ows tends
to move fi sh into the system.
Anglers should start to fi nd
success as the clarity of the
river improves and the river
starts to drop. Most anglers
use egg set up with a slinky
weight bounced off the
bottom or some have found
success with spinners with
water temperatures being
relatively cold.
Trout fi shing on the
Umatilla River, and its trib-
utaries, is closed until May
22. Bass and other warm-
water species remain open
all year.
Wallowa Lake
Fishing has been good
for rainbow trout near
the south end of the lake.
Anglers have had success
using both fl ies and lures.
Anglers can have good suc-
cess wading out from shore
and casting lures or fl ies
near where fi sh are rising.
Boat anglers will have
better access to more of
the lake and may fi nd fi sh
near areas where the depth
drops off . There are some
nice kokanee available this
year with some fi sh around
16 to 18 inches. Jigging and
trolling for kokanee can
both be productive ways of
fi shing for them.
Brownlee Reservoir
Reservoir is about 20
feet below full, and all boat
ramps are usable. Anglers in
the Powder River arm have
recently had good catches
of perch, and bass have fre-
quently been caught. Some
crappie have been caught,
but cooler weather has prob-
ably slowed the crappie
fi shing. Bass fi shing in the
upper reservoir has been
good when water tempera-
tures have warmed. How-
ever, during cooler weather,
bass fi shing has been more
diffi cult. Anglers have had
some success trolling for
trout near the Burnt River.
Imnaha River
Steelhead fi shing is
closed until Sept. 1, 2022.
Trout fi shing may be good
when water conditions
allow. When the water tem-
perature increases, bass
fi shing may be good in
the lower portions of the
river. Anglers are reminded
that bull trout and chinook
salmon may be encountered
in the Imnaha River and
must be released unharmed.
Magone Lake
The lake is accessible,
and fi shing should be good
for holdover trout. Trout
stocking is planned for the
week of May 9-13.
Umatilla River
Summer steelhead
fi shing is closed.
The spring chinook
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