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Miller Lake is a large natural freshwater lake in the Cascade Range in western Klamath County in the U.S. state of Oregon. The lake is in the Winema National Forest, about 14 miles (23 km) west of Chemult via Miller Lake Road (Forest Road 9772). [4] [5] Recreation at the lake includes fishing for stocked rainbow and brown trout and kokanee. [6]
It is open to fishing year-round from boats or from the shore. [16] The situation below Bowman Dam, which creates the reservoir, is quite different. According to Fishing in Oregon, the Crooked River is "one of the most productive trout streams in Oregon." [15] Most productive are the 7 miles (11 km) of easily accessible stream below the dam. [15]
According to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, the best fishing occurs in the late winter and early spring. Most of the recreational fishing occurs between Ana Reservoir and River Ranch Campground. Rainbow trout range in size fingerings to over 20 inches (510 mm), and the hybrid bass can reach 18 pounds (8.2 kg).
Tribal fishing for Chinook and steelhead occurs at Sherars Falls. Crane Prairie Reservoir, the first major lake/reservoir the Deschutes flows into, offers some of the best rainbow trout fishing in Oregon, with a large number of rainbows in the 4-10 pound range and some reaching 20 pounds. [24]
The river supports populations of rainbow trout (including runs of steelhead), as well as cutthroat trout. Trout fishing, best along the stream's upper reaches, is catch and release. Chinook salmon also frequent the river, but fishing for them on the Little North Santiam is not allowed. [12]
Catch-and-release fishing for trout is allowed on the main stem and the Hot Springs Fork tributary, but the streams are closed to fishing for salmon and steelhead. [7] For whitewater runners, the river is considered as two or three sections which range from class II to class V on the International Scale of River Difficulty. Suggested flow range ...
The reservoir now serves as one of Oregon's largest rainbow trout fisheries. The heaviest fish ever caught in the lake was a 19-pound (8.6 kg) trout. [1] The Deschutes River, which originates at Little Lava Lake, flows south for 8.4 miles (13.5 km) to Crane Prairie Reservoir. [5]
Fish Lake (Harney County, Oregon) located within the Steens Mountain Wilderness at an elevation of over 7300 feet (2225 meters), source of Lake Creek and endpoint of Lake Creek Canyon Fish Lake (Jackson County, Oregon) formerly a natural lake, now an impoundment of the north fork of Little Butte Creek: Fish Lake (Marion County, Oregon)