Upper Klamath Lake Fish Report for 2-19-2025
Most of the lake is frozen
Upper Klamath Lake - Klamath Falls, OR (Klamath County)

by OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff
2-19-2025
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Most of the lake is frozen except a small piece of open water near Pelican Marina to Link River Dam. The ice is starting to melt in certain locations Fishing has been very slow. The lake is open to fishing all year.
Please remember that nets or traps of any type cannot be used to catch any species of fish. This includes minnows to use for bait. See page 20 of the Sport Fishing Regulations for legal harvest methods for minnows and chubs.
ODFW encourages catch-and-release on this fishery due to record low spawning numbers in 2020 and very low numbers in 2019 and the record setting drought from 2020 through 2022 which reduced survival. Please fight your fish quickly and then release your fish immediately without removing it from the water. Releasing fish is easier with barbless hooks.
The lake is 1.2 feet below full pool and 81 percent full.
Please remember that once you retain your one redband/rainbow trout limit you must stop fishing for redband/rainbow trout. Also, all radio tagged redband trout must be released unharmed. Redband trout will have what looks to be fishing line coming from the abdomen.
except a small piece of open water near Pelican Marina to Link River Dam. The ice is starting to melt in certain locations Fishing has been very slow. The lake is open to fishing all year.
Please remember that nets or traps of any type cannot be used to catch any species of fish. This includes minnows to use for bait. See page 20 of the Sport Fishing Regulations for legal harvest methods for minnows and chubs.
ODFW encourages catch-and-release on this fishery due to record low spawning numbers in 2020 and very low numbers in 2019 and the record setting drought from 2020 through 2022 which reduced survival. Please fight your fish quickly and then release your fish immediately without removing it from the water. Releasing fish is easier with barbless hooks.
The lake is 1.2 feet below full pool and 81 percent full.
Please remember that once you retain your one redband/rainbow trout limit you must stop fishing for redband/rainbow trout. Also, all radio tagged redband trout must be released unharmed. Redband trout will have what looks to be fishing line coming from the abdomen.
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OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Reports
for Wednesday, February 19thEE Wilson Angling Pond: The pond is stocked with trout
Foster Reservoir: Look for smallmouth bass and yellow perch
Junction City Pond: This pond will be stocked again this week
Quartzville Creek: This river will likely be too high for the foreseeable future
Roaring River Park Pond: This small pond will be stocked!
Santiam River ( North Fork) : Fishing for steelhead is open
Santiam River (South Fork): Still some scattered summer steelhead
Sunnyside Park Pond: Bluegill and largemouth bass year-round
Timber Linn Lake: Timber Linn Updates
Walter Wirth Lake: Walter Wirth Updates
Waverly Lake: Fair warmwater fishing for bluegill and bass
Necanicum River: Still catch-and-release opportunity for wild steelhead
Nehalem River: Less-than-ideal fishing conditions
Nehalem River- North Fork: Winter steelhead fishing really picked up
Nestucca River: The Nestucca is running a little on the high side
Three Rivers: Three Rivers has been getting some hatchery steelhead
Trask River: The Trask is running high
Wilson River: The Wilson River has been fishable
Agency Lake: Agency Lake is warming up
Campbell Reservoir: The reservoir remains frozen
Fourmile Lake: Ice fishing might be possible
Gerber Reservoir: Anglers are ice fishing

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