Fishing for trout and whitefish is open

Lookingglass Creek


by OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff
5-22-2025
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Fishing for trout and whitefish is open on Lookingglass Creek. Anglers can catch trout on flies or lures while whitefish can be caught most effectively with submerged flies like bead head nymphs. Bull trout may be encountered, and any bull trout caught must be released.

Unfortunately, the number of Chinook salmon returning to Lookingglass Creek is too small to allow for a sport fishing season in 2025. Juvenile mortality associated with dams on the Snake and Columbia Rivers along with poor ocean conditions driven by climate change have resulted in poor returns of salmon to many tributaries in the Snake River basin. For more information, please see the press release on the decision to not have a Chinook salmon sport fishing season on Lookingglass Creek. 




More Reports

OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Reports
for Thursday, May 22nd

Grande Ronde River: Spring is a great time of year to catch trout and whitefish
Hat Rock Pond: Hat Rock Pond is scheduled to be stocked with rainbow trout
Imnaha River: Catch trout and whitefish in the Imnaha
Jubilee Lake: Successful fishing in the morning and evening

OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Reports
for Wednesday, May 21st

Nestucca River: There is a run of hatchery summer steelhead in the Nestucca
Three Rivers: Spring Chinook and summer steelhead are starting to show up
Quartzville Creek: Flows have increased from recent rains.
Sunnyside Park Pond: This pond was recently stocked
Walter Wirth Lake: Good access all the way around