Fishing at Belchers Reservoir, Multnomah County, Oregon

• Overview

  Belchers Reservoir belongs to Multnomah County, Oregon. The land about it is dry hill. Small even by pond standards, it rewards one careful line. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Multnomah County. Troutdale is the closest place, 4.1 miles off. Gresham sits 4.3 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here.

• Where to Fish on Belchers Reservoir

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Across Multnomah County, recorded fish include Chinook salmon, Coho salmon, rainbow trout, common carp and largescale sucker. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. At Belchers Reservoir light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 67°F for August and 40°F for January. Winter is the comfortable season here rather than the difficult one. The first and last hours carry the summer; the middle is slow. November and March are the quiet, comfortable months to be out. The season on Belchers Reservoir follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Tamura Reservoir, 2.1 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat access at Belchers Reservoir as something to verify.