Fishing at Collard Lake, Lane County, Oregon

• Overview

  Lane County in Oregon is where Collard Lake sits. Elevation runs to 128 feet. With some 42 acres of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Ground here is low by Oregon standards. You are 3.7 miles from Florence. For a city, Eugene is 49 miles off. If this one is busy: 0.8 miles away is Clear Lake, Mercer Lake at 1 mile, 1.4 miles away is Ackerley Lake, Sutton Lake at 1.7 miles and 1.9 miles away is Munsel Lake. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Collard Lake

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Survey and observation records for Lane County include rainbow trout, cutthroat trout, largescale sucker and Coho salmon. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. Collard Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year August sits at 61°F and January at 43°F. Mild ends to the year keep the season long. In milder years the edges alone go, and the middle never sets. Autumn steadies things again once the heat lets go. Anyone fishing Collard Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Should this one be busy, Clear Lake is 0.8 miles off. None of that is settled for Collard Lake in what we hold.