Comegys Lake in Harney County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Harney County, Oregon, is where Comegys Lake sits. The bank gives way to rolling hill. It runs to roughly 34 acres — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Compared with other Oregon water on our list, it sits high. The closest town, Hines, is 54 miles away. For a city, Boise is 119 miles off. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Comegys Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Reported across Harney County: rainbow trout, bridgelip sucker, mountain whitefish, common carp and largemouth bass. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Treat Comegys Lake as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from 28°F in January up to 64°F in August. Seasons here are moderate, and the fishing runs most of the year. In a normal year the cover is thin and short-lived. June to September is hot work, so the first and last hours are what count. On Comegys Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. It is recorded as intermittent, which means the basin empties in dry spells. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Puhi-Pane Na-De Lake at 1.1 miles is the sensible second choice. Treat Comegys Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.