Cullaby Lake, Oregon: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Cullaby Lake is one of the Clatsop County waters in Oregon. The sea is 1.6 miles distant. Surface area is around 195 acres, which gives you real water without needing a boat. At about 4.6 miles of edge, most people work one arm at a time. Of the waters listed here in Clatsop County, this is the largest. Gearhart is the closest town at 4.1 miles. The nearest city of size is Hillsboro, 58 miles away. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Cullaby Lake

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Time trips to the tide table rather than the clock here. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Reported across Clatsop County: Chinook salmon, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, Coho salmon and largemouth bass. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Anyone new to Cullaby Lake should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, August reads 61°F and January reads 43°F. Spring and autumn are the strongest, but nothing is truly closed. Cover comes and goes, so treat it with suspicion rather than trust. November and March are the quiet, comfortable months to be out. The season on Cullaby Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Hawkins Road is the nearest mapped car park, half a mile out. There is a pier recorded roughly half a mile away. Mapping shows a picnic spot within half a mile. A toilet block sits half a mile away. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. The nearest alternative is West Lake, 1 mile out. None of that is settled for Cullaby Lake in what we hold.