Fish Lake Fishing Guide, Harney County, Oregon

• Overview

  Fish Lake belongs to Harney County, Oregon. Everything around it is pine and birch. The water measures roughly 20 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Oregon listings. Head to Hines, 61 miles away, for anything you forgot. Burns lies 62 miles off, Lakeview another 95 miles. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Fish Lake

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Open biodiversity records for Harney County list rainbow trout, bridgelip sucker, mountain whitefish and common carp. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Fish Fish Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs 24°F to 58°F. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Break-up comes around early May, and the run that follows is short and strong. Averages suggest open water from about early May through to roughly late November. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. Expect Fish Lake to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. Parking is close: a car park sits half a mile from the bank. A platform or pier sits within 160 yards. A camping area sits within half a mile of here. A toilet block sits half a mile away. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. For a change of water, Pate Lake is 0.6 miles distant. Ask locally about Fish Lake if anything is unclear.