Fishing Gunners Lakes in Washington County, Oregon

• Overview

  Gunners Lakes stands in Washington County, Oregon. It sits at 1,506 feet above sea level. About 9 acres of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. The town to know is Vernonia, 6.8 miles out. Hillsboro sits 20 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. A county boundary sits nearby, which can matter for local access rules.

• Where to Fish on Gunners Lakes

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. A reservoir gives you a hard edge, a shelf, and not much else. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. Open biodiversity records for Washington County list common carp, yellow perch and brown bullhead. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. On Gunners Lakes a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from 37°F in December up to 60°F in August. The freeze here is occasional rather than annual. In a normal year the cover is thin and short-lived. The hot months push the fishing to dawn and dusk. That is the shape of the year on Gunners Lakes. Water temperature lags behind air temperature by days, not hours.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. A car park sits roughly half a mile away. Mapping marks a fishing place roughly 160 yards off. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Floeter Pond sits 0.9 miles off and takes the overflow. Signs at Gunners Lakes carry more weight than any list.