Lake Kiwa Fishing Guide, Lane County, Oregon

• Overview

  Within Lane County, Oregon, you have Lake Kiwa. The water sits 5,364 feet up. Small at around 23 acres: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Oakridge sits 21 miles from here and is the nearest stop. Eugene is the closest city, 55 miles away. Close by you have: Ernie Lake near enough 0.2 miles, Lower Rigdon Lake within 0.3 miles, Harvey Lake near enough 0.6 miles, Upper Rigdon Lake within 0.6 miles and Wahanna Lake near enough 1.1 miles. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lake Kiwa

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. County-wide records name rainbow trout, cutthroat trout, largescale sucker, Coho salmon and Chinook salmon. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Fish Lake Kiwa to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from 29°F in December up to 57°F in August. The calendar is generous: something works in nearly every month. Hard water here is never dependable, so check for yourself before stepping out. March through May is the strongest run, with October and November a second stretch. The season on Lake Kiwa rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Ernie Lake sits 0.2 miles off and takes the overflow. Ask locally about Lake Kiwa if anything is unclear.