Last Lake Fishing in Lane County, Oregon

• Overview

  Last Lake sits in Lane County, out in Oregon. The bank is 5,472 feet above sea level. At 9 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. For a base, Oakridge sits 18 miles out. After that come La Pine at 30 miles and Three Rivers at 32 miles. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge. The setting is plain rather than dramatic, and it fishes well for it.

• Where to Fish on Last Lake

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Lane County records list rainbow trout, cutthroat trout, largescale sucker and Coho salmon among the fish reported. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Last Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 57°F in August and bottoms out near 30°F in December. Neither winter nor summer shuts things down for long. Cover comes and goes, so treat it with suspicion rather than trust. March through May is the strongest run, with October and November a second stretch. That shapes the year on Last Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Cardiac Lake sits 0.3 miles off and takes the overflow. For Last Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.