Love Reservoir, Oregon: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Love Reservoir belongs to Baker County, Oregon. The bank is 2,260 feet above sea level. At about 126 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The edge runs 2.3 miles or so, easy to work in an afternoon. Size puts it in the front rank of our Baker County list. Weiser lies 13 miles from the water. After that come Vale at 18 miles and Payette at 19 miles. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Love Reservoir

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. Inflow corners move water, and moving water gathers fish. Survey and observation records for Baker County include rainbow trout, brook trout and bluegill. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Read Love Reservoir before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is 26°F to 74°F. Conditions shift steadily rather than sharply. Some winters give nothing at all, so plan for open water. February into May fishes hardest as the water warms. Plan any trip to Love Reservoir around it. The first warm week of the year changes everything here.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. McBride Reservoir, 2.5 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. What applies at Love Reservoir may have changed since it was mapped.