Margurette Lake, Oregon: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Margurette Lake is one of the Klamath County listings for Oregon. The bank is 6,010 feet above sea level. It covers about 15 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. It is high ground by Oregon standards. The town to know is Shady Cove, 31 miles out. For a city, Eugene is 110 miles off. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Margurette Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Open biodiversity records for Klamath County list rainbow trout, klamath largescale sucker and brook trout. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Fish Margurette Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 56°F for August and 26°F for December. In milder years the surface never sets. In milder years the edges alone go, and the middle never sets. April and May are the settled weeks, with October close behind. Margurette Lake fishes to that pattern most years. A steady wind fishes better than a still, bright day.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Failing this one, try Trapper Lake, 0.2 miles away. None of that is settled for Margurette Lake in what we hold.