Melis Lake Fishing in Linn County, Oregon

• Overview

  Melis Lake is a Linn County water, in Oregon. The water sits 4,833 feet up. The water measures roughly 4 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. For a base, Sisters sits 23 miles out. Culver lies 32 miles off, Warm Springs another 33 miles. Within a short run: Jenny Lake within 0.2 miles, Teto Lake sits 1.1 miles out, Blue Lake within 1.1 miles, Chiquito Lake sits 1.2 miles out and Monty Lake within 1.4 miles. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Melis Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Public occurrence data for Linn County names rainbow trout, cutthroat trout, bluegill and largescale sucker. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. On Melis Lake a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, August reads 57°F and December reads 29°F. In milder years the surface never sets. Hard water here is never dependable, so check for yourself before stepping out. Spring and autumn carry the year; summer squeezes it into the ends of the day. Time your trip to Melis Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Should this one be busy, Jenny Lake is 0.2 miles off. Check the current arrangement for Melis Lake.