Fishing Middle Fork Rim Reservoir in Malheur County, Oregon

• Overview

  Within Malheur County, Oregon, you have Middle Fork Rim Reservoir. It sits in dry open country. It is pond-in-a-field scale, with the far bank a short lob away. Nearest town is Marsing, 72 miles off. The big place round here is Boise, 88 miles distant. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it. In wet weather the last stretch of track is the awkward part.

• Where to Fish on Middle Fork Rim Reservoir

  Our records hold no depth for this water. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Fish documented in Malheur County include rainbow trout, smallmouth bass and common carp. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Fish Middle Fork Rim Reservoir to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  August runs about 69°F on average, January about 28°F. Temperature moves within a narrow band, and so does the fishing. In a normal year the cover is thin and short-lived. Spring and autumn carry the year; summer squeezes it into the ends of the day. Middle Fork Rim Reservoir runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. Records show it does not hold water year-round. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. For a change of water, Cougar Canyon Reservoir is 1.3 miles distant. Treat access at Middle Fork Rim Reservoir as something to verify.