Fishing Pinet Lake in Linn County, Oregon

• Overview

  Linn County, Oregon, is where Pinet Lake sits. It lies 4,423 feet above sea level. About 4 acres of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. Sisters lies 26 miles from the water. The nearest city of size is Salem, 61 miles away. Water in the same corner: Pine Ridge Lake about 0.7 miles, Cleo Lake at about 0.9 miles, Temple Lake about 1 mile, Turpentine Lake at about 1.1 miles and Davis Lake about 1.2 miles. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Pinet Lake

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Records held for Linn County cover rainbow trout, cutthroat trout, bluegill and largescale sucker. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Work Pinet Lake in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put August at about 59°F and December near 30°F. Whether it freezes depends on the year. Cover comes and goes, so treat it with suspicion rather than trust. Autumn steadies things again once the heat lets go. Anyone fishing Pinet Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Should this one be busy, Pine Ridge Lake is 0.7 miles off. None of that is settled for Pinet Lake in what we hold.