Recreation Report

Best bets for Weekend fishing

• The weather this weekend is looking good for a day on the water. Here are just a few of the available options:
  In the NW Zone, several waterbodies have been stocked with trout recently, including Cleawox, Munsel, Lost, Carter, Dune and Alder lakes, and Big Creek Reservoirs #1 and #2.
• In the SW Zone, there have been trout stocked in Lake Selmac and Reinhardt Volunteer Park Pond.
• And in the Willamette Zone, these waterbodies have had a recent visit from the trout stocking truck: Alton Baker Canoe Canal, Cottage Grove Pond, Cottage Grove Reservoir, Dexter, EE Wilson, Green Peter, Junction City, Sunnyside, Timber Linn, Walling and Waverly.
• More winter steelhead are showing up every day in the Middle Rogue from Merlin to Galice.
• Anglers report fair fishing for trout on the Fall and Metolius rivers.
• A few hybrid bass are being caught in Ana Reservoir.
• The Grande Ronde received a bump in flows earlier this week. Once the river drops expect steelhead fishing to pick up.
• With some drier weather in the forecast, look for water levels to drop, and steelhead fishing to improve, in North and mid-coast rivers.

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