Mid-Willamette District

Includes lakes in the Willamette National Forest and Mt. Jefferson Wilderness. *denotes location but no lake?

To help create fisheries in Oregon's back country, off-road areas, ODFW stocks 33 lakes in the Mid-Willamette District every two years with brook, rainbow and cutthroat trout. 

Learn more about fishing high lakes

Includes lakes in the Willamette National Forest and Mt. Jefferson Wilderness. For more information about these lakes -- including the species stock, GPS coordinates and additional trail notes -- click here.

South Willamette District

To help create fisheries in Oregon's back country, off-road areas, ODFW stocks over 150 lakes in the South Willamette District every two years with brook, rainbow and cutthroat trout.  

Includes lakes in the Willamette National Forest and the Three Sisters, Waldo Lake and Mt. Washington wilderness areas. You also can find a recent history of stocking in this district here. For more information about these lakes -- including the species stock, GPS coordinates and additional trail notes -- click here. You also can find a recent history of stocking in this district here.

Rogue District

Learn about fishing high lakes

Includes lakes in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest and the Sky Lakes Wilderness. For more information about these lakes -- including the species stock, GPS coordinates and additional trail notes -- click here.

Umpqua District

Includes lakes in the Umpqua National Forest and the Rogue-Umpqua Divide Wilderness. For more information about these lakes -- including GPS coordinates -- click here.

Deschutes District

Includes lakes in the Deschutes National Forest and the Three Sisters and Mt. Jefferson Wilderness areas. For more information about these lakes -- including the species stock, GPS coordinates and additional trail notes -- click here.

Mid-Columbia District

Includes lakes in the Mt. Hood National Forest, the Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness and the Olallie Lake Scenic Area. For more information about these lakes -- including the species stock, GPS coordinates and additional trail notes -- click here.

Klamath District

Includes lakes in the Winema and Rogue River national forests, and the Sky Lakes and Mountain Lake wilderness areas. For more information about these lakes -- including the species stock, GPS coordinates and additional trail notes -- click here.

Wallowa District

Includes lakes in the Eagle Cap Wilderness Area. For more information about these lakes -- including the species stock, GPS coordinates and additional trail notes -- click here.

Learn more about how to fish hike-in lakes

High elevation hike-in lakes stocked every two years

Every two years, ODFW plants over 300,000 fingerling fish in hundreds of Cascade lakes from Mt. Hood to Klamath Falls. Additional fish are dropped in the alpine lakes of the Eagle Cap Wilderness in the Wallowa Mountains -- including Lake Legore, Oregon’s highest lake at 8,950 feet. The 2.5- to 3-inch fingerlings are transported mostly by helicopter in a custom made shuttle carrying 30 individual canisters that hold a few gallons of water and up to 1,000 fingerling trout. The canisters are opened individually by remote control from inside the cockpit while the chopper hovers over a lake.

Return to Mile by Mile.Lakes of the Mt Hood National Forest

Glistening waters of over 150 lakes lie within the timbered boundaries of the Mt. Hood National Forest. Some of these lakes are easily accessible by car. Others bury themselves in the high country. On foot, or by horse, the sportsman must forge his way into these lakes to enjoy the solitude of the wilderness.

Most of these lakes were void of fish populations before the Department of Fish and Wildlife began an extensive stocking program. Heavily fished lakes are stocked annually, while more isolated lakes are planted every two or three years. Only those lakes that are fishable, either through stocking or natural reproduction, have been included in this guide. There are a number of other lakes which recreationists can enjoy, that do not contain game fish.

Fish populations and “fishing” is managed by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. They develop and implement the rules governing fishing in the Mt. Hood. National Forest, including all required fishing licenses, tags and permits. Because fishing regulations and season dates may change, it is best to consult the current Oregon Sport Fishing Regulations booklet, available at most sporting goods stores.

Please be careful with matches, leave a dead fire, a clean camp, and be familiar with angling limits and regulations.
Many maps used to locate lakes in the forest are divided into Township, Range, and Section grids. This guide uses the grid system for locating and identifying lakes.

Land maps are divided into 6-mile squares called TOWNSHIPS. Lines running east and west are Township lines. Lines running north and south are RANGE lines. These lines form 1-mile squares called SECTIONS. There are 36 Sections within one Township. Section #1 is always in the NE corner of the Township. Sections are numbered east to west, then west to east, until reaching the last Section in the SE corner, #36
Cold Water Game Fish Abbreviations

Br Brown trout Ct Cutthroat trout Rb Rainbow trout
Bt Brook trout K Kokanee St Steelhead
Name
Map Location
Elevation
(ft)
Acreage
Depth (ft)
Fish
Anvil T5S R8E S17 4000 2 5 ct
Averill T9S R8E S04 4650 12 11 bt, rb
Badger T3S R10E S20 4500 35 33 bt, rb
Bear T2N R9E S18 3800 2 12 bt
Beth T8S R6E S08 4450 5 35 bt
Big Slide T8S R6E S09 4250 4 10 bt
Big Slide Upper T8S R6E S10 4300 1 11 bt
Black T2N R8E S36 3800 4 5 bt
Boulder big T4S R10E S05 4600 11 17 bt
Boulder little T4S R10E S04 4800 6 30 bt
Breitenbush T9S R8E S25 5500 60 30 bt
Brook T8S R81/2E S26 4700 5 8 bt
Buck T5S R8E S30 4000 9 26 bt
Bump T8S R8E S28 4300 3 4 bt
Burnt T2S R8E S34 4100 8 25 bt
Cast T2S R8E S33 4450 7 17 bt
Catalpa T4S R9E S14 4100 3 8 bt
igar T9S R8E S10 5100 5 8 bt
Clackamas T5S R8E S35 3350 2 4 bt, rb, ct
Clear T5S R4E S14 3850 3 7 bt, ct
Cottonwood Mdws T5S R7E S28 4050 6 4 bt
Cripple Creek T5S R7E S19 4300 15 4 bt
Davey T9S R8E S27 5200 2 14 ct
Devils Meadow T3S R8E S04 4100 2 7 bt
Dinger T5S R8E S09 4000 15 4 bt, ct
Double Peak T9S R8E S09 4700 4 13 bt, rb
Dublin T1N R7E S02 3500 2 9 bt
Dumbbell T2S R8E S32 4150 2 5 rb, ct
Ercrama T8S R6E S20 4450 2 15 ct
Finley T9S R8E S03 4950 2 12 bt, rb
First T9S R8E S02 4950 3 19 rb, ct
Fish T8S R8E S34 4400 24 67 bt, ct
Fish T1N R8E S02 4000 2 5 bt, rb
Frazier T5S R7E S09 4100 3 8 bt, rb, ct
Frog T4S R9E S17 4000 11 8 rb
Gibson T9S R81/2E S24 5800 6 14 bt
Gifford T9S R8E S03 4950 9 56 rb
Gifford lower T9S R8E S03 4940 2 19 bt, rb
Harriet T6S R7E S04 2000 23 45 bt, rb, br, ct
Head T9S R8E S02 4950 6 9 ct
Hicks T1N R8E S03 4400 2 6 bt
Hidden T3S R8E S12 4000 2 13 bt
Hideaway T5S R7E S21 3800 12 30 bt, rb
High T6S R6E S06 4450 3 11 bt
Horseshoe T9S R8E S24 5400 14 17 bt, rb
Jean T3S R10E S17 4800 6 18 bt
Jeni T7S R4E S19 3840 2 bt
Jude T8S R8E S25 4550 2 14 bt
Kingsley T2N R9E S22 3100 48 30 rb
Lawrance T1S R9E S22 3000 104 92 rb, ct
Lenore T8S R6E S10 4800 5 11 bt
Long T9S R8E S12 4650 16 24 bt, rb
Lost T1S R8E S10 3100 290 167 bt, rb, k, br
Lower T9S R8E S02 4750 15 73 bt, rb
Mangriff T9S R8E S13 5000 1 14 bt
Memaloose T5S R5E S31 4100 8 5 bt
Mirror T3S R8E S23 4050 8 15 bt, rb
Monon T9S R8E S13 5000 91 39 bt, rb
Multipor T3S R8E S24 3800 3 5 bt
Nekbobets T9S R8E S10 5250 3 10 bt, rb
Nippon T9S R8E S02 5000 3 6 bt
North Fork Res T4S R4E S12 665 331 115 rb, st
North T2N R8E S24 4000 6 8 bt
Nup Te Pa T9S R8E S13 5000 2 25 bt
Olallie T9S R8E S11 4900 240 48 bt, rb
Otter T1N R8E S11 4000 2 8 bt
Pansy T4S R6E S18 4000 7 4 bt
Plaza T4S R7E S18 3650 5 9 bt
Pyramid T5S R8E S27 5000 5 9 bt
Pyramid T5S R7E S11 4000 4 5 bt
Rainey T2N R8E S25 4100 10 8 bt
Red T9S R8E S08 4550 6 7 bt, rb
Rimrock T9S R8E S10 5150 3 14 bt
Ripplebrook T6S R6E S03 1500 2 8 rb
Rock lower T5S R7E S08 4100 9 13 bt, rb
Rock Middle T5S R7E S08 4350 15 34 bt, rb
Rock Upper T5S R7E S17 4400 3 22 bt, rb
Round T8S R7E S17 3750 9 20 bt, rb, br
Russ T8S R81/2E S26 4700 5 8 bt
Salmon T4S R7E S16 3800 2 3 bt
Serene T5S R7E S07 4350 20 46 bt, rb
Sheep T9S R8E S04 4800 4 9 bt, rb
Shellrock T5S R7E S17 4200 20 8 bt, rb
Shining T4S R6E S36 3950 12 24 bt, rb
Si T8S R8E S33 4250 3 10 bt, rb
Silver King T8S R5E S24 4100 4 7 bt
Skookum T6S R5E S35 3800 4 14 bt
Spinning T9S R8E S22 4900 3 8 bt
Spud Bug T9S R8E S04 4900 2 13 bt
Spud little T9S R8E S04 4900 1 14 bt
Squaw T4S R6E S13 3550 7 5 bt
Surprise #1 T5S R6E S27 1500 3 15 bt
Surprise #2 T65 R5E S27 4050 5 4 bt, rb
Surprise #3 T8S R8E S34 4350 4 2 ct
Suzi T4S R7E S31 4240 2 7 bt
Timber T5S R6E S34 1500 12 15 rb
Timber T9S R8E S14 5300 10 18 bt, rb
Timothy Mdws Res T5S R8E S23 3200 1400 90 bt, rb, ct, k
Top T9S R8E S10 5000 3 6 bt
Trillium T3S R8E S36 3600 60 20 bt, rb
Twin big T4S R9E S09 4150 18 18 bt
Twin little T4S R9E S29 4250 11 4 bt
Twin lower T8S R6E S29 4100 15 40 bt
Twin upper T8S R6E S30 4150 15 50 bt
Upper T9S R8E S15 5150 8 14 bt
Veda T4S R8E S02 4400 3 14 bt
View T9S R8E S14 5250 7 10 bt
Wahtum T1N R8E S10 4000 57 177 bt
Wall T9S R8E S04 4800 5 12 bt, rb
Warren T2N R9E S16 3750 5 8 bt
Welcome T8S R6E S15 4200 6 8 bt
Wendy Mdws T5S R8E S21 3550 2 3 ct
West T8S R6E S16 4300 4 4 bt,
Williams T5S R4E S26 3750 4 4 bt, ct
Wind T3S R8E S26 4700 3 3 bt