Upper Klamath Lake Fish Report for 4-23-2025
Fishing has been slow to fair depending on the day
Upper Klamath Lake - Klamath Falls, OR (Klamath County)

by OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff
4-23-2025
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Fishing has been slow to fair depending on the day. The lake is open to fishing all year. Anglers are catching redband trout from bank and boat.
Lures or flies that mimic minnows, sculpins, leeches or midges work best. Most bank anglers use dead minnows on the bottom on a crappie rig.
Please remember that nets or minnow traps of any type cannot be used to catch any species of fish. This includes minnows to use for bait. See page 20 of the Sport Fishing Regulations for legal harvest methods for minnows and chubs.
ODFW encourages catch-and-release on this fishery due to record low spawning numbers in 2020 and very low numbers in 2019 and the record setting drought from 2020 through 2022 which reduced survival. Please fight your fish quickly and then release your fish immediately without removing it from the water. Releasing fish is easier with barbless hooks.
The lake is 0.2 feet below full pool and 97 percent full.
Please remember that once you retain your one redband/rainbow trout limit you must stop fishing for redband/rainbow trout. Also, all radio tagged redband trout must be released unharmed. Redband trout will have what looks to be fishing line coming from the abdomen.
More Reports
OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Reports
for Wednesday, April 23rd
Diamond Lake: Diamond Lake is still frozen over
Galesville Reservoir: The reservoir is at full pool now with all the recent rainfall this year
Garrison Lake: Trout are scattered throughout the lake
Plat I Reservoir: The reservoir is at full pool levels
Rogue River- Lower: The weather is perfect for spending some time chasing spring chinook
Umpqua River: Fishing has been fair to good with a good number of hatchery chinooks being harvested
Umpqua River- North : Winter steelhead angling is slow
Umpqua River- South : The South is open for hatchery steelhead
Campbell Reservoir: Campbell Reservoir is nearly full
Gerber Reservoir: Gerber Reservoir is ice free
OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Reports
for Tuesday, April 22nd
Trask River: The Trask is low and clear but there are still fish available throughout the fishery
Fish Lake : Fish Lake is 72 percent full and ice-free
Howard Prairie Reservoir: Howard Prairie is 86 percent full and rising
Hyatt Lake: Hyatt is currently 88 percent full and rising
Lost Creek Reservoir: Lost Creek offers very good opportunity for spring trout fishing
Medco Pond: Medco wasstocked with rainbow trout this week
Rogue River - Middle: Flow in Grants Pass is around 3,200 cfs on Tuesday
Rogue River- Upper: Anglers continue to catch winter steelhead

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