Going to Emigrant Lake Oregon

I see Emigrant Lake from hiway 5 everytime i head south and i'm wonderinng if anyone lives near there or if anyone fly fishes there on a regular basis...things to avoid...for example, should i go into the park or are there
places to ff along Green Springs or other roads that go around or close to the
lake. Hiking would be fine...it's just that i haven't ventured off the freeway to
check it out. I may go as early as tomorrow and stop for a good while if it's bassy looking at all. Thnx in advance for any help !

Cheers,

MontanaMoose

Good Morning: I have not fished it for a couple of years but I have fished it many times in the past. The reservoir has crappie, smallmouth, largemouth, bullheads, yellow perch & trout. In my many trip there I have never fished for trout or bullheads.

If I was coming south on I5 I would get off on the Ashland exit that says Klamath Falls. From there I would head on Rt 66 (Greensprings) until I reached the road into the park ( a left turn). From there I would stay on the Greensprings until I say the First Jackson County Wayside. I would go in there and work the rocks for crappie & small mouth. From there I would go to the next Wayside & work for the same species. From there I would go to the south end of the reservoir & cross over Emigrant Creek and immediately make a left turn and go down the dirt road along the shore line. Depending on the water depth smallies, largmouth, crappie & perch are in this are (once in a while you will catch a trout or an AWOL bluegill).

Emigrant can be quite touchy at times and at other times the fish go wild. If you plan on keeping some to eat there is a health advisory for mercury, see the ODFW site.

Good luck and if you plan on floating some of the boaters are #$^$&^&.

Tim

Additional Info: Go to: http://www.dfw.state.or.us/warm_wate...ng/SW_area.asp

The 1st wayside I mentioned is not on the map but is about where the word "Hwy" is on the map. The 2d is the Songer Wayside. The bay where Sampson Creek enters can be good depending on water depth.

Tim

Now this is what i'm talkin' about...thank you Panman, got it....get off 5 at the arco, head to the lake, stay on Greensprings, check out the waysides. I don't keep anything on these side trips so no worries there but thanks for the heads up.

I've been stopping at Rogue River and casting a bit under the bridge, above and below a bit too but that's limited. Now i'll be able to go warm water and try for lmb, smb and bream. Thanks again !

As an aside, i'll be in Mt. Shasta for a good while if yer interested
in a day trip or more.

Cheers,

MontanaMoose

I made the side trip over to the lake and got in a couple hours of fly fishing. I'm glad it wasn't very hot, but it was quite windy by the time i got there...130pm or so...dinked around in Rogue River (the town of) for 45 mins or so but din't make any casts.

Emigrant has possibilities for an earlier in the day try. Later wouldn't have been any less windy i don't think. I didn't catch anything but got one surface boil on a topwater 'skittering minnow' pattern. Ran into a hiway worker and he was mentioning that the lake had been dropping noticibly each day lately. Had me follow him around to Emigrant Creek and i'll check my OR regs to see if that's open...might be interesting up high.

Songer Wayside was the place to go...i even got shaded parking and in two hours only two groups of two fishermen came in or left. Lake was very low but i can see the morning calm bite being good...might try that on the return trip. very easy turn around from the freeway. Looking forward to fishing Emigrant again...maybe some of the other nearby lakes also...could even go north via 97 and fish my way home that way. So much water and lots of spare time !
Thanks again to Panman for making my little side trip an easy one.

Cheers,

MontanaMoose