Oregon Fish Report
Gold Lake Fish Report for 12-8-2025


Gold Lake is now closed for the rest of 2025

Gold Lake - Crescent, OR (Lake County)


by OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff
12-8-2025
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Gold Lake is now closed for the rest of 2025. The lake is open for angling annually, from May 22 to Oct. 31. For access inquiries call the USFS Willamette National Forest 541-782-2283 for updates.

Gold lake has special fishing regulations in place that include no retention of rainbow trout, no limit on brook trout, fly-fishing only, with fly rod, no spinning rigs, only barbless hooks. Oregon State Marine Board passed a new regulation in 2020 that allows ELECTRIC motors only on Gold Lake.

Gold Lake is a 100-acre lake located north of the Willamette Pass summit off Hwy. 58 approximately 23 miles southeast of Oakridge.




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