Oregon Fish Report
Owyhee Reservoir Fish Report for 4-8-2026


Owyhee Reservoir is around 65 percent full

Owyhee Reservoir - Vale, OR (Malheur County)


by OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff
4-8-2026
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Owyhee Reservoir is around 65% full, all boat ramps are open except for the county ramp near the dam. No reports on bass catch rates recently but fishing should be picking up.

Black Crappie are abundant right now, but most are quite small. Crappie can be found throughout the reservoir.

Channel catfish are abundant in the reservoir, the best places to target catfish are relatively shallow flats throughout the reservoir. The best catfishing can be found in the Leslie Gulch area




More Reports

OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Reports
for Wednesday, April 8th
Deschutes River- Lower: First spring Chinook season in the Lower Deschutes since 2018 to open May 5-20
Beulah Reservoir: Beulah is around 62 percent full
Chewaucan River: Fishing will start to pick up as temperatures increase this spring
Chickahominy Reservoir: The reservoir still has plenty of water and conditoins have been ideal
Delintment Lake: There are plenty of holdover trout available in Delintment Lake this year
Fourmile Lake: The lake is currently 36 percent full
Holbrook Reservoir: Access is available and fishing will get better as water temperatures increase
Upper Klamath Lake: The lake is 0.7 foot below full pool and 89 percent full
Krumbo Reservoir: The reservoir was stocked this spring with 13,000 legal rainbow trout
Malheur Reservoir: Conditions should be ideal
Malheur River: Malheur River Report
Mann Lake: Mann Lake was stocked with fingerling Lahontan Cutthroat in October

OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Reports
for Tuesday, April 7th

Agency Lake: Angling is fair for Redband Trout
Campbell Reservoir: Fishing should pick up with this unusually warm weather
Gerber Reservoir: Fishing should improve for brown bullhead using bait on the bottom
Haines Pond 1: Haines pond is very low
Klamath River - Upper - OR: Klamath River Fishing Report
Lake Of The Woods: Largemouth and smallmouth bass fishing is picking up
Link River : A few Redband Trout are being caught
Lost River: Water quality is fair
Miller Lake: Access is likely available