Gold Lake is open for fishing


by OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff
9-20-2023
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Gold Lake is open for fishing. Annually, the lake is closed to fishing between Oct. 31 and May 22.

Gold lake has special fishing regulations in place that include no retention of rainbow trout, no limit on brook trout, fly-fishing only (has to be a fly rod, no spinning rigs) and 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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