Brian Rush caught this rod length of 8 trout on September 25th.  He was in 15 feet of water at the south end of the lake.  Rainbow Power Bait was more than these fish could resist

October 1st
Max Trenz of Bend, Oregon is all smiles with this catch of fat trout taken from 20 feet of water near the south end of the lake.  He used Power Bait to draw the strikes.

Cian Stock, his dad Chris, and Grandpa Joe Colangelo went fishing on the Diamond Lake Charter Boat on September 10th and caught this nice stringer of trout.  More unforgettable memories at Diamond Lake

September 16th, 2011
Greg Juber from McMinnville, Oregon just landed the largest trout caught from Diamond Lake since getting rid of the chubs in 2006. 
His fish weighed in at 7.10 pounds and was 26 and 1/2 inches long. 
Kind of different marking? But a great trout!!

You know that is not the biggest trout in Diamond Lake.  There got to be a 10 pounder out there waiting for just the right presentation.

Congrats Greg, You have the record !!

Local angler Mike Hutchins of Grants Pass shows a pair of Diamond Lake trout he caught on July 23rd. 

Folks would call those Steelhead if you had caught them in the river.  Rainbows don't get any better than this!

Marty Martin, on the left
24 inches, 4.8 pounds

Brian Namtis, right
23 inches, 4.2 pounds

Brian and Marty were using night crawlers under bobbers to land these trout on August 28th.

Cole Haggerty of Gresham, Oregon landed this beauty while fishing on the Diamond Lake Charter Boat on July 13th.

It was a 24 & 1/2 inch, 5 pound Eagle Lake strain Rainbow. 

Eagle Lake Rainbows were stocked in Diamond Lake as a first line of defense against any illegal introduction of any invasive species of minnows that might be used for live bait. 

Tanner Baumgartner holds up two stringers of trout as nice as they come from any lake.

Tanner was fishing with Dave and Lora Loomis of Roseburg.

Dave was the lead ODFW biologist in charge of restoring Diamond Lake in 2006.

Looks like ODFW's hard work then and in the years since is really paying off.

Grandma and Grandpa Millar brought their grandson, Alejandro to Diamond Lake for a special vacation.  Looks like it was a memorable one. 

Way to go Alejandro!

July 3rd
A good fishing day for Cindy Chaplin
with this 4.5 pound; 22 inch Diamond Lake Rainbow

June 17th
Paul Sauer
26 inches long
6 pounds

Ron Pylkki, of Medford landed first place in the Blackbird $5000.00 Fishing Derby on Saturday June 26th.  He caught this 23.5 inch, 5.7 pound Rainbow on a fly.  Which one?  He won't tell.

Abaubrey and Emily Cade, from Sico, Oregon, came camping and fishing at Diamond Lake.  Here is part of their catch on June 15th.  Abaubrey took BIG FISH honors with a nice 23 incher.  Great Job Girls!

Silvia Fink-Webb won 1st Place in the "under 9 years old division of Diamond Lake Resort's Kids Free Fishing Derby on June 11th with this fat 17 inch Rainbow.

Way to Go Silivia !

Steve Ernst on his first trip to Diamond Lake limited out including this 22 1/2 inch deeply colored male Rainbow.  June 2nd

Richard Kessel with a beautiful 16.5 inch fat Rainbow trout he caught trolling a worm on June 4th.

As the lake's eco system continues to improve and the insect food base returns Diamond Lake will grow 10's of thousands of trout like this.

June 6th
Rich Blomberg
Creswell, Oregon  24 inches
4.3 pounds
Power Bait

Picture to the far left ...
Glenna Gunn with a beautiful 22 inch trout caught in 11 feet of water.  on June 2nd.  She was using ultra light tackle and the fish almost spooled her twice.

With the family, Steve Aaron on the left, Glenna in the center, and Kathy Arron hold 9 fish they kept for the table out of over 50 caught and released.  They were using barbless single hooks and small balls of power Bait

 May 28th
Andrew Koch, left, and Saxon Pelzonl of Medford, hold two of their catch on Saturday morning. 
Green Power  Bait was drawing the bites.

May 28th
With snow flakes still falling, Mitch and Mark Maher of Roseburg hold 3 of their trout caught during their 30th annual Memorial Weekend fishing trip to Diamond Lake. 
Mitch claims "BIG FISH" of the trip with a 22 inch, 5.2 pounder.

May 28th
Bradeon, Caven, and Breea O'Shea show off their catch during a fishing trip with Grandpa on Saturday.

Great job Guys!

Mike and Katie Deardorff,  of Junction City, had their annual Father ~ Daughter fishing outing at Diamond Lake on Wednesday, May 25th.  They fished near Noble Fir Picnic Area and as close as possible to the remaining ice covering at the south end of the lake.  Power Bait drew the bites.  Mike said they had to work for the fish because they were biting very lightly but they finished with a limit of 16 fat, scrappy trout.