DIAMOND LAKE FISHING REPORT
January 1st, 2012
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Opening Day of the 2012 Season is April 28th. ODFW stocked 200,000 fingerlings this past spring and by October they had already reached 9 to 10 inches in length and weighed in at 1/2 a pound. These fish will be 11 to 12 inches long and weigh over a pound by opening day 2012. They along with thousands of carry-over trout will be waiting. Thank you for a great season and when you see an ODFW employee let them know they are doing a great job at Diamond Lake.
October 30th ... Brian Rush returned to fish with Diamond Lake Charter Fishing along with a group of friends and had a great day with Donavan

![]() 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 |
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October 1st |
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![]() 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 |
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September 16th, 2011 |
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Local angler Mike Hutchins of Grants Pass shows a
pair of Diamond Lake trout he caught on July 23rd.
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Marty Martin, on the left |
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Cole Haggerty of Gresham, Oregon landed this
beauty while fishing on the Diamond Lake Charter Boat on July 13th. |
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Tanner Baumgartner holds up two stringers of trout
as nice as they come from any lake. |
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![]() 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! |
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June 17th |
![]() 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. |
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![]() 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! |
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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. |
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![]() 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. |
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June 6thTristan McMahen (center), Shane Purvis (right), and Dale Pader (better known as Dr. Fish Slayer) made the trip down from Salem. They used power bait to catch this great stringer of trout. |
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Picture to the far left
... 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 |
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May 28thJustin Dowd, of Tigard, Oregon, shows off two healthy stringers of trout his family caught. Five of the 11 fish were 17 to 18 inches. Very nice, Justin! |
May 28th |
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May 28th |
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May 28th Great job Guys! |
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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. |
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Opening Day Pictures, from left to right ... these guys pulled their fishing camp out on the ice with a 4-wheeler and trailer; middle picture is of Micky Breeding, Ryan Taylor, and Todd Brickey who make the trip down from Springfield to be on the ice at first light. #3 is a portion of the anglers fishing through the ice in front of Diamond Lake Lodge. More than 100 anglers are on the lake this morning and everyone was catching trout !!
April 30th
Caleb Anderson from Roseburg, Oregon put this 24 inch, 5 pound Rainbow in the box using a small Burkley Gulp Jig. |
Bruce
Malitz from Sutherlin shows two of his trout taken on April 30th.
The largest is 22 inchesBruce and his group have been coming to Diamond Lake for 30 years to fish the early season |
![]() Katy, Stephen and Daniel Hunter of Umpqua,
Oregon also caught a nice stringer of trout on May 4th. |
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