Its going to be typical spring weather during the next week.
Sunshine, clouds, wind, rain showers and even a chance of a snow snow
flurry or two.
Wait 30 minutes and it will change! But, the
trolling has picked up with the Chironomid Midge hatches. There
are clouds of them coming out of the
lake. Trout move up in
the water column feeding on the midge larva as they swim up to the
surface to hatch. F-4 frog colored flatfish or a red
Wedding
Ring lure with the hooked tipped with a chunk of night crawler are
working very well.
Bait anglers are still doing OK near the
south end of the lake and along the summer homes on the western
shoreline.
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Great Day on the Charter Boat (May 11th) From left to right: Tony
& Mike DeBone, La Pine, Oregon; Callie Buongiorno of Skohomish,
Washington
and Bryan Gullett, Silverton, Oregon; Mark Powell from La
Pine, Oregon; and on the rightis Walt Gullett of Silverton, Oregon
Great Catch Guys!! Power Bait was HOT today. |
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April 24th
Gary Jonesburg, who lives and works at Diamond Lake
Resort, along with fishing partner Ryan Oswald were one of the first
boats on the lake after ice out. They were using bobbers and night
crawlers at the south end of the lake.
This lunker was 26 to
28 inches in length with a guessed weitht of 7 + pounds. And the
best part of this fish story, the fish was released to test another
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April 24th ...
Here we go...
Diamond Lake is
100% ice FREE!!!
The north boat ramp and parking lot is open.
The Forest Service campgrounds are not open yet, but Diamond Lake Resort
has camping and non-hook-up RV sites to rent
800-733-7593
Lets Go Fishing!! |
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March 24th ...
Nicholas Atchley is all smiles on his first ice fishing
trip to Diamond Lake
and he should be. A fat 1 pound, 13 oz
trout is a nice one Chris.
Good Job!! |
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March 13th ...
Jessica Troxel with a great stringer of trout caught
on Peach Power Bait
Nice catch Jessica! |
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Paul Heberling with fishing partners Dick Norland (on the left), and
Mike Brochu (who took the picture), pose with their catch on March
11th. Two of the trout were over 20 inches with two others just
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Craig Myers caught this 24 inch trout at the south end of the lake in 5
feet of water using a pink and white jig on March 2nd. He said
there was about a dozen other anglers there and most all of them caught
a fish or two.
Nice Job, Craig.
We were hoping someone would
try a jig in shallow water. We really think that is where a lot of
fish are.
Also try putting a wax worm or meal worm on the jig to add
even more attraction. |
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Jessica Troxel used Pink Power Bait to catch this nice stringer of trout
on February 1st. |
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January 12th
Ben Roberts, of Medford, put these two fat trout in the
box using Chartruse colored Power Bait |
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January 12th
Dave Ryner traveled down from Oregon City to test the
new ice fishing season. Like most other anglers on the lake today
he is getting bites but not hooking up every time. He did land
this nice 14 inch Rainbow using Power Bait. |
Britney
and Aaron show their ice fishing catch
in April of 2012. |
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We may not be catching huge stringers of trout yet this fall but we are
catching very nice fish. Lisa Alex caught this 5 pound, 3 oz, 23
inch trout this past week using Salmon Peach Power Bait.
That's a really nice trout, Lisa! |
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Tai and Kalea Adams hold some nice trout they caught with their uncle on
a trip to Diamond Lake over the Labor Day weekend |
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September 1st
Denny Gaige of Canby, Oregon with a very nice 23 and
1/2 inch, 5.25 pound trout he caught using a night crawler and bobber
near Silent Creek. Nice fish Denny, great way to get the Fall
fishing season started off right. |
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Ava Raycraft and Dad Roger put in a slow day of fishing on August 25th
but they did finish with big smiles as Ava caught this fat 17 inch trout
in the Shrimp Beds. Way to go Ava! |
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Fishing partners Wally Gottinger from Eagle Point (left) and Jim Buck
from Medford went on the Diamond Lake Charter Boat on Thursday, August
9th. They put in a tough morning fishing but when the bite turned
on they caught this nice stringer of trout. Two were over 20
inches and weighed in at nearly 4 pounds.
They were using Power Bait
at the sough end of the lake in 10 feet of water.
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Dr. Scott Lenz with son's 3 year old Bradley and 2 year old Brandon
enjoyed a trip to
Diamond Lake on July 14th and 15th. All
together they caught 8 trout on their "Lightening McQueen" fishing rods.
The biggest was 21 inches and weighed in at 3 pounds 4 oz. Way to
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Audrey, Caara & Sammie Jo Rosselli show off their
catch on July 5th. Not limits but very nice trout and great
smiles.
The girls
were guided by legendary Diamond Lake angler "Papa",
John Buck |
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The modern "post treatment" trout record for Diamond Lake has been claimed by 11 year old
Jarod Beal, of Medford. Jarod's trout,
caught over the Memorial Day weekend, weighed in
at 9 pounds, 4 oz;
and was 26 & 1/2 inches long.
Way to Go Jarod!! |
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7 year old Calvin Sway with a 20 inch Diamond Lake Trout he caught after
an epic 10 minute battle on 2 pound test leader.
WOW Calvain, great
catch. |
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Temple Hewett enjoyed nice weather and great fishing on June 19th.
This 22 inch, 4 pound plus trout was the largest of the trip.
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see you're a happy girl Temple. Nice Catch! |
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Lorn Doty trolled night crawlers and corn to catch this limit of
nice trout on June 4th.
He tells us he just got off the lake in
time to miss the surprise wind storm that hit in the afternoon |
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Kyle Dramov & Lucas Graves from Tualatian and
Wilsonville, Oregon show their stringer of trout caught on
Saturday, June 2nd.
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Catch Guys! |
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Jason Smoldt made the trip from Oakland,
Oregon on Saturday, June 2nd to fish on the Diamond Lake Charter Boat.
He did well with the largest trout of the day at 4.14 pounds and 20
inches long.
Now that's a Diamond Lake trout, looks like a
football ! |
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Scott Mason with his 21 and 1/2 inch trout caught
at Diamond Lake over the Memorial Day Weekend.
Bet there's is a big smile
behind that fish Scott! |
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Scott and Richard Clark along with fishing partner "Cookie" caught this
picnic table load of trout on Sunday. They were using Power Bait in 17
feet of water off Thielsen View Campground boat ramp. Largest was 19
inches with the smallest pushing 13 inches. See how fat the smaller
trout are.
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Left: Susan and Ron Gomes of Butte Falls, Oregon;
To the right is Doug Gibson from Sandy, Oregon
and Bill Buss of Fairview, Oregon
all went out on the Diamond Lake Charter Boat with
Capt. Donavan
on
Wednesday, May 16th. 32 trout in four hours.
Now that's good trout fishing ...
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May 11th, 2012
Bill Bailey from Glide, took advantage of the ice off
on Friday and caught this nice limit of trout ranging from 14 to 19
inches. |
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Craig Myers and family used an ATV to drive in from the highway 230 snow
park to fish near the South Shore Pizza parlor on opening day.
Great job guys! They caught trout to 22 inches. |
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Kelli Myers |
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Britney Myers |
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Aaron Standeford on the left
Brittney and Arron, are from
Junction City, Oregon |
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Hunter and Haley Donaho
of Eugene are regulars at
Diamond Lake and show us
they know how to fish
when the lake
is frozen over. |
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Grifin Siewell's first ever
ice fishing trip was
a success
with 6 fat trout. Grifin is from
Central Point |
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Jack Kephart III passed up open waters nearer
his
home town of Oak Ridge to try ice fishing
at Diamond Lake on
opening day. He
had to get back to work early but he took
home 6 beautiful trout.
Notice the anglers in the
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Was a trip from Albany to fish
Diamond Lake on
opening weekend
worth while? Ask Chris Van Nostrand
as he
shows us two of his trout.
15 and 17 inchers in spring colors. |
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Opening weekend of the 2012 trout season
at Diamond Lake drew over 150 anglers to try their luck ice
fishing. Some caught a few trout, others did very well with many 17 to
20 inch trout reported. The largest trout caught may have been a
24 inch 5 & 1/2 pounder. (No Picture)
Most anglers were using
Power Bait or night crawlers.
The bite was very light with
water temperature at only 33 degrees.
Its not often anglers get to experience ice fishing in Oregon and
Diamond Lake will make the effort worthwhile. Thanks to ODFW's very
successful stocking program over 400,000 trout are waiting under the ice
and they are hungry! Remember Diamond Lake is the only lake
in Oregon with a 8 trout limit with one that can be 20 inches or better.
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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
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.
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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
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 !!
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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July 3rd
A good fishing day for Cindy Chaplin
with this 4.5 pound; 22 inch Diamond Lake Rainbow
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June 17th
Paul Sauer
26 inches long
6 pounds
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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.
Way to Go Silivia !
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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
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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 6th
Rich Blomberg
Creswell, Oregon 24 inches
4.3 pounds
Power Bait
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 June 6th
Tristan 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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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
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 May 28th
Justin Dowd, of Tigard, Oregon, shows off two
healthy stringers of trout his family caught. Five of the 11 fish were
17 to 18 inches.
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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.
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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.
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May 28th
Bradeon, Caven, and Breea O'Shea show off
their catch during a fishing trip with Grandpa on Saturday.
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 !!
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