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Every June, we host the Black Bird $5,000 Fishing Derby, Southern Oregon’s largest Trout Fishing Derby. The Derby takes place the first Saturday after Father’s Day every year at the beautiful Diamond Lake Resort – “ The Gem of the Cascades .”. The Fishing Derby began in 1998, originally at Lost Creek Reservoir, and is now held at the ...
Apr 2, 2021 · Diamond Lake is stocked with rainbow trout that grow fat on summertime bug hatches. Tiger and brown trout are stocked to prey on invasive fish and are catch-and-release angling only. The lake is open year-round, including ice fishing. Some of the best fishing is after ice-off in April, May and early June. Fall fishing is also fabulous – and ...
Feb 18, 2023 · By. Sanne Godfrey | The News-Review. Vinnie Powell started his day early in Sutherlin — packing his fishing gear and making a nearly two-hour drive to Diamond Lake to go ice fishing with a ...
Diamond Lake is a beautiful natural lake located in the Umpqua National Forest in southern Oregon. Known for its clear waters and breathtaking scenery, Diamond Lake is a popular destination for fishing, boating, camping, and hiking. The lake is fed by snowmelt from the surrounding mountains, ensuring cool, pristine waters year-round.
- Angling Regulations
- The Best Time to Fish
- Where to Fish
- How to Catch
ODFW switched Diamond Lake to year-round fishing in 2013, creating a new wintertime opportunity for Oregon ice fishingwhen conditions allow. Anglers should be cautious and not fish at times when the ice is not solid enough to safely walk on the lake. Motors are allowed but there is a 10-mph speed limit on the lake. As with all Oregon inland waters,...
In particularly cold years, the surface of Diamond Lake can still be frozen solidly enough to allow ice-fishing during the traditional start of trout fishing in late April. In more typical conditions in late April and early May, there is partial to fully open water that can be fished from shore or boats. The fish are a little lethargic while the wa...
Old-timers used to congregate in the Shrimp Hole in front of Thielsen View Campground or the Cheese Hole (a.k.a. Velveeta Ridge) at the north end of the lake, where the crowds of anglers and resulting bait in the water concentrated the fish. Those are still good places to start, but these days the fish seem to move about more. Look for clusters of ...
Bait fishing
By far, most anglers go after Diamond’s stocked trout with bait, and the majority of those reach for their jars of Berkley PowerBait, particularly in chartreuse, rainbow and fluorescent orange colors. The standard way to fish bait at Diamond is to use an 8- to 10-pound test for a mainline. Slide a No. 9 sliding egg sinker up the mainline. Many anglers follow this with a tiny bead (5 mm or smaller) to help keep the line moving freely through the sinker. Then tie on a swivel and 18 to 24 inches...
Trolling
The most common method of catching Diamond Lake trout from a moving boat is with a Luhr Jensen Ford Fender lake troll or another attractor, followed by a long leader and either a plain nightcrawler on a hook or a small trout lure, often tipped with a bit of bait. Use ½ ounce to 1 ounce of lead to get the rig no deeper than 20 feet below the surface and work the trolling lanes described above. Other anglers prefer to troll larger lures without attractors. Rig up a bit like a bait angler, with...
Fly fishing
Hatchery trout stocked in Diamond Lake as fingerlings quickly learn that bugs have replaced pellets on their menu. This is particularly true at the south end of the lake, where Silent and Short creeks spill in and where vast shallows hold dense weed beds veined with channels where trout cruise the bug buffet line. Other weed beds also are worth trying. Boats, float tubes and pontoons are all popular for this, and there are spots where wading anglers can get in on the action. Most fly fishing...
Feb 25, 2021 · The Umpqua Fishery Enhancement Derby is partnering with Diamond Lake Resort to host the inaugural 2021 Ice Fishing Derby at Diamond Lake, beginning Monday and running through April 15. The fishing ...
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Feb 8, 2023 · Heads up. Saturday, the second Diamond Lake ice fishing tournament in seven days out of the Edgewater Lounge/Restaurant (802 Southshore Diamond Lake Road) will be a big perch event. Registration ...
