Lake Billy Chinook Bull Trout Fishing

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Lake billy chinook bull trout fishing. The Metolius Arm is now open but you will need a tribal permit in addition to your state fishing license. The daily catch limit is one bull trout longer than 24 inches while all others must be released unharmed. Spawning occurs in the fall when water temperatures drop below 50F.

Lake Billy Chinook Report Lake Billy on the Deschutes Arm- Watch the. Bull trout are federally listed as a threatened and endangered species but they hold a sensitive status in Lake Billy Chinook. Every year fish in the low teens are caught.

The biggest bull trout Garrison said he has ever caught on Lake Billy Chinook was 14 pounds. Kokanee is also a very popular fishery on this lake. I rung in the spring solstice kayak fishing the Metolius and Deschutes arms of beautiful Lake Billy Chinook.

Kokanee Fishing Has Been Excellent Kokanee fishing has been excellent with fish averaging. There are two arms that provide good fishing the Metolius arm and the Deschutes arm with water feeding each river accordingly. Photo contributed by Luke Ovgard The author was skunked fishing for bull trout.

Bull trout are voracious predators of other fish so anglers often use lures or. Lake Billy Chinook is a large Central Oregon reservoir best known for its huge bull trout and plentiful kokanee. Federally listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1998 bull trout are continuing to thrive in Lake Billy Chinook one of the few bodies of water in the country where they can be.

Billy Chinook bulls average 18 inches up to 10 pounds. Large bull trout are the primary target of most fishermen on this section of water. Oregons state record bull trout came out of this lake in 1989 a fish that tipped the scales at over 23 pounds.