Cold Springs Reservoir fishing: Largemouth Bass, White Crappie, Bluegill

Target species: Largemouth Bass, White Crappie, Bluegill
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Cold Springs Reservoir, 1 lane.

The reservoir

Cold Springs Reservoir covers 1,440 acres in Oregon, across Umatilla County. It is a reservoir. Our records hold 8 species for this water.

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Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives · CC BY 4.0

3 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass

  • Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
  • White Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.

Also recorded here: Smallmouth Bass, Black Crappie, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead, Common Carp.

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Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives · CC BY 4.0

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

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Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives · CC BY 4.0
  • Cold Springs Reservoir — 1 lane. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. phone 541-922-3232 · website fws.gov/oregonfwo

The place listed has no fee or opening hours on file: a blank means we hold no such field, not that it is free or always open, and this list may not be complete.

Water and conditions

Our water temperature readings average 68°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 8.6. These readings span 2017–2026.

What is hard here

Only 1 public ramp is on file, so the launch decides where you fish.