Willow Lake fishing: Smallmouth Bass, White Crappie, Bluegill

Target species: Smallmouth Bass, White Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Willow Creek Access, 1 lane.

The lake

Willow Lake covers 307 acres in Oregon, across Gilliam County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is 34.8 feet (10.6 m). Our records hold 7 species for this water.

Willow Lake, Oregon.jpg
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5 target fish, led by Smallmouth Bass

  • Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
  • White Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.
  • Pumpkinseed — Feeding water: 65–80°F.

Also recorded here: Lake Whitefish, Brown Bullhead.

Willow Creek Wildlife Area, Oregon.jpg
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Depth: down to 34.8 ft at the deepest measured point

Deepest measured point: 34.8 ft (10.6 m). We hold 37 depth contours for this water, drawn from 3 soundings.

Mt. McLoughlin, Willow Lake, Willow Lake County Park - DPLA - 09082365d9d387d08354d1a4519a0f43.jpg
Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives · CC BY 4.0
  • 0–2 ft: 15.5% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 6.6% of the water
  • 4–6 ft: 6% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 5.9% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 5.6% of the water
  • 10–12 ft: 6.4% of the water
  • 12–14 ft: 6.9% of the water
  • 14–16 ft: 6.2% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 5.1% of the water
  • 18–20 ft: 4.7% of the water
  • 20–22 ft: 5.1% of the water
  • 22–24 ft: 6.2% of the water
  • 24–26 ft: 9.7% of the water
  • 26–27 ft: 10.4% of the water

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

  • Willow Creek Access — 1 lane. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. phone 541-276-2344 · website myodfw.com/willow-creek-wildlife-area-visitors-guide

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.

What is hard here

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

Where this data comes from

  • NOAA ENC — NOAA Electronic Navigational Charts: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
  • NOAA ENC — NOAA Electronic Navigational Charts: soundings: class A, a survey of the bottom.