Olive Lake - desolation unit

[cityfisher]

anyone know when you can get into it with a boat? I imagine it'll be a while yet but I am curious.

Thanks, Jay

[spottedhawk36]

olive lake sets at about 5000 feet so im sure they got alot of snow this year, i would think first of june middle of june, they have some nice trout in that lake.

[hilaker]

Your best bet is to contact the Umatilla Forest as they should be able to tell you concerning access. I have attached a link to their site. I don't if you are looking to fish the lake or not, but we camped their last June for a few days and the fishing was poor. The lake has a huge population of Redside Shiners and Tui Chubs which were illegally introduced. We have a cabin west of Baker that sits a 4,000 feet elevation and we still have a lot of snow. Olive Lake is at 6,000 feet. We had snow on the ground this morning and it has spit snow off and on all day. Good Luck


http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/uma/nr/fishwildlife/fishing-nfjd.shtml

[Jedcraft]

Might also check with the store in Granite for info.

[cityfisher]

Thanks for the link...and the Granite store was my next stop.

I was thinking of fishing it...also I hear it has lots of Crawfish. I know 6-7 years ago we fished it in the fall and did well. I didn't know about the chubs and shiners though...that is to bad.

I love it up there...even if the fishing is poor it is hard to argue with spending a few days camping there.

Jay

[Eagleclaw]

Thanks for the link...and the Granite store was my next stop.

I was thinking of fishing it...also I hear it has lots of Crawfish. I know 6-7 years ago we fished it in the fall and did well. I didn't know about the chubs and shiners though...that is to bad.

I love it up there...even if the fishing is poor it is hard to argue with spending a few days camping there.

Jay

:yeahthat:

It's a very nice area to camp.