Detroit Lake

Twothirteen · 05-20-2009, 12:58 AM

Hey,

I was what the general consensus is for Detroit Lake's bass fishery?

I've read online that Detroit Lake has some Largemouth in it, but is this a case of one or two fish, or are they plentiful? I didn't see anything online regarding Smallmouth there, but have any of you guys caught some there?

Fill me in! Thanks,

-- Chase

s20055 · 05-20-2009, 03:59 AM

I hope not.

Walleyed · 05-20-2009, 06:20 AM

Sorry no bass in Detroit.

1bigfish · 05-20-2009, 12:05 PM

I have never heard of any bass in Detroit Lake.

fishonjon · 05-20-2009, 07:14 PM

No bass!

07clackapramowner · 05-20-2009, 10:05 PM

An odfw employee told me that there were largemouth, smallmouth, punkinseed & bluegill in there. These fish were found doing one of their net surveys. Also heard rumor of a few being caught. If I was going to target Bass I'd head to Foster or Green Peter instead. Probably won't be long till the population of those fish in detroit makes them targetable.

StickHNTR · 05-23-2009, 12:12 PM

generally i would think the water temps in detroit would make it hard on the bass/warm water species. not super sure tho ive never fished detroit in summer/fall

07clackapramowner · 05-23-2009, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by StickHNTR

generally i would think the water temps in detroit would make it hard on the bass/warm water species. not super sure tho ive never fished detroit in summer/fall

Bathwater warm! Green peter is alot like Dumptroit the way its setup and it has an awesome bass fishery.

McSteelie · 05-26-2009, 11:42 AM

I was told last summer by a forest service guy tending the portapotties that there were some bass in detroit.

cubsfan · 05-26-2009, 11:49 AM

I really hope not

bigd · 06-11-2009, 11:02 PM

Untill I catch one or see one caught in person I would say no bass,,,,

happybrew · 06-12-2009, 08:36 PM

I'm not against bass, but I'd sure hate to see them in Detroit.

back_to_homer · 06-25-2009, 08:12 AM

I was amazed but according to odfw;
http://www.dfw.state.or.us/fish/easy...te/detroit.asp

they do list:
Fisheries: ODFW releases 125,000 legal-sized rainbow trout between April and October, along with fingerling rainbow, kokanee and chinook. There are also brown bullhead, largemouth bass and pumpkinseed present in the reservoir.

We camp there 2-3 times a year with the kiddies and at all the Park Ranger shows/forums they really emphasize the lack of bass in the lake since they devour everything.

Never caught or seen any myself so I'm hoping (and praying) it ain't true.

joebob · 06-25-2009, 11:23 AM

If you look down in the water mid day when the sun is up right around the little fishing dock at the campground you can see dinky little bass. biggest ones were like 3 inches tops. The old hardware store in detroit used to host pictures of fish from the lake and i remember seeing a few bass on the wall but not many or any big ones.

Twothirteen · 06-25-2009, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by back_to_homer

I was amazed but according to odfw;
http://www.dfw.state.or.us/fish/easy...te/detroit.asp

they do list:
Fisheries: ODFW releases 125,000 legal-sized rainbow trout between April and October, along with fingerling rainbow, kokanee and chinook. There are also brown bullhead, largemouth bass and pumpkinseed present in the reservoir.

We camp there 2-3 times a year with the kiddies and at all the Park Ranger shows/forums they really emphasize the lack of bass in the lake since they devour everything.

Never caught or seen any myself so I'm hoping (and praying) it ain't true.

Yeah I saw that as well, and I wasn't sure.. I've got a friend that works at the docks there so I figured I'd ask.. Free boat rentals is cool with me! ;D