Diamond Lake Oregon

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mlarocco
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Diamond Lake Oregon

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Recently traveled to Reno NV and stopped at Diamond Lake in the Oregon Cascades. Mornings were chilly (< 30 degrees) in late September.

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The lake is shall9ow around the edges. During the summer, there is also allot of weed growth in the shallows. To fish it effectively a boat is required. There is a small resort on the lake that will rent aluminum boats for the day. By the time I fished it, much of the weed growth had dies off.

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I found a dock that gave me access to deeper water. I used a Thomas & Thomas Montana lined with a 6wt floating line. While I did catch some rainbows, I probably would have done better renting a boat. Some of the gear fishermen were reporting catching Tiger trout up to 24" and I heard of one 22: brown trout.

Normally, I do not like taking fish out of the water but was fearful of dropping my phone off the dock so hosited one onto the deck (8 lb flouro leader)

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As I said, there is a small resort on the lake that rents rooms. It is about 10 miles from Crater Lake National Park for anybody on a family trip. Lots of potential, but I was disappointed nit catching a tiger. Reason to go back....

Boo
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Re: Diamond Lake Oregon

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Use to fly fish Diamond Lake in the summer and xc ski there in winter. Hiked up to the top of Mt. Thielson (in your photo) a few times. Beautiful place!

bassman
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Re: Diamond Lake Oregon

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Beautiful setting to enjoy your fishing. Like you I'd like to catch a tiger trout of size I was sure of ID. Years ago I fished a stream in northern WI with both brookies and browns and caught a couple of fish I wondered if they were some sort of crossover but knew nothing of tigers back then. Now I do and the bigger ones are beautiful fish.

mlarocco
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Re: Diamond Lake Oregon

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I'd like to catch a tiger trout

From what I understand, ODFW introduced the Tigers (and browns) into Diamond to control the Chubs. They are catch and release only. Washington state just established a new state record (24.5 lbs), they can get quite large. Like you, my only exposure to Tiger trout was on a river in central Mass that supported both Browns and Brookies. I caught an 8" fish that somebody identified as a Brown/Brookie cross. I had visions of a Chihuahua and a German Shepard cuddling up :eek

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