Oregon fishing

Going on vacation to crater lake area and was wondering if any of you oregon guys might have any suggestions.
I'll be down there the last week in Aug.

Heard good things about Diamond Lake just North of Crater lake..  Personally I haven't fished down that far South

You can actually fish Crater Lake... no license required and no limits (just don't use any organic bait of any kind).  Seems the lakes where stocked at one point and now the parks service would rather see as many of the now naturally reproducing fish removed as possible.

http://www.nps.gov/archive/crla/brochures/fish.htm

Besides Diamond Lake already mentioned, Cresent and Odell Lakes are fairly close as is the Upper Klamath Lake.

Brian

You can actually fish Crater Lake... no license required and no limits

Whoa...

Regarding kayak fishing in Crater Lake though... I just noticed this form the website I linked to..

Boating
Private boats or flotation devices are not allowed on Crater Lake.

re: fishing and Crater Lake.  The lake is naturally nutrient poor, and never had any natural fish population (as far as anyone knows).   It was formed by a volcanic eruption just 6,000 years ago. Stocking efforts never worked very well due to the lack of nutrients.  The National Park Service halted it in part because of fears that planting it with lots of hatchery fish may have an impact on water quality (the water in the lake is among the purest of any surface water body in the world).

The no limits fishing reg is an effort to get rid of the remaining fish (if there are any).  From what I have heard, it's a great place to enjoy some scenery but not much odds of catching a fish.  There are some nice creek fishing spots near it though (headwaters of the Rogue and Umpqua, and Annie Creek.

Diamond Lake is currently having a fantastic year, and the fishing should hold up a while longer.  Just be prepared for bug hatches, particularly midges, of biblical proportions.  Think head net, otherwise you will be breathing midges.

If you are into fly fishing, also check out the Wood and Williamson Rivers.  Should be big Klamath Lake redbands making their run up the Williamson in August, and redbands and big browns in the Wood.  This is the kind of fishing that requires some skill as a fly angler, but the opportunity to hook into 10 pound rainbows is pretty unique in the lower 48.  On the Williamson, a nice trip is to launch at Collier State Park and paddle upstream and fish likely spots.  You can go 3-4 miles up river before you start hitting rock reefs that are too shallow to boat.

There are a bunch of neat trout lakes in that part of the state too... maybe pickup a copy of the book "Fishing in Oregon" and check out some options.

DIAMOND LAKE: rainbow trout

Diamond Lake has had very good fishing. There is a bug hatch going on and fly anglers are successfully catching some nice trout. Anglers are reminded the boat speed limit will be 10 mph all day. This is the same speed limit that it was in the past prior to the negative impact of the tui chub. In addition to the 50,000 2007 “fingerlings” which are now 12 – 15 inches long, the ODFW is also stocking additional catchable trout. About 56,000 additional trout have been stocked. Of these, about 6,000 were trophy sized. Fishing has been good with many people catching trout in the 14 to 17 inch size and some people catching trout in the 20-inch size range. In a recent tournament, the winner caught a 4 pound trout!