Looking for camping and fishing advice

[taconight2night]

Hi everybody, I hope you all have been lucky anglers as of late! :thumb: I have been wanting to do a bit of camping soon and would really like to fish at the same time. To be honest, I'm a little tired of lil stocker trout and would love a good shot at either some larger trout or maybe even a catfish. I was wondering if anybody would be willing to suggest a place to try out. We would like to stay within three hours of Eugene and it would be great to find a camp site right on the water . Thanks a lot guys I really appreciate all information and guidance as always! Tight lines!

 

[pinstriper]

You might consider camping on the coast and surf fishing.

 

[taconight2night]

Thanks for the reply pinstriped. I guess I failed to mention that I'm looking to stay inland either on a lake or river as I have been spending a lot of time on the coast lately..

 

[Big3d]

Crane Prairie is I think within 3 hours, best of both.

 

[pinstriper]

Thanks for the reply pinstriped. I guess I failed to mention that I'm looking to stay inland either on a lake or river as I have been spending a lot of time on the coast lately..

Well. That makes my suggestion much less helpful, if well intentioned.

 

[ZjohnsonJC]

I second crane prairie! wonderful lake to camp and fish.

 

[taconight2night]

Awesome! That's gonna be the spot! I'll be sure to post a report and hopefully pics after the trip

 

[coyo7e]

Crane Prairie is a nice spot, haven't been there in a long time but I seem to recall the chipmunks are pretty much tame at the campground. They have asphalt lanes in the campground so if you've got a dog, be careful that they don't burn their paws because it's way too damn hot for their bare paws on blacktop!

I think you'll need a boat, from what I recall.

You can go up the forest road along the middle north fork willy just before Oakridge, it's fly only and you won't find a bunch of huge ones without doing some exploring, but it's a great spot, a nice drive, and there are a few campgrounds back in there - although tweakers cut the water pump off at Kiahanie when I was there a few weeks back. Eventually the road comes out up the mckenzie a ways as well. Middle North fork is killer spot to hunt mushrooms as well once it starts raining.

 

[taconight2night]

I went online to reserve a camp spot at Crane Prairie the other day and they want around $50 for two nights! Shesh the economics of camp spot pricing has pushed me right out the market it seems :sad: I wish there was a good safe spot to camp for free or at least a spot that is affordable for me, maybe $10-15 a night or so.. Bah!

 

[BaldTexan]

I primitive camp at Crane Prairie over by the dam. Free.


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[TTFishon]

I went online to reserve a camp spot at Crane Prairie the other day and they want around $50 for two nights! Shesh the economics of camp spot pricing has pushed me right out the market it seems :sad: I wish there was a good safe spot to camp for free or at least a spot that is affordable for me, maybe $10-15 a night or so.. Bah!

Not sure how far you're willing to drive but Lemolo Lake has 10 to 15 dollar camping. With good bank fishing too. There's also 15 dollar a day camping at Diamond lake. It's not right on the water but there's water, flush toilets, and showers. For 15 a day/night that's not bad.

 

[TTFishon]

I primitive camp at Crane Prairie over by the dam. Free.


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Yep, there's some good free camp spots off of this road. https://www.google.com/maps/@43.7451211,-121.7842985,469m/data=!3m1!1e3 and there's tons of free camp spots at Wickiup too.

 

[taconight2night]

Oh great thanks. My gf really wants to go camping for her birthday weekend and I really like to take her (and do some fishing myself )

 

[taconight2night]

Alright, we talked it over and it sounds like a go. We did have one question- is it doable and legal to just park off to the side of the road, walk into the woods, find a flat spot and set up camp?