I'm new to the La Grande area and am looking to get ready to start fishing around here and am looking for fun/dog friendly places. Is this lake one? As you can see by my name I love to hike into lakes and go fishing. Any suggestions?
Morgan Lake is a good place to go for some basic stocked trout. There aren't very many trophies there, but I have caught a few that were over 13 inches. It's not much of a hike to get around the lake but it's a start. It is dog friendly, and I see many dogs running around when people take their walks around the lake.
Another place to check out is Thief Valley Resevoir, when the water comes back. Since there is a creek that runs into the resevoir, the trout will spawn and after 3 years of water being kept in, you will surely find some trophies there, especially during ice fishing season. It's located out between Union and North Powder. Just take pyles canyon road and there will be signs that are there, just have to use some common sense to actually find the lake which isn't too hard. Bit of a drive though.
There is a private pond outside of cove that I believe still is open to the public for bass fishing. The water is a bit low and the bass sizes aren't very large but it's just a place to hang out and have some fun.
I think that's about what I can think of, off the top of my head.
Sorry, been awhile since I've been here and got an email saying there was an update to this forum. Been a long time coming for me to come back haha.