OPEN for the season!

Gold Lake - Crescent, OR (Lake County)

by OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff
5-26-2026
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OPEN for the season! The lake is open for angling annually from May 22 to Oct. 31. For access inquiries call the USFS Willamette National Forest (541) 782-2283 for updates.

Gold lake has special fishing regulations in place that include no retention of rainbow trout, no limit on brook trout, fly-fishing only, with fly rod, no spinning rigs, only barbless hooks. Oregon State Marine Board passed a new regulation in 2020 that allows ELECTRIC motors only on Gold Lake.

Gold Lake is a 100-acre lake located north of the Willamette Pass summit off Hwy. 58 approximately 23 miles southeast of Oakridge.

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