Walking Plow Lake is a lake in Lake County, Oregon.
Use the shape you can see at Walking Plow Lake: check the best cover, the first drop, and one open-water line before moving.
Fish and Baits
Fish listed for Walking Plow Lake include Brown Bullhead, Brown Trout, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Tui Chub, and Yellow Perch.
During the first hour near a creek-side turn after a cold night, keep a small jig tipped with a worm or minnow close to bottom on a shelf for yellow perch.
During a short evening pass near a narrow cove close to shade, work a soft plastic, jig, or spinnerbait around weeds and protected cover for largemouth bass.
During a cold winter outing near a creek-side turn where food is present, use a worm on the bottom in a warm, quiet pocket during low light for brown bullhead.
During the first hour near scattered wood after a cold night, cast a small spoon, inline spinner, light jig, or fly through cool water for rainbow trout.
During a bright afternoon near a clean gravel patch with a slow lure, Other targets listed here include Brown Trout; give each one its own bait and depth instead of trying to catch everything with the same rig.
How to Read the Water
During a methodical search near the outside weed line with a moving bait, start where two things meet: weeds and open water, rock and mud, a point and a drop, or clear water and dirty water; fish that edge at more than one depth before leaving it.
Season by Season
During a bright afternoon near a channel bend near firm bottom, shallow water is worth a careful look in spring and again during fall; bright summer days favor shade, weeds, or deeper breaks; under ice, a small depth change can be more useful than a long move.
A Simple Tackle Plan
During the first hour near a narrow cove near visible bait, a light spinning rod, thin line, a few small spoons, inline spinners, and jigs cover the listed trout; carry one slightly heavier setup when other fish or windy water call for more control.
During a low-light period near the edge of deeper water with a slow lure, record the wind, water color, lure depth that worked, and cover after a bite; those four notes are more useful on the next trip than a long list of spots that did not produce.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.