17 Best Fishing Spots Near Baker City

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Baker County has some of the best smallmouth bass, crappie and catfish fishing anywhere in Oregon, thanks to a string of productive reservoirs on its boundary with Idaho. For many anglers coming to Baker County, the destination is Brownlee Reservoir, the largest and often best of those three massive reservoirs, but the county also has plenty of other places to fish, ranging from lower-elevation warm water fish to some very fine trout fishing in mountain settings.

The purpose of this article is to quickly introduce some of the very best places to fish in Baker County. For additional details on related topics, please click the links within the body of the article as well as at the bottom.

Baker County’s neighbors also have great fishing, so click the county links to explore a wider area.

Regulations governing sport fishing in this area are mostly under the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Southeast Zone, but look for regulations on fishing in the Snake River and its reservoirs listed in the Snake River Zone.

Incorporated cities in Baker County are Baker City, Greenhorn, Haines, Halfway, Huntington, Richland, Sumpter and Unity.

Natural features here include parts of the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Eagle Cap Wilderness, Blue Mountains and the southern tip of the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area.

The National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center (Museum) is located just east of Baker City.

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Content by Eric Apalategui, Best Fishing In America.