Lake Billy Chinook fishing

Lake Billy Chinook fishing is on a reservoir. No species or stocking events are on the current agency reports yet.

Illustration, not a photo of this lake
Last stocked
Not in these reports
Plants on record
0
Species recorded
0

Access and facts

Water type
reservoir
Nearest town
Culver, OR
Shore access
Yes
Boat ramp
Yes
Facilities
restrooms, camping

Three main launches: Cove Palisades State Park on the Crooked arm, Deschutes Campground on the Deschutes arm, and Perry South on the Metolius arm. The Metolius arm is on Warm Springs tribal land and needs a tribal angling permit when open.

Other places to fish at Lake Billy Chinook

Crooked River arm at Cove Palisades

Early-season and year-round kokanee starting area before the Metolius arm opens; look for jumpers on shallow shelves and open water near the state-park launch. (bestfishinginamerica.com, accessed September 29, 2026)

Mouth of the Deschutes arm

Another early-year kokanee search area where schools show as jumpers before Metolius access opens. (bestfishinginamerica.com, accessed September 29, 2026)

Metolius arm near Chinook Island and Perry South

Once the Metolius arm opens (seasonal; tribal permit required), fish around Chinook Island and up toward Perry South Campground for kokanee and bull trout in cold water. (bestfishinginamerica.com, accessed September 29, 2026)

Metolius deadline by the dam

A good early-season kokanee start point along the Metolius deadline near Round Butte Dam before the arm itself opens. (bestfishinginamerica.com, accessed September 29, 2026)

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About Lake Billy Chinook

Billy Chinook is Oregon's best bull trout lake and a low-elevation kokanee fishery. Black bass and rainbow and brown trout are present too. Round Butte Dam flooded three river confluences near Culver and Madras in 1964.

Nearest lakes

Lake Simtustus 6.6 mi no stocking on record Prineville Reservoir 43.8 mi no stocking on record Crane Prairie Reservoir 59.9 mi no stocking on record Antelope Flat Reservoir 63.2 mi last stocked May 18, 2026 Wickiup Reservoir 64.3 mi no stocking on record

Camping near Lake Billy Chinook

Campgrounds within 15 miles of Lake Billy Chinook's mapped point, nearest first: Perry South camping (4.5 miles), Monty camping (6.1 miles), The Cove Palisades State Park camping (6.6 miles), Pelton Park camping (9.2 miles), and Whychus Crossing camping (11.8 miles), each with its own campground page on campgroundsdb.com.

Straight-line distances.

Sources

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