Browns can be caught shallow in the early morning and late evening. They are found around steep drop-offs and rock shelves in deeper water. Atlantic salmon average 10 to 15 inches and are often caught by fly-rodders plying the edges of the weedbeds on the eastern shore. Fly-anglers can take kokanee all season long on wind-drifted callibaetis nymphs.

NORTHEAST
A jewel in the Elk Horn Mountains, Anthony Lake is heavily stocked when the snow melts in the high country.

This 22-acre lake sits in the alpine shadow of Angel Peak. The Elk Horn Crest Trail runs along one side of the lake. Rainbow trout are the main catch, but there are brook trout in Anthony. Though anglers may catch fish anywhere, the best bank-fishing is at either end of the lake. The launch, in shallow water, is suitable for small boats. Some of the best trolling is where the shallows give way to deeper water straight out from the launch. While you are there, try nearby Mud, Grande Ronde and Black lakes. If you're a flyfisherman using a float tube, you have an advantage when you troll a tandem nymph rig with a slow-sink line.

Wallowa Lake is the largest natural lake in the northeast Oregon. It is home to lake trout, kokanee, bull trout -- which must be released -- and rainbow trout.

Rainbows are the main catch and most anglers pursue them near the mouth of the Wallowa River at the southern end of the lake where the river takes a hard right turn toward the bank. Most of the trout are hatchery stock that average 10-12 inches, but holdovers can reach 18 inches or more. All methods work, but flyfishermen can do very well in the spring in 10 feet of water at the mouth of the Wallowa River.

Wallowa Lake can be a good base camp for a hiking or horseback trip into the high country for brook trout and rainbows. In the spring, take the kids to one of several ponds stocked with catchable rainbows: Marr Pond in Enterprise, Victor Pond, west of Wallowa, and Wallowa Wildlife Pond.

SOUTHEAST
Campbell Lake is a quiet lake nestled in the lodgepole pines in the upper Chewaucan watershed. It has 20 surface acres and a maximum depth of 20 feet. Rainbow trout make up most of the catch, but you might catch a brook as well.

Dead Horse Lake, one mile away, is Campbell's twin. It's hard to imagine a more pleasant place to fish. It is large enough, at 29 acres, to let the few anglers spread out. With ample shallows, muddy bottoms, submerged grass and drowned timber, insect production is good, which translates to a healthy fish population.

While moseying back from the lakes, stop to fish one of southeast Oregon's best trout streams. The Chewaucan is a clear-running forest river with slow, shallow pools, swift runs and small waterfalls. Good streamside habitat protects trout and provides insect production.