Explore Oregon Podcast: The state's most beautiful places and biggest issuesFind hot trout fishing in the 'disappearing river' of Lookout Point
In this episode, host Zach Urness goes fishing in an unusual place — the bottom of an empty reservoir on a stream that only appears for a few weeks every year.
The place in question is Lookout Point Lake, a reservoir southeast of Eugene just off Highway 58. The reservoir undergoes a deep drawdown each year to help endangered fish, and in the process exposes reservoir bed — and a river — that's been submerged for almost 70 years.
Zach and fish biologist Greg Taylor headed out to fish this "new river" for trout last weekend, in the process hiking past ancient ruins and sweeping mudflats. They talk about where to go, what you can catch and what fishing the "deep drawdown" is all about.
The place in question is Lookout Point Lake, a reservoir southeast of Eugene just off Highway 58. The reservoir undergoes a deep drawdown each year to help endangered fish, and in the process exposes reservoir bed — and a river — that's been submerged for almost 70 years.
Zach and fish biologist Greg Taylor headed out to fish this "new river" for trout last weekend, in the process hiking past ancient ruins and sweeping mudflats. They talk about where to go, what you can catch and what fishing the "deep drawdown" is all about.
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