Brown and rainbow trout ply its waters along with kokanee salmon. A warm summer afternoon will find whole families settled in along the shore with lawn chairs, lunches and lines in the water, watching their bobbers for a fish to bite. Off shore, the serious kokanee fishermen troll lures back and forth across the lake all day long. East Lake Located in the Newberry National Volcanic Monument about 25 miles south of Bend off U.S. Highway 97, East Lake has been a longtime local fishing hotspot. At 1,044 acres in size and 180 feet deep, it holds a prolific fishery of rainbow trout, Atlantic salmon, kokanee salmon and brown trout.
Anglers here use bait, lures and flies and sometimes catch a monster-size brown trout.
Boats may be rented at East Lake Resort. Paulina Lake Paulina Lake is 250 feet deep and sprawls over 1,531 acres on Newberry National Volcanic Monument. It has rainbow and brown trout along with kokanee salmon. The rainbow trout here average 9 to 14 inches, although there are some five-pounders swimming about the lake's depths as well. You can rent boats at Paulina Lake Resort.