Funny Names Waterfront Parks Park Fees Columbia Co. For trout fishing along a secluded stream, try Canyon Creek Years ago, hatchery workers used to dump trout in many local streams. Conflicts with wild fish have largely ended the practice - but not in Canyon Creek. The Department of Fish and Wildlife will plant that dramatically beautiful stream east of Chelatchie with 7,500 rainbow trout before the June 1 opening day of the stream season. That's nearly twice as many as last year.
Vehicles parked in turnouts can be landmarks for access trails.
Four miles east of Chelatchie, Forest Road 54 crosses Canyon Creek for the first time, and there's plenty of fishing access, though angling is usually better higher up. Six miles farther, you'll reach the center of Canyon Creek fishing frenzy. The road crosses the creek twice in a short stretch, and there's easy access to the waters, which cut through rocky, moss-covered slabs of rock. The fish are planted here. The stretch farther upstream, near where Jakes Creek flows in, is also a good place to try for trout.