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Benson Lake

Type
Lake or reservoir, Oregon (West)
Designation
Featured sport-fishing water
USGS gauges
None listed
Guides
6 nearby
Shops
4 nearby

Today on Benson Lake

No live reading for this water
Why there is no reading

Nothing live is published for this water, so there is no reading or verdict today. The readings section below says what we checked.

Regulations & access Guides & shops

Benson Lake is a lake or reservoir in Oregon, listed as Featured sport-fishing water by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.

More about Benson Lake

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife lists 5 species, including bullhead, crappie and largemouth bass. 6 guides and 4 shops nearby are listed here; the nearest destination hub is Bend & the Deschutes.

Updated · Sources: ODFW '50 places to go fishing' guides (Portland, Medford, Roseburg, Bend, Lane County, South Coast), ODFW '50 places to go fishing' guides (Portland, Medford, Roseburg, Bend, Lane County, South Coast)

Representative photograph of similar water; not a photograph of this place.
Representative photograph, not this water.
Where it is

Benson Lake is a lake or reservoir in Oregon. Our destination hub Bend & the Deschutes is 32 mi away in a straight line.

No real-time gauge

No real-time gauge on this water. We found no active USGS gauge on Benson Lake or on its stream system within about 25 miles, and no dam operator publishes data for it. A missing gauge says nothing about the water itself. Find the gauges nearest Benson Lake

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About these readings

Nothing live is published for this water; the note below says what we checked.

Where to fish

About this

Start from the agency's public access map. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.

Nothing on this page grants or implies access.

Oregon fishing and trout stocking maps

Benson Lake on the map

About this

Shops and guides within 40 miles

Map of Benson Lake: gauges, shops and guides

RestroomsAccess map

Map of Benson Lake, and shops and guides with an exact address within 40 miles.

Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors · OpenFreeMap · © OpenMapTiles

Restrooms near Benson Lake

Restrooms near Benson Lake

Restrooms within 2 miles of Benson Lake in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.

No restroom mapped within 2 mi yet — add one you know.

Campgrounds, fishing access sites and boat ramps often have one that isn't on the map yet.

Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.

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    Photo credit

    Lake Billy Chinook, Oregon. Photo: icetsarina, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Scott Lake.

    Scott Lake

    Oregon · about 1 mi

  • Aerial view of Eagle Lake beyond the dry bed of Horse LakeFeatured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Devil's Lake
    Photo credit

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    Devil's Lake

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  • Crowley Lake below a mountain ridge of the Long Valley Caldera, under evening cloudsFeatured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Sparks Lake
    Photo credit

    Crowley Lake and the Long Valley Caldera from US 395. Photo: Clinton Steeds, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Sparks Lake.

    Sparks Lake

    Oregon · about 16 mi

    Brook & cutthroat trout

  • Ennis Lake partly iced over in early spring, with the snow-covered Madison Range across the waterFeatured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Suttle Lake
    Photo credit

    Ennis Lake, Montana, in March, with the Madison Range beyond. Photo: Gloria Cabada-Leman, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr Not Suttle Lake.

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  • Marshy shallows at the edge of Henrys Lake, with the Henrys Lake Mountains behindFeatured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Elk Lake
    Photo credit

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    Elk Lake

    Oregon · about 18 mi

    Brook & cutthroat trout

  • Low mist over the still surface of Bakewell Lake between forested mountainsFeatured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Hosmer Lake
    Photo credit

    Bakewell Lake, Misty Fiords, Tongass National Forest (USDA Forest Service). Photo: Forest Service Alaska Region, USDA, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Hosmer Lake.

    Hosmer Lake

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Regulations

About this

Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.

Official designation: Featured sport-fishing water

Each comes from the agency's own published list; where the list names a reach it is quoted. A designation applies to the listed reach, not necessarily the whole water. Listed in the finder under trout, bass.

The water on the map

About this

Measured from the NHDPlus High Resolution (flowlines and waterbodies) (U.S. Geological Survey, read 2026-11-05) for this water’s own mapped feature. Rounded figures; they describe the channel, not today’s conditions.

Surface area
18.8 acres
Watershed
Mckenzie

Guides and shops near Benson Lake

About this

Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.

Guides

All Oregon guides

4 shops nearby

All Oregon shops

How these are chosen

Guides whose own website names this water come first, nearest first. After them, fly-focused guides within 40 miles whose website does not name it. Distances are straight-line.

Shops: fly shops first. A distance is shown when the shop’s website gives its location (within 60 miles); otherwise the shop is in one of the towns within 25 miles of the water.

Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories.

Species and hatches

About this

The species the agency lists here; presence varies by reach and season.

Listed by the state agency

  • Illustration of a largemouth bass: green body with a dark horizontal stripe and a jaw reaching past the eye

    Largemouth bass

    Species guide

    Photo credit

    Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides), illustration by Duane Raver for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Photo: Duane Raver, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

  • An underwater photograph of a sunfish hovering over a rocky bottom, deep-bodied with a dark ear flap

    Panfish

    Species guide

    Photo credit

    A bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus), photographed by Ryan Hagerty for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Photo: Ryan Hagerty/USFWS, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

  • Bullhead
  • Sunfish
  • Trout

When the bugs come off

Regional hatch months: Pacific Northwest
About this chart

1 hatch charted for the region, not measured on this water. From Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife.

  1. January: no charted hatch
  2. February: no charted hatch
  3. March: no charted hatch
  4. April: no charted hatch
  5. May: 1 charted hatch
  6. June: no charted hatch
  7. July: no charted hatch
  8. August: no charted hatch
  9. September: no charted hatch
  10. October: no charted hatch
  11. November: no charted hatch
  12. December: no charted hatch

Salmonfly (May)

Bend & the Deschutes

About this

Bend sits on the upper Deschutes River in central Oregon, with the Crooked and Metolius rivers to the north and the lower Deschutes canyon downstream toward Maupin.

Destination hub · 32 mi away in a straight line

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Gear checklist

About this

A stillwater fly-fishing checklist for lakes and ponds: a 9–10 ft 5–6 weight rod, floating and intermediate lines, chironomids and leeches, and float-tube options, with estimated prices and where to buy.

An angler stands knee-deep in a calm lake with the rod bent, playing a trout

Lakes & stillwater

9′–10′ rod, 5–6 weight, floating + intermediate lines · Rainbow, brook and brown trout in lakes

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Videos for this water (3)

Watch: stillwater trout basics

About this

Chironomids, leeches and where fish hold in a lake.

Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.

  • Catch More Trout in Lakes Using Indicators – Stillwater Fly Fishing TipsEmbedded from YouTube · Fly Fish Food · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Stillwater Fly Fishing Is Simpler Than You Think! | Introduction to Stillwater Fly FishingEmbedded from YouTube · Fly Fish Food · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Why is this Chironomid Fly Pattern So Versatile? | Two-Toner BC Chironomid | Fly Tying TutorialEmbedded from YouTube · Fly Fish Food · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube

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Fish Tales

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Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Benson Lake.

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Sources for this page

Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.

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All 7 sources and dates

A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.

Flows, gauge statistics and flood stages come from USGS and the National Weather Service when the page is shown. Regulations, stocking, species and season statements link to the agency that publishes them; this page copies only the species names and the quoted sentences. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: the point for “Benson Lake” (lake) in the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Water type is our own classification.