Nothing live is published for this water, so there is no reading or verdict today. The readings section below says what we checked.
Hills Creek Reservoir is a lake or reservoir in Oregon, listed as Featured sport-fishing water by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife lists 3 species, including bass, crappie and trout. 2 guides nearby are listed here.
Hills Creek Reservoir is a lake or reservoir in Oregon.
No real-time gauge on this water. We found no active USGS gauge on Hills Creek Reservoir 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 Hills Creek Reservoir
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.
Shops and guides within 40 miles
Map of Hills Creek Reservoir: gauges, shops and guides
Map of Hills Creek Reservoir, and shops and guides with an exact address within 40 miles.
Restrooms within 2 miles of Hills Creek Reservoir 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.
Featured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Gold LakeLake Billy Chinook, Oregon. Photo: icetsarina, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Gold Lake.
Oregon · about 19 mi
Featured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Erma Bell LakesEagle Lake, Lassen County, California, with dry Horse Lake in the foreground (aerial). Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Erma Bell Lakes.
Oregon · about 22 mi
Steelhead / salmon waterRepresentative photo · not Fall Creek
Steelhead / salmon waterRepresentative photo · not Row RiverThe McKenzie River near the Goodpasture covered bridge, Oregon. Photo: pithecanthropus4152, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Row River.
Featured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Dexter ReservoirCrowley Lake and the Long Valley Caldera from US 395. Photo: Clinton Steeds, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Dexter Reservoir.
Oregon · about 25 mi
Featured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Dorena ReservoirEnnis Lake, Montana, in March, with the Madison Range beyond. Photo: Gloria Cabada-Leman, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr Not Dorena Reservoir.
Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.
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.
On the ODFW '50 places to go fishing' guides (Portland, Medford, Roseburg, Bend, Lane County, South Coast) list (Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, read 2026-11-05). All waters with this designation
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.
USGS name: Hills Creek Lake
Areas the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), public access (U.S. Geological Survey, Gap Analysis Project, read 2026-11-05) lists as owned or held in easement and open to the public, crossed by the mapped shoreline. Boundaries are mapped, not surveyed. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.
10 of 26.3 mi of shoreline on public land
Nothing on this page grants or implies access.
Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.
Walterville, OR · 34 mi
Drift boat · Raft trips · McKenzie & Clear Lake
Nearby
Springfield, OR · 39 mi
Float trips · Drift boat · Deschutes & McKenzie
Nearby
No shop nearby yet.
The species the agency lists here; presence varies by reach and season.
Listed by the state agency
Species guide
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
1 hatch charted for the region, not measured on this water. From Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife.
Salmonfly (May)
None of our destination hubs is within 40 miles in a straight line. The trip planner builds a trip around the water itself: the guides and shops listed within 40 miles of it, its gauges and its nearest towns and airports.
No hub within 40 miles
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.
9′–10′ rod, 5–6 weight, floating + intermediate lines · Rainbow, brook and brown trout in lakes
Open the checklistChironomids, 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.
Not sponsored All videos on stillwater
Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Hills Creek Reservoir.
No stories from here yet.
Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.
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 “Hills Creek Lake” (reservoir) in the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Water type is our own classification.
Featured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Gold LakeLake Billy Chinook, Oregon. Photo: icetsarina, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Gold Lake.
Oregon · about 19 mi
Featured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Erma Bell LakesEagle Lake, Lassen County, California, with dry Horse Lake in the foreground (aerial). Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Erma Bell Lakes.
Oregon · about 22 mi
Steelhead / salmon waterRepresentative photo · not Fall CreekOregon · about 23 mi
Steelhead, chinook salmon & coho salmon
2,450cfsFlow now · much above normal for the date
Steelhead / salmon waterRepresentative photo · not Row RiverThe McKenzie River near the Goodpasture covered bridge, Oregon. Photo: pithecanthropus4152, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Row River.
Oregon · about 23 mi
Steelhead & chinook salmon
24.5cfsFlow now · much below normal for the date
Featured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Dexter ReservoirCrowley Lake and the Long Valley Caldera from US 395. Photo: Clinton Steeds, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Dexter Reservoir.
Oregon · about 25 mi
Featured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Dorena ReservoirEnnis Lake, Montana, in March, with the Madison Range beyond. Photo: Gloria Cabada-Leman, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr Not Dorena Reservoir.
