The lakes offer excellent angling for bluegill, bullhead, and largemouth bass. Some steelhead, cutthroat and rainbow trout.

Access to north lake is from the lake channel only. The shoreline is private. Access to south lake is from a day-use county park.

Facilities there include a paved boat ramp, picnic ara, and barrier-free pier.

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Name: bassnbob	Date: 2009-09-18
Location: yoncalla,or	E-Mail:
Water Teamp: 67-68	Water Clarity: 3
Report: I put my 3 year old boy to bed early last night. It was easy- I just told him we were going fishing early tomorrow morning at Cottage Grove Lake. Got the boat loaded and hitched up, loaded extra clothes for him and a cooler with some snacks and drinks and of course sunscreen! As soon as I said "Hey little man- let's go to the lake" he was out of bed and looking to put his shoes on while still wearing his Spongebob pajamas. Talked him into wearing his heavy,long camo pants so he'd stay warm and the fish would have a hard time seeing him! Never mind his bright red and yellow life jacket! Grabbed him a big baggie full of Kix cereal and juice and we were out the door. We drove 25 minutes to the lake and he was wide awake and looking at everything. No cartoons on the DVD for him. It was foggy in spots and 1/2 the lake was fogged up when we launched. For the first 15 minutes we tried dragging a 4" Aaron's Magic worm on a baby carolina rig but got no bites. Next we trolled a trout patterned jerkbait over to our next spot. Might have had 1 nip on it but it didn't hook up. He kept eating his Kix while we trolled but as soon as we got to our spot and cut off the big motor he opened the rod locker and grabbed his 4'8" Ugly Stik and the baby carolina rig. He got up on the front deck and he fished hard for about 15-20 minutes. We didn't get any bites so he went back and finished his Kix. We'd moved to a different spot- a riprap bank where I'd caught a few good ones recently. As I put the trolling motor down we noticed some baitfish coming out of the water right against the rocks. I casted close to it and handed him the rod. About 3 seconds later his line was moving off to the left. I told him reel it in - you got a fish! He fought it and finally got it up next to the boat. I expected it to be a 7-9" bass. Instead it was a 12", 1.2 largemouth. He was as jacked up as I was about it. I unhooked it and put it in the net for a minute while I got out the camera and fired it up. Then he actually lipped it and held it up for me to get a few good quick photos. His smile was huge and the photos look great. He wanted to take the fish about 1/2 a mile away and show my trout fishin' buddy Harold but I told him the fish wouldn't like it. So he turned and gently underhanded the fish over the side and into the drink (Just like he'd seen all those TV guys do it!!). We tried a while longer and then I asked if he was ready to go. He smiled and said "Yeah- let's go home- I want to tell sister about my medium sized bass!" Not his little or his big bass- he understood that a 12 incher would be considered a medium sized fish. I'm pretty sure it won't be long before he's catchin' some big bass too.
Tips: I had actually found another picture frame and emptied it out the day before we went. I had his picture with him and his fish screwed onto the old fishing locker by 3PM the day after he caught it! Right next to his 6 year old sister's picture of her first bass!! Makes a daddy proud! Oh yeah- thanks sis for letting him use your Ugly Stik and one of those purple worms!!