However, bait and lures also can be very effective here.Ĭrane Prairie has had its ups and downs, and invasive warmwater species have taken a toll, but in recent years the trout fishing has once again been superb.Īlthough Cranebows are king, Crane Prairie also has fisheries for brook trout, kokanee and largemouth bass. Locally, the fat trout are known as “Cranebows.”įly fishing is particularly popular on the reservoir, and fish move between the shallower water in the tree stands and the cooler channels. Now, years later, those wooden skeletons are the first link in a famously rich food chain.Ĭrane Prairie is stocked with rainbow trout, which grow quickly in the insect-rich waters and fill out like footballs. When the upper Deschutes River was dammed to form Crane Prairie, the trees in the basin were left standing.
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