Here is the weekly fishing report for selected areas in and around Central Oregon, provided by fisheries biologists for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife:

CROOKED RIVER BELOW BOWMAN DAM: Fishing has been excellent for trout, especially during the midday hatches.

FALL RIVER: Depending on weather conditions, some good midday hatches have been reported. Restricted to fly-fishing with barbless hooks. Fall River below the falls closed at the end of September.

HOOD RIVER: A few early-winter-run steelhead are entering the Hood. These fish are typically chromers. Try fishing in midafternoon when the daily water temps are peaking.

LAKE BILLY CHINOOK: Fishing on the Metolius Arm was slower than normal over opening weekend, but mostly because of access limitations due to the weather. The majority of the bull trout caught were sublegal-sized fish but some legal-sized fish were landed as well. Most anglers were targeting bull trout but some kokanee were caught as well and they were averaging about 12 inches in length. Anglers are reminded there are small numbers of spring chinook and summer steelhead in Lake Billy Chinook as part of the reintroduction effort. Please release these fish unharmed.

LAKE SIMTUSTUS: The reservoir is now open to fishing year-round. Anglers will need both a tribal fishing license and a fishing license from ODFW. The reservoir is stocked annually with 30,000 rainbow trout and has a decent, self-sustaining population of smallmouth bass.

METOLIUS RIVER: Winter fishing is usually best on mild days when the temperature reaches above the high 40s.

OCHOCO CREEK UPSTREAM TO OCHOCO DAM: Angling is restricted to artificial flies and lures; two trout per day with an 8-inch minimum length. Trout measuring more than 20 inches are considered steelhead and must be released unharmed.

OCHOCO RESERVOIR: The trout will be more active as the water warms and the adults get ready to spawn.

PRINEVILLE RESERVOIR: Fishing has been fair for trout up to 18 inches in length.

PRINEVILLE YOUTH FISHING POND: The pond is open and any holdover fish from last season should be pretty active.

TAYLOR LAKE: The ice is gone and water temperatures are warming. This should make the trout more active and offer good opportunity to catch some winter trout.