Fish at Paulina Lake

East of La Pine in the Newberry National Volcanic Monument, Paulina Lake is now ice-free and accessible to anglers. The lake typically offers good early-season kokanee and brown trout fishing. Brown trout, rainbow trout and kokanee are stocked in Paulina Lake by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. There is no natural fish production in Paulina Lake or nearby East Lake because the water bodies have no tributaries, according to the ODFW. (Paulina and East lakes were formed from snowmelt, rainwater and hot springs in the 
Newberry Caldera after the collapse of Mount Newberry some 10,000 years ago, 
according to the Forest Service.)

Directions: From Bend, drive south on Highway 97 for about 22 miles. Turn east on Route 21 and travel 13 miles to Paulina Lake.

—Mark Morical, The Bulletin