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Article: Warmwater options abundant.(Recreation)(Fishing for bass and bluegill is especially good this time of the year in Lane County)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- May 5, 2005
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Byline: The Register-Guard
While much could be done to increase or improve warmwater fishing opportunities in Lane County, the area has lots of good places to fish for bass and panfish.
In fact, now's a great time to fish for bass and bluegill - two of the most popular species lumped into the "warmwater game fish" category - says Jeff Ziller, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's district biologist for the southern Willamette Basin.
Area ponds and Army Corps of Engineers reservoirs all provide decent opportunities to catch bass, Ziller said, "especially this time of year, right when the water temperature at the surface is warming into ...