Found in the far reaches of eastern Oregon, just a few miles from the Idaho border south of Ontario, Lake Owyhee State Park is a something of an oasis: a remote paradise for high desert wanderers, ...

Fly-fishermen have been crushing trout on the Owyhee this month. Flows are friendly, hatches are healthy and the Owyhee’s famous trophy browns are slamming flies with reckless abandon. The daily hatch ...

Every Tuesday, we’ll post fishing writer Jordan Rodriguez’s weekly report in the Playing Outdoors blog. His column will appear three Wednesdays per month. Owyhee Reservoir (Mixed Bag) Spring fishing ...

in southeast Oregon is open for the season but will have limited provisions this summer. Visitors to Lake Owyhee State Park should take food and other supplies with them. Convenience store items, ...

When you think of Oregon, you may think of lush forests and mountains. But this state park protects a different part of the state: the high desert and a lake.

The Owyhee River is an anglers’ paradise. Around every bend, there are opportunities to wet a line and catch a brown trout so big that you’ll start to believe all the fishing stories you’ve ever been ...

Owyhee Reservoir’s unusual spillway system is slated for improvement, partly because this year’s lower inflows made it more accessible. Exterior concrete improvements to the structure that houses the ...