Federally listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1998, bull trout are continuing to thrive in Lake Billy Chinook, one of the few bodies of water in the country where they can be ...

He didn’t remember the fish being that big and suggested I was exaggerating. The 9-pound trout aside, we headed back to the Deschutes Arm of Lake Billy recently to chase more bulls.

On Lake Billy Chinook, anglers are allowed to keep one bull trout longer than 24 inches per day, according to the 2023 Oregon Sport Fishing Regulations. If they keep one, they can continue fishing ...

Anglers are allowed to keep one bull trout longer than 24 inches per day on Lake Billy Chinook. Rainbow trout longer than 20 inches and kokanee exceeding 16 inches must be released.

The current state record bull trout was caught in 1989 from Lake Billy Chinook and weighed 23 lbs., 2 ounces. The world record from Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho in 1949 tipped the scales at 32 lbs.

My friends Ben Fry and Dean Limb went to LBC a few weeks ago and absolutely cleaned up. Between them, they landed more than 100 bull trout and at least that many kokanee in a weekend of hard fishing.

Within 20 minutes, we had each landed a bull trout. The fishing was hot all morning, but it tapered off by about 11:30 a.m. When we left at 1:30 p.m., we had caught and released 12 fish among the ...

The current state r ecord bull trout was caught in 1989 from Lake Billy Chinook and weighed 23 lbs., 2 ounces. The world record from Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho in 1949 tipped the scales at 32 lbs.

But fishing for bull trout, record or not, is not a one-and-done proposition. “Ted, my brother, Mike, and I are going to head out on Thursday afternoon, and we’re going to fish Lake Billy ...

Ryan Mejaski, of Bend, holds a bull trout that he caught and released on April 8 on Lake Billy Chinook. BEND — Bend’s Ryan Mejaski and Joe Wilhite were fishing for kokanee on the Deschutes arm ...

The current state record bull trout was caught in 1989 from Lake Billy Chinook and weighed 23 lbs., 2 ounces. The world record from Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho in 1949 tipped the scales at 32 lbs.

Bend’s Ryan Mejaski and Joe Wilhite were fishing for kokanee on the Deschutes arm of Lake Billy Chinook on April 8 without much luck when they decided to move spots.