OAR 635-500-2040: Small Ponds With Public Access

Policies and objectives for fish management in small ponds with public access in the lower Deschutes River Subbasin. (1) Policies for fish management in small ponds with public access: (a) Small ponds with public access containing warmwater gamefish shall be managed for warmwater fish consistent with the basic yield management alternative for warmwater fish (OAR 635-500-0055(1)(d)); (b) Small ponds with public access containing trout shall be managed for hatchery production of trout consistent with the basic yield alternative for trout (OAR 635-500-0115(4)); (c) To protect native species and desired introduced species, other fish, including but not limited to, non-indigenous salmonids, smallmouth bass, spotted bass, yellow perch, channel catfish and all other members of the catfish family, muskellunge, walleye, northern pike, striped bass, hybrid bass, and koi shall not be approved for use in public or private waters covered by this plan; (d) Only rainbow trout, largemouth bass, bluegill and black crappie from sources approved by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife may be considered for introductions into private ponds in the lower Deschutes River Subbasin. (2) Objectives for fish management in small ponds with public access: Provide angler opportunity for a consumptive fishery by stocking legal-sized or fingerling rainbow trout or warmwater gamefish in the ponds listed for the lower Deschutes River Subbasin.