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 ...

LAKE BILLY CHINOOK, Ore. (AP) — After a month of looking at weather forecasts, postponing, rescheduling and stalling, we finally made a plan to fish the reservoir in mid-January. Snowstorms and ...

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 three of us, ranging in length from 16 to 18 inches.

The blaze broke out on Aug. 21, north of Sisters and approximately three miles west of Lake Billy Chinook. As of late Aug. 22, it had grown to 9,000 acres, according to a release from Central Oregon ...

A fishing trip on Lake Billy Chinook turned tragic Aug. 18, when a man experienced a cardiac event as he swam to retrieve his ...

The Oregon Health Authority said Wednesday it has updated a recreational use health advisory issued June 22 for part of Lake Billy Chinook to cover all three arms of the lake, based on the latest ...

OHA said boating at Lake Billy Chinook is safe as long as speeds “do not create excessive water spray,” the news release said. For health information or to report an illness, contact OHA at ...

A health advisory has been issued for Lake Billy Chinook following the discovery of toxic blue-green algae, the Oregon Health Authority said Friday. Water testing at the Central Oregon reservoir ...

A wildfire sparked in Jefferson County on Thursday, quickly spreading and prompting evacuations in the surrounding area.

The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said 56-year-old Vaughn Alan Waugaman of Prineville died Monday evening while swimming ...

In this Jan. 15, 2016, photo, John Garrison, left, and Rolando Mendez both reel in bull trout while fishing on the Crooked River arm of Lake Billy Chinook in Oregon.