Pardee Reservoir offers a wide range of
recreational opportunities on both land and
water.Although there’s only one boat launch,
there are several options as to how you can go
about paddling Pardee Reservoir; you can opt to
paddle the total distance around Pardee
Reservoir, which takes about eight hours; you
can omit the southern arm and paddle the
northern and eastern arms, which is still about
a good five-hour paddle if you paddle the entire
length of each arm; or you can paddle back and
forth along the northwestern shoreline and hope
you don’t get cited for paddling against the
flow of traffic.
The disadvantage of this reservoir is they
don’t allow body contact with the water. On
the upside, it cuts down on the large amount
of boat traffic and noise.
Pardee Reservoir has a wide variety of fish
species, including rainbow and brown trout,
kokanee salmon, catfish, bluegill, and bass.
During the spring, trout and kokanee provide
the best fishing action, and then once
summer arrives the bass start biting. The
reservoir is planted yearly with 19,000
rainbow trout in the 10 to 12 inch class,
and 35,000 fingerling-sized kokanee salmon.
Since Pardee
Reservoir prohibits body-water
contact, your paddling experience will not
be disturbed by water skiers, jet skis, or
lake swimmers.
