OREGON HOUSE – It’s feeling more and more like fall around here — beautiful quiet weekdays and comfortable camping weather. The lake is about 32 ft below spill, which is normal for this time in the irrigation season, and the surface water temperature has cooled down to 70.8 degrees.

While it’s definitely a different feel than “full to the brim,” it has its own beauty, especially when it’s still and glassy, and especially when the only sound is water dripping off your kayak paddles.

This is just about the slowest time of year for trout fishing. Even so, in September, longtime Collins Lake angler Jimmie Trejo and his friend John Hilton managed to bring in more than a limit of trout and a c...