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WHEN IS ROUGE RIVER FISHING NOT ROGUE RIVER FISHING?
Rouge River Fishing is not Rogue River Fishing when you want to go Fishing in Oregon. The Rouge River is located in Quebec which is quite a drive from the Rogue River in Southern Oregon. No matter how you spell it, Rouge or Rogue, we guarantee you will have an Unforgettable Experience Fishing the Rogue River in Southern Oregon when you go fishing with one of the Rogue River Fishing Guides listed below.
FISHING REPORTS FOR THE ROGUE & UMPQUA RIVERS & LAKES?
These specific Rogue & Umpqua reports are from the Oregon Department of Fish and Game. If you need information about other rivers or rules and regulations you can find it at http://www.dfw.state.or.us/fish/. If you would like "Hands On" information contact the Recommended Fishing Guides or visit their Websites. You might want to bookmark this page as it is updated on a regular basis...
ROGUE RIVER FISHING REPORT
JULY 20 2008

ROGUE RIVER, LOWER: chinook, steelhead, surfperch

Big Hen Chinook Salmon
-Oregon Fish and Wildlife-

Chinook fishing was slow over the weekend. Only a handful of chinook were caught. Expect more chinook to show up through the month. Anglers will want to fish the estuary from the Highway 101 bridge downstream to just below the sand spit. As usual, an anchovy with a spinner blade is the number one bait. Surfperch fishing continues to be excellent in the estuary with the sand spit producing the best.

Rogue River flows

ROGUE RIVER, MIDDLE: trout, steelhead

Angling for spring chinook and summer steelhead has been slow. More summer steelhead are expected to push up river in coming weeks and fishing will likely improve. Anglers are catching a few nice cutthroat trout by casting flies and lures to structure in the pools. The flow at Grants Pass on July 14 was 2900 cubic feet per second.

Emergency harvest restrictions were enacted on the Rogue River to protect wild spring chinook salmon, due low numbers of adults returning to the river. The Rogue River form Elephant Rock (RM 3) to Cole Rivers Hatchery dam is closed to the harvest of nonadipose fin-clipped chinook salmon through July 31.

BrownTrout
-U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service-

ROGUE RIVER, UPPER: trout, steelhead

As of July 14 the flow out of William Jess Dam (Lost Creek) was 2,686 cubic feet per second and the outflow temperature was 55 degrees. 1999 spring chinook and 1201 summer steelhead have been counted at Gold Ray Dam as of July 5, 2008. Angling for spring chinook is fair with several reports of many jacks being caught in the upper river. Few summer steelhead are being caught. Trout fishing has been good on flies and lures. Though the salmon fly hatch is about over, fish may still be caught by fly anglers using salmonfly patterns. Pressure has been light to moderate.

Emergency harvest restrictions were enacted on the Rogue River to protect wild spring chinook salmon, due low numbers of wild adults returning to the river. The Rogue River form Elephant Rock (RM 3) to Cole Rivers Hatchery dam is closed to the harvest of nonadipose fin-clipped chinook salmon through July 31.

ROGUE RIVER (SECTION 5): rainbow trout

Section 5 of the Rogue River (upstream of Lost Creek Reservoir) will be stocked with legal-sized rainbow trout again this week. Snow and downed trees are restricting access to Crater Creek, Hamaker Campground, and Minnehaha Creek. Brook trout and a few brown trout are also available.

UMPQUA RIVER & LAKES FISHING REPORT
JULY 20 2008

UMPQUA ESTUARY: sturgeon, bass

Both sturgeon and striped bass fishing have been slow in the lower Umpqua. Surfperch have been caught recently in the Winchester Bay area. Angling for small mouth bass should improve now that the water is warming.

UMPQUA HIGH LAKES AND FOREBAYS: trout

Diamond Lake and Lemolo are open for fishing. Meanwhile the department stocked Clearwater Forebay #2 with 1,000 trout plus some trophy trout. The road to Hemlock Lake is now open and the lake has been stocked. Lake of the Wood is also open, and it has been stock with about 800 trout. Anglers can also try Toketee which has good boat and bank access. Toketee is good for brown trout fishing, especially in the morning. Other high lakes such as Cliff, Buckeye, Linda, and Big Twin Lakes are now accessible for brook trout fishing.

UMPQUA RIVER MAINSTEM: steelhead, spring chinook

Remember the main stem Umpqua is now closed to wild steelhead harvest; it remains open year-round for adipose fin-clipped steelhead. Shad are still being caught. Angling has been fair to good and with the water height lowering, good numbers of shad should be available until mid-July. Smallmouth bass angling will improve as the water temperatures warm.

UMPQUA RIVER, NORTH: steelhead

Winchester Dam

So far over 6,000 spring chinook and 2,700 summer steelhead have passed Winchester Dam through June. Springer fishing in the North Umpqua is fair with the best angling occurring in the morning hours. Some springers over 30-pounds were caught in the Narrows and Swiftwater areas. The springers are starting to color some. Summer steelhead fishing is now improving. Remember that only adipose fin-clipped steelhead can be harvested on the North Umpqua. The North is open to catch and release trout fishing from the mouth upstream to Soda Springs Dam.

UMPQUA RIVER, SOUTH: smallmouth bass

The South Umpqua is now open for trout and bass fishing. Water temperatures are starting to exceed 60 degrees, so fishing for smallmouth bass should improve.

 

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