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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.
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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