Middle Rogue River Updates

Rogue River - Middle - Grants Pass, OR (Josephine County)


by OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff
8-12-2025
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Flow in Grants Pass is about 2090 cfs on Tuesday. The water temperature is averaging around 67F, but creeping up above 68F in the afternoons. Summer steelhead and spring Chinook are migrating through the middle Rogue. Beginning July 1, anglers fishing downstream of Dodge Bridge may harvest up to 2 spring chinook per day, hatchery (adipose finclip) or wild (no adipose finclip).

As always, anglers are encouraged to harvest any introduced pikeminnow caught in the middle Rogue, while we encourage the release of native suckers.

Anglers, please use proper catch-and-release techniques, such as keeping fish in the water as much as possible and releasing them quickly. If fish are getting injured with the technique you are using, please change techniques. Remember that smaller rainbow are usually the steelhead that will return in future years.

Current flow, temp and turbidity conditions for the Rogue can be found at the USGS stream gauges here, or checking the City of Grants Pass water page's river data here.




More Reports

OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Reports
for Tuesday, August 12th

Alsea River: Fall Chinook is finally back!
Salmon River: Great spot for coastal cutthroat trout fishing!
Siletz River: Fall Chinook is back open!
Siuslaw River: Back open for Fall Chinook!
Agate Lake: Good bass and panfish fishing
Applegate Reservoir: Good bass fishing
Emigrant Reservoir: Fishing should be good
Fish Lake : Fish Lake Updates
Howard Prairie Reservoir: Pretty good fishing for largemouth bass
Hyatt Lake: Bass are in good condition
Lost Creek Lake: Good trout and bass fishing!

OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Reports
for Monday, August 11th

Kilchis River: Officially fall Chinook season!
Necanicum River: The Necanicum is very low
Nehalem River: Fall Chinook run is an early one
Nestucca River: Summer steelhead continue to return
Tillamook Bay: Tillamook Bay Updates
Trask River: Trask River Updates
Wilson River: Fishing expected to be improved
Breitenbush River: Recently stocked
Henry Hagg Lake: Premier warmwater fishing destination
Santiam River ( North Fork) Above Detroit Lake: Open year-round to fishing!
Bikini Pond: Water levels are low
Hood River: Turbid Water
Laurance Lake: Beautiful week to visit the lake
Taylor Lake: Visibility is not great