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

The Rogue is currently in great shape and anglers are having success catching winter steelhead

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

by OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff
2-14-2024
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The current flow is 2,000 cfs and the average river temperature is about 46 F. ‌

The Rogue is currently in great shape and anglers are having success catching winter steelhead from Galice to Grants Pass. With these conditions using bait, lures, flies, pulling plugs or plunking are classic techniques that can get you into a fish. Target eddy and current seams and travel lanes on the inside corners to find migrating steelhead. Expect the river to rise with the rain coming in over the next few days. ‌

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.

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OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Reports

for Wednesday, February 14th

Alsea River: The early winter steelhead have entered the Alsea River basin
Kilchis River: The Kilchis is low and clear at this time but should rise to favorable fishing conditions
Necanicum River: The Necanicum River still has a few hatchery steelhead available
Nehalem River: The Nehalem has been in good fishing condition
Nehalem River- North Fork: The North Fork Nehalem should provide good opportunity after the storm passes this week
Nestucca River: The Nestucca has dropped into good fishing conditions
Trask River: Fish are spread throughout the basin and should provide at least fair fishing opportunity this week
Wilson River: The Wilson River is slow at this time, but fishing should improve with the forecasted rains
Applegate River: The release from the dam is 250 cfs, and the temperature at release is 43F
Ben Irving Reservoir: No recent reports
Chetco River: Boat anglers have been able to consistently catch fish
Cooper Creek Reservoir: Some larger rainbow trout have been being caught in Cooper Creek lately
Diamond Lake: Diamond is starting to freeze over and likely is not fishable
Fish Lake : Fish Lake is 55 percent full and trout fishing on the ice should continue to be good
Galesville Reservoir: No recent reports from anglers
Garrison Lake: ODFW recently surveyed the lake and found good numbers of trout in the lake
Hyatt Lake: Hyatt is currently 41 percent full
Illinois River: The Illinois River is open to catch-and-release trout and winter steelhead fishing
Lake Marie: No recent reports from Lake Marie
Lake Selmac: Selmac was stocked with 5,000 legal-sized trout late last week
Rogue River- Lower: Both boat anglers and bank anglers are picking up steelhead in between storms

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