Rogue River- Lower Fish Report

Current flow is around 3,900 cfs and temperature in the low-40s F

Rogue River- Lower - Gold Beach, OR

by OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff
3-29-2023
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Current flow is around 3,900 cfs and temperature in the low-40s F. The river has some color to it and we’ve had recent reports of some nice winter steelhead being caught around Grants Pass over the last few weeks. Side drifting has been very productive.

ODFW has a crew conducting an angler creel survey through April 30 to monitor angling pressure on the river and steelhead catch.

There are new license requirements to fish for winter steelhead in 2023 on south coast rivers and anglers should check the new regulation book prior to fishing.

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OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Reports

for Wednesday, March 29th, 2023

Sandy River: Smelt fishery on Sandy River opens March 30 for first time since 2015
Haystack Reservoir: Anglers should expect slow fishing until the reservoir can be restocked and fish populations rebound
Hood River: Numbers of winter steelhead in the Hood River have been increasing
Prinevile Reservoir: Prineville Reservoir is slowly filling but still very low at 18 percent full
Alsea River: The Alsea will river level has gone back down over the past few days
Kilchis River: The Kilchis is low an in good shape early next week after the rains
Miami River: Friday is the last day to fish steelhead on the Miami as it closes April 1
Nehalem River- North Fork: The North Fork should fish through Friday but may be high and off color for the weekend
Siuslaw River: Winter steelhead are moving throughout the Siuslaw River
Trask River: The Trask still has steelhead throughout the fishery
Wilson River: Steelhead fishing slowed on the Wilson last week
Applegate River: River is back in shape with some color
Emigrant Reservoir: Emigrant is 39 percent full
Howard Prairie Reservoir: Howard Prairie is at 20 percent full
Hyatt Lake: Hyatt has started to fill and is 18 percent full
Illinois River: River conditions should be good through the rest of the season
Lost Creek Lake: Lost Creek Lake Report

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