Agency Lake Fish Report for 12-17-2025
The lake remians ice free
Agency Lake - Chiloquin, OR (Klamath County)

by OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff
12-17-2025
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Closed to angling for salmon. Open year-round. The lake remians ice free. Angling is very slow for Redband Trout. Try for yellow perch at the mouth of Sevenmile Canal. Many Redband Trout are near peak spawning leaving few fish in the lake. The lake is approximately 4 feet below full pool.
Catch rates are very slow at the north end of Agency Lake near the Wood River. Redband Trout numbers are down due to record setting drought in 2020 through 2022, resulting in poor survival of juvenile redband trout and subsequent recruitment into the adult population.
Agency Lake regulations are catch-and-release for redband/rainbow trout with no bait allowed (artificial flies and lures only). The boundary of Agency Lake is the south end of the Straits. This change is due to record low spawning escapement for trophy redband trout throughout the Klamath Basin in 2020. ODFW also encourages the use of single barbless hooks in this fishery, not removing the fish from the water, and using catch-and-release rubber nets.
Please report any redband trout captured with radio tags. These radio tags will look like fishing line coming from the lower abdomen area. These juvenile redband trout were tagged in spring of 2021.
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OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Reports
for Wednesday, December 17th, 2025
Chetco River: Heavy rainfall is predicted to raise the river flow significantly this week
Coos River: Chinook salmon have moved through the bay
Coquille River: Striped bass fishing in the lower Coquille has slowed substantially
Elk River: The river has been low and clear, but should come up significantly this week from heavy rainfall
Floras Lake: Anglers may want to fish in the afternoon when conditions are a little warmer
Garrison Lake: Streams in the area may become too high and muddy to fish this week after heavy rainfall
Rogue River- Lower: Heavy rainfall is predicted to bring flows up this week
Tenmile Lakes: Tenmile Lakes Report
OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Reports
for Tuesday, December 16th, 2025
Grande Ronde River: Fishing for steelhead has been good when the water clarity and flows have been good
Imnaha River: Steelhead fishing has been good in the lower portion of the river
Wallowa Lake : Fish are still available for hardy anglers
Wallowa River: Steelhead are starting to move into the Wallowa River and are being caught by anglers
Alsea River: Fall Chinook is winding to a close on the Alsea river
Kilchis River: It is still early for winter steelhead on the Kilchis River, the run peaks January through March
Necanicum River: The Necanicum is in decent shape but may blow out again on Thursday
Nehalem River: The mainstem Nehalem will likely go another weekend without dropping into decent condition
Nehalem River- North Fork: The North Fork Nehalem dropped back into fishable condition last weekend
Nestucca River: The Nestucca peaked over 16 feet last week and is still high and off color
Salmon River: Winter steelhead will start moving into the basin
Siletz River: Fall Chinook is slowing down as we progress towards the end of the season
Three Rivers: Three Rivers has some steelhead showing up
Trask River: Steelhead are just getting started and will peak January through March
Wilson River: The Wilson peaked near 15 feet (flood stage) and is still high
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