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0 of 3 Premium Clicks used this month SUBSCRIBE Print + Online Subscriber Activation | Register x Forgot Password | Need an Account? e-edition | subscribe | newsletter | deals Classifieds Jobs Autos Real Estate FEATURED » NEWS NOW Since You Asked: Fishing with drones a no-go in Oregon ... Donald Trump brings his campaign to Eugene ... ScienceWorks' executive director gets new job in Pittsburgh ... Since You Asked: Fishing with drones a no-go in Oregon ... Donald Trump brings his campaign to Eugene ... ScienceWorks' executive director gets new job in Pittsburgh ... FISHING REPORT Fishing Report: Friday, May 6 Comment MailTribune.com Writer Posted May. 6, 2016 at 12:01 AM Posted May. 6, 2016 at 12:01 AM » Social News OCEAN OUTLOOK COASTWIDE: The ocean is forecast to be windy and bumpy today, but it should improve as the weekend rolls on, especially out of Brookings. Look for winds up to 15 knots off the South Coast and nine-foot wind waves today, giving way to 10- to 20-knot winds and six-foot wind waves Saturday. Sunday looks best, with 15-knot winds and five- to six-foot swells. Limits of lings and rockfish are still coming in daily from Coos Bay, Brookings and Gold Beach when anglers can get out. It's shaping into another banner lingcod year, with spring always best because lingcod are spawning and aggressive. The ling limit is two, and jigging just off kelp beds is very good. Anglers can keep up to one canary rockfish as part of the seven-fish bottomfish aggregate limit, but anglers should release canaries to ensure the quota is not filled, which could close the bottomfishing season. The halibut season out of Brookings is open south of Humbug Mountain, and effort so far has been light. Look for some early action north of Brookings in waters close to 200 feet. The ocean and bays are open to crabbing coastwide. Razor clamming is closed south of Tillamook Head, while bay clams and butter clams are available coastwide. Mussels can be taken only south of Lincoln City now. Before digging, check the shellfish hotline at 1-800-448-2474. LAKE OUTLOOK AGATE: The lake is full. It is still pretty murky and fishing is fair for a mix of bass, crappie and perch. The boat ramp is usable and closes at sunset. No trout stockings are planned this year. APPLEGATE: Fishing is good to very good for a mix of recently stocked, legal-sized rainbow trout and holdover trout running 16-plus inches. Trollers and still-fishers off the bank high up in the reservoir are doing equally well. Bank anglers fishing worms under bobbers in the Seattle Bar area are seeing consistent action, but mostly for smaller rainbows. The lake is a foot from full and rising slowly. Trolling for trout is always a good choice with Wedding Ring lures spiced with a piece of worm. Watch for floating debris. DIAMOND: The lake is warming, and fishing is improving almost daily, with PowerBait and worms out-fishing trollers. The rainbows are spread out, with the shrimp beds producing in the morning, and the lake's south end is also good. EMIGRANT: The lake was 98 percent full Thursday, and the 1,000 legal-sized trout stocked there two weeks ago have started to disperse. But the cove off the ramp is the best bet for trout. Bass are starting to bite thanks to warming water. Fish plastic worms or grubs very slowly around structure and crankbaits on cloudy days. Look for an improved bite next week amid another round of warm afternoons. FISH: The lake is ice-free and was up slightly to 68 percent full Thursday. Another 3,725 legal-sized trout and 425 pounders are scheduled to be stocked there next week, so look for a major improvement in trout catches. Until then, fish PowerBait for a mix of holdover rainbows, landlocked chinook and tiger trout, which must be released unharmed. Stick close to shore where the water is warmer. HOWARD PRAIRIE: The lake is fishing well for anchored boats fishing rainbow or chartreuse PowerBait off the bottom near shore. Trolling has been a bit slow. Lots of holdover trout in the 16- to 19-inch range are getting caught, and this week they were joined by another 5,725 legal-sized trout and 400 trophy trout. The lake is holding steady at 70 percent full. HYATT: The lake is open and the Bureau of Land Management boat ramps on the lake's southwest side are open, but trout fishing has been slow. However, the lake got its first 6,000 legals and 400 trophy trout this week at the BLM boat ramp, and that should improve fishing this weekend in the cove and off the points near the ramp. Bass fishing has picked up, and they'll hit any small red lure or trolled worm, but most are in the seven-inch range. LOST CREEK: The lake is six inches from full and likely staying there as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to release inflows now and keep the lake a hair shy of full. Fishing is good for the 10,000 recently stocked legal-sized trout and 800 trophy-sized rainbows stocked there last month. Fishing is best for them in the lower portion of the lake. Fishing is also good with worms in the area where the Rogue flows into the lake above Peyton Bridge in the no-wake zone. Trollers should start with green Wedding Ring lures with a piece of worm. Landlocked salmon have been holding deeper than the trout. LAKE OF THE WOODS: The lake got 1,000 trophy trout this week, and fishing for them is good with worms under bobbers and PowerBait off the bottom. WILLOW: Trout fishing is improving after another 3,000 legal-sized rainbows were stocked this week. Most of this weekend's catches will be around the county ramp where the stocking truck stopped. The lake is almost full. EXPO: The pond near the outdoor stage got 1,500 legal-sized trout two weeks ago, and fishing for them remains good with worms under bobbers, PowerBait and small spoons slowly retrieved. RIVER OUTLOOK ROGUE: Early spring chinook fishing continues to improve as more springers are reaching the upper Rogue, while a few springers and some odd-ball late winter steelhead are getting caught in the lower Rogue. The middle Rogue is slow, but the occasional angler is running into a springer in the Grants Pass area That makes the best bet the upper Rogue for early springers for both bank and boat angling, but boaters hitting migration lanes are doing the best. In the upper Rogue, the spring chinook bite for driftboaters has been decent this week thanks to good water conditions, some cloudy skies and improved fish numbers. Some boat anglers are using Mag Lip 3.5 lures with pink and chartreuse on them, while others are back-bouncing roe and sandshrimp combinations. The best action is in migration lanes on overcast days. Focus on six to eight feet of water on the inside turns of gravel bars. As the water drops, it can be best to stay in a productive migration lane and wait for the chinook to come to you. A few winter steelhead are still showing up in the daily catch, but most are dark or already spawned out. River-wide only fin-clipped chinook can be kept for the rest of 2016. Outflows from Lost Creek dam will vary slightly each day as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers passes inflow now that the lake is six inches from full. That is this year's target. Flows Thursday afternoon at Dodge Bridge were just over 2,230 cfs. Another 55 spring chinook reached the Cole Rivers Hatchery collection pond Tuesday, upping the take so far to 144 springers. That's exactly half of the 10-year average, which is skewed by a huge early return last year during drought conditions. In the lower Rogue, plunkers and boat anglers are picking up a few fish a day, but they are working hard for them despite good water conditions. Boat anglers are using anchovies with spinner blades, Kwikfish and MagLip lures fished on gravel beds. Flows at Agness were holding steady at 5,375 cfs but clear. APPLEGATE: The river is closed to fishing and will reopen May 22. CHETCO: The river is closed for the season. ELK: The river is closed for the season. MailTribune.com Writer Posted May. 6, 2016 at 12:01 AM » Comment or view comments Reader Reaction » STAY INFORMED Email NewsLetter Sign Up Today Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. Southern Oregon Directory Featured Businesses Loading... 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