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Oregon Road Conditions & Cams Email Story to a Friend October 13, 2005 Fishing and Hunting Report River Outlook ROGUE — The Rogue remains sporadic for summer steelhead fishing and very erratic for fall chinook salmon fishing, despite decent numbers of fish spread throughout the system. But interest is starting to shift more and more toward Grants Pass, making it the best bet of the week. Wild steelhead are starting to stack up just downstream of chinook spawning grounds in the river around Grants Pass. These steelhead are aggressively eating chinook eggs, so they’re best caught on egg flies or very small clusters of roe. Remember to stay away from the chinook and disturb the spawners as little as possible. Schroeder Park and the upper end of Griffin Park are good spots for egg-fishing. Throughout the entire upper Rogue, fishing remains flies-only and the relatively low and cool flows out of Lost Creek Lake have hampered catches. Water releases remain down around 900 cubic feet per second of 47-degree water. The cooler water has the fish less active, though they continue to focus their eyes toward salmon eggs behind spring chinook spawners. Use single egg patterns and ugly bug nymphs. It is legal to cast them with either traditional fly gear or with a spinning rod and bobber. No added weights or attachments are allowed, but multiple flies are legal. It is illegal to target chinook salmon in the upper Rogue, and that includes catch-and-release fishing. In the lower Rogue, trolling the bay has remained very slow, but some action is occurring for coho as well as fall chinook bound for the Indian Creek Hatchery. Freshwater holes in the lower Rogue have been slow for fall chinook, and the Agness area also has been slow for chinook and fair to good for half-pounders. Many steelhead have moved into the lower Illinois, where they can be fished for only with artificial flies or lures. Advertisement For daily flow reports out of Lost Creek Lake, call 800-472-2434. CHETCO — The river is open to fishing, and effort will shift today from the ocean to the estuary. Look for decent catches of large fish on in-coming tides. Chinook have been caught as high as the Social Security Hole. UMPQUA — In the North Umpqua, summer steelhead numbers continue to improve, but the bite has slowed. Early mornings and evenings remain best, with good bank fishing around Idleyld Park. The South Umpqua remains closed to all angling. In the main-stem, fall chinook salmon fishing remains sporadic, with the area from River Forks Park to the Umpqua Ramp good. Also, some decent catches remain in the Sawyer’s Rapids area. COOS — Chinook salmon fishing has been fair in the bay up to Chandler Bridge. Fin-clipped coho can be kept in Coos Bay and the lower Coos River up to the bridge. Sea-run cutthroat are present in the estuary. COQUILLE — Chinook salmon fishing is fair for trollers in the lower river up to Riverton. Sea-run cutthroat also have hit the system, while striped bass can be caught early in the morning on large rattling lures. Lake Outlook HOWARD PRAIRIE — The trout are starting to get a little more active and can be found in 25 feet of water by anglers trolling or wind-drifting worms. Trolling with worms on Wedding Ring lures also is good. The bass fishermen are working the shallows and rock piles on the west side of the lake, with the best catches coming in waters at Red Rock Cove and off the end of the jetty at the resort. The daily limit remains five trout per day, with an 8-inch minimum length. Only one of those trout per day can be more than 20 inches. HYATT — The rainbow trout are starting to get more active in the deeper parts of the lake, while the bass are starting to move into more shallow water in search of warmer areas. The lake is starting to transform back into a trout lake, with the last month of the season expected to bring good fishing. Trollers can do well, provided they troll large Needlefish or Tasmanian Devil lures slowly in search of the bigger, predatory trout. The daily limit remains five trout per day, with an 8-inch minimum length. Only one of those trout per day can be more than 20 inches. DIAMOND — The lake is fishing just fair now as no new fish have been stocked in several weeks. The daily limit remains five trout per day, with an 8-inch minimum length. Only one of those trout per day can be more than 20 inches. LOST CREEK — Fishing remains fair for rainbow trout and land-locked salmon stocked into the lake. The surface temperature has dropped under 60 degrees, which is helping draw more trout toward the surface. The lake is open year-round for trout and bass fishing, with trout anglers out-numbering bass anglers throughout the cold-weather months. EMIGRANT — Smallmouth bass fishing is fair in cooler water, which has helped jump-start the lake’s trout fishery. The legal-sized rainbow from the spring plant have grown into nice-sized fish. Panfish angling is good around points and submerged vegetation. Anglers are reminded that the crappie must be 8 inches long to be kept. APPLEGATE — The lake has been dropping quickly as water releases were increased to 300 cubic feet per second. Smallmouth bass fishing is good near the dam. A mix of trout and stocked spring chinook salmon are available year-round. The Hart-Tish Park boat ramp no longer is operational. Anglers can keep up to five rainbow trout, stocked salmon or recycled winter steelhead a day, but only one fish can be more than 20 inches long. Also, no bass between 12 and 15 inches can be kept, and only one bass larger than 15 inches can be kept. Ocean Outlook Chinook salmon fishing closed Wednesday off the Chetco River mouth. Bottomfishing remained very good. The new limit on groundfish is 5 instead of 8 in aggregate per day. Also, all cabezon caught while fishing from boats must be released unharmed. Crabbing has been good in lower Coos and Winchester bays. Hunting Outlook ROGUE — Blacktails are migrating out of higher-elevation lands in decent numbers for this time of year. Focus on game trails at very early mornings or evenings. The general rifle season for Roosevelt bull elk opens Saturday, and success should be better than average. Rain and some high-elevation snows are expected Friday night and Saturday. Mountain quail hunting has been very good in the upper Applegate as well as Prospect and Butte Falls areas. Dove season is open, but effort and success have been fair because of recent cooler evenings. Waterfowl hunting opens Saturday in Jackson County, and effort likely will be concentrated on rural ponds and the Rogue River. The fall turkey season opens Saturday, and hunters can expect a very good fall season. Find the flocks, break them up and wait for them to reconfigure. KLAMATH — Early waterfowl hunting was fair, but a new weather front should stir up the birds. SUMMER LAKE — Early season waterfowl hunting was good to very good at the Summer Lake Wildlife Area. Watchable Wildlife ROGUE — A covered viewing station on the Denman Wildlife Area provides a good opportunity to view waterfowl, egrets, raptors and songbirds. The structure was built by the Oregon Hunters Association and is accessed by a paved, wheelchair-accessible pathway. It is on Whetstone Pond, just north of the ODFW office. Mail Tribune Home | Local News | Sports | Business | Obituaries | Life | Opinion AP News | Archives | Site Map | Community | Classified Copyright © 1997-2005 Mail Tribune, Inc. All rights reserved. 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