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Suspect in high-speed chase still unaccounted for ... Southern Oregon Surrogacy Center opens in Medford ... Our View: Council is barking up the right tree ... Suspect in high-speed chase still unaccounted for ... Southern Oregon Surrogacy Center opens in Medford ... Fishing report: Friday, Dec. 26 Comment MailTribune.com Writer Posted Dec. 26, 2014 @ 12:01 am Updated Dec 26, 2014 at 1:45 PM Posted Dec. 26, 2014 @ 12:01 am Updated Dec 26, 2014 at 1:45 PM » Social News OCEAN OUTLOOK COASTWIDE: The bombastic seas of Christmas Eve are forecast to wane beginning today with 10-knot winds and 7-foot swells forecast through the weekend. That's probably not conducive for a drive over the Coast Range in hopes of decent fishing conditions, but it could lure a few locals over the bar in the morning.. The ocean crabbing season is open and Dungeness catches off bay mouths should be very good when weather allows, but that does not include this weekend. The South Coast halibut fishery is closed until spring. Anglers can venture past the 30-fathom line for bottomfishing, but few will bother, as near-shore fishing is good for black rockfish and the occasional lingcod, which have moved farther offshore. The marine aggregate limit in Oregon is seven rockfish a day. Anglers can keep one cabezon as part of that limit. The lingcod limit is two a day with a 22-inch minimum, and that is separate from the marine aggregate. Crabbers had been doing fairly well for legal-sized males in most Oregon estuaries, with boat crabbers landing close to limits in Coos Bay and Winchester Bay. The bay season so far has seen light catches but great meat and size conditions for the Dungeness this year. This week's rains will make for poor bay crabbing because the high freshwater content in bays will push the Dungeness out to sea where conditions are rough. Razor clamming is closed from the California border to Heceta Head near Florence because of elevated bacteria levels. There are no afternoon minus tides this week, but some decent afternoon low tides that should provide fairly good crabbing conditions. Mussels are open along the entire Oregon Coast. Call the state shellfish hotline at 1-800-448-2474 for updates before digging. COOS BAY:  Black rockfish catches were poor this week amid high and murky estuary conditions that likely won't improve until next week. Crabbing slowed with the high freshwater levels in the bay. Many red rock crabs in the Charleston area have been tagged as part of a study. Anyone who catches one is urged to call state fish biologists at 541-888-5515. Decent afternoon low tides make for good conditions for digging cockles, gapers and razor clams in places like Charleston. BROOKINGS:  The ocean is likely a bust for the weekend. GOLD BEACH:  The Rogue bay has turned off for chinook and coho salmon. Surf perch fishing will be poor until the bar conditions improve.   LAKE OUTLOOK AGATE:  The lake is up to 22 percent full, but it's still so murky that it's unfishable and the boat ramp is unusable. Also, the Jackson County Parks Department closes access at dusk. APPLEGATE:  The lake has slowed for holdover rainbow trout 10 to 14 inches long amid a quick rise in the reservoir from this week's rains. Effort is light Trollers could find fish with Wedding Ring lures spiced with worms between 30 and 45 feet deep. Hart-Tish Park and its boat ramp are closed, and the ramp at Copper is no longer usable. That leaves only the French Gulch ramp for launching. Bass fishing is slow thanks to colder water. Applegate Lake has a standing advisory against eating too many portions of warmwater fish caught in the lake because of elevated mercury levels found in the bass and crappie. DIAMOND:  Fishing for trout has been decent but not spectacular and the lack of effort continues to reinforce this. Most of the action is still-fishing with PowerBait or with meal worms under bobbers. Vary your depths. The North Ramp near the resort remains open and warm rains this week mean no ice accumulations. The limit is eight trout longer than 8 inches per day, but only one can be longer than 20 inches. Diamond Lake remains open year-round. EMIGRANT:  The county park boat ramps are unusable. The lake has increased to 20 percent full with the recent rains, and levels are rising daily. Effort is light. Driving on the lake bed is illegal. FISH:  The lake has inched up to 38 percent full after being below the water-gauge most of last month. No boat ramps are usable, however. The mud around the lake is starting to crust so bank anglers can now venture to the water's edge. Still wear good mud boots. Tiger trout must be released unharmed. Chinook are legally considered trout and can be kept as part of the five-trout daily limit. The chinook are in 12- to 14-inch range. HOWARD PRAIRIE:  The lake is closed to angling until April 25. HYATT:  The lake is closed to angling until April 25. LOST CREEK: The lake remains under a voluntary public advisory against water contact due to a new bloom of blue-green algae that has chased anglers off the lake. When the public-health advisory is lifted, look for good trolling for hold-over trout upstream of Peyton Bridge and near the spillway access area. The lake has shot up in elevation to 1,835 feet above sea level Wednesday. That leaves the marina boat ramp largely usable again for trailered boats. LAKE OF THE WOODS: Fishing effort is very light, but trolling with green or black Wedding Rings should work OK for rainbow trout, while pink ones should knock the kokanee well for those bothering to try. Water levels remain very good but not yet iced up. Still-fishing with PowerBait from the bank has been decent for trout, especially early. LEMOLO : Fishing effort is very light. Trollers can expect a mix of trout and kokanee, while still-fishing near the resort with PowerBait could be good. From now through Dec. 31, all brown trout must be released. The reservoir still will be open for fishing, and rainbow trout and kokanee can be harvested for the five-trout limit. WILLOW:  Fishing from the bank with PowerBait or worms has been fair around the resort and directly across from the county boat ramp, but there is very little effort. The lake is up over half-full, the highest of any irrigation reservoirs in Jackson County.   RIVER OUTLOOK ROGUE: Heavy rains make this weekend a bust for winter steelhead anglers river-wide, with forecasts calling for high flows well into next week. The upper Rogue will clear first but expect flows to remain artificially high after the rains because the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will look to purge at least 10 feet of depth from Lost Creek Lake, which rose 24 feet in less than six days from recent warm storms that saw in-flows to the lake eclipse 23,000 cfs. Flows Wednesday at Dodge Bridge remained at 10,000 cfs Wednesday, buoyed largely by the 6,000 cfs releases from Lost Creek Lake. Downstream of the Shady Cove ramp is open to flies and lures only and no bait. That changes Thursday when the entire Rogue is open to bait-fishing for winter steelhead. The middle Rogue should see a shift from spawned-out summer steelhead to a good influx of fresh winter steelhead after this series of storms. Canyon fishing from Hellgate on down should be very good as will plunking with large Spin-Glio's from hot-spots like Chair and Rainbow riffles as the water recedes. Flows at Grants Pass were forecast to be about 140,000 cfs today and dropping. In the lower Rogue, plunkers could see great winter steelhead around New Year's Day on Cop Car Hot Shots and chartreuse and flame Spin-Glo's at Dunkelberger Bar, Huntley Park and Canfield Riffle. Flows are forecast to be about 20,000 cfs and dropping slowly today, with turbidity the big enemy for next week. CHETCO  — The river was forecast to drop and clear perhaps for decent winter steelhead fishing river-wide later this weekend. Flows have been huge this week, but dropping quickly. Fishing options will be limited by turbidity. COOS — The wild coho season is closed in the basin. ELK/SIXES — The Elk was at 5.6 feet and dropping slowly Wednesday, with a murky green color that should allow winter steelhead fishing if it holds. Telephone 1-541-332-0405 for updated conditions before traveling to the Elk. The Sixes will pull into shape shortly after the Elk does. 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