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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 Home News Latest Stories Wimer's Highland Games appeal to both the kilted and kiltless Public meetings in Jackson County for May 4-8, 2015 Dozens of drivers nabbed in Medford pedestrian sting Class of 2016 can get a primer on senior year Emergency services, May 2 Crime, Courts and Emergency Services Dozens of drivers nabbed in Medford pedestrian sting Emergency services, May 2 Gold Hill man torched his foreclosed property No leads on who smashed about 20 windows in Ashland before dawn Thursday Ashland man allegedly dragged woman with vehicle Politics and Elections BREAKING: Baltimore prosecutor charges officers in Freddie Gray's death Earthquakes hit regularly in Medford (Oklahoma, that is) Medford School Board, Position 6: Curt Ankerberg vs. Janet Lightheart Arthur I. 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Restaurant inspections: April 19, 2015 Tempo Videos Classifieds Jobs Autos Real Estate FEATURED » Obits Blogs TV Listings Movie Listings Oregon Outdoors Oregon Healthy Living Special Sections Business Services NEWS NOW PERS ruling means tough choices for state and local lawmakers ... Wimer's Highland Games appeal to both the kilted and kiltless ... REVIEW: Carson, Patton shine in 'Arsenic and Old Lace' ... PERS ruling means tough choices for state and local lawmakers ... Wimer's Highland Games appeal to both the kilted and kiltless ... REVIEW: Carson, Patton shine in 'Arsenic and Old Lace' ... FISHING REPORT Fishing Report: Friday, March 6 Comment MailTribune.com Writer Posted Mar. 6, 2015 at 12:01 AM Posted Mar. 6, 2015 at 12:01 AM » Social News OCEAN OUTLOOK COASTWIDE:  Very good fishing conditions are in the offing this weekend for near-shore anglers looking to run into some black rockfish and lingcod off Southern Oregon ports. Today's forecast is for 5-knot winds and 3-foot seas, followed Saturday by winds up to 15 knots and 5-foot seas. Sunday's forecast calls for 10-knot winds and 4-foot seas. Morning jigging should be very good as lingcod are moving into the shallows for the spawn. The ocean crabbing season is open, and good Dungeness catches can be expected in coastal estuaries. Anglers can venture past the 30-fathom line for bottomfishing, but few will bother because near-shore fishing will be good for black rockfish and lingcod. A new marine aggregate limit in Oregon is in effect. It remains seven rockfish a day, but only three can be blue rockfish, and all china, quillback and copper rockfish must be released. If you don't know the difference, get a guide book or don't keep anything other than black or blue rockfish. The lingcod limit is two a day with a 22-inch minimum, and that is separate from the marine aggregate. Razor clamming is closed from the California border to Heceta Head near Florence because of elevated bacteria levels. Call the state shellfish hotline at 1-800-448-2474 for updates before digging. COOS BAY:  Black rockfish catches are very good between the jetties and pile perch are getting caught under the McCullough Bridge. Fishing is best around slack tides. Crabbing is best near the jetties. 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. BROOKINGS: Offshore fishing looks very good through the weekend, especially for lingcod and black rockfish in the mornings by jigging. Red, black and white jigs are best. Look for improved lingcod catches as more fish move toward shore. GOLD BEACH: Surfperch fishing is still doing well and should improve as the larger redfins start moving toward estuaries for spawning. Spots such as Nesika Beach and the mouth of the Rogue River have been good this winter.   LAKE OUTLOOK AGATE:  The lake has inched up to 69 percent full and is starting to settle out after the big influx of water earlier this month. The boat ramp is usable, but the lake likely won't fish well this year because there are no trout stockings planned this spring. The Jackson County Parks Department closes access at dusk. APPLEGATE:  The lake is fishing poorly for holdover rainbow trout 10 to 14 inches long. The water level dropped this past week as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers purged some of the excess inflow captured during early February's heavy rains. The surface level now is 1,936 feet above sea level, which is still above the filling curve. Anglers can prospect for trout by trolling Wedding Ring lures spiced with worms between 30 and 45 feet deep. Hart-Tish Park and its boat ramp are closed but the French Gulch ramp is open for launching. Bass fishing is slow. Applegate Lake has a standing advisory against eating too many portions of warmwater fish because of elevated mercury levels found in the bass and crappie. DIAMOND: The lake is ice-free, and there has been some good fishing from boats with worms under bobbers or PowerBait. The north ramp is open because of a dearth of snow, and about two dozen boats were on the water Sunday catching rainbows 12 to 15 inches. The limit is eight trout longer than 8 inches per day, but only one can be longer than 20 inches. EMIGRANT:  The county park boat ramps are usable but there is virtually no fishing effort at the reservoir. The lake rose dramatically this month and it is now 68 percent full. FISH:  The lake has inched up to 54 percent full and is still ice-free, allowing for some bank and boat fishing near the resort. Look for catches of rainbow trout and chinook with worms, PowerBait or jigs. Tiger trout must be released unharmed. Chinook are legally considered trout here and can be kept as part of the five-trout daily limit. The chinook are in the 12- to 14-inch range. A sno-park pass is required to park at the Forest Service lot near the ramp. HOWARD PRAIRIE:  The lake is closed to angling until April 25. HYATT:  The lake is closed to angling until April 25. LOST CREEK: Look for good trolling for holdover trout upstream of Peyton Bridge and near the spillway access area. The lake level had risen just two feet to 1,847 feet above sea level Thursday, and the vast morass of floating logs and other debris is packed in around the dam's spillway. LAKE OF THE WOODS: The lake is ice-free, and some fishing is going on in open-water near the resort with PowerBait. Look for a mix of rainbows, kokanee and perch near the resort. 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 full.   RIVER OUTLOOK ROGUE: The lack of rain has the Rogue flowing low and cold river-wide, but that hasn't kept anglers from picking up fish daily in each stretch of the system. That means the best bet is to fish the water closest to home or the stretches you know best, because there are a mix of fresh winter steelhead and spawned-out summer steelhead kelts in deeper, slower stretches of water. In the middle Rogue, fresh winter steelhead have moved into the canyon water in the Merlin and Galice areas, drawing up from the canyon. Slowly drag chunks of roe and sandshrimp for them, or fish deep-diving plugs at the tailouts. Driftboaters are doing OK on the run from Lathrop's Landing down to Robertson Bridge with small plugs, but the catch rates aren't what they should be for early March with this many winter steelhead around. Flows are the issue, with the Rogue at 1,770 cubic feet per second at Grants Pass. In the upper Rogue, the flows out of Lost Creek Lake remained a scant 1,050 cfs all week, and that's slowed everything down. Still, 68 winter steelhead were counted Tuesday at Cole Rivers Hatchery, upping the season total to 348 fish. Flows at Dodge were a skimpy 1,300 cfs after not rising much during last week's rains. The stretch from Takelma to Dodge still has a large root wad in the channel, causing some heartache for driftboaters. Fishing is best with a mix of offerings, ranging from roe, egg flies or pink worms side-drifted under bobbers to small rattleless plugs. The lower Rogue is cold and clear, but bankies and boat anglers were still running into winter steelhead in the Agness area. Flows at Agness were down this week to 3,189 cfs this week, forcing some plunkers to go to size 4 Spin-Glo's in pearl-pink and cop-car colors, with plug anglers using deep divers in deeper water. Lots of side-drifting of roe for winter steelhead, as well. Boat anglers are doing best side-drifting or fishing small plugs in side turns of gravel beds. Rumors of one wild spring chinook salmon caught and released at Lobster Bar have not been confirmed, and no one has brought a hatchery springer to town as the definitive first springer of the season. APPLEGATE —  Winter steelhead fishing is slowing as conditions deteriorate, with not much prospect for improving until next week. Flows out of Applegate Lake were down to 202 cfs, dropping by one-third from late last week. Steelhead are hunkering down in deeper runs and holes, so tossing spinners or tumbling spoons are probably the best tactics. Another 75 winter steelhead were collected Tuesday at the trap near the base of the dam, bringing the early-run count to a stout 462 fish. All wild steelhead must be released unharmed, and there is no fishing from a floating device. CHETCO  — The river was down to a skinny 577 cfs, but driftboat guides are still running clients into steelhead on a daily basis. Fishing is best with plugs long-lined from driftboats or roe in deeper holes or under cut banks. Some spawned-out kelts are showing up in the catches, as well. UMPQUA — Winter steelhead fishing has slowed amid low and cold flows. ELK/SIXES — The Elk and Sixes were low, cold and clear this week amid poor winter steelhead fishing conditions. 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