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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 Medford's black bear moves on ... Howard Prairie to host ODFW event ... VIDEO: Woman shares her story of self-injury ... Medford's black bear moves on ... Howard Prairie to host ODFW event ... VIDEO: Woman shares her story of self-injury ... FISHING REPORT Fishing Report: Friday, May 13 Comment MailTribune.com Writer Posted May. 13, 2016 at 12:01 AM Posted May. 13, 2016 at 12:01 AM » Social News OCEAN OUTLOOK COASTWIDE: The ocean has been flat, and forecasts call for it to remain that way through the weekend, which means plenty of happy bottomfishers out of Brookings and even Gold Beach in recent days. Look for winds around five knots off the South Coast and two-foot swells today, giving way to 10-knot winds and three-foot swells Saturday. Sunday looks a little rougher but still very good with 15-knot winds and two- to three-foot swells. Limits of lings and rockfish are still coming in daily from Coos Bay, Brookings and even Gold Beach of recent days, though the lingcod bite has slowed a bit from the awesome bite of late April. 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 while effort so far has been light, one 50-pounder was brought to the harbor Wednesday. Look for some early action north of Brookings in waters close to 200 feet. The ocean and bays are open to crabbing coastwide, but ocean crabbing has been slow. 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, and fishing is fair for a mix of bass, crappie and perch. No trout stockings are planned this year. Most of the boat action has been high up in the reservoir around submerged willows. 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 half-foot from full and holding as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is releasing 500 cfs of water, which is a hair under the inflow. 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 trolling. The rainbows are spread out, with the shrimp beds producing in the morning, and the lake's south end is also good. Mornings are more productive but fishing has been decent all day during cloudy days. EMIGRANT: The lake remained at 98 percent full Thursday, and the 1,000 legal-sized trout stocked there three 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 this weekend. FISH: The lake is ice-free and was up slightly to 70 percent full Thursday. Another 3,725 legal-sized trout and 425 pounders were stocked last week, and fishing has improved near the marina and the Forest Service boat ramp. 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 last week they were joined by another 5,725 legal-sized trout and 400 trophy trout. That has jump-started an already good fishery. The lake was up a hair this past week 71 percent full. A family-friendly fishing event is planned Saturday at the resort. 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 last week at the BLM boat ramp, and that has improved 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. The lake was up a hair to 75 percent full. LOST CREEK: The lake is holding steady at six inches from full and likely will stay there, because the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to release inflows and keep the lake this way. Fishing is good for the 10,000 recently stocked legal-sized trout and 800 trophy-sized rainbows stocked there last month. Another 25,000 legal-sized rainbows and 1,075 pound-sized rainbows are set for release there next week, and that should keep trollers and bank anglers busy. 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 last week, and fishing for them is good with worms under bobbers and PowerBait off the bottom near the resort. WILLOW: Trout fishing is improving after another 3,000 legal-sized rainbows were stocked last 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 in late April, 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 reach the upper Rogue, while the middle Rogue is a being ignored by anglers, and action has picked up in the lower Rogue for both bankies and boat anglers, signifying that fresh fish are on their way. But the lower Rogue action isn't good enough to supplant the upper Rogue as the best bet for early springers for both bank and boat angling, though boaters hitting migration lanes in the lower river 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 2,900 cfs. Another 94 spring chinook reached the Cole Rivers Hatchery collection pond Tuesday, upping the take so far to 238 springers. That's less than half of the 10-year average, which is skewed by a huge early return last year during drought conditions. Hatchery fish are underachieving in volume so far, but the run is still young. In the lower Rogue, plunkers and boat anglers have seen a spike in their spring chinook salmon catches, but it is still somewhat slow considering the good spring fishing conditions. Boat anglers are using anchovies with spinner blades, Kwikfish and MagLip lures fished on gravel beds. Bank anglers have gone to smaller Spin-Glo's and are moving farther off the bank into six feet of water. Flows at Agness were holding steady at just under 5,000 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. 13, 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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