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Watch part 2 here . Watch part 3 here . SHADY COVE — Summer steelhead and winter steelhead share the Rogue River in late January and early February as the two runs overlap in the upper Rogue. While upper Rogue anglers often use the exact same baits, lures and flies to catch these steelhead, fishing for summer steelhead and winter steelhead can be as different as the seasons that give them their names. For starters, most summer steelhead fishing is done in July through September when anglers can expect sun burns, sweat and likely even smoke from area wildfires. Winter steelheading is associated with some of the coldest days on the river, including this past week’s below-freezing temperatures. Summer steelhead fishing is always best at dawn and at dusk when the fish are at their most active, but when it comes to biting winter steelhead follow bankers’ hours. During the bulk of the summer steelhead season, flows on the Rogue are regulated and generally uniform based on a set flow regime for releases into the river from Lost Creek Lake. During winter steelhead season, tributary runoff during and after storms can cause vast fluctuations in river flows, with anglers focusing on dropping water conditions in the upper Rogue because that’s when steelhead migrate and bite the best. Upper Rogue temperatures during the bulk of the summer steelhead season are in the mid-50s or higher, with steelhead more likely to hover in the faster waters at the heads and tailouts of runs where oxygen mix in the water is better. Winter steelhead, however, are in lower 40-degrees water where the quest for oxygen is much less. Also the rules for upper Rogue angling differ for each run. During the summer steelhead season, all wild steelhead must be released unharmed and fishing is flies-only during September and October while summer steelhead are focused on eating loose eggs from spawning spring chinook salmon. Also, November and December rules ban bait but allow lures from the Shady Cove boat ramp to Fishers Ferry boat ramp near where Gold Ray Dam once spanned the Rogue. Bait is allowed beginning Jan. 1 river-wide and anglers can keep up to one wild winter steelhead a day, and three per year, beginning Feb. 1 river-wide, provided the wild steelhead is at least 24 inches long. That demarcation line is for periods like now when summer and winter steelhead are both present. Nearly all winter steelhead eclipse 24 inches, while the vast majority of summer steelhead do not. Reach Mail Tribune reporter Mark Freeman at 541-776-4470 or [email protected] . Follow him on Twitter at @MTwriterFreeman .