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Email Story to a Friend June 15, 2006 Fishing and Hunting Report River Outlook ROGUE — Spring chinook salmon fishing continues to be slower than slow riverwide while anglers are releasing all wild springers to comply with new mid-season angling regulation changes. The upper Rogue is the best bet of mid-June by default, with the best of the fishing sprinkled throughout the upper Rogue. The problem remains fish numbers, with just 4,547 spring chinook counted at Gold Ray Dam through June 10. Upper Rogue flows remain fishing-friendly, however. Releases from Lost Creek Lake were 2,331 cubic fee per second Wednesday, keeping flows under 3,000 cfs at Dodge Bridge and a hair over 3,300 cfs at Gold Ray Dam. Search for spring chinook in the migration lanes, not the deep holes frequented by wild springers. The farther upstream you go, the better your chance is of hooking a fin- clipped hatchery fish. The best upper Rogue spring chinook fishing has been at the Hatchery Hole, where anglers are getting a few dozen fish a day, primarily at first light. Beads and corkies as well as roe are working best. In the lower Rogue, a few late springers are coming in on each high tide, but effort and catches remain light. About 70 percent of the lower Rogue chinook caught recently are wild fish that must be released unharmed. Cutthroat trout fishing, however, has remained good in the estuary, with sea-runs frequenting the waters around the mouth of Indian Creek. Catch them on spinners and streamer flies. Advertisement The middle Rogue remains rather erratic for springers, with a few caught daily at traditional spots like Pearce Riffle, the waters below Savage Rapids Dam and Hayes Falls. Legal trout fishing is open in the main-stem Rogue below Lost Creek dam, and mid-day fly-fishing has been good. The salmon fly hatch remains light, but fish are rising to adult salmon flies on the river, with dusk best. Also, fresh legal-sized trout were scheduled for stock this week in the Union Creek and Prospect area. For daily flow reports out of Lost Creek Lake, call 800-472-2434. UMPQUA — Shad fishing is peaking on the lower river, with pink and green flies or jigs working best. A drop in water flows has improved the catches, with the Yellow Creek and Sawyers Rapids areas the best. The North Umpqua remains slow for spring chinook. Bass fishing has picked up on the South Umpqua. COOS — Shad fishing remains good from boats with lead shad darts. The river closed to steelhead fishing. A few striped bass have been caught recently. The Charleston boat ramp is now open in the lower end of Coos Bay. COQUILLE — Shad fishing is good on sunny days with shad darts. Lake Outlook HOWARD PRAIRIE — Trout fishing is improving daily as water temperatures are warming. Anglers trolling or still-fishing in 15-20 feet of water are doing well for legal-sized trout, and some hold-overs from last year’s plant also are coming in. However, the 16-inchers are scarce. More and larger bass are starting to show up in the catch. The lake’s limit remains five trout over 8 inches long per day, but only one of those trout can be over 20 inches long. HYATT — The lake is improving for evening trolling of Tazmanian Devils or Triple Teasers. Go slow just off the weed lines and zigzag. A worm on a Wedding Ring spinner also is a good choice. The water is cool but the bass catches are starting to pick up, especially in mid-day. The lake’s limit remains five trout over 8 inches long per day, but only one of those trout can be more than 20 inches long. DIAMOND — The lake is open with its new 20-trout daily limit, and a few people are killing their limits. A decent cache of 18-inchers were caught last weekend near the resort, but none of the remaining Williamson River trout have been caught yet. Catches also have been good at the lake’s south end on bait. LOST CREEK — The lake is a foot from full now and the surface temperature is just under 65 degrees, which makes trolling for land-locked salmon excellent. Also, wind-drifting single eggs or worms above Peyton Bridge is good for 12-inch salmon and trout. Bass fishing has improved, and bass are taking adult stonefly imitations in the afternoons and evenings near the dam. Trout trollers should start working deeper and earlier in the day, while bass fishing is heating up throughout the day along shore lines full of cover. A few early salmon flies have been reported. EMIGRANT — Fishing has improved in the reservoir for trout, which are hitting bright lures while trolling. The water has started to warm and clear, causing a spike in the trout activity. Fishing for yellow perch, bass and bluegill also has been excellent in the upper stretches near the mouth of Emigrant Creek. The lake remains close to full. FISH — Trolling for trout is good in the shallows, provided that anglers don’t go too deep. Still-fishing in 10-15 feet of water also is good. APPLEGATE — Trout fishing has heated up on both legal and lunker rainbow trout stocked this spring. The lake is a hair from full, and in-flow remains high and cold. Trolling, still- fishing with worms or PowerBait is good around the dam and the intake tower, while trollers are doing well with worms or lures. Bass and panfish fishing is improving as well amid increasingly warm days. The Hart-Tish boat ramp and store are open. Anglers can keep up to five rainbow trout or stocked salmon 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. LAKE of the WOODS — The lake is warming and fishing for kokanee trout has picked up for anglers trolling small flashers with worms or salmon eggs. Focus on the lake’s western side, primarily in 15-20 feet of water. The water surface temperature has risen to 53 degrees, which has perked up the rainbow and brown trout bite as well. WILLOW — The lake was stocked recently with legal-sized rainbow trout, and catches of them have been very good for trollers and bait-fishers. Bass and panfish angling had started to pick up before recent cold, rainy weather. Look for it to improve again when the weather stabilizes. ALL SPORTS POND — The pond was stocked recently with legal-sized trout, and there are holdovers from that plant now available for adults. Bait is best. WHETSTONE — The pond at the Denman Wildlife Area was stocked recently with legal-sized trout for last week’s kids derby. Adults and kids can fish the pond. Catch these trout with worms, small spinners and PowerBait. SELMAC — The lake near Selma was stocked again with legal-sized rainbow trout, and catches were still good with worms or rainbow-colored PowerBait. KLAMATH/ AGENCY LAKES — Fishing for large Klamath trout is picking up near the mouths of the Wood and Williamson rivers as well as the springs around Rocky Point. Ocean Outlook Razor clam harvest at Myers Creek and Bailey beaches was still good during low tides, but the best clam beds are not accessible due to current tide series. Salmon fishing remains slow in the ocean off Brookings, but the salmon are big and they seem to be moving closer to shore. Catches Tuesday were as close as 2½ miles from shore. Coho salmon are plentiful, but only fin-clipped fish can be kept. Bottomfishing has been very good off South Coast ports. The aggregate limit is six marine rockfish a day. Surf perch fishing has been good on the beaches and off the sand spit near the Gold Beach jetties. Hunting Outlook JACKSON/JOSEPHINE — Cougar hunters can expect an average year and will find greatest success using a predator call in areas that have good deer numbers. When snowfall occurs, hunters should look for fresh cougar tracks and pursue. Good cougar hunting opportunities exist throughout southwest Oregon. 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 © 1997-2006 Mail Tribune, Inc. All rights reserved. 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