Rogue River- Upper - The release from Lost Creek Reservoir is in the 950 cfs vicinity

The release from Lost Creek Reservoir is in the 950 cfs vicinity

Rogue River- Upper - Medford, OR (Jackson County)

by OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff
3-29-2023
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The release from Lost Creek Reservoir is in the 950 cfs vicinity, but tributaries are providing good input downstream. Dodge Bridge is around 2,300 cfs. Water color is almost ideal right now.

Trout fishing is still open in the Rogue with a daily bag limit of 5 adipose fin-clipped (hatchery) trout. Anglers are encouraged to harvest hatchery trout. Wild trout must be immediately released unharmed.

Last week 105 new winter steelhead showed up to the hatchery, and the season total is 202. Anglers continue catching winter steelhead near the hatchery recently, and more should be moving upriver after last week’s rise in river levels.

Wild winter steelhead over 24 inches may be harvested upstream of Hog Creek boat ramp Feb. 1-April 30 (1 per day, 3 per season). Please check out MyODFW for info on new validation and harvest tag requirements in the Rogue and South Coast Rivers.

Please avoid wading in and fishing near salmon redds.

For up-to-date river levels, check all the USGS Rogue gauges here.

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OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Reports

for Wednesday, March 29th, 2023

Sandy River: Smelt fishery on Sandy River opens March 30 for first time since 2015
Haystack Reservoir: Anglers should expect slow fishing until the reservoir can be restocked and fish populations rebound
Hood River: Numbers of winter steelhead in the Hood River have been increasing
Prinevile Reservoir: Prineville Reservoir is slowly filling but still very low at 18 percent full
Alsea River: The Alsea will river level has gone back down over the past few days
Kilchis River: The Kilchis is low an in good shape early next week after the rains
Miami River: Friday is the last day to fish steelhead on the Miami as it closes April 1
Nehalem River- North Fork: The North Fork should fish through Friday but may be high and off color for the weekend
Siuslaw River: Winter steelhead are moving throughout the Siuslaw River
Trask River: The Trask still has steelhead throughout the fishery
Wilson River: Steelhead fishing slowed on the Wilson last week
Applegate River: River is back in shape with some color
Emigrant Reservoir: Emigrant is 39 percent full
Howard Prairie Reservoir: Howard Prairie is at 20 percent full
Hyatt Lake: Hyatt has started to fill and is 18 percent full
Illinois River: River conditions should be good through the rest of the season
Lost Creek Lake: Lost Creek Lake Report
Rogue River- Lower: Current flow is around 3,900 cfs and temperature in the low-40s F
Willow Lake: The reservoir is 75 percent full

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