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Winter steelhead have arrived at the Cole Rivers Hatchery just north of the town of Shady Cove on the Upper Rogue River. Winter steelhead numbers have increased quickly over the past few weeks. The river has been high throughout the system but i...
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Rogue River spring Chinook have made a stong showing in 2024 with 7213 salmon already in the hatchery as of June 26th. Due to this early and robust return, 2750 salmon have been recycled back downstream giving anglers a 2nd chance at landing on...
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Spring Chinook salmon have returned to the Rogue River. The storms this winter led to high water on the Rogue which facilitated the earliest return of spring Chinook salmon to Cole Rivers Hatchery in all our seasons of guiding. on the Rogu...
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Rogue River salmon fishing was great this past year resulting in high fish counts at the hatchery. This is good news for the Rogue and we are excited about the next king salmon run which will begin in May. If you are looking to fish this winter ...
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This has been one of the best salmon seasons we have seen in recent history on the Rogue. We are still catching salmon, you just need to travel downstream a bit (west of the town of Grants Pass) to below Hog Creek. Salmon fishing on the Up...
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Salmon numbers are great and the fishing is even better! This winter's snowpack has increased flows on the Rogue River. As of today it is 2700 cubic feet per second. Our spring Chinook love these higher flows and it shows in their ea...
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Rogue River salmon season is open! There are ocean closures for salmon fishing but these closures do not include Oregon's rivers including the mighty Rogue. Chinook salmon are in the Rogue River system and ready for action. Wi...
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While Southern Oregon has not been blessed with much rain this fall, pictured above are some of the coastal salmon caught after the last storm rolled through. This recent batch of rain and snow has coastal rivers flowing again and between the Elk, Si...
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We’re now heading into one of our most favorite times of the year! Starting November 1st regulations change here on the Upper Rogue from fly only back to allowing lures and bait. There are plentiful steelhead in the upper river and...
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Due to regular and at times heavy late spring rainfall here in the Rogue Valley, Lost Creek and Applegate Lakes are nearly full for the first time in several years. The Rogue River water level which today sits at 3350 cfs at Dodge Bridge is quite hig...
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