From the Rowers Seat - Oregon Fishing Report

Good fishing it’s the Rogue
In the upper section of the Rogue River anglers are having success catching both salmon and steelhead. For the salmon angler right now the count over Gold Ray is 10,899 with only 3,266 salmon that have made it to the hatchery making the success rate in favor of the angler. Best times early morning from the hatchery hole down to Shady Cove. Best method is running a wrapped quick fish, k-15’s green and silver in color.

For the steelhead angler, right now there are 1,951 summer steelhead over Gold Ray, while that’s not a huge number it is a head of lasts year’s counts. Best Times is early morning while running hot shots, wee warts or crawdad patterns in the tailouts. Evening fishing has picked up as well and will only get better going into August.

The Grants Pass area should be overlooked at this time due to we are in between runs but this will improve in September when the fall Chinook show and the steelhead start to stack up.

It's shaping up to be a big fish season for trollers on the lower Rogue. Several Chinook in the 30-pound range and a few over 40 have been taken over the past couple of weeks and it's still early. Herring and anchovy rigs, straight of plug-cut, as well as plain spinners are all getting bit at times although an anchovy with a blade on its nose remains the favorite. Concentrate on tidewater below the Highway 101 Bridge. Mornings will be best this weekend and anglers should concentrate the areas of water eight feet or deeper are worth a pass.

That’s all from the Rowers Seat

And I’m Tim Treadway

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