Thursday, January 11, 2024

2024 Umpqua Steelhead, Salmon Fishing Map, Report plus Hunting Public Lands, Clubs, and Ranches

  2022 Umpqua River Steelhead, Salmon Fishing Map, Report plus Best Places to Fish, Access points and Where to fish




UMPQUA RIVER, Year round Steelhead Fishing? Except perhaps April and May, you can find Steelhead running this fantastic fishery
.Hit it for shad or smallmouth bass, Chinook Salmon, Cutthroat even Sturgeon or Striped Bass. Umpqua's main section is closed to wild steelhead but open year-round to hatchery steelhead.
Sections are the North, South and Main Stem. Check current regulations for special information.
Spring: The steelhead season peaks in March.
Summer: Summer steelhead start entering the Umpqua River in mid-June.
Fall: Fall is the best time for summer run steelhead that peak during this time.
Winter: Wintertime is the best time to catch large Umpqua steelhead. Winter steelhead should start to pickup with dropping river levels and springtime approaches.
The South Umpqua opens to winter steelhead fishing on Dec. 1st,  all the way upstream but no further than Jackson Creek. Hatchery only may be possessd.

Where to fish the Umpqua:

The Lower section of the Umpqua River, is 110 miles long, it's mouth at Winchester Bay.
At more than 100 miles in length each, the North Umpqua River and the South Umpqua River
both flow out from the Cascades. Refer to our fishing report and fishing map for more information.
The North Umpqua is world renowned for its salmon and steelhead fishing.  Sea-run cutthroats also from June to November. The North Umpqua River summer run steelhead is unique, dry fly fishing is not only possible but effective.
The South Umpqua joins the North Umpqua at Roseburg. It's warm waters make it good for stripped bass there is a extremely good small mouth bass fishery.
The Main Sections offer both a winter and summer steelhead run and a spring and fall salmon
run.

Techniques and How to fish the Umpqua:

 The North Umpqua’s has a fly fishing section has large boulders and basalt drop offs. Long casts are often needed, a Spey rod here is best, using big flies.
Check for some interesting regulations. No strike indicators, no weight on the fly or leader June to September.
 Try dry flies for  summer fish. However, change to a heavy wet line large leech if fish not rising to the dry fly.
It has been said winter or spring fish do not respond to dries even if conditions are summer like. February is when fishing gets good, reaching its zenith in March.
Wet lines should be sinking shooting heads, tapered tips. Large wet flies, leeches, shrimp patterns are the best choices here.

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2024 Rouge River Fishing Report and Free Map, Steelhead, Salmon plus Best Areas and Where to Fish

 Rouge River Fishing Report and Map, How to fish the Rouge and Best River Access information






The Rogue River is located in southern Oregon and courses for 215 miles to Gold Beach on the Pacific. The  source is within the confines of Crater Lake National Park in the Cascade Range.

Different Fishing Seasons on the Rogue:


The Rouge fishes year-round but you can lock down exactly when depending on what you are after.

Winter: Steelhead fishing all the way from December through April. Late January is the high point.

Spring: Steelhead fishing wraps up in April. Salmon  arrive the river in March, April and May.

Summer: Salmon enter the river in the Summer, opening up the summer for these fish. until middle of September when the fall steelhead arrive.  First the half-pounders, then get ready to battle some of the most magnificent fish you will ever encounter.

Fall:  Early November or latter part of  October is the time of Kings,  portending the run of Coho Salmon ...you can fish for both Steelies and King Coho or concentrate on one.

In essence, August - November is prime time along the Rogue.  Prepare for Kings in the 20 plus pound range, but look out for the occasional 50 pounder or more.

The Rouge described, from the Upper to the Lower, and parts in between:

Find Holy Water (it's a fishing place not a religious quest, ok?) on our Fishing Map, and proceeding down river, you have:

The Upper Rogue:

A 28  mile or so section to the Gold Ray Dam.  This is prime steelhead water, much varied in river structure, and is even is fairly wide at points.
Try out these holes:
Our fishing report indicates Cole Rivers Hatchery’s Hatchery Hole . The Sewer Hole  near TouVelle State Park, Givan Park.
Rogue Elk Park,  McGregor Park.

 The Upper Middle Rogue:

Gold Ray Dam to Savage Rapids Dam. It's rapid city here on this section and access is complicated by no trespassing signs.

The Lower Middle Rogue:

Start at Savage Rapids (I guess from the name, caution here, unless you want to avoid walking to next hole) in Grants Pass and go all the way to Grave Creek.  I wonder why that name follows a dangerous section. Hmmm.... Anyway, Grants Pass can be good but below there's not much fly fishing  until Whitehorse..

The Wild Rogue Section

You might see Meryl Streep and Kevin Bacon here, reliving the movie made on this river. The River Wild. Take off your "Make America Great Again" hat if you want an autograph. Well, maybe not.  Anyway, The wild  section is  a decent length of 33 miles from  Grave Creek to Foster Bar.
Wear your hiking boots, or, more advisedly, use a boat, as you other wise will need to hike in to get to this entire stretch.

The Lower Rouge Section

From here to the mouth is pretty much bait or lures,  it's not conducive for  fly guys. The great variety of fish don't hang around here much, they have an important agenda of charging upstream,  so is very much hit or miss.

Conditions:

Check our ongoing fishing report for the river flows and temperature and try and fish the first few hours of daylight.

Flies:

Our fishing Map shows best fly fishing areas, swing streamers or fish weighted nymphs like hair’s ears,  salmon egg patterns.

In summer, terrestrials, such as red ants,  or large dark colored broken back leeches are good.

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