01/13/2017 - Fishing Report
Angling opportunities in area limited with recent snow, rainfall (Fishing report)Fishing on the Rogue and Applegate rivers will be severely limited through the weekend as a result of the recent heavy snow and rainfall.As of Thursday evening, the Rogue River was flowing at 10,600 cubic feet per second in Grants Pass, down from a high of 30,000 cfs on Tuesday.Local fishing guide Troy Whitaker of U-Save Gas and Tackle does not expect either river to be worth fishing by boat or from the bank for at least another four or five days.Ambitious anglers can try side-planing at Griffin Park or Whitehorse Park with black, red or purple plugs.• APPLEGATE RESERVOIR. Trout fishing has been fair to good. Anglers have been catching trout up to 16 inches long.Trout anglers will want to try trolling, and a good bet will be a Wedding Ring and bait combination. One angler reported a flasher tipped with a worm produced good results during afternoon hours. Fishing with bait from shore in the upper reservoir should also produce results.The lake is 16 percent full. French Gulch is the only boat ramp that is currently useable.• ILLINOIS RIVER. Wild steelhead over 2 feet long may be harvested on the Illinois between Klondike Creek and Pomeroy Dam; one per day and five per year.Fishing is restricted to artificial flies and lures.The Illinois River is open for trout fishing. The Illinois is currently high and turbid but when the rain stops, it clears quickly, and is fishable at higher flows.Since only hatchery trout may be retained, and hatchery trout are not likely to be found in the Illinois River at this time of year, fishing will be primarily catch-and-release of the native cutthroat trout.• LAKE SELMAC. Trout fishing should be improving with decreasing water temperatures. However, there are a lot of aquatic weeds.The lake was stocked with 600 pounders this fall and fishing should be good.• LOST CREEK RESERVOIR. Trout fishing is still good at Lost Creek. The reservoir was recently stocked with legal and trophy-sized fish.Recent reports have been encouraging. One angler caught seven trout in about six hours fishing a green Wedding Ring and worm behind an oval egg sinker and dodger. Anglers were successful trolling around the dam.Surface water temperatures have dropped to 43 degrees and the winter months are shaping up to continue the good trout fishing here.
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