Current Rogue River Fishing Conditions:
Howdy howdy fisherpeople! Chinooks are stacking up in the bay daily – while some are taking off up river, most of the fish will stack up and wait for cooler water to come down. Current water temperature at Agness is around 76 F, so the salmon prefer to mostly hang where the cooler ocean water mixes with the warm river water. Fish are starting to be caught fairly consistently on plain anchovies or spinner bait rigs, with some even being caught on non-baited spinners. Chartreuse/Green/Yellow seems to be the color of choice. Fishing is still a little slow, but is picking up and will only get better for the next month or so. 20-25 pounders are pretty normal with bigger fish being caught at times. Saw one 35lb+ fish pulled in yesterday afternoon. Hearing reports that summer steelhead are in full swing side-drifting roe (I really need to get up there and check out tuna balls!). There are some salmon night-running upstream, but most are still holding in the bay. Have one report that there are a lot of salmon sitting off-shore in the ocean waiting to come in. Haven’t heard any definitive counts, but it does look promising in the near future as these fish continue to move into the bay.
Damion Bell from Idaho with this 21″ Chinook Jack!
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Now would be an excellent time to book your trips and beat the rush before the crowd really gets here!
