Idaho Fish Report

Flows in Grants Pass is around 13,000 cfs, and the river is blown out after heavy rain this past weekend. High water techniques like plunking or pulling plugs can be effective in these conditions when fish in travel lanes. More rain forecasted for later this week will likely keep the river high and muddy until next week.

For the 2024/2025 season, there is no wild harvest allowed above the confluence with the Illinois River. The Rogue-South Coast Steelhead Validation is required for all winter steelhead anglers fishing in the Rogue Basin or on the south coast from Dec. 1 to April 30.

Anglers, please use proper catch-and-release techniques, such as keeping fish in the water as much as possible and releasing them quickly. If fish are getting injured with the technique you are using, please change techniques. Remember that smaller rainbow are usually the steelhead that will return in future years.

Current flow, temp and turbidity conditions for the Rogue can be found at the USGS stream gauges here, or checking the City of Grants Pass water page's river data here.