Idaho Fish Report
Flows in Grants Pass is around 7,800 cfs, and the river is coming back into shape
by OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff
3-26-2025
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Flows in Grants Pass is around 7,800 cfs, and the river is coming back into shape. As water temps warm up, pulling plugs on travel lanes can be very productive. Side drifting, spoons, or swung flies will start to be effective in some spots, as well.
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.
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OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Reports
for Wednesday, March 26th
Imnaha River: Steelhead fishing has been good recently.
Wallowa River: Steelhead are still moving upstream to the hatcheries and are available to anglers
Bikini Pond: Stocked Recently
Fall River: Fly-anglers continue to report good and consistent fishing in the Fall River
Hood River: Hood River flows spiked up quite a bit over this weekend
Pine Hollow Reservoir: Stocked Recently
Taylor Lake: Stocked Recently
Alton Baker Canoe Canal: Stocked the week of March 17
Blue River Reservoir: Was stocked the week of March 10
Dexter Reservoir: Stocked Recently
Fall Creek Reservoir: Was stocked the week of March 17
Junction City Pond: This pond will be stocked again this week
Quartzville Creek: Flows are currently around 2,000 cfs
Row River Pond: Will be stocked the week of March 24
Santiam River ( North Fork) : The river is currently running at around 7,000 cfs at the gage in Mehama
Santiam River (South Fork): Flows are currently above 8,000 cfs at the gage in Waterloo
Willamette River: Poor river conditions last week and not much effort
Alsea River: Steelhead fishing continues to be fair on the Alsea River
Kilchis River: The Kilchis River is in decent shape and there should be fish throughout the system
Necanicum River: The Necanicum River is in decent shape and there should be fish throughout the system
Nehalem River: The Nehalem was high and off color much of the past week
Nehalem River- North Fork: Winter steelhead fishing on the North Fork picked back up this week
Nestucca River: Looks like it will be a little high this weekend and early next week
Salmon River: Winter steelhead continues to be fair on the Salmon River
Siletz River: Winter steelhead slowed down a bit on the Siletz
Siuslaw River: The Siuslaw has been producing a decent run with good angler success
Three Rivers: Three Rivers had still has some hatchery and wild steelhead coming in
Trask River: The Trask has been a little high the past week and will likely remain so until early next week
Applegate River: Steelhead fishing has been pretty slow with the high water over the last week
Arizona Pond: The pond was recently stocked with catchable trout
Chetco River: High water and continued storms has pretty much made for some poor fishing conditions
Cooper Creek Reservoir: With dirty water try using flashing lures and bait with scent
Coquille River: Steelhead rivers are still running dirty from the storm that hit the area over a week ago
Elk River: High water has kept anglers off the river most days
Emigrant Reservoir: Emigrant is currently 91 percent full
Fish Lake : Fish Lake is at 67 percent full
Galesville Reservoir: Scheduled to be stocked in the next couple weeks
Garrison Lake: Trout are scattered throughout the lake
Hyatt Lake: Hyatt is currently 66 percent full and rising with open water
Illinois River: Flows on the Illinois are dropping into shape, and clarity has improved
Johnsons Mill Pond: Johnson Mill Pond has been flooding from the Coquille River
Lake Marie: Lake Marie is a good spot for a quiet fishing experience
Lake Selmac: Another 5,000 legal rainbow trout were stocked last week
Lost Creek Reservoir: Lost Creek Reservoir Report
Plat I Reservoir: The reservoir is at full pool levels
OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Reports
for Wednesday, March 19th
Fern Ridge Reservoir: There is good bank access
Freeway Lake East: The lake was stocked recently with 500 hatchery trout
Green Peter Reservoir: The water level in the reservoir is slowly increasing
Quartzville Creek: Flows are currently around 1,200 cfs
Santiam River ( North Fork) : The river is currently running at about 3,500 cfs at the gage in Mehama
Santiam River (South Fork): Flows are at 6,400 cfs at the gage in Waterloo
Walter Wirth Lake: Will be stocked this week
Waverly Lake: Will be stocked this week
Alsea River: Steelhead fishing continues to be fair on the Alsea River
Kilchis River: The Kilchis River is in decent shape and there should be fish throughout the system
Necanicum River: The Necanicum River is in decent shape and there should be fish throughout the system
Nehalem River: Winter steelhead fishing on the Nehalem mainstem was fair the end of last week
Nehalem River- North Fork: Hopefully the rain this weekend will also bring another push of fish
Nestucca River: The Nestucca is just dropping into prime shape and anglers can expect fair to good steelhead fishing
Salmon River: Winter steelhead continues to be fair on the Salmon River
Siletz River: Winter steelhead slowed down a bit on the Siletz
Siuslaw River: The Siuslaw has been producing a decent run with good angler success
Three Rivers: Three Rivers had some fair steelhead fishing this past week
Trask River: Steelhead fishing on the Trask has been slow to fair this week
Wilson River: Winter steelhead fishing on the Wilson picked up a little early this week
Agate Lake: Agate Lake is now 100 percent full
Applegate Reservoir: Trout should be widely distributed throughout the reservoir
Applegate River: In the last few weeks we've gotten reports of folks catching steelhead upstream of Cantrall Buckley County
Cooper Creek Reservoir: The reservoir was stocked with 2,500 larger-size rainbow trout in early February
Elk River: High water has kept anglers off the river, but flows look to be dropping and maybe clearing
Emigrant Reservoir: Emigrant is currently 87 percent full
Expo Pond: Expo Pond Report
Fish Lake : Fish Lake is at67 percent full
Galesville Reservoir: The reservoir should be close to full pool now with all the recent rainfall
Howard Prairie Reservoir: Howard Prairie is 64 percent full and rising
Hyatt Lake: Hyatt is currently 65 percent full and rising with open water
Illinois River: Flows on the Illinois are dropping, but still very high
Lake Marie: Lake Marie is a good spot for a quiet fishing experience
Lake Selmac: There should be plenty around for anglers to enjoy
Lost Creek Reservoir: Trout can be caught at a variety of depths from the surface down to about 50 feet
Plat I Reservoir: Fish will be spread throughout, fishing is slow
Rogue River- Lower: The river has been running very high and muddy
Rogue River - Middle: Flows in Grants Pass is around 13,000 cfs
Rogue River- Upper: There are currently trout and steelhead available in this section of the Rogue
Smith River: Winter steelhead fishing will be slow because of high water and dirty conditions
Umpqua River: Fishing will be slow until the river levels reside, and water conditions clear up
Umpqua River- North : Winter steelhead angling is starting to whine down
Umpqua River- South : Anglers are catching steelhead throughout the river
Willow Lake: Warming weather and inflow have filled the reservoir to 100 percent
Winchuck River: Anglers should get an opportunity to fish before the end of the season