As we ease into fall/winter weather, the water temperature will continue to drop, which should encourage some fish to move up river.

When expecting rain and rising river levels, some people may want to consider switching tactics to anchoring up and back-bouncing eggs. Bank anglers will want to look for fish on inside bends in the river and slots along willow banks.    

Winter s teelhead fishing should start to pick up after Thanksgiving. Anglers might want to try swinging flies or tossing spinners.

Current river flows are reported by the gage in Agness on the USGS website. Note that this gage is above the Illinois River mouth and does not account for that additional water flow.

For a current view of the Rogue from the Isaac Lee Patterson Bridge in Gold Beach, check out the ODOT’s camera.