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This Brown Danny caught on the upper rogue river measured out at 21″. 
He released it, So its still out there…If you only knew where to look.
This past weekend we hit a secret spot on the Upper Rogue River where we were trying to hook some German Brown Trout or some Rainbow Trout as well. Access was very limited with plenty of poison oak, blackberry bushes and lots of other flora that was between us and the holes. The reward was definitely worth the trek though as we hooked a lot of fish that were good size and absolutely gorgeous healthy trout. They were strong fighters and super aggressive. I don’t know for sure but I bet some of the holes had not been fished all summer and there was lots of hungry trout waiting to be caught.
The setup was typical for trout fishing in streams or rivers where access and casting can be very difficult. Small, light weight spinning rods (not too small though because at times the river was 70 or 80 feet wide, with nice holes that could only be reached with a heavier rod and hard cast) that made it easy to sneak between bushes and trees and allowed us to cast with lots of plants surrounding us. We used 4 lb. test and a light spinning reel and through a variety of panther martins, rooster tails, and mepps spinners. All colors worked but the dark ones seemed to fair a little better then the bright ones. The surprise of the day came when D hooked up a 18″ German Brown on a bright orange floating rapala. The brown trout nailed the rapala as soon as it hit the water, directly below a 2 foot waterfall.
The fishing was pretty methodical. We located a hole, or slow deep section of water, and cast up and down the hole making sure we worked every section of the water. Usually by about cast 3 or 4 someone was hooked up and pulling in a nice healthy trout. We would continue to work the hole until we had 10 minutes or so with no hook ups and then move on to the next hole.
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Free fishing games to play When you can’t go bass fishing,fly fishing, or trout fishing this List of Fishing games to play in your free time when you can’t get out to the go fishing.
Supe
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or there’s a more technical game called
Survivor Fishing
Step one Pick your player
Step two: Cast your Fishing pole in the water and catch the big fish so you can survive.
Step Three: Catch the Big Fish and you stay alive. This is a fun game if you have some free time to play fishing game.
You get about a minute to catch as many fish as you can. the fish speed up and it gets harder to catch the fish as the time runs out. It will keep you entertained
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Fishing has been excellent at Diamond Lake since the ice melted a few weeks ago. Conditions have not been for the faint of heart with snow, ice and white-cap conditions. But the bite is worth it, especially if you can hook into one of the mackers that are waiting up their. We have landed several fish 19″ or bigger in the past two weeks. Here is what we have found that works.
We have been fishing the lake with a combination of still fishing and trolling. Usually still fishing in the morning and moving to trolling as the still fishing slows down.
Still Fishing - We have been slaughtering the rainbows on the nightcrawlers. The key is to get your worm to float off the bottom out of the muck/weeds. This can be done either using a worm inflater/mini marshmallow (slide the mallow on the hook up the shank and leave it on the eye of the hook, half on the line, half on the hook), floating cheese, or any thing else to lift the worm on the bottom. Our typical set up has 6 lb test with a small sliding sinker ABOVE the swivel (this allows the fish to take the bait without feeling the heaviness of the sinker). Tie 3 or 4 lb test leader to the bottom of the swivel and tie a #6 hook on the end of the 2-4 ft. of leader. Slide your marshmallow up the hook and leave it have on the hook and half on the leader. Use a worm threader to place 1/3 of a nightcrawler on the hook, completely covering it. Cast anywhere 10ft. to 50 ft. from your boat. Let it sink to the bottom and get the slack out of your line. And the most critical part, put down your pole and go to your cooler. You will always hook a fish when your digging your sandwich out, or stuffing your face with chips. If you haven’t had a bite in 15 minutes you can try casting all around your boat until you find where the fish are. Even moving the boat 100 or 200 feet can help you find the fish. If the bottom fishing is slow hook up the trolling and rigs and get moving.
Trolling- We have trolled, spinners, flatfish, spoons, and have hooked fish on them all but we have had the most luck by far with a mini ford fender (or similar) trolling set up. Experiment with different lengths of leader, off the end of the fender, from 2-8 ft and tie a #6 hook on the end with a night crawler. Use a little longer worm then you do with still-fishing . I like about 1/2 a worm, again using the worm threader, but letting the extra length dangle of the hook. Now troll as slow as possible. The slower the better. As slow as you can go with the trolling rig still moving and spinning. I like to let each trolling set up out at different lengths, but it seems like the further back from the boat the better. Don’t be afraid to let 100 or 150 ft. of line out. We have caught fish near the bank, out in the middle, almost anywhere. Like any type of fishing if you find a spot with a lot oaf action work it until it slows down.
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The Medford Mail Tribune did a great job this past Thursday with their Spring Fishing Report. View the collection of articles in their entirety here; Spring 2008 Fishing, or keep on reading for some of the highlights.
Numbers and Web Sites to know (taken from the Mail Tribune April 24, 2008)
River flows and lake levels:
Applegate Lake and Lost Creek lakes, plus Rogue River fish counts, 800-472-2434
Elk River Fish Hatchery, 541-332-7025
McKenzie River, 541-341-1860
Klamath River, 800-547-1501
River stage information from the National Weather Service for rivers throughout Oregon, 503-261-9246
Southern Oregon coastal streams: www.nwrfc.noaa.gov/river
USGS Real-time streamflow data for Oregon: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/or/nwis/current/?type=flow
Rogue River flow predictions: www.nwrfc.noaa.gov/river/station/flowplot/flowplot.cgi?AGNO3
Updated Rogue Basin reservoir levels, www.usbr.gov/pn/hydromet/roguetea.html
Weather:
National Weather Service (Medford) 541-773-1067 (Eugene) 541-688-9041
www.nws.noaa.gov
Marine forecast: www.wunderground.com/MAR/PZ/356.html
Tides:
www.saltwatertides.com/pickpred.html
www.tidesonline.com
http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov
Shellfish information:
Oregon Shellfish Information Hotline, 1-800-448-2474 or 503-986-4728
www.dfw.state.or.us/MRP/shellfish
Fishing resources:
www.dfw.state.or.us/resources/fishing
Trout-stocking schedules for your favorite delivery truck driver (Mark Freeman Mail Tribune April 24, 2008)
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Here is a breakdown of the ODFW’s planned stocking schedule for Jackson and Josephine counties.
The following list notes the water body, the number of fish to be stocked and the week those fish are scheduled for release.
In stocking lingo, Rb stands for rainbow trout and “legals” are rainbows 8-10 inches long. Trophy and lunker trout are larger, ranging in various sizes.
“Sec. 5″ is the term used for the 17 stops along the Rogue upstream of Lost Creek Lake, where the fish are released weekly from Memorial Day through the Labor Day weekend.
MAY
Applegate Reservoir - 500 Rb Trophy, Apr. 28-May 4
Fish Lake - 750 Rb Trophy, Apr. 28-May 4
Expo Pond - 1,300 Rb Legals, May 5-11
Reinhart Park Pond - 300 Rb Legals, May 5-11
Emigrant Lake - 3,000 Rb Legals, May 5-11
Medco Pond - 2,000 Rb Legals, May 5-11
Willow Lake - 2,500 Rb Legals, May 5-11
Lost Creek Reservoir - 25,000 Rb Legals, May 5-11
Spaulding Pond - 600 Rb Legals, May 5-11
Burma Pond - 600 Rb Legals, May 5-11
Dutch Herman - 600 Rb Legals, May 5-11
Howard Prairie - 7,500 Rb Legals, May 5-11
Hyatt Reservoir - 3,700 Rb Legals, May 5-11
Applegate Reservoir - 9,000 Rb Legals, May 12-18
Fish Lake - 5,000 Rb Legals, May 12-18
Fish Lake - 500 Rb Trophy, May 12-18
Lake Selmac - 4,400 Rb Legals, May 12-18
Reinhart Park Pond - 300 Rb Legals, May 19-25
Rogue River (Sec. 5) - 2,375 Rb Legals, May 19-25
Spaulding Pond - 600 Rb Legals, May 19-25
Rogue River (Sec. 5) - 2,375 Rb Legals, May 26-Jun. 1
JUNE
Hyatt Reservoir - 500 Rb Trophy, Jun. 2-8
Rogue River (Sec. 5) - 2,375 Rb Legals, Jun. 2-8
Lost Creek Reservoir - 8,350 Rb Legals, Jun. 2-8
Medco Pond - 1,600 Rb Legals, Jun. 2-8
Lake Selmac - 4,000 Rb Legals, Jun. 2-8
Expo Pond - 2,000 Rb Legals, Jun. 2-8
Butte Falls Hatchery Pond - 7,500, occasionally June to August.
Rogue River (Sec. 5) - 2,375 Rb Legals, Jun. 9-15
Rogue River (Sec. 5) - 2,375 Rb Legals, Jun. 16-22
Fish Lake - 5,000 Rb Legals, Jun. 16-22
Rogue River (Sec. 5) - 2,375 Rb Legals, Jun. 23-29
JULY
Rogue River (Sec. 5) - 2,375 Rb Legals, Jun. 30-Jul. 6
Rogue River (Sec. 5) - 2,375 Rb Legals, Jul. 7-13
Fish Lake - 3,800 Rb Legals, Jul. 14-20
Rogue River (Sec. 5) - 2,375 Rb Legals, Jul. 14-20
Rogue River (Sec. 5) - 2,375 Rb Legals, Jul. 21-27
Rogue River (Sec. 5) - 2,375 Rb Legals, Jul. 28-Aug. 3
AUGUST
Rogue River (Sec. 5) - 2,375 Rb Legals, Aug. 4-10
Rogue River (Sec. 5) - 2,375 Rb Legals, Aug. 11-17
Rogue River (Sec. 5) - 2,375 Rb Legals, Aug. 18-24
Rogue River (Sec. 5) - 2,375 Rb Legals, Aug. 25-31
SEPTEMBER
Lost Creek Reservoir - 400 Rb Trophy, Sept. 22-28
Willow Lake - 200 Rb Trophy, Sept. 22-28
Applegate Reservoir - 500 Rb Trophy, Sept. 22-28
Fish Lake - 500 Rb Trophy, Sept. 22-28
This past weekend fishing was noticeably slower on the Upper Rogue. Friday evening saw several steelhead landed but saturday morning ended up being pretty slow. Keith landed one steelhead with one of my nightcrawlers (he didn’t leave me any). I wasn’t having any luck with my bug and bobber set up and only saw one other fish hooked all morning. The weather was way cooler this past weekend then it was on the previous and we didn’t have the fresh rain like we did the weekend before. Who knows??? Thats my theory though, and Im sticking to it. Trout season opens on many of the seasonal lakes this weekend. We’ll do our best to compile valuable resources for anglers of all types as we come across it. Good luck out there — EveryDayFishing.com
