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River conditions have improved enough for anglers to start looking for steelead

OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff

Report Date:2-7-2024

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River conditions have improved enough for anglers to start looking for steelead. This has been a tough year on anglers and the frequest storms. Sixes is a river that dirties up pretty quick with a rain event. Anglers will want to check flows prior to heading out. Anglers are reminded that the new Rouge-South Coast Steelhead Validation is required to fish the river. If an angler wants to keep a wild steelhead, they must also have the new Wild Steelhead harvest card.

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for Wednesday, February 7th

Fourmile Lake: The Lake is blocked by snow and is currently 27 percent full
Gerber Reservoir: The reservoir is not frozen
Upper Klamath Lake: The lake is ice-free
Klamath River - Upper - OR: Klamath River Report
Lake Of The Woods: The lake is open water and there will likely be no ice fishing this year
Pilcher Reservoir: As the ice continues to melt, bank fishing opportunities will improve
Sky Lakes Wilderness Lakes: Snow is blocking access and there's snow at all the lakes
Sycan River: Flows are high at 96 cfs
Thief Valley Reservoir: Thief Valley Reservoir is now ice-free
Agate Lake: Agate Reservoir continues to rise and is now 68 percent full
Applegate River: The release from the dam is 750 cfs, and the temperature at release is 43F
Arizona Pond: Good numbers of trout are swimming around the pond
Ben Irving Reservoir: Some anglers find more success using bait than lures
Coquille River: The North Fork Coquille River has been fishable this week
Elk River: Boat anglers are having pretty good success side drifting from Elk River Hatchery down to Ironhead boat ramp
Emigrant Reservoir: Emigrant is still at 29 percent full and filling very slowly
Fish Lake : Fish Lake is 55 percent full and trout fishing on the ice should continue to be good
Illinois River: The river is fishable and winter steelhead have been reported up to Green Bridge
Lost Creek Lake: Bank fishing near the dam was productive recently
Rogue River - Middle: The Rogue is currently in great shape
Rogue River- Upper: The release from Lost Creek Reservoir is 2,000 cfs and the temperature at release is 42.5F

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for Thursday, February 1st

: Poacher drops Oregon moose population by one.
: ODFW Recreation Report
: Pneumonia hits Hells Canyon bighorn sheep, ODFW and neighboring states monitoring the effects

River conditions have improved enough for anglers to start looking for steelead

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