The release from Lost Creek is around 2,900 cfs and the flow at Dodge Bridge is around 4,200 cfs, with a river temperature averaging around 44 F degrees. Visibility should improve the further upriver you go. The section just upstream of Casey Park will still have clear water from Lost Cr. Reservoir.

There are currently trout and steelhead available in this section of the Rogue. A few post-spawn summer steelhead might be encountered, but winter steelhead are also starting to show up.

Cole Rivers Hatchery swim-in numbers as of 3/4/25:

Species / Run New Season Total

Summer steelhead

14.            1,137

Winter steelhead

44                 65

Recently, anglers have found a few winter steelhead in this section of river and more should be moving in. There is no wild harvest 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.

For up-to-date river levels, check all the USGS Rogue gauges here.