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Salmon Fishing, Steelhead Fishing, Trout Fishing Report
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11/10-12/03
Lower Rogue River Canyon Report.
Water temperature at Grants Pass: 50 degrees.
Weather: Sunny all three days, showers the first day.
Cherry, Rick and Louis Hershberger joined us for a superb late Fall three day/two night Rogue River Canyon fishing trip. The evenings and mornings were cool and crisp but our boat heaters and forced air heater fans made us very comfortable. Once the sun shined on us we had warm clear skies and we were the only ones on the river. Our feelings were similar to those of the first travelers and explorers on this beautiful river. The fishing was simply awesome and watching the Chinook salmon spawning in just about every riffle was a real treat offering the assurance that our Fall fishing will be good for many years to come. We caught Chinook salmon, Coho salmon, adult steelhead and half pounders.
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10/30-11/2/03
Lower Rogue River Canyon Report.
Water temperature at Grants Pass: 51 degrees.
Weather: Sunny three days, showers the last day.
I worked for Noah's fishing adventures on a four day/three night fishing trip. We had great weather and the fishing was awesome. I fished Steve and Kevin the first day. They caught numerous half-pounders and a 25" and 25 1/2" adult steelhead respectively. Sorry no pictures, my camera was out of batteries. The second day I fished Bob and Lenny. Plenty of fish hooked but we experienced trouble keeping the fish on the hook.
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On the third day I fished Donnie and Terry. Donnie caught a great adult wild steelhead and Terry caught a very nice finclipped Coho salmon. Have a look. |
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10/25,26,27/03
Lower Rogue River Canyon Report.
Water Temperature at Grants Pass: 51 degrees.
Weather: Sunny all three days.
I fished Hugh Hague and his brother-in-law Jake on a three day/two night Noah's fishing trip. We had great weather and the fishing was awesome. These guys were some good sticks. They caught numerous half-pounders and hooked plenty of adult steelhead daily.
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10/15,16,17/03
Middle Rogue River Report.
Water Temperature at Grants Pass: 53 degrees.
Weather: Sunny.
Bill Urie and I fished another four anglers from a local toy manufacturer and Stan boated this great hatchery steelhead. It was about 8 pounds. Steelhead fishing is improving with many half pounders hitting flies and globugs and a few adult steelhead showing in the catch. Check out these great pictures of their catch.
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10/1-4/03
Lower Rogue River Canyon Report.
Mary and Thomas Worthen joined us for a four day/three night Lower Rogue River Canyon trip combined with Chris Taylors group of five guests on a three day/two night trip. The steelhead fishing is really excellent right now with lots of half pounders and adult steelhead. Still some really nice Chinook salmon showing in the catches. Coho salmon are beginning to show up as well. Check out the photos.
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10/1-4/03
Lower Rogue River Canyon Report.
Derek Hodson returned again this year with his crew from Las Vegas for a four day/three night lodge fishing trip in the Lower Rogue River Canyon. The weather was great, the guests were great and the fishing was great. Many Chinook salmon, adult steelhead and half pounders were caught on the trip. Here are some photos.
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9/17-20/03
Lower Rogue River Canyon Report.
I fished and guided guests for Grieves Guide Service out of Shady Cove. Our guests caught some fantasic Chinool salmon on the trip. Enjoy the pic's.
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| Dick and his first days catch of a 40#+ Chinook salmon caught on salmon roe. |
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Nancy and her mint bright 15#+ Chinook salmon caught on the 4th day. |
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| 09/11-14/03
Lower Rogue River Canyon Report
Water Temperature at Grants Pass: 61 degrees.
Weather: Sunny all four days.
Jim Hardy and Jeremy Rich were our guests, Matt Shore their guide. Also on the trip were Paco Stevens guide trainee and Anne Scott/Don Kirkendall.
Fishing was slow the first day but picked up on day two with enough fish for lunch. Day three was better with steelhead in the morning and we got into the Chinook salmon in the afternoon. Day four was a dandy with very large Chinook salmon caught plus some jack Chinook salmon. Take a look at the pictures.
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| Third day Chinook salmon. |
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Fourth day Chinook salmon. |
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09/06-09/03
Lower Rogue River Canyon Report.
Water Temperature at Grants Pass: 68 degrees.
Weather: Sunny two days rained the last two days.
Jeannie and Warren Davis, Becky Lind-Snook, Don Lind, Chris Lind and Jeff Lind were our guests. The guides were Matt Shore, Kale Frieze and Don Kirkendall. Fishing was slow the first day due to the warm water temperatures, but we managed to get one Chinook salmon for the second days lunch. Day two guide Matt Shore got his guests (Jeannie and Davis) into 9 half pounders while flyfishing for steelhead. Kale got his guests (Don Lind and Jeff) into several half pounders while steelhead fishing with flys. Don helped his guests (Becky and Chris) catch one Chinook salmon and several steelhead on plugs. Day three Matt helped his guests (Chris and Jeff) land 16 steelhead while flyfishing with numerous other hookups. Kale and Don put their guests onto several jack salmon and Don Lind caught a real nice 25# Chinook salmon. Day four we hit the jackpot. It had been raining, which brought the water temperature down and the turbidity up to produce a great fourth day bite. Matt fished (Don and Chris) and caught the salmon pictured below. Kale also got (Becky and Jeff) onto some salmon. Don had a great day with (Jeannie and Davis), they hooked fourteen salmon and landed these eight. Check out the pic's.
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| 08/29/03
Upper River Report.
Nathan and Tom McClure tried their luck at late Springer/Fall Chinook salmon fishing today below Gold Ray Dam. Fishing was a little tuff in the early morning with several pull downs on our Kwikfish but they didn't stay hooked up. They learned to back bounce salmon roe good enough to finally boat two fish at about 12 noon. Here is Nathan with a beautiful Fall Chinook.
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| 08/26/03
Upper River Report.
We had a free day today so I took some of our crew fishing today for Fall Chinook salmon below Gold Ray Dam. Here is Anne Scott (our office manager) and Gary King (one of our guides) with two great looking King salmon.
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| 08/23/03
Upper River Report.
Macky and Alan Plotkin visited us today to give steelhead fishing their first try. The steelhead bite was awesome with over 10 hookups. Their first hookup was during the lesson part of the trip on the side of the river when Macky hooked a very nice steelhead while learning how to let the plugs out and hold the rod properly. They found that after hooking a Summer run steelhead, boatind them is not so easy. They went home with two nice hatchery run fish.
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08/22/03
Upper River Report.
Ian and Derek Covert had a great first time steelhead fishing experience today on the Upper Rogue River. Things got started a little slow this morning without a bit until 11 am. After that first fish we managed to hook five more fish with a total for the day of six steelhead hooked, four landed, consisting of 3 hatchery fish to take home and one unclipped fish released. Here are some pictures. Look at this one of Ian.
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| 08/21/03
Upper River Report.
Angela and her boyfriend Brett Nichols fished with us today and it was the best steelhead fishing trip so far this Summer. They hooked a total of 14 fish which included:
- one Chinook salmon-lost
- four steelhead-lost
- two hatchery run -taken home
- seven unclipped steelhead-released
Heres a picture of the two they took home.
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| 08/13/03
Upper River Report.
A 1/2 day pm. trip with Brian Elder and friends netted them many steelhead strikes and three fish landed. The afternoon bite has been comparable to the morning bite. Here are two of the hatchery fish taken home.
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| 08/13/03
Upper River Report
A 1/2 day am. trip for Paul Kearsley, Jeff Warren and Glenn Morgan proved fruitful today with the three anglers hooking numerous fish and landing two native steelhead and one hatchery steelhead. They took the hatchery steelhead home for dinner. Here are the pic's.
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| 08/02/03
Upper River Report.
The Summer-run steelhead are in and biting plugs, bait and flies. Angela, Sean and Joe Bongiovanni visited us on Saturday to hook up with a couple of nice steelhead before the rain, yes rain, drenched us. One was a beautiful 10# buck. Both fish were hatchery fish but there are also native steelhead being caught up river.
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| 07/31/03
Upper River Report.
Xavier and his family fished with us on the last day of Chinook salmon fishing above Gold Ray Dam for the year 2003. We hooked three and landed two. Lost a nice one right at the boat. We also hooked four nice Summer-run steelhead but couldn't boat any of them.
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| 07/27/03
Upper River Report.
The Spring Chinook salmon fishing is still very good. Clint Graham, his Dad Richard and Brandon hooked three and landed these two very nice Chinook salmon. We also hooked and lost four mint bright Summer-run steelhead.
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| 07/26/03
Upper River Report.
Greg Baruch visited with us today and got his limit of two adults. One beautiful Chinook salmon and a great Summer-run steelhead.
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| 07/25/03
Upper River Report.
Ted, Tim and Brian Doherty fished with us today and caught a nice Chinook salmon and these beautiful Summer-run steelhead.
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| 07/24/03
Upper River Report
Mark and Jewel Morrissey fished with us today and boated some fine fish. Here is Mark with a ten pound hen steelhead. It was a hatcherey fished and from what I understand it made great table fare.
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| 07/20/03
Upper River Report
The Spring Chinook salmon fishing is still red hot. Fish numbers are high with over 30,000 fish at the last count. Gordon Godfrey and his son Lou cashed in on a early morning bite to tag two fish by 7 am. A hefty 26 pounder for Lou and Gordon wrestled in a 22 pounder. It has been a early morning bite due to low clear water. Pictures to follow. We are also beginning to catch some nice Summer-run steelhead up to 10 pounds.
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| 07/16/03
Paula and Rod Soholt took advantage of a early morning bite to hook several big 'Springers' today. Here is Paula with a 22 pounder.
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| 07/14/03
Upper River Report.
Mark Specter and his family got a early morning start and it paid off for him and his crew today. They took advantage of 5 hookups and landed three nice Chinook salmon.
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| 07/04/03
Upper River Report.
Les McClure and his grandson Brian had a great day of Chinook fishing today, hooking 6 and landing five by 10 am. Have a look!
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| 06/28/03
Upper River Report.
The Rogue River Guides Association Salmon Derby was fished today with 38 boats participating. Bill Urie won the derby with four fish totaling 80 pounds 5 ounces.
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| 06/29/03
Upper River Report.
Mike Shelton and Marion Gayman had a great day of fishing for 'Springers' today with two 29 pounders and one 22 pounder landed. This was the day after the Rogue River Guides Association Salmon Derby. Too bad these fish wern't caught a day sooner for the derby.
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| 06/17/03
Upper River Report.
Nancy and Jim Butler fished with Matt Shore and Nancy caught a big one. Take a look!
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