Galesville Reservoir is a lake or reservoir in Oregon, listed as Featured sport-fishing water by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
A USGS gauge reports the lake level; Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife lists 3 species, including bass, bluegill and trout. 2 guides nearby are listed here; the nearest destination hub is Grants Pass & the Rogue.
Galesville Reservoir is a lake or reservoir in Oregon. Our destination hub Grants Pass & the Rogue is 29 mi away in a straight line.
Start from the agency's public access map. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.
Nothing on this page grants or implies access.
Gauges, shops and guides within 40 miles
Map of Galesville Reservoir: gauges, shops and guides
Map of Galesville Reservoir with 1 USGS gauge, and shops and guides with an exact address within 40 miles.
Restrooms within 2 miles of Galesville Reservoir in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.
No restroom mapped within 2 mi yet — add one you know.
Campgrounds, fishing access sites and boat ramps often have one that isn't on the map yet.
Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.
Featured sport-fishing waterThe Rogue Wild and Scenic River, Oregon (BLM). Photo: Bureau of Land Management, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Featured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not South Fork Umpqua RiverThe North Umpqua Wild and Scenic River, Oregon. Photo: Bureau of Land Management Oregon and Washington, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not South Fork Umpqua River.
Featured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Agate ReservoirLake Billy Chinook, Oregon. Photo: icetsarina, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Agate Reservoir.
Steelhead / salmon waterRepresentative photo · not Applegate River
Featured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Lake SelmacEagle Lake, Lassen County, California, with dry Horse Lake in the foreground (aerial). Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lake Selmac.
Featured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Applegate ReservoirCrowley Lake and the Long Valley Caldera from US 395. Photo: Clinton Steeds, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Applegate Reservoir.
Oregon · about 56 mi
Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.
Each comes from the agency's own published list; where the list names a reach it is quoted. A designation applies to the listed reach, not necessarily the whole water. Listed in the finder under trout, bass.
On the ODFW '50 places to go fishing' guides (Portland, Medford, Roseburg, Bend, Lane County, South Coast) list (Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, read 2026-11-05). All waters with this designation
Measured from the NHDPlus High Resolution (flowlines and waterbodies) (U.S. Geological Survey, read 2026-11-05) for this water’s own mapped feature. Rounded figures; they describe the channel, not today’s conditions.
Areas the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), public access (U.S. Geological Survey, Gap Analysis Project, read 2026-11-05) lists as owned or held in easement and open to the public, crossed by the mapped shoreline. Boundaries are mapped, not surveyed. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.
2.6 of 8.4 mi of shoreline on public land
Nothing on this page grants or implies access.
Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.
Gold Hill, OR · 29 mi
Drift boat · Beginners & lessons · Klamath & Rogue
Nearby
No shop nearby yet.
The species the agency lists here; presence varies by reach and season.
Listed by the state agency
Species guide
A bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus), photographed by Ryan Hagerty for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Photo: Ryan Hagerty/USFWS, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
1 hatch charted for the region, not measured on this water. From Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife.
Salmonfly (May)
Grants Pass is the Josephine County seat on the Rogue River in south-west Oregon; the Applegate River joins the Rogue to the west, and below Grave Creek the Rogue runs through its Wild and Scenic canyon toward Gold Beach.
Destination hub · 29 mi away in a straight line
A stillwater fly-fishing checklist for lakes and ponds: a 9–10 ft 5–6 weight rod, floating and intermediate lines, chironomids and leeches, and float-tube options, with estimated prices and where to buy.
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Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Galesville Reservoir.
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Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.
A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.
Flows, gauge statistics and flood stages come from USGS and the National Weather Service when the page is shown. Regulations, stocking, species and season statements link to the agency that publishes them; this page copies only the species names and the quoted sentences. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: the point for “Galesville Reservoir” (reservoir) in the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Water type is our own classification.
Limited data: Not enough data: no water temperature or flow statistics here
No water temperature, flow statistics here.
At GALESVILLE RESERVOIR NEAR AZALEA, OR (USGS 14308995). Lake-level gauge on Galesville Reservoir (USGS GALESVILLE RESERVOIR NEAR AZALEA, OR). Provisional USGS data
USGS 14308995 · NWS GSVO3
Lake-level gauge on Galesville Reservoir (USGS GALESVILLE RESERVOIR NEAR AZALEA, OR).
What the agencies suggest
Use a thermometer to check water temperatures frequentlyOregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
General guidance from the readings and the published lines named above, not a fishing forecast. Local rules and closures come first.
Reading Nov 5, 3:00 PM PST · provisional USGS data
Below NWS action stage
Checked Nov 5, 3:22 PM PST; readings refresh at most every 15 minutes and statistics daily. Provisional USGS data can be revised. Conditions change: re-check before you go. This is general guidance, not a fishing forecast, a safety guarantee or a statement about access.
Featured sport-fishing waterThe Rogue Wild and Scenic River, Oregon (BLM). Photo: Bureau of Land Management, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Oregon · about 30 mi
Brown trout, brook trout & steelhead
1,180cfsFlow now · much below normal for the date
Featured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not South Fork Umpqua RiverThe North Umpqua Wild and Scenic River, Oregon. Photo: Bureau of Land Management Oregon and Washington, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not South Fork Umpqua River.
Oregon · about 12 mi
Steelhead, chinook salmon & coho salmon
43cfsFlow now · much below normal for the date
Featured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Agate ReservoirLake Billy Chinook, Oregon. Photo: icetsarina, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Agate Reservoir.
Running well nowRepresentative photo · not Applegate RiverFeatured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Lake SelmacEagle Lake, Lassen County, California, with dry Horse Lake in the foreground (aerial). Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lake Selmac.
Featured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Applegate ReservoirCrowley Lake and the Long Valley Caldera from US 395. Photo: Clinton Steeds, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Applegate Reservoir.
Oregon · about 56 mi
