The Rogue River is a freestone river in Oregon, listed as Featured sport-fishing water by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
2 USGS gauges on the water report flow; Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife lists 5 species, including chinook, summer steelhead and hatchery coho. 17 guides and 1 shop nearby are listed here; the nearest destination hub is Grants Pass & the Rogue.
The Rogue Wild and Scenic River, Oregon (BLM). Photo: Bureau of Land Management, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Rogue River is a freestone river in Oregon. Our destination hub Grants Pass & the Rogue is 1 mi away in a straight line and lists it among its waters.
Pick one of its USGS gauges and hear from us when the flow moves into or out of its usual range for the date, or crosses a flow you set. We check the public USGS reading every 2 hours and email only when it crosses, at most once every 6 hours. Flow alone is not a fishing forecast or a safety call.
Signed in: one step. Otherwise we email a confirmation link first. Every alert has one-click links to stop it.
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 Rogue River: gauges, shops and guides
Map of Rogue River with 2 USGS gauges, and shops and guides with an exact address within 40 miles.
Restrooms within 2 miles of Rogue River 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.
Map of 6 restrooms near Rogue River
Skip the map; every place is in the list belowMap of 6 restrooms near Rogue River, numbered as in the list, with the water’s point marked.
Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.
Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map
Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.
Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map
Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.
Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map
Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.
Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map
Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.
Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map
Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.
Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map
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.
Steelhead / salmon waterRepresentative photo · not Applegate River
Featured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Lake SelmacLake Billy Chinook, Oregon. Photo: icetsarina, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lake Selmac.
Featured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Agate ReservoirEagle 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 Agate Reservoir.
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 29 mi
Featured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Galesville ReservoirEnnis Lake, Montana, in March, with the Madison Range beyond. Photo: Gloria Cabada-Leman, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr Not Galesville Reservoir.
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.
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 salmon & steelhead.
On the ODFW featured waters: Oregon's top steelhead rivers list (Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, read 2026-11-05). All waters with this designation
On the ODFW featured waters: Oregon's top steelhead rivers 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 2026-11-04) 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 channel. 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.
2.5 of 210.3 mi 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.
17 guides name it on their website
Grants Pass, OR · 3 mi
Float trips · Rogue & Umpqua
Names this water
Gold Hill, OR · 14 mi
Drift boat · Beginners & lessons · Klamath & Rogue
Names this water
Central Point, OR · 17 mi
Float trips · Drift boat · Rogue & Umpqua
Names this water
Medford, OR · 23 mi
Drift boat · Beginners & lessons · Rogue & Umpqua
Names this water
Medford, OR · 25 mi
Saltwater & ocean charters · Multi-day trips · Rogue River
Names this water
The species the agency lists here; presence varies by reach and season.
Listed by the state agency
Species guide
Brown trout (Salmo trutta), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service illustration. Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Species guide
Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis), illustration by Duane Raver for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Photo: Duane Raver, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Species guide
Winter steelhead fishing on the Skagit River, Washington (Doug Wilson, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). Photo: Doug Wilson, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Species guide
Chinook salmon moving upstream in the lower Tuolumne River, California (Dan Cook, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service). Photo: Dan Cook (USFWS), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Species guide
Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch), illustration by Timothy Knepp for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Photo: Timothy Knepp, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 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 · 1 mi away in a straight line
Matched on the fish the agencies list for both waters first, then the same water type, an official designation or flagship listing on both, and a similar mapped size where USGS hydrography covers both.
At most two waters per country. A shared fish is a listing, not a promise: presence varies by reach and season.
Like the Rogue River? Same fish, overseas.
Flagship waterThe Hurunui River on the Jollie Brook Circuit, Canterbury. Photo: Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Canterbury, New Zealand
Same fish: brown trout & chinook salmon · also a freestone river
Freestone riverThe Santa Cruz River from National Route 40, downstream of Lago Argentino. Photo: Fredlyfish4, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons
Flagship waterThe Rakaia River where the Wilberforce joins it, Canterbury. Photo: Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Flagship waterThe River Moy at Banada Priory. Photo: Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Flagship waterDaybreak on the Nipigon River. Photo: Sharon Mollerus, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Freestone riverRepresentative photo · not Río PetrohuéThe Río Puelo at Las Gualas, Cochamó. Photo: Nicolás from seno de reloncaví, Chile, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Río Petrohué.
Southern seasons open while ours close.
Flagship waterPenstock Lagoon, Central Highlands, Tasmania. Photo: Mike Cline, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Freestone riverRepresentative photo · not Río PetrohuéThe Río Futaleufú, Los Lagos. Photo: Kaaty.7, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Río Petrohué.
Lake or reservoirRepresentative photo · not Lago LlanquihueThe Río Simpson passing Coyhaique, Aysén. Photo: Manxuc, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lago Llanquihue.
Lake or reservoir
Flagship waterRepresentative photo · not Mataura RiverThe Oreti River near Lumsden, Southland. Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons Not Mataura River.
Flagship waterGreat Lake, Tasmania. Photo: Peripitus, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A steelhead and salmon fly-fishing checklist: a switch or spey rod (or 9′6″ single-hand) in 7–8 weight, Skagit lines and sink tips, swing flies, studded boots and cold-weather layers, with estimated prices and where to buy.
11′–13′6″ two-hand rod, 7–8 weight, Skagit head + sink tips · Steelhead and Pacific salmon
Open the checklistSeams, shelves and soft water, shown on real rivers.
Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.
Not sponsored All videos on reading water
Indicator rigs, depth and detecting the take.
Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.
Not sponsored All videos on nymphing
Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Rogue River.
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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 USGS gauge ROGUE RIVER AT GRANTS PASS, OR. Water type is our own classification.
Running well nowRepresentative photo · not Applegate RiverFeatured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Lake SelmacLake Billy Chinook, Oregon. Photo: icetsarina, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lake Selmac.
Featured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Agate ReservoirEagle 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 Agate Reservoir.
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 29 mi
Featured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Galesville ReservoirEnnis Lake, Montana, in March, with the Madison Range beyond. Photo: Gloria Cabada-Leman, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr Not Galesville Reservoir.
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 39 mi
Steelhead, chinook salmon & coho salmon
43cfsFlow now · much below normal for the date
