Local Waters
Emigrant Lake
Ashland, OR · about 6 hours from Portland, OR (typical, off-peak)
Ashland's reservoir.
Salt River / stream Lake / pond Shop (desk) Guide only Parking Stay State access Private — ask first
Around now
Most likely in this drive this week. Not a guarantee — confirm the official rule.
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Smallmouth bass
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Trout
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Sunfish and crappie
Also worth a thought: Largemouth bass.
- Season
- Legal on many waters. West-side streams drop and warm. Fish dawn. Confirm ODFW. Official rule
- License
- Oregon angling license (ODFW)
- Park
- County park ramps. Fees.
- Walk in
- Short walk from the public lot.
- Wading
- Confirm flow before you step in.
- Usual window
- Confirm ODFW for this week.
- Sunday conditions
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NE 5 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⚡ 74° storm
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:25 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:01
- Wind at dawn
- NE 5 mph · Patchy Drizzle · 65°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: NE 5 mph
- 10am: E 6 mph
- 2pm: E 7 mph
- dusk: E 5 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 5- or 6-wt unless the water is bigger.
- Notes
- Easy Angling Southwest. Confirm ODFW.
Log this trip
Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.
Shops
Stay
Hand-checked, not a hotel scrape. Check dates on their site. Default two nights.
Valley of the Rogue State Park
Campground · 2 min to the water · Year-round — confirm Oregon State Parks
On the Rogue. Legal camp if you want dawn without a motel.
Dogs: Yes, on leash — confirm park rules
Weasku Inn
Inn · 5 min to the water · Year-round — book ahead
Indoor bed on the Rogue above Grants Pass. Shop in town in the morning.
Dogs: Ask
Cabins and rentals (you leave Local Waters):
Guides
Shop desks, plus a few independents who fish public water. We do not take a cut. Call them.
No desk pinned yet. Ask the shop above who they trust here.