The release from Lost Creek Reservoir is around 1,680cfs and 49F. Click here for current flow at the Ray Gold gage. For up-to-date river levels, check all the USGS Rogue gauges here. Fishing for trout has closed and will reopen on May 22.

Cole Rivers Hatchery returns as of 4/28/26: New winter steelhead 49, season total 933. New spring Chinook 70, season total 206. Folks are still catching a few hatchery and wild winter steelhead and side-drifting larger beads seems to be the most productive. There are a few spring Chinook being caught, and angling pressure is starting to increase. If you don't intend to harvest a fish, please use proper catch-and-release techniques, such as keeping fish in the water as much as possible and releasing wild fish immediately