Rogue River Guide

Welcome to our guide to floating and fishing the upper Rogue River. Check out a series of videos by Mail Tribune outdoors writer Mark Freeman and photographer Jamie Lusch, read archived stories about the river and find resources for information on using the river and enjoying its wildlife. Use the map below to watch videos about the river as well as to find the best fishing holes, swimming sites and public-access points along Jackson County’s most popular stretch of water.
Here's an introduction to our video project and the river. Then, explore the rest of the river.

Interactive Map

Videos

These videos also can be found on the interactive map above.

From our archives

  • Popular Upper Rogue sites to close for upkeep - 5/21/2012

    Southern Oregon visitors taking in the natural wonders of the far Upper Rogue River will see their "A" tour altered this summer as the U.S.

  • Opinions of Rogue River users sought - 5/14/2012

    A coalition of public landowners is reaching out to the boating and fishing public as they move forward on a plan to manage public-access points...

  • River search ends - 5/5/2012

    UNION CREEK — After a night of searching for a man who slipped and fell Thursday into fast-moving rapids near the Rogue River Gorge,...

  • Impaired Waters - 3/17/2012

    Three Medford creeks — Larson, Lone Pine and Baby Bear — will join 1,000 other Oregon streams that federal environmental officials...

  • Medford makes the White House - 3/9/2012

    The Rogue River's salmon runs and a project meant to improve them received some unique face time last Friday from President Obama, who reaffirmed the...

  • Fish-finding mission - 3/5/2012

    ASHLAND — Tom Ziemba was never quite sure what lurked in the gurgling stream behind the back fence of his Ashland home.

  • Reservoirs might not fill without more rain - 2/18/2012

    Despite fresh rain and the lowest winter releases possible into the Rogue and Applegate rivers, federal water managers appear to be fighting a losing...

  • New form of idiocy surfaces on the Rogue - 2/17/2012

    While on driftboat patrol along the Rogue River downstream of Grants Pass, Oregon State Police Senior Trooper Jeff Thompson stumbled upon fresh...

  • One Final Tie - 2/10/2012

    TRAIL — Rarely a week goes by when Mike Fillis doesn't drop into Pat's Hand-Tied Flies for a little gear and shop-talk about what's happening...

  • Oregon Wild sues to secure Rogue water for coho salmon - 2/8/2012

    A conservation group filed suit Tuesday to force the federal government to operate irrigation canals and reservoirs in the Upper Rogue River basin in...

  • Truck fishin' - 2/3/2012

    GALICE — John Bettencourt vividly remembers the day seven years ago when he learned that the best place to catch a winter steelhead on the...

  • Steelhead freeway opened early this year - 1/27/2012

    TRAIL — When Cole Rivers Hatchery Assistant Manager Dave Pease went for a short stroll Tuesday on the hatchery grounds, he discovered that...

Map legend

  • Yellow markers - Public boat ramps
  • Red markers - Fishing pools and riffles
  • Light blue markers - Wildlife viewing opportunities
  • Dark blue markers - Public swimming holes
  • White markers - Navigational tips
  • Green markers - Bridges

Resources

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