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.
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Video: Rattlesnake Rapids - 10/28/2009
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Video: Down and Dirty - 10/21/2009
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Video: Navigating the new Savage Rapids - 10/15/2009
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Video: It's All About the Eggs - 10/7/2009
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Video: Wild side of the upper Rogue - 9/30/2009
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Video: Retread Steelhead - 9/17/2009
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Video: Manufacturing Fun - 9/10/2009
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Video: Back-Bouncing - 9/3/2009
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Video: Casey State Park - 8/27/2009
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Video: Upper Rogue River Rafting - 8/20/2009
From our archives
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Coho Cowboy - 11/19/2009
The latest run of phantom salmon are making their way up the Rogue River, their presence so well hidden that local anglers can go their entire...
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'Epic' float to the sea - 11/5/2009
Waking in a sleeping bag to a cold, bone-drenching rain on the fifth day of their nine-day raft trip down the Rogue River, Sam Jackson and his two...
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Rattlesnake Rapids - 10/29/2009
Rattlesnake Rapids is the toughest white water to negotiate on the upper Rogue River, and it often scares rafters and driftboaters away from boating...
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Homeowners deal with different Rogue - 10/19/2009
ROGUE RIVER — Jan Tarantino peers over her summer patio/dock on what used to be "Savage Lake," looking down at the Rogue River flowing more...
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Video: The first ride at Savage Rapids - 10/15/2009
When construction crews diverted the Rogue River through its historic channel past Savage Rapids Dam Friday, this stretch of water became boatable...
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Reborn Rogue shows its teeth - 10/11/2009
GRANTS PASS — As Bob Hunter approached Savage Rapids on the Rogue River late Saturday morning, the WaterWatch attorney who spent more than two...
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Removing dam was 21-year upriver fight for WaterWatch lawyer - 10/11/2009
Bob Hunter acknowledges it may be time to remove the bumper sticker on the bow of his well-used driftboat.
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It's all about the eggs for Rogue chinook - 10/8/2009
Spring chinook salmon are now spawning in the gravel flats of the upper Rogue River, and it's all about the eggs.
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The wilder side of the Rogue - 10/1/2009
Sometimes the quest to catch a summer steelhead along the upper Rogue River turns into an encounter with some of Oregon's largest fauna.
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Video: Retread Steelhead - 9/17/2009
There's nothing like a few hundred retread steelhead to improve an angler's day along the upper Rogue River, as the latest addition to the Mail...
Fishing stories
- Chetco reopens despite falling chinook numbers - 11/19/2009
- Sowbelly status still not determined - 11/19/2009
- Chetco closure makes Oregon anglers antsy - 11/12/2009
- Agreement continues access to timberlands - 11/5/2009
- Urban Trout - 10/29/2009
Environment
- Globs of foam on Rogue puzzle officials - 11/20/2009
- A Hydroelectric Revival for Gold Ray? - 11/10/2009
- Loss of dam means loss of live counts - 11/9/2009
- Wetlands could be high & dry - 11/8/2009
- Gold Hill man was mining illegally, judge rules - 11/3/2009
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
Rogue River news
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Scientists test sediment behind dam - 7/15/2009
GOLD HILL — A 7-foot tube of gooey muck stuck for decades behind 105-year-old Gold Ray Dam is splayed out Tuesday before geologist Bill...
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Bills expand Oregon Caves, protect Rogue tributaries - 6/17/2009
Oregon Caves National Monument would be expanded by more than 4,000 acres and nearly 143 miles of lower Rogue River tributaries added to the Wild and...
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Demolition of Savage Rapids Dam begins - 6/3/2009
ROGUE RIVER — Construction crews this week are literally doing to Savage Rapids Dam what wild salmon advocates have been doing figuratively for...
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Savage fish ladder reopens — for the last time - 4/30/2009
Rogue River salmon and steelhead are again migrating over the Savage Rapids Dam fish ladder — but it will be the last time — as...
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New deadlines mark Savage Rapids - 4/23/2009
New angling deadline markers are in place on the Rogue River below Savage Rapids Dam, but this summer is the last time anglers will fish there with a...
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Savage Rapids work next month will slow fish migration - 4/9/2009
The upstream migration of winter steelhead and spring chinook salmon will be held at bay downstream of Savage Rapids Dam for about three weeks as...
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