The best Spring Chinook Salmon fishing in the world is found on the famous Rogue River at Gold Beach, Oregon. The Rogue River Spring Chinook salmon won the Worlds Fair for eating quality every year entered. A fabulous quality salmon for both fighting and eating, Spring Chinook Salmon run 15 to 40 pounds each, with a limit of two Spring Chinook per angler per day. Spring Chinook salmon fishing is a great fishery on the Rogue River for all skill levels. We use our 22 ft. Rogue Power Boat for accessing the lower 37 miles of the Wild and Scenic Rogue River when fishing for Spring Chinook Salmon. Fishing methods for Rogue River Spring Chinook is to place our Rogue powerboat in narrow migration paths by anchoring on an inside corner in 3 to 6 ft. of water to intercept fast moving Spring Chinook. The Spring Chinook is intent on moving very fast upriver 150 miles to the Upper Rogue River spawning beds. Rogue River Spring Chinook fishing is entirely a conventional style of fishing with no flyfishing opportunities. Best baits are anchovies and spinners on the Lower Rogue River near Gold Beach and bounced roe and plugs on Upper Rogue near Medford. Seasons for Spring Chinook are the middle of March to early June at Gold Beach and the Lower Rogue River; late May to late July on Upper Rogue River near Medford, Oregon.

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The Rogue River receives Fall King Salmon ahead of all other rivers on the Oregon and California coast. Because of very warm temperatures inland in the Medford area coupled with the steep rock canyon area below Grants Pass river temperatures will elevate to near 75 degrees by early July. This creates a thermal barrier and Fall Kings will stack in the lower 3 miles of the river in cool tidal waters giving the angler lots of fish milling in the estuary. We troll for these Ocean bright brutes with anchovies and spinners. This is an easily learned fishery and anyone can participate. Kings run 18 to 50 # with most in low to mid 20's. Success is high with a two fish limit. By mid Sept we are able to move upriver and fish the moving fish as they head to spawning area still in great condition.
This allows us to fish roe and back troll plugs.

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Chetco ~ Elk ~ Sixes Rivers

The King Salmon in these rivers will test the best angler. They are stronger than any other. We will often set our drags on maximum stun to handle these brutes. They are not the eating quality of earlier runs but the make up for it in action. Running in size from 25 to 60 pounds with most fish 25 to 38 pounds. These fish are in small streams only about 50 miles long and brushy. Powerful and aggressive it is not uncommon to hook 10 to 15 fish daily. We use drift boats for two anglers fishing roe and plugs. These are trips to dream about. October to December limit two fish.

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