Rogue River- Lower - OR

A group of fishermen from Oregon and Colorado trolled tuna clones and feathers for albacore 50 miles out of the Port of Brookings Harbor last week.

Lisa Levang from Maui enlisted the help of Dustin Paradis from Brookings to hoist the monster Chinook she caught while trolling the Rogue Bay last week.

Richard Smith of Gold Beach, Oregon fights a scrappy Rogue Bay fall Chinook last week.

Trolling in front of the cat houses near the Rogue River mouth enables you to fish in depths between 15 to 45 feet, where the water is cooler.

The boat traffic can be like rush hour over the interstate when the fishing is good at the lower Rogue River mouth as seen here toward the end of the line. What you don't see are the 70-plus boats trolling toward the cat houses and the sand spit.

Richard Smith of Gold Beach hoists a monster Chinook salmon he caught last week while trolling the lower Rogue River with guide John Anderson.

Tommy Berg and his mother Tiffany from Brookings hold two of the numerous tuna they caught last week while fishing in the ocean out of Charleston Harbor. Photo by Larry Ellis.

Don Gilbert from Brookings, Oregon nailed this Chinook last week while trolling the Chetco Estuary with guide Jack Hanson of Brookings. Gilbert, the author and Hanson all limited out on wild Chinook.

When you troll for salmon in the Rogue bay, an occasional summer steelhead is caught on the same gear, this one held by guide John Anderson

Joanne Lehman from North Bend, Oregon caught this 18-pound springer on the lower Rogue last week while fishing with guide John Anderson from Memory Makers Rogue River Guide Service.

Steve Rayevich from Coquille, Oregon (shown) fished the lower Rogue with his friend Ronnie Davis and were well on the way to filling their limits of spring Chinook last week. Photos by Larry Ellis.