Trout in Running Waters 1994 - Draft

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Originator: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Publish Date: 1994

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Agency: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Name: Cedric Cooney

Job Position: Natural Resources Data and Systems Manager

Telephone: 503-947-6094

E-Mail Address: Cedric.X.Cooney@odfw.oregon.gov

Description

Abstract: This chapter covers management of resident trout species in the Rogue, Applegate, and Illinois rivers and all associated tributary streams (running waters) of the Rogue River basin. Resident rainbow and resident, fluvial, and anadromous cutthroat trout are native to the Rogue River basin. Angling for trout in the Rogue River basin did not become popular until the 1930s. At this time, cutthroat and downstream migrating steelhead were abundant and easily caught from streams in settled areas of the Rogue basin. Mining roads provided easy access to the headwaters of the Applegate and Illinois rivers, Jumpoff Joe creek, and Grave creek where trout fishing was most popular. The California-Oregon Power Company developed roads that provided access to trout fishing waters in the Prospect area in 1912 and the upper Rogue River and its tributaries became accessible in 1927 when the Crater Lake Highway was completed. The Civil Conservation corps developed foot paths and roads into remote parts of the basin in the 1930s. Trout fishing in high pressure areas in the Rogue basin is maintained by stocking. A list of species and numbers of hatchery fish stocked in running waters of the Rogue River basin is presented in Appendix Table A-4.

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Time Period of Content: 1994

Geographic Extent: Rogue River basin

Status: Draft

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