Rogue River
The best month to fish the Rogue River is October. The month to avoid is August. Right now, in September, it is worth going.
- January: 48 out of 100
- February: 64 out of 100
- March: 60 out of 100
- April: 93 out of 100
- May: 94 out of 100
- June: 71 out of 100
- July: 37 out of 100
- August: 37 out of 100
- September: 71 out of 100
- October: 95 out of 100
- November: 75 out of 100
- December: 69 out of 100
Water averages 65°F this month — fishable, but the margin is thinning. Fish early, land them fast, and stop when the afternoon heats up.
GAUGE 14372300 · COLOURED BY SEPTEMBER
Month by month
| MONTH | TYPICAL FLOW | RANGE (P20–P80) | WATER | AIR HIGH | RAIN | SCORE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8,332 cfs | 6,663–11,580 | 43.8°F | — | — | 48 |
| February | 6,626 cfs | 4,453–9,772 | 44.8°F | — | — | 64 |
| March | 7,477 cfs | 4,305–14,600 | 48.8°F | — | — | 60 |
| April | 5,733 cfs | 4,218–8,684 | 52.8°F | — | — | 93 |
| May | 4,971 cfs | 3,578–6,461 | 59.7°F | — | — | 94 |
| June | 3,608 cfs | 3,100–4,334 | 65.3°F | — | — | 71 |
| July | 2,208 cfs | 1,914–2,973 | 71.4°F | — | — | 37 |
| August | 2,260 cfs | 1,981–2,571 | 70.5°F | — | — | 37 |
| SeptemberNOW | 1,918 cfs | 1,823–2,202 | 65.1°F | — | — | 71 |
| October | 1,865 cfs | 1,698–2,097 | 56.2°F | — | — | 95 |
| November | 2,813 cfs | 2,178–5,079 | 48.3°F | — | — | 75 |
| December | 5,026 cfs | 3,378–14,410 | 44.9°F | — | — | 69 |
WHERE THESE NUMBERS COME FROM
Flow and water temperature are medians of the monthly means reported by USGS gauge 14372300 over 2006-2025. Air temperature and precipitation are ten-year normals from Open-Meteo at this river’s gauge coordinates.
The window is deliberate. USGS’s own full-record statistics for a dammed river reach back before the dam — at Lees Ferry, to 1922, forty-one years before Glen Canyon closed — and describe a river that no longer exists.
Flow is scored against this river’s own fishable band of 2,260–5,733 cfs. There is no universal band: 8,000 cfs is low water on a big tailwater and a flood on a spring creek.
Water temperature is a ceiling rather than a weight. Above about 68°F a trout that is fought and released frequently dies anyway, so no month above that line is scored as worth booking, however good its flow.
The Rogue River is at its best in October — water around 56°F, flows near 1,865 cfs.
← RIVERS GOING WELL IN SEPTEMBERRegulations, licences and access change without notice and are not reproduced here as fact — check the state agency before you travel. A median describes twenty years; it does not forecast your week. Source: U.S. Geological Survey, National Water Information System.