SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2015
HOF
5 B
Siuslaw Hall of Fame 2015
inductees include (from left):
Susan Emery, Collin Cram
and Sherri Stapleton.
from 1B
the 110-meter hurdles and pole
vault.
Cram was also named First
team All-State in football.
Also being inducted will be
the 1988 state championship
cheerleading team, as well as
the 1993 and 1994 state cham-
pionship golf teams.
Lastly, as a proponent, pro-
moter and volunteer, local run-
ning enthusiast Jim Archer has
been a mainstay to Siuslaw’s
cross country and track pro-
grams, as well asm many local
running veneus, for more than
two decades.
All will be inducted into
Siuslaw’s Hall of Fame this
Friday, July 31.
Doors will open at 5:30
p.m., with the ceremony fol-
lowing at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets to the ceremony are
$10 and are available at the
FEC ticket box.
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Fishing
from 1B
area. New fish will continually
be moving into the river
through the summer with peak
numbers typically in July.
River flows are much lower
than normal for this time of
year so think small and subtle
presentations.
Typical steelhead tactics
apply such as bobber and
jig/bait, or casting spoons or
spinners.
Cutthroat trout are now also
open to harvest and can be
found throughout the main
stem river and many large trib-
utaries.
WILSON RIVER: Steelhead,
Chinook, cutthroat
Spring Chinook fishing is
slow in the low clear water.
Summer steelhead fishing is
slow also. Fishing for cut-
throat trout should be fair. Use
lighter gear for best results as
the water is extremely low and
clear.
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Cutthroat trout
Cutthroat trout fishing is
slow to fair. The best opportu-
nities are coming in the early
mornings when river tempera-
tures are the coolest. River
conditions are very low and
warm for this time of year.
The mainstem Yaquina and
Big Elk Creek are good places
to try casting small spinners or
spoons as well as bait fishing
near the head of tide.
UMPQUA RIVER, SOUTH:
Steelhead
The South Umpqua River,
including all tributaries, is
closed to fishing for trout,
steelhead, and salmon from 2
p.m. until an hour before sun-
rise.
The mainstem South
Umpqua upstream to Jackson
Creek Bridge is open to fish-
ing, with trout fishing being
strictly catch-and-release.
Fishing is restricted to the
use of artificial flies and lures.
Smallmouth bass fishing,
which remains open under
normal rules, should be pro-
ductive especially in the morn-
ing and late afternoon/early
evening.
TENMILE BASIN: Trout,
largemouth bass, yellow perch
Streams in the Tenmile
Basin are open for trout
although there is a 2 p.m. fish-
ing closure for trout, salmon
and steelhead in streams above
tidewater.
Most of the larger rivers
will be too warm for trout and
the water level in many of the
smaller streams is extremely
low. Fishing is restricted to
artificial flies and lures in
streams above tidewater.
The water level in Tenmile
Lakes is extremely low and
boat anglers should use cau-
tion when boating in the lakes.
Tenmile Lakes is open all
year for trout but trout fishing
has been slow.
Bass anglers have been
catching several largemouth
bass in Tenmile Lakes. Bass
can be found this time of the
year in shallow water near
structure like logs or weed
lines.
A few anglers have been
catching yellow perch from
the fishing dock at the County
Boat Ramp and near the edge
of the weedlines. A worm or
piece of cut bait fished near
the bottom works well for
catching yellow perch.
COOS COUNTY LAKES
and PONDS: Largemouth
bass, bluegills
Fishing for largemouth bass
and bluegills has been good in
many of the Coos County
lakes. Fishing for bass will be
best in the mornings and late
evenings.
Fish for bluegills around
structure like submerged logs
and weed lines.
COOS RIVER BASIN:
Dungeness crab, salmon, bay
clams, rockfish, trout
Streams in the Coos Basin
are open for trout although
there is a 2 p.m. fishing clo-
sure for trout, salmon and
steelhead in streams above
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tidewater. Most of the larger
rivers will be too warm for
trout and the water level in
many of the smaller streams is
extremely low.
Fishing is restricted to artifi-
cial flies and lures in streams
above tidewater.
A couple chinook salmon
have been caught in between
the jetties on Coos Bay.
Mooching with herring or
trolling a cut-plug herring
work well for catching
salmon.
Anglers are still catching a
few rockfish inside lower
Coos Bay around the jetties.
The best fishing has been
around the slack tides.
WINCHESTER BAY:
Bottomfish, perch
Fishing for bottomfish in
the Triangle and South jetty
has been successful. Perch
fishing has been productive in
the bay, and it was reported
that good size striped perch
were being caught along the
jetty.
Crabbing has been improv-
ing, and there have been
reports of coho and Chinook
being caught in the ocean off
of Winchester Bay.
PACIFIC OCEAN and
BEACHES: Bottomfish,
salmon, Dungeness crab, tuna
The ocean is open for har-
vest of Dungeness crab.
Crabbing has been good out-
side of Coos Bay and
Winchester Bay.
Recreational ocean salmon
season from Cape Falcon to
Humbug Mt. is open for
Chinook salmon and fin-
clipped coho. The bag limit is
two salmon per day, and a
minimum size for Chinook
salmon at 24 inches or larger
and a minimum size for coho
salmon at 16 inches or larger.
Fishing for chinook from
Bandon to Winchester Bay has
been slow. Fishing for coho
has been decent but only about
a third of the coho caught
were fin-clipped.
Tuna fishing along the south
coast has been very slow.
There have been a couple
reports from Charleston of
tuna caught 20-30 miles off
shore but in very low num-
bers.
The nearshore halibut sea-
son is open seven days a week
inside the 40-fathom line.
Anglers were catching a few
halibut near Bandon inside 40-
fathoms this past weekend.
B OTTOM F ISHING
Rockfish catches were fairly
good last week, particularly
out of the Charleston area.
Lingcod catches were slower.
REMINDERS: The ocean is
open for bottom fishing only
inside of the 30-fathom regula-
tory line (30-fathom way-
points) through Sept. 30.
• New for 2015. China, cop-
per, and quillback rockfish (in
addition to yelloweye rock-
fish) may not be retained.
• New for 2015. The marine
fish daily bag limit is seven
fish, of which no more than
three can be blue rockfish and
no more than one can be a
canary rockfish.
Anglers are also reminded
that no more than one can be a
cabezon (no change from last
year).
S HELLFISH :
Recreational shellfish safety
status:
• Recreational harvest of
mussels is closed from Cape
Arago (south of Coos Bay) to
the California border for ele-
vated levels of domoic acid,
and includes all beaches,
rocks, jetties and bays. The
recreational harvest of mussels
is open from the Columbia
River south to Cape Arago.
• Recreational harvest of
razor clams is closed along the
entire Oregon coast from the
Columbia River to the
California border due to ele-
vated levels of domoic acid.
C RABBING :
• Ocean crabbing remains
relatively slow, although last
week the Charleston area was
a bright spot. Larger ocean
crab off the central coast are
molting, and a soft shell indi-
cates the meat will be watery.
Smaller crab that have not
yet molted — look for barna-
cles on the shell — are a better
option for the crab kettle.
Bay crabbing has improved
but is still slower than ocean
crabbing at this time. Bay and
ocean crabbers might run into
red rock crab as well as
Dungeness crab.
Red rock crab is a native
species but is not present in all
of Oregon’s bays.
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