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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2015 N EW REGULATIONS , LICENSES SET FOR SALEM — Oregon’s 2016 hunting and fishing licenses are on sale now and make great holiday gifts, especially a new youth license for kids that per- mits fishing, hunting and shell- fishing all year for just $10. The new 2016 Sport Fishing and Big Game Regulations will also be in stores this week. Hunters and anglers will notice a new look to the regulations this year. “We’ve heard from sports- men that the regulations can be confusing,” said Rick Hargrave, ODFW Information and Education Administrator. “We’ve made an effort to sim- plify them and hope they are easier to understand.” The effort included contract- ing with a different publisher, J.F. Griffin, to produce the reg- ulations. A new searchable web version of the regulations will be available next week at ODFW’s regulations webpages online at www.dfw.state.or.us/ resources/licenses_regs. In the meantime, PDF copies of 2016 regulations are posted at the hunting and fishing regulations web page. Prices for adult licenses and tags increase for 2016, the first fee increase since 2010. However, ODFW will con- tinue to charge lower prices for youth to keep fishing and hunt- ing affordable for families. The popular Juvenile Sports Pac is still just $55 in 2016 and prices will be lower than in 2015 for some youth sportsmen. A new combination youth license means all kids age 12- 17 (nonresidents, too) can fish, hunt, crab and clam all year long for $10. This license includes the Columbia River Endorsement; add a Youth Combined Angling Tag for just $5. (Previously, costs for youth were: hunting license $14.50, fishing license $9 or $18.75 with Columbia 2016 River Endorsement for ages 14- 17, combined angling tag $8.50 for ages 14-17, shellfish license $7 for ages 14 and over.) New license types are also available, including Premium Hunts. These are Oregon’s new two or three month any-weapon deer, elk and pronghorn hunts. Premium Hunts are similar to the auction and raffle tags people pay thousands for, but they cost the same as a regular tag and are an additional hunt- ing opportunity (meaning hunters can still hunt with a 100, 200, 400 and 600 series tag). 3 B OUTDOOR SEASON Most wildlife management units have one deer and one elk tag available; 29 areas also have a pronghorn tag. Also new this year, the Daily Angling and Shellfish License is ideal for visitors to the coast who want to fish, crab and clam for just one day. Cost is $27.50 for residents and non-residents. Pioneer license holders (age 65 and older, 50-year resident of Oregon) will now pay $6 for a combination license, which was previously free. The change allows ODFW to recoup an average of $20 per paid license holder in federal grants. These federal grants are generated from an excise tax on hunting and fishing equipment and are provided to states based on the number of paid license holders. These grants are important because they help fund fish and wildlife management projects that provide fishing and hunt- ing opportunities. All 2016 licenses and tags can now be purchased online at www.dfw.state.or.us/online_lic ense_sales/index, and at license sales agents or ODFW offices that sell licenses. Coastal Gem Walkers announce January jaunts, meeting YACHATS — The Yachats Coastal Gems are set to start the New Year off right with a healthy walk Tuesday, Jan. 5, along the Newport Historic Fishing from 1B Fishing for the various warm water fish species tends to be slower during the winter months. There are numerous lakes in the Florence area that can provide good opportunity and have both boat and bank access. SIUSLAW RIVER: Chinook, steelhead The fall Chinook fishery is very slow and basically over for the season. Any remaining fish are in spawning condition. December is considered to be the start of the winter steel- head run. Look for small num- bers of fish to be in the lower river above the head of tide this early in the season. Casting lures or bobber fishing can be productive during low clear flows. ALSEA RIVER: Chinook, steelhead The fall Chinook fishery is very slow. Most remaining fish are actively spawning. A small number of new fish may enter the basin over the next couple weeks. Winter steelhead season has arrived. The best chances to hook a chrome steelhead at this time would be in the lower District area. This 10K walk is rated a 2a for some hills with generally good footing. There is also a 5K option that is rated 1a. The 10K would be difficult for wheelchairs and moderately difficult for strollers. Those wishing to carpool to Newport should meet at the Commons in Yachats at 9 a.m., or meet at the Hallmark Inn in Newport at 9:45 a.m. to register for the walk. As always, leashed pets are welcome on walks. Be sure to bring water and clean up mate- rials for pets. A sturdy 6-foot leash, not the retractable type, is required on walks. On Wednesday, Jan. 6, the group will hold its monthly meeting at the home of its pres- ident in Yachats. section below Five Rivers. Tossing spinners, or floating bait or a jig are good options during low clear flows. SALMON RIVER: Chinook, steelhead The fall Chinook fishery is very slow. Most remaining fish are actively spawning or already spawned out. Winter steelhead season tends to kick in this time of year. A small number of fish are likely in the system now and look for the numbers to steadily increase over the com- ing month. Casting lures, bouncing the bottom or drift- ing jigs or bait under a bobber are good techniques to consid- er. SILETZ RIVER: Chinook, coho, steelhead The fall Chinook fishery is slow. A small number of new fish may be found in the lower river but most remaining fish are actively spawning or spawned out. The wild coho fishery is now closed for the season. Winter steelhead season is just getting underway. This time of year typically sees the first few fish entering the river. Best chances early on during lower flows will come from below the town of Siletz. Side drifting, bouncing bot- tom or bobber fishing can be productive. WILSON RIVER: Steelhead, Chinook The river was at flood stage through mid-week. When the river drops, fall Chinook and winter steelhead will be avail- able. Fishing should be fair to good. Anglers are reminded that the river above Jordan Creek is closed to all salmon fishing. YAQUINA RIVER: Chinook, steelhead Anglers are having very lit- tle success for fall Chinook in the upper section of tide water. Most fish are now on the spawning grounds. The winter steelhead run is now under- way. The Big Elk tends to start seeing fish this time of year in small numbers. Look for the next good rain event to get the fishery going. The wild coho fishery is now closed for the year. Trout will not be stocked again until the spring. Yellow perch fishing has been good in lakes like Saunders Lake. Fishing a worm on the bottom in deep water should provide lots of bites for yellow perch. Tenmile Lakes until Dec. 31.The bag limit is 1 wild coho per day and 5 wild coho for the season in aggregate with all other wild coho fish- eries in the NW and SW zones. Anglers casting spinners have started catching coho in the upper arms of the lakes. Steelhead fishing is open in Tenmile Creek but does not open in Eel Creek until Jan. 1. A couple anglers have been out for steelhead in Tenmile Creek but so far there are no reports of any steelhead being caught. fish and lingcod continues to be very good from Charleston to Bandon when the ocean is calm enough for anglers to get out on the water. The marine fish daily bag limit is seven fish and a separate daily limit for lingcod (two). Anglers can only keep 3 blue rockfish and 1 canary rockfish as part of their daily limit and there will be no harvest of China, quill- back, or copper rockfish. Retention of cabezon is now allowed at 1 fish per day and at least 16-inches long. B AY CLAMS : Clamming for bay clams (not razor clams) along the entire Oregon Coast. For those who don’t mind the dark, there will be minus tides during sev- eral evenings in December: take a headlamp or flashlight, warm clothing, and a spirit of adventure. Otherwise, during the day, several clam species can be found even when low tides aren’t so low: softshell and purple varnish clams occur primarily above +1.0, and cockles, butters and gapers can be found at tides as high as +1.0. C RABBING : COOS COUNTY LAKES and PONDS: Trout, yellow perch Fishing for trout has been decent in Bradley Lake south of Bandon and in Butterfield Lake north of Coos Bay. Anglers have been catching some of the large trophy trout stocked this year on small flies or slowly trolling spinners. UMPQUA RIVER, SOUTH: Steelhead The South Umpqua is cur- rently open to adipose fin- clipped steelhead harvest, and winter steelhead fishing should pick up with the recent rains. There will be excellent hatch- ery steelhead harvest opportu- nities on the South Umpqua as the season progresses, espe- cially around Stanton Park in Canyonville. TENMILE BASIN: Trout, largemouth bass, yellow perch, coho Streams in the Tenmile Basin are now closed for trout fishing until May 22, 2016. Tenmile Lakes is open all year for trout but trout fishing has been slow. Yellow perch fishing has been very good for anglers in boats and from the fishing dock at the County Boat Ramp. A worm or piece of cut bait fished near the bottom works well for catching yellow perch. Wild coho season is open in Siuslaw WINCHESTER BAY: Bottomfish, perch, crab Fishing for bottomfish in the Triangle and South jetty has been successful. Crabbing has been productive, but Chinook and coho fishing has slowed in the ocean off of Winchester Bay and in the lower Umpqua River. PACIFIC OCEAN and BEACHES: Bottomfish, Dungeness crab, The ocean is now closed to harvest of Dungeness crab. Ocean salmon fishing is now closed. Pacific halibut fishing is closed. Fishing for bottom fish is now open to fishing at all- depths. Fishing for black rock- from 1B over Bryson Bellior of Glide. Tupua’s performance earned him the tournament’s Outstanding Wrestler” award for the 152- to 285-pound brackets. Sailors Tuesday 12/15 Richard Kuert Kurt Eskildsen Florence Eugene Safeway Safeway Wednesday 12/16 John Mueller Linda Eichberger Florence Florence Safeway Safeway Thursday 12/17 Linda McPhedran Ron Carruthers Florence Florence Safeway Rite Aid Friday 12/18 Ron Carruthers Robert Noeske Florence Florence Rite Aid Safeway Saturday 12/19 Barbara Fiorito Gary Cramer Florence Florence Safeway Florence Shipping Solutions Sunday 12/20 Elke Dodd Clara Anderson-Kuhn Florence Florence Three Rivers Casino Resort Safeway Monday 12/21 Bear McDaniel Elsie McKean Westlake Florence Safeway Florence Liquor Agency from 1B Down 7-17 entering the sec- ond period, the Sailors had no answer for the Pirates, who outscored Mapleton 25-4 in the quarter for a 44-11 halftime lead. WEDNESDAY THURSDAY NORTH OF HECETA HEAD, The ocean and bays are open for crabbing. Siuslaw also got scoring from junior 138-pounder Scott Simmons, who finished second overall after losing to Myrtle Point’s Kodi Courtright, 16-3. Siuslaw also had three third- place finishes, from Pat Hill (120 pounds), Murray Bingham (132 pounds) and Dylan Jennings (285 pounds). Kainan Lane was fourth in the 285-pound division after losing to teammate Jennings in the match for third place. Monday, the Vikings were on the mats (after press dead- lines) at Marshfield High School for the Bay City Duals. Though Mapleton was able to more than double its scoring from the first half with 20 points between the third and fourth quarters, Pacific was able to do the same for a 70-31 win. The Sailors will get a break for the holidays before returning to the hardwood Jan. 5, when they will be on the road for a Mountain West League game at Alsea. Girls tipoff is 5:30 p.m., fol- lowed by the boys’ game at 7 p.m. FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY DECEMBER 23 DECEMBER 24 DECEMBER 25 DECEMBER 26 DECEMBER 27 DECEMBER 28 DECEMBER 29 Breezy, Periods of Rain Cloudy, Little Rain Showers Mostly Cloudy Cloudy, a Little Rain Rain & Drizzle Possible Rain 49 o F 39 o F 47 o F 37 o F 48 o F 36 o F 48 o F 41 o F 47 o F 40 o F 48 o F 41 o F 51 o F 36 o F Stock an emergency kit with an ice scraper and snowbrush, jumper cables, fl ashlight, fl ares, blanket, extra clothes, candles/matches, bottled water, dry food snacks and needed medication. Make sure your tires are operating safely and effi ciently Call or come in today for your FREE Tire Check!