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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2017 Wrestling Siuslaw senior Kainan Lane finished third in the 285- pound division, earning a spot at the OSAA state wrestling meet at Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Feb. 24 and 25. from 1B Frankie Harlow with a narrow 6-5 decision for the district title. The junior pinned his first two opponents, Jonah Kugler of Mazama and Oscar Baza of Henley, in 25 seconds and 40 seconds, respectively. At 285 pounds, Lane defeat- ed Jaret Remington of South Umpqua by pin in 1:30 to open the meet, then fell to Cameron Hankins of Mazama, 5-2. Lane then went on to win his next two matches, including a pin over Ishmael DeLaTorre of Phoenix (3:20) in the match for third and fourth place. Steinman, wrestling at 170 lbs., lost his first match by pin, then came back to win his next three matches, including against Jon Zebadua of Brookings-Harbor, with a pin in 2:13. In the match for third and fourth place, Steinman was pinned by Alonzo Nalls of Brookings-Harbor in 58 sec- 3 B onds. At 152 pounds, Jennings won his opener against Hidden Valley’s Tommy Mintey, 9-8, but lost his second match. He went on to pin Joey Wilson of Phoenix (4:34) before losing a slim 5-4 decision in the battle for third and fourth place in a close rematch with Mintey. Viking freshman Matthew Horrillo (285 lbs.) was elimi- nated during consolation on Saturday, while seniors Eyza Abbas Carrasco (120 lbs.), Joaquin Cervantes (138 lbs.) and jesus Sierra (145 lbs.) were each eliminated during Friday’s round of competition. NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS Fishing from 1B bay is closed to Chinook salmon. Fishing is slow. The Siuslaw River and Lake Cr. are open for steelhead fish- ing. Casting spinners, drifting bait or using a bobber and jig can be effective. ALSEA RIVER: Chinook, steelhead Steelhead fishing opened on the Alsea River and listed trib- utaries. Fishing is fair when river conditions are favorable. Casting spinners, drifting bait or using a bobber and jig ATHLETE OF THE WEEK can be effective. SALMON RIVER: Steelhead The Salmon River opened for wild and hatchery steel- head is open. Wild winter steelhead can be retained on the Salmon River. Daily and annual bag limit on wild winter steelhead are 1/day and 3/year. Casting spin- ners, drifting bait or using a bobber and jig can be effec- tive. SILETZ RIVER AND BAY: Steelhead Winter steelhead opportuni- ties are improving as more fish move through the mainstem. Casting spinners, drifting bait or using a bobber and jig can be effective. WILSON RIVER: Steelhead Hatchery steelhead are available and opportunities should improve on through January as conditions improve. All the usual techniques such as side drifting, float fish- ing, and pulling plugs or divers and bait, should be effective. Anglers are reminded that fall Chinook season is closed. YAQUINA RIVER: Steelhead The Yaquina River is open for hatchery winter steelhead. Casting spinners, drifting bait or using a bobber and jig can be effective. COOS COUNTY LAKES/PONDS: Trout Rainbow trout were stocked in Upper Empire, Bradley, Saunders, Powers and Butterfield lakes in October. Fishing for these stocked fish has slowed down. Coos County lakes and ponds will not be stocked again until the spring. COOS RIVER BASIN: Dungeness crab, bay clams, rockfish, steelhead Trout fishing in streams is closed until May 22. A few steelhead have been caught the past few weeks in the West Fork Millicoma, East Fork Millicoma, and South Fork Coos rivers. The West Fork Millicoma was the only river in the basin that was fishable over the past weekend. Anglers are drifting eggs or corkies along the stream bot- tom or using a jig suspended under a bobber. Anglers fish- ing the South Fork Coos River above Dellwood will need a Riley Jennings Siusla w H.S . Wrestling The Viking sophomore finished fourth place in the 152 pound weight class at last week’s Far West/Skyline Regional Wrestling finals to earn a trip to the OSAA State Meet next week. Jennings won two of his four matches, the first a 9-8 decision, the second by fall in 4:54 to earn his first trip to state. Honorable Mention Sam Meyers See Jim for your auto sales needs! 2150 Hwy. 101 • Florence (541) 997-3475 • 1-800-348-3475 Honorable mention is given to Siuslaw Freshman post Sam Meyers who hit three-of-four free throws and scored a total of nine points in Siuslaw’s basketball victory over the Brookings-Harbor Bruins. Sponsored By: The Siuslaw News , KCST and The Sports Club Central Coast Disposal Alan Twombly-H & R Block River House & Old Town Inns J.L. Walker & Sons Wind Drift Kites Bridgewater Restaurant Full Spectrum Computers Best For Hearing Dutch Bros. County Transfer & Recycling Foglio Drop Box Service Pavilion Catering Old Town Barber Shop Florence RV & Automotive Specialist Leisure Excavating Shervin's Automotive Regency Florence Cascade Title Co. The Salvation Army Randy's Riverview Market & Deli permit from Weyerhaeuser, which they can pick up at the Dellwood office. In the Coos Basin 1 addi- tional hatchery steelhead may be retained per day for a total aggregate of 3 adult fish har- vested daily. Anglers have been catching a few rockfish and surfperch along the jetties and sub- merged rock piles. Fishing for rockfish in the bay has been spotty. The marine fish daily bag limit for bottom fish (rockfish) is 7 fish and a sepa- rate daily limit for lingcod (2). The 7 fish marine bag limit will remain in place, with these adjustments for 2017: Create a sub-bag limit of 6 black rockfish, remove the sub-bag limit for canary rock- fish, add China/quillback/cop- per rockfishes to the sub-bag limit with blue/Deacon rock- fish and change the limit from 3 to 4. Finally remove the 10-inch minimum size for kelp green- ling. Retention of cabezon is not allowed until July 1. Recreational crabbing is now open in all Oregon waters. Crabbing was decent over the weekend in Coos Bay. Crabbing from a boat has been better than crabbing from the dock but dock crabbers are picking up a few legal crabs. Recreational harvest of bay clams remains open along the entire Oregon coast. Clamming is excellent during low tides near Charleston, off Cape Arago Highway, and Clam Island. There are also good places to dig clams even on positive low tides in Coos Bay. Recreational harvest of razor clams and mussels is closed from the entire Oregon coast due to elevated levels of domoic acid. This includes all beaches and all bays. Before any shell- fish harvest trip, make sure to check the Oregon Department of Agriculture website for any updates. COQUILLE RIVER BASIN: Crab, steelhead, salmon Trout fishing in streams is closed until May 22. Steelhead anglers have reported catching a few steel- head in the North Fork Coquille at LaVerne Park and the South Fork Coquille rivers. Anglers have had success drifting eggs or corkies. Recreational crabbing is now open in all Oregon waters. Crabbing is very slow in the lower Coquille River due to the large amounts of freshwa- ter coming downstream. TENMILE BASIN: Trout, bass, yellow perch, steelhead Trout fishing in the streams of the Tenmile Basin are now closed until May 22. Trout fishing in Tenmile Lakes is open all year. A few steelhead have been reported in Tenmile Creek. Anglers will have success plunking near the acclimation sites or fishing a jig under a bobber. Eel Creek is now open to steelhead fishing. Largemouth bass fishing has slowed down over the past few weeks. Anglers are catching bass near structure or on the deep end of the weed lines using jigs or rubber worms. Fishing for yellow perch has picked up in Tenmile Lakes. Anglers have been catching a few yellow perch measuring 14 to 15-inches long. Worms fished near the lake bottom work very well for catching yellow perch. Anglers should fish in water depths of 15 feet or deeper to consistent- ly find the bigger yellow perch. UMPQUA RIVER, SOUTH: Steelhead The South Umpqua is open to winter steelhead fishing, upstream to Jackson Creek. Only adipose fin-clipped steelhead may be retained. Steelhead are being caught up to Canyonville and anglers are hooking into a few. Fishing may slow with cooler tempera- tures. 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Harvest of mussels is open on the entire Oregon Coast. Before any shellfish harvest trip, make sure to check the Oregon Department of Agriculture website for any updates. Surf perch fishing was decent this past weekend. Surf perch anglers will do the best fishing with sand shrimp when ocean swells are small. • Ocean salmon The ocean recreational salmon fishery off Oregon is currently closed. Please stay tuned for updates on the 2017 seasons. Details, including reg- ulations, and more information on ocean salmon seasons. • Bottom Fishing New bag and sub-bag limits for 2017: To stay within Federal allocations, and try to provide for year-round fishing opportunities, there are some changes to daily bag limits. Canary rockfish has been declared rebuilt and is now part of the 7 fish marine bag limit (no sub-bag limit). Black rockfish will have a sub-bag limit of 6 fish (out of the 7 fish daily bag, no more than 6 may be black rockfish). There is a 4 fish sub-bag limit for blue/deacon, China, copper, and quillback rockfish combined (out of the 7 fish marine bag, no more than 4 may be these species com- bined). The daily bag limit for lingcod remains at 2 fish and flatfish species, other than Pacific halibut, remains at 25 fish. • Reminder: the Cabezon season is closed; it will reopen July 1. • Pacific halibut The 2017 quota for Pacific halibut will be determined in early this month. ODFW staff- recommended season dates will be available in mid- February. • SHELLFISH Call the ODA shellfish safe- ty hotline at 1-800-448-2474 for the most current informa- tion about shellfish safety clo- sures before harvesting. Additional information is available from ODA’s Food Safety Program at 503-986- 4720 or the ODA shellfish clo- sures website. • Mussels The recreational harvest of mussels is open coastwide. • Razor clams NOTICE: Razor clams are closed along the entire Oregon coast due to elevated levels of domoic acid. This includes all beaches and bays. • Bay clams Bay clamming is open along the entire Oregon Coast from the Columbia River to the California border. Check the ODFW Shellfish website for where and when to harvest your favorite bivalves. Updated maps on where to clam. • Crab Crabbing is open in the ocean and all bays. Crabbing in Coos Bay has been good.