APRIL 24, 2015, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A9
Losing slide
snapped by
tie in boys
tennis
Sturgeon in the city
Bob takes his eyes off the rod
tip as a train rattles across the
river bridge. A fl ock of pigeons
blasts into the air. “Wow! Did
you see that?” he hisses. One
pigeon seems to explode in a
cloud of feathers as a feathered
rocket, in the form of a per-
egrine falcon, makes a midair
kill.
Koskela snaps Bob’s atten-
tion back to the rod. “Bob,
you’re getting a bite.” Bob gen-
tly picks up the rod and watch-
es as the tip slowly dips toward
the river surface with each tug.
“Now!”
Bob comes back hard. Half-
way through the swing, the rod
stops abruptly and goes back
the other direction. “Fish on.”
Fifty-pound, braided line
screams off the reel. “He’s com-
ing up. He’s coming up.” A six-
foot white sturgeon cartwheels
out of the water and takes off
downriver. “That’s why they
call them fresh water marlin,”
Koskela yells gleefully. “A tro-
phy fi sh like that, right in the
middle of downtown Port-
land.”
Bob George, of Salem, and
his friend Bob Tarter wanted to
get in some early spring fi shing
with catch and release sturgeon
on the Willamette River.
George has fi shed salmon
with Donald Koskela, of Pas-
time Fishing Adventures, be-
fore. He has seen pictures of
Koskela and clients from as far
away as Germany, with hefty
sturgeon.
by G.I. Wilson
Today is one of those days
anglers dream of. Koskela lo-
cates fi sh on the screen and
sets the anchor. He baits up a
barbless hook with anchovies.
Before he can get a second rod
out, “Fish on.”
Action is fast and furious.
Two rods going at the same
time happens several times.
Then a triple. “Three big, pow-
erful fi sh on, at the same time,
gets pretty exciting,” George
explains, grinning ear to ear.
Some sturgeon are in the
Willamette year round. In win-
ter--when the Columbia is a
few degrees colder--sturgeon
migrate into the warmer Wil-
lamette.
“Sea lions continue to
kill thousands of sturgeon in
the Columbia,” Jimmy Watt,
ODFW biologist, explains.
“Sturgeon move into the Wil-
lamette trying to escape. Now
they are killing them in the
Willamette. If this continues,
our sturgeon numbers are in
serious trouble.”
“We see sea lions killing
sturgeon almost every trip,”
Koskela adds. “It’s heartbreak-
ing to watch them kill mature
females. They are the future of
the species.”
Sea lions have learned to rip
crossword
open the bellies of female stur-
geon for the roe. These females
are at least 20 years old. Some
could be as much as 80.
Where else could you be do-
ing battle with a six-foot, tro-
phy-class fi sh, as ladies--dressed
in pink--paddle by in a brightly
decorated Dragon Boat? Can-
cer survivors practicing for up-
coming Dragon Boat races.
Experience a taste of nature
midst the hustle and bustle of
a major city. Hook into heart-
thumping sturgeon, see anglers
land prized spring Chinook
(springers), and be serenaded by
fl ocks of wild Canada honkers
and mallard ducks. Some have
become beggars and beg for
a handout when they see you
eating.
Fishing for trophy-sized fi sh,
surrounded by all the trapping
of a major city, isn’t exactly the
experience most anglers dream
of reading Salmon Trout Steel-
header, or Field and Stream. But,
sturgeon fi shing can be world
class. Just ask Koskela’s clients
that come all the way from
Germany to fi sh eight to 10
days at a time.
NOTE: Catch and release stur-
geon is no longer year-round. An-
glers need to check current ODFW
regulations for changes.
TENNIS,
continued from Page A8
set scores of 2-6, 6-4 and 6-2.
“We had a lot of move-
ment. They would get balls
past us, we focused the more
tired we got,” Neads said.
“After the fi rst set, we were
down on ourselves, but in
the second set we decided to
make them earn the win. In
the third one, everyone was
really tired, but we had more
heart.”
After the big win, Trow-
bridge was grateful for a
slightly easier schedule this
week.
“This week we won’t have
the tougher matches, but I
think improvement is the
main thing. If we keep seeing
that it will help against the
tougher teams,” she said.
Earlier in the week, the
Lady Celts beat McKay High
School 6-2 Tuesday, April 14.
Sandy and Hannah Childress
won in singles competition.
Both had consecutive 6-0
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Celt Roman Kuklicka chases down a volley in the West Salem
match-up.
The season can still be
a success even if it doesn’t
translate to wins on the court.
“If they just want to learn
to enjoy it for the rest of their
sets. Katherine Patterson
won in sets of 6-0 and 6-3.
Krissy Kelly won her singles
match with scores of 6-1 and
7-5.
In doubles, Neads and
Trowbridge won in sets of
6-1 and 6-3; Cambria Rush-
ton and Hannah Kannier
won in sets 6-1 and 6-2; and
Mireille Martinez and Maria
Munguia Ortiz took a win in
three sets, 6-2, 1-6, and 6-2.
On Thursday, April 16, the
Keizer girls were swept by
the West Salem High School
Titans in singles competi-
tion, but took three wins in
doubles.
The Childress sisters won
in sets of 6-1 and 6-3, Neads
and Trowbridge won with
the same set scores in their
match, and Tayler Rains and
Blanca Tepeque won their
match at No. 4 doubles.
Reid said each of the girls
is coming along in their own
way this season.
“A lot of it is up to them
and the ones who work hard
are seeing the improvement,”
she said.
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other as teammates and they
are good sportsmen.”
TRACK,
continued from Page A8
Hali Thurston, Doutt and
Duran won the 4x400 in
4:23.77; Deanna Saukov
won the discus with a heave
of 104-04; Jasmine Ernest
won the javelin with a mark
of 115-05; Alyx Peterson
won the high jump clearing
4-10; Amanda Vergara won
the pole vault clearing 8-06;
and Alyssa Looney took fi rst
in the long jump with a mark
of 17-00.50.
For the boys, Brendan Van
Voorhis won the 100 me-
ter in 11.27; Riley Moore
took fi rst in the 200 meter
in 23.18; Kyle Torres fi n-
ished fi rst in the 400 meter
in 50.68; Michael Reyes won
the 800 meter in 2:17.44;
Antoine Wilder won both
hurdling events, the 110 in
16.51 and the 300 in 41.67;
Austin Brown, Van Voor-
his, Moore and Torres won
the 4x400 in 43.75; Brown,
Wilder, Van Voorhis and
Moore won the 4x400 in
3:40.46; Tevita Ma’ake won
the shot put with a mark of
42-10.5; Tanner Walker won
the discus with a throw of
114-04; and Drew McHugh
won the javelin with a toss of
135-04.
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Bob George (left) and Donald Koskela with a downtown Portland beauty.
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
The McNary High School
boys varsity tennis team has
had a rough go of it in recent
weeks. After three consecu-
tive 8-0 losses, the team man-
aged to tie West Salem High
School 4-4.
It’s becoming one of the
dreaded rebuilding years.
“Matches have been a
struggle, but a lot of our play-
ers are new to the sport. They
all have different reasons for
being out there, and we’re
trying to put everyone on the
same page,” said Lisa Reid,
McNary head coach.
McNary tied the Titans
with one default each in
singles and doubles. Roman
Kuklicka picked up a win in
singles going three sets with
West’s Michael Magnello. Set
scores were 4-6,6-2 and 7-5.
Sam Farr and Pedro Reyes
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