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JANUARY
7
•
2015
Viks to wrap
up preseason
Saturday
On the
Bite
Far West League
competition
begins Jan. 16.
A weekly
fishing report for
the local region
S TORY BY
N ED H ICKSON
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
Siuslaw News
MID COAST LAKES:
S IUSLAW GIRLS : 58
R OGUE R IVER GIRLS : 49
The wild coho salmon
fishery in Siltcoos and
Tahkenitch lakes is slow.
Most fish have migrated
onto the spawning grounds.
ALSEA RIVER: Chinook,
steelhead
Winter steelhead season
is underway with reports of
some steelhead being
caught from the lower river
up to the hatchery. Good
numbers of fish typically
start returning over the next
few weeks.
R OGUE R IVER BOYS : 43
S IUSLAW BOYS : 41
Siuslaw moved one step
closer to the start of league
competition over the week-
end, taking to the road for a
matchup with the Chieftains
of Rogue River for the sec-
ond time this season.
In the girls’ game, the
Vikings, who defeated the
Chieftains by 11 points at
home last month, picked up
their second win over Rogue
River by a smaller margin,
58-49.
For the boys, it was once
again the nailbiting, down-to-
the-wire game against Rogue
River. Previously, Siuslaw
fell by a 1-point margin,
See
SALMON
RIVER:
Steelhead
Winter steelhead are
starting to show up in most
coastal basins. Salmon
River does get a good return
of wild winter steelhead and
an occasional stray hatchery
fish.
SILETZ
RIVER:
Steelhead, Chinook
Winter steelhead season
is underway with a small
number steelhead being
VIKS 5B
S p o r t s
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C a l e n d a r
FISHING 5B
T IDE T ABLE
Entrance Siuslaw River
Jan. 8
High Tide
• SHS girls BB
hosts Junction City
7 p.m.
• SHS wrestling
At Marshfield H.S.
FWL dual meet
4 p.m.
Jan. 9
• MHS boys BB
at Alsea
7 p.m.
• SHS girls BB
at Klamath Union
1:30 p.m.
• SHS boys BB
at S. Umpqua
1:30 p.m.
Ned Hickson/Siuslaw News
Viking junior Isaiah Burkhalter was one of six Siuslaw wrestlers to earn medals at the Riddle Invitational.
Vik grapplers pin six medals
Siuslaw claimed three
tournament titles at
Riddle Invitational.
S TORY & PHOTO
BY N ED H ICKSON
Siuslaw News
The Vikings’ small wrestling roster
continued to get big results last
Saturday, with Siuslaw bringing home
six individual medals — including
three tournament titles — from the
multi-divisional Riddle Invitational.
At 106 pounds, freshman Ricky
Huff dominated his weight class to
take the bracket title. Juniors Isaiah
Burkhalter and Jose DelaMora also
brought home tourney titles, with
Burkhalter winning the 138-pound
division, and DelaMora winning the
120-pound bracket.
The Viks also had three top-four
finishes at Riddle, with sophomore
heavyweight Kainan Lane placing
second at 285 pounds.
Junior 195-pounder Cody Wells
and fellow junior Dylan Jennings,
wrestling at 285 pounds, each placed
fourth at the 17-team tourney ment.
Thursday, Siuslaw will return to the
mats for a Far West League four-way
dual meet at Marshfield High School
against the Pirates, as well as Douglas
and South Umpqua.
Matches begin at 4 p.m.
Saturday, Siuslaw will participate
in the nonleague Central High School
four-way meet, which will include
teams from Central, Banks and Amity
high schools, beginning at noon.
Jan. 10
• SHS girls BB
at Hidden Valley
11 a.m.
• SHS boys BB
at Phoenix
11 a.m.
• SHS wrestling
at Central H.S.
Noon
Ocean salmon topic of tonight’s STEP meeting
Ocean salmon fishing off the
Oregon coast will be explored at
tonight’s meeting of the Florence
Salmon and Trout Enhancement
Program (STEP).
The group meets at 7 p.m. at the
Elks’ Lodge on 12th St.
The public is invited to attend.
Eric Schindler, project leader for the
ODFW Ocean Salmon Management
program, will be the guest speaker.
Schindler will summarize last year’s
ocean program, comparing it to other
years’ salmon production. He will also
look ahead to this year and give some
projections on what anglers might
expect.
Salmon regulations for the upcom-
ing season won’t be finalized until the
end of April by the Pacific Fisheries
Management Council.
Ocean chinook is still scheduled for
a March 15 opening this year, subject
to change.
Prior to Schindler’s talk, the club
will hold a short business meeting.
Volunteers with the group were sched-
uled to put the weir in place on
Whittaker Creek and open the steel-
head trap. The group will be working
with the steelhead on Tuesdays and
See
Low Tide
Jan. 7
1:38am / 6.8 7:10am / 2.9
12:51pm / 7.6 7:41pm / -0.1
Jan. 8
2:13am / 6.8
1:29pm / 7.2
7:50am / 2.9
8:15pm / 0.2
Jan. 9
2:47am / 6.8
2:08pm / 6.2
8:33am / 2.9
9:23pm / 1.2
Jan. 10
3:23am / 6.8
2:51pm / 6.2
9:19am / 2.9
9:23pm / 1.2
Jan. 11
4:01am / 6.8
3:41pm / 5.8
10:11am / 2.8
10:00pm / 1.6
Jan. 12
4:41am / 6.8
4:43pm / 5.3
11:10am / 2.7
10:43pm / 2.2
Jan. 13
5:26am / 6.9
5:57pm / 5.0
12:15am / 2.3
11:34pm / 2.7
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