SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2015
Fishing
from 1B
SALMON RIVER: Steelhead
Winter steelhead fishing is
starting to pick up in many
coastal basins. The Salmon
River is now open to harvest
of wild winter steelhead
through March 31. Anglers are
advised to read the new regu-
lations as there are harvest
restrictions and new deadlines
in effect.
SILETZ RIVER: Steelhead
Steelhead fishing is slow to
fair but should start to pick up
in the coming weeks. Fish can
be found throughout the river
for both bank and boat anglers.
River conditions should be
good through the weekend.
SIUSLAW RIVER:
Steelhead
The winter steelhead fishery
is producing fish in both the
Siuslaw and Lake Creek.
The next few weeks should
see a good push of fish. River
conditions should remain good
through the weekend. Typical
steelhead angling tactics apply.
YAQUINA RIVER:
Steelhead
The winter steelhead fishery
is fair to good in the Big Elk.
River conditions should
remain in good condition
through the week. Anglers are
advised to watch for private
property.
Typical steelhead angling
tactics apply but the Big Elk is
bed rock dominated and does
have a lot of snags.
COOS RIVER BASIN:
Dungeness crab, bay clams,
steelhead
Steelhead fishing is good.
There is bank access on the
West Fork Millicoma at the
Millicoma Interpretive Center
and on the East Fork
Millicoma at Nesika Park.
Access to the South Fork Coos
River is through Weyerhaeuser
property and anglers must
have the appropriate permit
from Weyerhaeuser.
In the Coos Basin one addi-
tional fin clipped steelhead
may be retained per day for a
total aggregate of three adult
fish harvested daily.
UMPQUA RIVER, SOUTH:
Steelhead
The South Umpqua is open
for steelhead fishing. Although
the peak numbers of fish nor-
mally show up through late
March, recent rains have
moved fish into the
Canyonville area and hatchery
fish have been reported.
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the best chance for catching an
adipose-fin clipped steelhead
for harvest. The hatchery pro-
gram for winter steelhead is
centered in the South Umpqua.
Most hatchery fish are
caught from Canyonville
downstream. All wild fish
must be released unharmed.
As the river drops from last
weekend’s rain, plunking
should be good at places such
as Lawson Bar, Myrtle Creek
and behind Seven Feathers.
WINCHESTER BAY:
Bottomfish
Fishing for bottomfish in
the Triangle and South jetty
has been successful. Crabbing
has been slow recently.
PACIFIC OCEAN and
BEACHES: Bottomfish,
Dungeness crab, surf perch
The ocean is open for har-
vest of Dungeness crab.
A few anglers have been
catching surf perch from the
beaches near Bandon and
Coos Bay.
Sand shrimp is one of the
best baits to use when fishing
for surf perch.
Fishing for bottom fish,
including rockfish and lingcod
is open to all depths.
The marine fish daily bag
limit is seven fish and a sepa-
rate daily limit of two lingcod.
Anglers are only able to
keep three blue rockfish as
part of their daily limit and
there will be no harvest of
China, quillback or copper
rockfish.
Sometime in March, once a
parallel federal rule is adopted,
ODFW will announce that
anglers can retain one canary
rockfish as part of the marine
fish daily bag limit.
Retention of cabezon is not
allowed through June 30.
P ACIFIC H ALIBUT :
The Pacific halibut seasons
have all closed for the remain-
der of the year.
The International Pacific
Halibut Commission (IPHC)
will set 2015 quotas for all
areas in later this month. More
information on the 2015 sea-
sons will be available after
5 B
that time.
B OTTOM F ISHING :
The ocean is open to bottom
fishing at all depths.
Calm seas have brought
good fishing, with anglers
bringing home mostly lingcod,
black rockfish, yellowtail
rockfish, and a few blue and
other nearshore rockfish.
Cabezon fishing is closed
through June 30.
The marine fish daily bag
limit is seven fish. China, cop-
per, and quillback rockfish
may not be retained; and only
three blue rockfish may be
retained per day (as part of the
seven-fish bag).
Sometime in March, once a
parallel federal rule is adopted,
ODFW will announce that
anglers can retain one canary
rockfish as part of the marine
fish daily bag limit.
There are separate daily
limits of two lingcod and 25
flatfish other than Pacific hal-
ibut.
Remember: yelloweye rock-
fish and canary rockfish can
not be retained.
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Due to the large number of
small razor clams on the
beach, diggers should be high-
ly selective about which
shows they pursue. Harvesters
are reminded they must retain
the first 15 clams regardless of
size or condition.
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Sport ocean crabbing in the
ocean and bay remains slow.
Keep in mind that major rain
events can dramatically lower
the salinity in some bays and
prompt crab to move lower in
the bay or out to the ocean.
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