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4 B SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 2015 Fishing from 1B the best results. The next good rain event should produce a good push of fish. ALSEA RIVER: Steelhead The winter steelhead fishery is slow to fair. River condi- tions are low and clear. Look to fish the deeper holding water and use smaller more subtle presentations. Casting lures, bobber and jig/bait or drifting beads along the bot- tom can be effective tech- niques. SALMON RIVER: Steelhead Winter steelhead fishing is slow to fair. River conditions are low and clear. Anglers should focus on the deeper holding water. The river is open to harvest of wild winter steelhead through March 31. Anglers are advised to read the new regulations as there are harvest restrictions and new deadlines in effect. The deadline for steelhead fishing is at the confluence with Prairie Creek which enters the Salmon River west of the Van Duzer rest area at the same point as where Sulpher Creek enters the Salmon River. SILETZ RIVER: Steelhead Steelhead fishing is slow. River conditions are low and clear. Bank fishing in the upper gorge area or floating the lower reaches will produce the best results until the next good rain event. Typical steel- head tactics apply such as side drifting, bobber and jig/bait, or casting spoons or spinners. WILSON RIVER: Steelhead Winter steelhead fishing should be slow as the river is low and very clear. Adjust your gear to these conditions by using lighter lines and smaller presentations. Fish will hold where there is cover; look for depth, choppy water, or large wood or boulders. YAQUINA RIVER: Steelhead The winter steelhead fishery is slow in the Big Elk. River conditions are low and clear. The fishery is typically very slow for the rest of the season. Anglers are advised to watch for private property. Typical steelhead fishing tactics apply but the Big Elk is bed rock dominated and does have a lot of snags. COOS COUNTY LAKES/PONDS: Trout Trout will be stocked this week in Bradley Lake, Saunders Lake, Powers Pond, and Johnson Mill Pond. This is the first trout stocking of the year. There are several lakes like Tenmile, Eel, and Butterfield with holdover rainbow trout from last year’s stocking. UMPQUA RIVER, SOUTH: Steelhead The peak numbers of fish normally show up until late March. Fish have been caught in the Canyonville area and hatchery fish have been report- ed. The hatchery program for winter steelhead is centered in the South Umpqua, which offers the best chance for catching an adipose-fin clipped steelhead for harvest. Most hatchery fish are caught from Canyonville downstream. All wild fish must be released unharmed. Plunking should be good at places such as Lawson Bar, Myrtle Creek and behind Seven Feathers. TENMILE BASIN: COOS RIVER BASIN: Dungeness crab, bay clams, steelhead, rockfish Steelhead rivers in the Coos Basin are very low and clear. Anglers should concentrate fishing deeper water using light lines and smaller lures/baits. 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 a permit from Weyerhaeuser. In the Coos Basin, one additional fin-clipped steel- head may be retained per day for a total aggregate of three adult fish harvested daily. Fishing for lingcod and rockfish inside lower Coos Bay around the jetties has been good. Lingcod have been biting on larger jigs or on her- ring drifted under a bobber. The marine fish daily bag limit (which includes fishing in estuaries) is seven fish and a separate daily limit for ling- cod (two). Anglers can keep only three blue rockfish as part of their daily limit and there will be no harvest of China, quillback or copper rockfish. Steelhead, largemouth bass, yellow perch Steelhead fishing in Tenmile and Eel creeks over the past week has been slow. Anglers are picking up a few fish plunking or back-bouncing crankbaits from a boat. In the Tenmile Basin, one additional fin-clipped steel- head may be retained per day for a total aggregate of three adult fish harvested daily. Bass anglers have been catching a few largemouth bass in Tenmile Lakes. Water temperatures in the shallow water is warmer than usual for this time of the year because of several unseasonably warm days. Anglers fishing off the County fish dock have been catching yellow perch fishing a worm near the bottom. Some of these yellow perch have measured 12-inches or bigger. 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, near Bandon and Coos Bay. The best fishing is usually on the incoming tide. 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 separate daily limit of two lingcod. Anglers can keep three blue rockfish as part of their daily limit and there will be no har- vest 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. Dungeness crab, surf perch The ocean is open for har- vest of Dungeness crab. Anglers continue to catch surf perch from the beaches • P ACIFIC HALIBU t The 2015 Pacific halibut quota is approximately one percent greater than 2014. Therefore, sport halibut sea- sons are projected to be simi- lar to 2014. The staff recom- mended season dates are on the OFDW sport halibut web- page, and will be finalized by the Oregon Fish and Wildlife commission in April. • B OTTOM F ISHING Anglers should be aware of new regulations for blue, China, copper, and quillback rockfish, and the seasonal clo- sure for cabezon. The ocean is open to bottom fishing at all depths. Fishing for rockfish is good, while lingcod is only moder- ate. Herring were in Yaquina Bay. ...need a friend? Meet R OGUE Breed Age Sex Size Color Brought to you by this newspaper in partnership with PUBLIC NOTICES Retriever, Golden/Mix 2 years 12 days Male Large Yellow Always in your newspaper: Now in your inbox, too. 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