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The Siuslaw News
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P.O. Box 10
Florence, OR 97439
Fax: (541) 997-7979
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Email: sports@thesiuslawnews.com
MARCH
25
•
2015
Eye on the ball
Whale
Watch Week
continues
On the
Bite
Oregon
Parks
and
Recreation
Department
(OPRD) is hosting its spring
Whale Watch Week, which
began March 21 and cont-
nues through Saturday,
March 28.
A total of 24 designated
whale watching sites have
been established along the
coast with trained volunteers
from the Whale Watching
Spoken Here program onsite
from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. each
day.
Visitors will also learn
about whale migration and
feeding habits. A map of the
watch sites is available online
at whalespoken.org.
Camping, including in
yurts and cabins, is available
at state parks along the coast.
Visit
www.oregonstate
parks.org to check availabili-
ty and make a reservation.
OPRD reminds visitors to
be aware of storms and high
waves: respect closures, stay
off the sand and watch storms
from an elevated location.
A weekly
fishing report for
the local region
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
MID COAST LAKES:
The rainbow trout stock-
ing program is underway
with many of the mid coast
lakes been stocked. Most
water bodies will be
stocked multiple times
until early June. Be sure to
check out the 2015 stock-
ing schedule for the most
up to date information.
Fishing for the various
warm water fish species
can be productive during
the winter months. Anglers
may need to target differ-
ent areas of a lake (typical-
ly deeper) versus when
fishing more shallow areas
in the spring or summer.
SIUSLAW RIVER:
Steelhead
The winter steelhead
fishery is slow to fair in
both the Siuslaw and Lake
Creek. River conditions are
low and clear. Fishing the
mid to lower river and
focusing on the deeper
holding water will produce
Honeyman
park passes at
new location
The Honeyman Welcome
Center is the location for all
pass sales at Honeyman State
Park. At this location, visitors
can purchase 12- or 24-
month Oregon State Park
passes, Oregon Coastal
Passports, ATV Permits and
Oregon State Park Gift
Certificates.
The Welcome Center
offers information regarding
the park, as well as providing
one-stop shopping for passes.
The Welcome Center is
See
PASSES 4B
S p o r t s
C a l e n d a r
March 26
• SHS softball
at Taft High School
1:30 p.m.
March 27
• SHS softball
hosts Gold Beach
1 p.m.
3 p.m.
• SHS baseball
hosts Gold Beach
1 p.m.
3 p.m.
See
FISHING 3B
T IDE T ABLE
Entrance Siuslaw River
Photos by Ned Hickson/Siuslaw News
Sophomore Heidi Jones had Siuslaw’s second-highest number of strikeouts in a single game after retiring 10
Bandon batters in the season opener last week.
Viks 2-1 in opening week
Siuslaw hosts Gold
Beach for
doubleheader Friday
Low Tide
March 25
4:11am / 7.7
5:26pm / 6.0
11:02am / 0.1
11:01pm /-2.6
March 26
5:04am / 7.1
6:36pm / 5.7
12:03am / 0.5
March 27
6:05am / 6.6
7:51pm / 5.6
12:06am / 3.1
1:11pm / 0.9
March 28
7:15am / 6.3
9:00pm / 5.7
1:23am / 3.2
2:20pm / 1.0
March 29
8:26am / 6.1
9:55pm / 5.9
2:40am / 3.1
3:21pm / 6.1
March 30
9:30am / 6.2 3:44am / 2.7
10:38pm / 6.1 4:13pm / 1.0
B Y N ED H ICKSON
Siuslaw News
March 31
10:24am / 6.3 4:35am / 2.2
11:14pm / 6.4 4:56pm / 1.0
Siuslaw opened its softball season
with an impressive sweep of the
Tigers on the road at Bandon last
week, outscoring their opponents 28-
2 in the doubleheader.
In the pitcher’s circle was sopho-
more standout Heidi Jones, who
turned in a near-recordbreaking-per-
formance by striking out 10 Tigers
See
High Tide
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VIKS 3B
Viking junior Anna Stonelake
connects for a single against
Cottage Grove on Saturday.
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