SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2015
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Cape Perpetua begins new spring, summer hours
YACHATS — Visitors to the
Central Oregon Coast will have
access to information and sup-
port seven days a week as the
Cape Perpetual Visitor Center
moves into its spring hours.
Through August, the visitor
center, located three miles
Sailors
from 1B
Mapleton boys with second
place in the 200 meters (25.29)
and third in the 100-meter race
(12.35).
Mapleton tied for third place
with Reedsport overall (97).
Triangle Lake won the meet
with 152 points, followed by
View
from 1B
practice — let’s focus on the
guys that coach them for a
moment.
A few weeks ago, soon-to-
be-fired Cincinnati Reds man-
ager Bryan Price launched into
a tirade for the ages, joining the
pantheon of epic breakdowns
Fishing
from 1B
SILETZ RIVER: Steelhead
Steelhead fishing is slow to
fair. Fish are being caught in
most sections depending on
river conditions. This time of
year tends to produce a good
percent of native fish and/or
post spawn fish. Typical steel-
head tactics apply such as side
drifting, bobber and jig / bait,
or casting spoons or spinners.
WILSON RIVER: Steelhead,
Chinook
Winter steelhead fishing
should be slow to fair. Last
weekend’s rain brought good
numbers of fish into the sys-
tem. Fish will be holding ups
as flows are low. Bank anglers
can find success throughout
the river. Boaters should fish
the lower drifts until more
rains come. Use lighter gear in
the clear water. Spring
Chinook fishing opens April 1,
but few fish will be present for
south of Yachats, will be open
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.
Within the center, visitors
can acquaint themselves with
the flora, fauna and natural his-
tory of the area through inter-
pretive displays and films
available upon request in the
center’s theater. People also
can enjoy panoramic ocean
views from the center’s west-
facing windows and observa-
tion deck.
The Cape Perpetua Scenic
Area features:
• 26 miles of hiking trails
through Coastal temperate rain-
forests
• Designated
Marine
Reserve with a protected
marine garden and tidepools
• Historic shelter at the top
of Cape Perpetua built by the
Civilian Conservation Corps
• The Giant Spruce, a desig-
nated Oregon Heritage Tree
Visitor center staff, volun-
teers and guests deliver inter-
pretive programs throughout
the year, most free of charge,
but a day-use fee or recreation
pass is required.
Monroe (99).
Yoncalla was fifth with 25
points.
For the girls, sophomore
Jewel Roby had a pair of third-
place finishes, including the
1500-meter race (6:07.51) and
the javelin (77-05).
Sophomore Josi Hays also
had a third place finish with a
throw of 26-09.5 in the shot
put, as well as sixth place in the
discus (63-03). Senior Katie
Dearman was seventh in the
event with a mark of 52-07, fol-
lowed by sophomore Olivia
Nichol in eighth place (48-03).
Dearman was also sixth in
the shot put (22-00.5) and sev-
enth in the long jump (11-09.5).
The Lady Sailors also got
scoring from freshman Alexis
Gireke, sophomore Destiny
Weber and senior Jade Roby,
all in the 100-meter race, with
finishes of fourth place (16.25),
fifth place (16.30) and sixth
place (19.35), respectively.
The Lady Sailors finished
fourth overall (47).
Monroe was first in team
scoring with 137 points, fol-
lowed by Triangle Lake (115),
Reedsport (85), Mapleton and
Yoncalla (22).
The Sailors will be back on
the track next Friday, May 1, at
the
Reedsport
Twilight
Invitational.
Field events begin at 2 p.m.,
with track events starting at 3
p.m.
by coaches who couldn’t han-
dle the mean ol’ media asking
questions and stuff.
Barring an epic run to the
World Series, which would
seem unlikely given Price’s
temperment, he can count on
his 77 f-bomb tirade to
reporters to be cherished for the
ages, up there alongside the
famous rants of Dennis Green,
Jim Mora, Bobby Knight, Hal
McRae and Mike Gundy.
Big-time sports do bring a
lot of big-time pressure, so I’m
not entirely making light of the
situation here. When you’re
getting paid millions, or in the
case of a manager, hundreds of
thousands of dollars, to partici-
pate in the league, you want to
keep the money train rolling
because the window of oppor-
tunity closes quick.
But the question Price could-
n’t handle wasn’t about the
plight of the homeless or about
Russian missile sites in Cuba ...
no, the crisis that Price couldn’t
get right was about a catcher
going on the disabled list that
was reported by, you know, a
baseball reporter.
Well, maybe Price will turn
it around and he’ll get counsel-
ing or something. No matter
how many games he wins, you
have to figure that the Reds
can’t have that sort of hair-trig-
ger leadership in place for long.
In the meantime, we can
always remember the age-old
adage: He who loses their cool
first loses.
several weeks.
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C REEK and behind Seven
Feathers. The water has been
low making it harder for long
boat drifts, but still suitable for
bank anglers.
Bottomfish
Fishing for bottomfish in
the Triangle and South jetty
has been successful. Crabbing
has been slow recently.
YAQUINA RIVER:
Steelhead
The winter steelhead fishery
is slow in the Big Elk. 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.
UMPQUA RIVER, SOUTH:
Steelhead
Fish have been caught in the
Canyonville area and hatchery
fish have been reported. 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
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COOS COUNTY LAKES
PONDS: Trout
AND
Trophy trout were stocked
last week in Bradley Lake and
Johnson Mill Pond. Legal-size
and trophy trout were also
stocked last week in Empire
Lakes. Legal size trout were
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Trout are biting on bait
fished near the bottom or lures
like spinners or spoons. There
are several lakes like
T ENMILE , E EL , and
B UTTERFIELD with holdover
rainbow trout from last year’s
stocking.
COOS RIVER BASIN:
Dungeness crab, bay clams,
steelhead, rockfish
Steelhead fishing is open
until April 30 in the Coos
Basin although many anglers
have put away their steelhead
gear for the season. River lev-
els have been low but there are
still a few steelhead around.
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.
WINCHESTER BAY:
PACIFIC OCEAN and
BEACHES: Bottomfish,
Dungeness crab, surf perch
The ocean is open for har-
vest of Dungeness crab.
Anglers continue to catch
surf perch from the beaches
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.
Recreational ocean salmon
season from Cape Falcon to
Humbug Mt. is now open. The
season is open for all salmon
except coho salmon, with a
bag limit of two salmon per
day, and a minimum size for
Chinook salmon at 24 inches
or larger.
Fishing for lingcod has been
very good in the Coos Bay and
Bandon areas.
Anglers are catching ling-
cod in shallow and deep water.
Fishing for black rockfish has
been decent.
The all depth rockfish sea-
son has ended. Retention of
cabezon is not allowed until
June 30.
• Salmon
Ocean recreational fishing is
open for Chinook salmon from
Cape Falcon to Humbug Mt.
through April 30. This season
is open for all salmon except
coho salmon, with a bag limit
of two salmon per day, and
minimum sizes for Chinook
salmon at 24 inches or larger,
and steelhead at 20 inches or
larger.
Anglers are restricted to no
more than two single-point
barbless hooks when fishing
for salmon and when fishing
for any other species if a
salmon is on board the vessel.
Anglers fishing in ocean
waters adjacent to Tillamook
Bay between Twin Rocks and
Pyramid Rock and within the
15-fathom depth contour are
reminded that only adipose
fin-clipped Chinook salmon
may be retained or on board
while fishing prior to Aug. 1.
• Pacific halibut
The 2015 Pacific halibut
quota is approximately 1 per-
cent 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 on April 24.
• Crab
Ocean crabbing is slow on
the central and south coasts.
Bay and ocean crabbers might
run into red rock crab as well
as Dungeness crab. Red rock
crab is a native species but is
not present in all of Oregon’s
bays.
Good places to try are from
the docks in Tillamook Bay,
Yaquina Bay, and Coos Bay.
Red rock crab are caught just
like Dungeness and have a
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