SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2015
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IN THE PARK
Young ballplayers were at Miller Park on Saturday, May 9, competing in the annual Pitch, Hit and Run event, which was
held in conjunction with the Siuslaw Baseball Association’s 100-inning game. Contestants threw at a target, hit from the
tee and ran bases with meaurements of accuracy in throwing, hitting distance and speed being recorded by volunteers.
The top finishers will advance to regionals in June.
Photos by Ned Hickson/Siuslaw News
Fishing
from 1C
week as the river levels being
to drop. Lake Creek typically
clears up more quickly.
ALSEA RIVER: Steelhead
The winter steelhead fishery
is slowing down for the season
down but fair numbers of fish
can still be found in the upper
river, especially after a rain
event. Native fish tend to be
prevalent this time of year.
Casting lures, bobber and
jig/bait or drifting beads along
the bottom can be effective
techniques.
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
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the clear water. Spring
Chinook fishing opens April 1,
but few fish will be present for
several weeks.
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
as L AWSON B AR , M YRTLE
C REEK and behind Seven
Feathers. The water has been
low making it harder for long
boat drifts, but still suitable for
bank anglers.
L AKE , P OWERS P OND ,
M INGUS P ARK P OND , and
J OHNSON M ILL P OND .
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:
Bottomfish
Fishing for bottomfish in
the Triangle and South jetty
has been successful. Crabbing
has been slow recently.
COOS COUNTY LAKES AND
PONDS: Trout
PACIFIC OCEAN and
BEACHES: Bottomfish,
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
stocked in the past month in
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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
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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
daily limit of 12.