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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2015
S HERIFFS :
There are many bicycles on
today’s roads. More people are
using bicycles as a means to
commute for entertainment and
for exercise.
Some of the more common
reasons include low cost to
operate, reducing the consump-
tion of fossil fuels, and exer-
cise.
Motorists should remember
these tips when sharing the
road with a cyclist:
• A bicycle is considered by
law to be a vehicle. When a
cyclist has stopped and remains
astride their bicycle at an inter-
section and/or for a traffic sig-
nal, they are to be treated as a
vehicle waiting for their turn to
proceed.
• Many children riding bicy-
Fishing
KNOW RULES OF SHARING ROADS WITH CYCLISTS
cles on the street may lack the
necessary training and skills for
safe cycling. They may not be
aware of all dangers.
• Be alert for small children
on oversized bicycles. This
may increase the likelihood for
loss of control.
• When passing a cyclist, go
around them like you would
any other vehicle. Leave lots of
room.
• When you are preparing to
make a right turn, watch for
cyclists who may pull up along-
side your vehicle.
Remember to shoulder-
check your blind spots.
• When you are about to
make a right turn, do not pull
up beside a cyclist and then
turn directly in front of them
COOS RIVER BASIN:
from 1C
Dungeness crab, bay clams,
rockfish, trout
Anglers are still catching a
few rockfish inside lower Coos
Bay around the jetties. The
best fishing has been around
the slack tides. The marine fish
daily bag limit (which includes
fishing in estuaries) is 7 fish
and a separate daily limit for
lingcod (two). Anglers will be
able to keep only 3 blue rock-
fish and 1 canary rockfish as
part of their daily limit and
there will be no harvest of
China, quillback or copper
rockfish.
• Crabbing has been good in
the lower bay with crabbers
catching mostly hard shell crab
with a couple soft shell crabs
in the mix. The best crabbing
will be near the jetties and
close to slack tides.
• Clamming is excellent dur-
ing low tides near Charleston,
and cut them off.
• When pulling away from
the curb, always check for
cyclists who may be trying to
pass you.
• When parked at the curb,
always check for cyclists
before you open your vehicle
door. It’s the driver’s responsi-
bility not to open the vehicle
door into traffic.
• Do not follow too close
behind cyclists. They do not
have brake lights to warn you
when they are stopping.
• Cyclists are entitled to
make left turns in the same
manner as motorists. Since they
are more exposed to traffic on
left turns, they will need extra
consideration, especially on
multi-lane roads.
• Cyclists are required to ride
as close as practicable to the
curb, however they may need
to ride further out when they
have to steer away from
drainage grates, pot holes,
debris, loose gravel or sand,
wet or slippery surfaces, rutted
or grooved pavement and even
dogs.
Be aware of the roadway
conditions that may affect a
cyclist.
• Do not sound your horn
unnecessarily when you are
overtaking a cyclist. It may
startle them and cause them to
lose control. If you feel that you
must use your horn, tap it
quickly and lightly while you
are still some distance away
from the cyclist.
Cyclists should also remem-
ber that, when they are riding
their bicycles on streets and
highways, they are considered
by law to be a vehicle.
Therefore they are required
to obey all the rules of the road,
which apply to other (motor-
ized) vehicles, plus those that
apply only to bicycle operators.
Cyclists using the streets and
highways should:
• Never ride against traffic. It
is one of the leading causes of
crashes, accounting for 15 to 20
percent of all crashes with cars.
• Keep both hands on the
handlebars except when mak-
ing a hand signal.
• Keep both feet on the ped-
als.
• Not carry more people at
one time than the bicycle was
designed for.
• Not hold onto, attach them-
selves, or attach the bicycle to
any other moving vehicle.
• Only ride side by side on
the road with another cyclist
when it does not impede other
traffic. If traffic doesn't have
enough room to pass you safe-
ly, ride single file.
• Ensure the bicycle is
equipped with at least one
white light to the front and a
red light and or red reflector
mounted on the rear of the
bicycle when riding between
sunset and sunrise.
• Ensure the bicycle has
effective brakes.
— Lincoln County Sheriffs
off Cape Arago Highway, and
Clam Island. There are also
good places to dig clams even
on positive low tides in Coos
Bay.
• Recreational harvest of
razor clams is closed for the
entire Oregon coastline from
the Columbia River to the
California border due to ele-
vated levels of domoic acid.
This includes all beaches and
all bays. Before any shellfish
harvest trip, make sure to
check the Oregon Department
of Agriculture website for any
updates.
TENMILE BASIN: Trout,
largemouth bass, yellow perch
Streams in the Tenmile
Basin are open for trout fish-
ing. Fishing is restricted to
artificial flies and lures in
streams above tidewater.
Anglers should have good suc-
cess catching trout in the deep-
er pools and riffles using spin-
ners or flies.
Tenmile Lakes is open all
year for trout and anglers have
been catching trout trolling
wedding ring spinners tipped
with a worm in the main part
of Tenmile Lakes.
Bass anglers have been
catching several largemouth
bass in Tenmile Lakes. Bass
can be found this time of the
year in shallow water near
structure like logs or weed
lines.
A few anglers have been
catching yellow perch from the
fishing dock at the County
Boat Ramp and near the edge
of the weedlines. A worm or
piece of cut bait fished near
the bottom works well for
catching yellow perch.
has been productive in the bay,
and it was reported that good
size striped perch were being
caught along the jetty.
Crabbing has picking up
with some limits reported.
for Chinook salmon at 24
inches or larger. Fishing has
been difficult due to rough
seas and there are few reports
of fish being caught, but fish-
ing should improve with con-
ditions.
The next all-depth halibut
open days will be June 11-13
and then June 25-27.
The nearshore halibut sea-
son does not open until July 1.
Fishing for bottom fish is
restricted to inside the 30 fath-
om curve. Fishing for black
rockfish continues to be good
from Charleston to Bandon.
Anglers are still picking up
a few lingcod also.
REMINDER: Cabezon is
closed through June 30, and
the ocean is open for bottom
fishing only inside of the 30-
fathom regulatory line (30-
fathom waypoints) through
Sept. 30.
start to rise and fish begin
spawning. Anglers will start
finding more fish up in the
shallows this time of year.
SIUSLAW RIVER: cutthroat
trout
The cutthroat trout season is
now open for the season. The
main stem of the Siuslaw and
Lake Creek can be good fish-
ing as well as the larger tribu-
taries entering these systems.
Bait is not allowed above the
head of tide but small spinners,
spoons and fly fishing can be
very productive.
ALSEA RIVER: Cutthroat
trout
The cutthroat trout season is
now open for the season and
anglers should have fair to
good results in most of the
larger tributaries and main-
stem. Small spinners are typi-
cally productive as wells as
small spoons or fly fishing
with nymphs or streamers.
SALMON RIVER: Cutthroat
trout
Cutthroat trout are now
open to harvest. Typically
good fishing can be had during
the early part of the season.
Using small lures like spin-
ners, spoons or various flies
can be productive.
T UESDAY J UNE 2, 2015
SILETZ RIVER: Steelhead
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Summer steelhead fishing is
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slowly starting to pick up.
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New fish will continually be
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moving into the river over the
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next few months with the peak
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numbers typically in July.
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River flows are much lower
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than normal for this time of
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year so think small and subtle
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presentations. Typical steel-
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head tactics apply such as bob-
ber and jig / bait, or casting
spoons or spinners. Cutthroat
RIDGE
trout are now also open to har-
vest and can be found through-
out the main stem river and
many large tributaries.
Thursday Swiss Pairs Session June 4, 2015
WILSON RIVER: steelhead,
No Name
Points Name
Points Wins Score
Chinook, cutthroat
1 D. MacNeil 0.21
K. Hampsten
0.21 1.50 30.00
2 M. Buchanan 0.07
B. Rozaire-Brown 0.07 0.50 10.00
Spring Chinook fishing is
3 J. Weatherwax 0.35 J. Smith
0.35 2.50 50.00
slow in the low clear water. A
4 L. Hundtoft
0.21 M. Weiss
0.21 1.50 30.00
few more fish are showing in
the river. Summer steelhead
angling is slow also. Angling
Assistant Event Coordinator
for cutthroat trout should be
The Florence Area Chamber of Commerce is seeking an event planner or
event coordinator with experience. Experience with PowerPoint, QuickBooks
fair. Use lighter gear for best
and Scheduling programs. Familiarity with budgets. Proficient in social media
results.
skills including, but not limited to: Facebook, Twitter and Smart Phone use.
YAQUINA RIVER: cutthroat
Requirements: High School Diploma or equivalent. Minimum 1 year office
experience or related experience, which includes experience with Microsoft
trout
Word and Excel. Driver License and reliable transportation to drive to various
The cutthroat trout season
locations throughout the community to perform job duties.
opened May 23 and anglers
Job Duties:
can expect to have fair to good
★ Responsible for production and coordination of events for the Chamber of
Commerce.
fishing. The mainstem
★ Hands on position working under the direction of the Executive Director and
Yaquina and Big Elk Creek
the Board of Directors.
★ Event budget preparation that reconciles with the annual budget.
are good places to try casting
★ Coordinate event details including timelines, logistics and publicity.
small spinners or spoons as
★ Utilize computer and social media experience for data entry and to perform
well as bait fishing near the
job duties.
★ Attend event committee meetings and monthly Board meetings as needed.
head of tide.
WINCHESTER BAY:
Bottomfish, perch
Fishing for bottomfish in the
Triangle and South jetty has
been successful. Perch fishing
PACIFIC OCEAN and
BEACHES: Bottomfish,
salmon, Dungeness crab, surf
perch
The ocean is open for har-
vest of Dungeness crab.
Anglers continue to catch
surf perch from the beaches
near Winchester, 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 open.
The season is open for all
salmon except coho salmon,
with a bag limit of two salmon
per day, and a minimum size
S CORES & S TANDINGS
Ocean Dunes
B
Florence Bridge Club
UMPQUA RIVER, SOUTH:
Steelhead
The mainstem South
Umpqua upstream to Jackson
Creek Bridge is open to fish-
ing, with trout fishing being
strictly catch and release.
Catch and release trout fish-
ing in South Umpqua tributar-
ies below Jackson Creek
Bridge is also open, with fish-
ing restricted to the use of arti-
ficial flies and lures.
Smallmouth bass fishing
should be productive with
warming water temperatures.
★ Conduct follow up evaluations, report on all budgets and report to Board.
★ Assist with other Chamber programs and events when appropriate.
★ Utilize excellent communication and organization skills, attention to detsail,
problem solving, and multi tasking skills to perform job duties.
★ Work well with volunteer committee members and help achieve consensus
and good communication with members.
★ Work independently and work well under pressure.
★ Engage vendors and recruit volunteers for events.
★ Coordinate and work events. Handle all event logistics.
★ Attend public hearings as required.
★ Lift up to 50 pounds of various merchandise and supplies as needed during
event preparation.
★ Stand for long periods of time and work outside in all weather conditions.
★ Perform other duties as assigned.
Days and Hours: Work 5 to 40 hours weekly, averages about 20 hours
weekly depending on work load. Work flexible hours depending on event days
and times, including weekends, holidays and evenings. Some overtime possible
when necessary.
Apply to: Florence Area Chamber of Commerce
Executive Director: Email: cal@florencechamber.com
Reply by mail to : 290 Highway 101, Florence, OR 97439-7628
Employer requests no drop ins or phone calls please.
M EN ’ S
GOLF
Ocean Dunes Scramble
Distribution for Gross
Rank Gross/Net
Award
1
Zev Statler
58
$175
John Kaufman
$175
Wade Matthews
$175
Darth Watkins
$175
2
Brian Holmes
59
$150
Adi Roylance
$150
Ron Klampe
$150
Mike Moscolo
$150
3
Chris Courtemanche 59
$100
Aaron Carlucci
$100
Jay Wilson
$100
Linda Wilson
$100
4
Brandon Hepner 59
$75
Ben Dubbs
$75
Kyle Waldahl
$75
B.J. Cooper
$75
Distribution for Net
Rank Gross/Net
Award
1
Pat Barron
63
Leslie Misensol
$175
Kate Galick
$175
Connie Alexander $175
2
Rene Pengra
70
Bobbie Wells
$150
Jan Pizarro
$150
Aleta Buchanan
$150
3
Mathew Horrillo 66
Ed Garrick
$100
Carl Middleton
$100
Bill French
$100
4
Victor Vandeventer 70
John Merrick
$75
Ed Stillman
$75
Steve Brooks
$75
$175
$150
$100
$75
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