SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JULY 18, 2015
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Boys and Girls Club Recent history could repeat itself at tourney
to hold sports meeting
The Boys and Girls Club of
Western Lane County will
hold its 2015-16 sports season
kick-off meeting on Wednes-
day, July 22, at 6 p.m., at the
Teen Center, 1601 15th St.
Volunteer coaches are need-
ed for tackle football, flag
football, fall soccer, cheer
squad, volleyball, basketball,
spring soccer and softball.
State
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in joining the team next year.
“If you love to ride, come
join us,” says Geddes. “No
matter your skill level of rid-
ing.”
Referees also are needed.
Corporate and individual
team sponsors also are being
sought.
Anyone interested in joining
the Boys and Girls Club sports
committee is encouraged to
attend the meeting.
For more information, con-
tact Kristen Goodman or Tracy
Aaron at 541-902-0304.
Equestrians are required to
provide their own horses.
“But if you have one, it’s a
great way to bond with your
horse and make new friends,”
says Geddes.
For more information, con-
tact Geddes at 541-999-4957.
It happened earlier this
month, on Monday, July 6.
That’s when Fred Bliss got a
hole in one on the eighth hole
at Ocean Dunes. If it happens
again on Saturday, Aug. 1,
some lucky golfer will drive
home in a brand new Ford
Explorer — this year’s hole-in-
one prize sponsored by Three
Rivers Casino Resort, and pro-
vided by Johnston Motors.
Hole No. 8 plays 150 yards
straight downhill from a high
tee with a panoramic view. It
goes down steeply to a two
level green nestled in a charm-
ing dell below. The green is
well guarded on the left by a
dry hazard and tall trees and on
the right by a trio of bunkers.
It will take a combination of
skill and luck (not to mention
the absence of wind) for a
golfer to get lucky.
But as Bliss will tell you: It
could happen.
In addition to the 2015 Ford
SUV to be won on the eighth
hole, there are also hole-in-one
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small spinners, spoons
and fly fishing can be very
productive.
ALSEA RIVER: Cutthroat
trout
The cutthroat trout fishery
is fair in the mainstem and
in some of the large tributar-
ies. With the low and warm
river conditions the best
opportunities will be in
the early morning when water
temperatures are the coolest.
Small spinners are typically
productive as
wells as small spoons or fly
fishing with nymphs or
streamers.
SALMON RIVER:
Cutthroat trout
Cutthroat trout fishing is
slow to fair with the early
morning being the most pro-
ductive. Using small lures
like spinners, spoons or vari-
ous flies can be productive.
SILETZ RIVER: Steelhead,
cutthroat trout
Summer steelhead fishing
is fair in the upper river. Low
flows and warming river tem-
peratures is making new fish
race up into the cooler hold-
ing waters of the gorge area.
New fish will continually
be moving into the river
through the summer with
peak numbers typically in
July.
River flows are much
lower than normal for this
time of year so think small
and subtle presentations.
Typical steelhead tactics
apply such as bobber and
jig/bait, or casting spoons or
spinners.
COURTESY PHOTO
Brian Johnston of Johnston Motors; Crystal Farnsworth,
Rotary Club President; and Bob Garcia of Three Rivers
Casino Resort, sponsor of the prize for a hole-in-one.
prizes on other par threes,
which may include a $500 Visa
gift card, a set of Nike irons or
a Kindle Fire.
There are plenty of other
opportunities for winning
prizes, including prizes for the
most accurate drives (men and
women) and drawings for some
spectacular trips and golf
equipment — like an Odyssey
putter, a Cobra driver and a
GPS for golfers.
Gross and net winners and
teams for the day will win a
variety of prizes, including golf
Cutthroat trout are now
also open to harvest and can
be found throughout the main
stem river and many large
tributaries.
year for trout but trout fish-
ing has been slow.
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.
WILSON RIVER:
Steelhead, Chinook, cutthroat
Spring Chinook fishing is
slow in the low clear water.
Summer steelhead fishing is
slow also. Fishing for cut-
throat trout should be fair.
Use lighter gear for best
results as the water is
extremely low and clear.
YAQUINA RIVER:
Cutthroat trout
Cutthroat trout fishing is
slow to fair. The best oppor-
tunities are coming in the
early mornings when river
temperatures are the coolest.
River conditions are very low
and warm for this time of
year.
The mainstem Yaquina and
Big Elk Creek are good
places to try casting small
spinners or spoons as well as
bait fishing near the head of
tide.
TENMILE BASIN: Trout,
largemouth bass, yellow
perch
Streams in the Tenmile
Basin are open for trout fish-
ing.
Fishing is restricted to arti-
ficial flies and lures in
streams above tidewater.
Anglers should have good
success catching trout in the
deeper pools and riffles using
spinners or flies.
The water level in Tenmile
Lakes is extremely low and
boat anglers should use cau-
tion when boating in the
lakes.
Tenmile Lakes is open all
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COOS COUNTY
LAKES/PONDS: Trout, large-
mouth bass, bluegills
Trout are still available for
kids in the Millicoma Pond at
the Millicoma Interpretive
Center and fishing is excel-
lent. Millicoma Pond is set
aside for kids fishing only
and is a great chance for
them to hook into fish.
Call before traveling to
Millicoma Pond to make sure
the gates are open. The phone
number is 541-267-2557.
Fishing for largemouth
bass and bluegills have been
good in many of the Coos
County lakes. Fishing for
bass will be best in the morn-
ings and late evenings.
Fish for bluegills around
structure like submerged logs
and weedlines.
COOS RIVER BASIN:
Dungeness crab, bay clams,
rockfish, trout
Streams in the Coos Basin
are open although most of the
larger rivers will be too warm
for trout. Trout anglers
should focus on small
streams and fish early in the
morning or in the evening.
Angling is restricted to
artificial flies and lures in
streams above tidewater.
Anglers should have good
success catching trout in the
deeper pools and riffles using
spinners or flies.
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
fishing in South Umpqua
tributaries below Jackson
Creek Bridge is also open,
with fishing restricted to the
use of artificial flies and
lures.
Smallmouth bass fishing
should be productive with
warming water temperatures.
WINCHESTER BAY:
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Bottomfish, perch
Fishing for bottomfish in
the Triangle and South jetty
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The team was crowned the
Southern
Oregon
State
Champions and will travel to
Meridian, Idaho, where they
packages at some of the area’s
best courses. Top that off with a
week’s vacation at San Diego
Country Estates, sponsored by
Hoagland Properties.
Rotary’s Cool at the Coast
golf tournament tees off with a
shotgun start at 10 a.m. on
Saturday, Aug. 1.
Money raised from the event
will go in part to support
Rotary International’s End
Polio Now campaign, which is
now working to eliminate polio
from the last three countries on
the planet where it still exists:
Nigeria,
Pakistan
and
Afghanistan.
Additional money raised
will support community proj-
ects right here in Florence.
Registration for the tourna-
ment is $80 per player or $320
for a team of four.
Fee includes breakfast,
lunch, snacks and drinks on the
course and carts.
To register, call 541-997-
3232 or visit the web site at
www.coolatthecoast.com.
has been successful. Perch
fishing has been productive
in the bay, and it was report-
ed that good size striped
perch were being caught
along the jetty.
Crabbing has been improv-
ing, and there have been
reports of coho and chinook
being caught in the ocean off
of Winchester Bay.
PACIFIC OCEAN and
BEACHES: Bottomfish,
salmon, Dungeness crab, surf
perch
The ocean is open for har-
vest of Dungeness crab.
Crabbing has been good out-
side of Coos Bay and
Winchester Bay.
Anglers continue to catch
surf perch from the beaches
near Winchester, Bandon and
Coos Bay but catch rates
have slowed down. 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 for chi-
nook salmon and fin-clipped
coho. The bag limit is two
salmon per day, and a mini-
mum size for Chinook
salmon at 24 inches or larger
and a minimum size for coho
salmon at 16 inches or larger.
Fishing for chinook has
picked up along the south
coast and anglers are
reporting catching lots of
coho.
The nearshore halibut sea-
son opened July 1. The fish-
ery is open seven days a
week inside the 40-fathom
line.
Fishing for bottom fish is
restricted to inside the 30
fathom curve.
Fishing for black rockfish
continues to be good from
Charleston to Bandon.
Salmon: Adipose fin-
clipped coho salmon seasons
are now open in ocean waters
along the entire Oregon
Coast.
Best catches have been in
the waters off the Columbia
River.
Ocean recreational fishing
is open for Chinook salmon
along the entire Oregon
coast.
C RABBING : Ocean crabbing
is great, and bay crabbing
continues to improve. Larger
ocean crab off the central
coast are molting, and a soft
shell indicates the meat will
be watery.
Smaller crab that have not
yet molted — look for barna-
cles on the shell — are a
better option for the crab ket-
tle.
will compete in a four-day
regional tournament from July
22 to 25.
A victory there will result
in a trip to Jamestown, N.Y.,
to compete in the Babe
Ruth Little League World
Series.