SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2015
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New maritime guide for tsunami readiness
NEWPORT — A new guide
aims to help Oregon boaters,
fishermen
and
mariners
respond to — and get ready for
— distant tsunamis.
The Oregon Department of
Geology and Mineral Industries
(DOGAMI) has released
“Oregon Maritime Tsunami
Response Guidance for the
Ports of Newport and Toledo,”
which offers operators of small
craft such as recreational sail-
ing and motor vessels and com-
mercial fishing vessels guid-
ance in the event of a distant
tsunami.
Distant tsunamis are caused
by great earthquakes far away
from the Oregon coast and will
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Florence’s Jesse Austen will be on the sand slopes for
Saturday’s X-West Huck Fest at Sand Master Park.
Showdown
sand-sculpting clinic for all
those who have an interest in
learning the art of sand sculpt-
ing. Both the X-West Huck
Fest and sand-sculpting clinic
are free to spectators or partic-
ipants, with all materials and
tools provided.
For more information, call
Sand Master Park at 541-997-
6006.
from 1C
north of Florence at 5351
Highway 101.
For those who are less thrill-
seeker and more prone to quiet
sand digging, Sand Master
Park is also hosting sand-
sculpting champion Gordon
the same weekend for a free
Dunes
help the STRD to continue to
raise public awareness of what’s
happening in the dunes and help
us continue the important work
we’re doing out there to protect
the dunes for riders.”
from 1C
According
to
STRD
spokesperson Barbara Elliott-
Rowland, “This donation will
Fishing
spoons as well as bait fishing
near the head of tide.
from 1C
UMPQUA RIVER, SOUTH:
is slow in the low clear water.
Summer steelhead fishing is
slow also. Fishing for cutthroat
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 opportu-
nities are coming in the early
mornings when river tempera-
tures 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
Steelhead
The South Umpqua River,
including all tributaries, is
closed to fishing for trout,
steelhead, and salmon from 2
p.m. until an hour before sun-
rise.
The mainstem South
Umpqua upstream to Jackson
Creek Bridge is open to fish-
ing, with trout fishing being
strictly catch-and-release.
Fishing is restricted to the
use of artificial flies and lures.
Smallmouth bass fishing,
which remains open under nor-
mal rules, should be produc-
tive especially in the morning
and late afternoon/early
evening.
TENMILE BASIN: Trout,
largemouth bass, yellow perch
Streams in the Tenmile
Basin are open for trout
although there is a 2 p.m. fish-
ing closure for trout, salmon
and steelhead in streams above
tidewater.
Most of the larger rivers will
be too warm for trout and the
water level in many of the
smaller streams is extremely
low. Fishing is restricted to
artificial flies and lures in
streams above tidewater.
strike approximately four or
more hours after the earth-
quake.
“Many tsunami hazards exist
for boats,” says George Priest, a
geologist in DOGAMI’s coastal
field office. “Dangers might
include grounding of vessels as
water level suddenly drops, cap-
sizing from incoming surges,
strong and unpredictable cur-
rents, and collision with other
boats, docks and debris.”
The largest, most damaging
distant-source tsunamis in the
Newport area have come from
large earthquakes in the Alaska-
Aleutian Islands region, includ-
ing the 1964 magnitude 9.2
earthquake that caused damage
to many parts of the Oregon
coast and killed campers on
Beverly Beach in Newport.
The guide is part of ongoing
efforts to increase tsunami
awareness and preparedness in
Oregon’s maritime community.
Statewide maritime guidance
for all types of tsunamis can be
found in the brochure titled
“Tsunami! What Oregon Boat
Owners Need to Know.”
The brochure offers informa-
tion about statewide response
and readiness for a local
Cascadia Subduction Zone
earthquake and tsunami, which
would strike the coast in as lit-
tle as 10 minutes.
Both the statewide brochure
and new guide for Newport and
Toledo are available for down-
load at www.OregonTsunami
.org on the “Boaters” page,
along with information about
broadcasts during a tsunami
event and a map of offshore
safe zones.
Development of the guide
was funded by the National
Tsunami Hazard Mitigation
Program and supported by
DOGAMI, the Oregon Office
of Emergency Management,
the Virginia Institute of Marine
Sciences, the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administra-
tion and members of the
Oregon Marine Advisory
Council.
Honeyman Park hosts Oregon Coast Trail expert
Oregon Coast Trail expert
Connie Soper will be the spe-
cial
guest
lecturer
at
Honeyman State Park on
Friday, Aug. 14.
The program will start at 8
p.m. in the Honeyman State
Park amphitheater.
Soper is an Oregon author
and trail advocate. She first vis-
ited Oregon’s beaches when
living as a child in Coos Bay,
and she has loved them ever
since. She has twice hiked the
Oregon Coast Trail in its
entirety with many friends and
family members.
Soper has written a book,
“Exploring the Oregon Coast
Trail: 40 Consecutive Day
Hikes from the Columbia River
to the California Border,”
which will be published by
Dragonfly Press this summer.
For more information,
contact Luke Parsons at 541-
999-4008 or at luke.parsons@
oregon.gov.
Vessel safety checks help prevent boating mishaps
Owners of pleasure boats,
large and small — including
cruisers, fishing boats, pontoon
boats, canoes, kayaks, jet skies
and wave runners — are
encouraged by the U.S. Coast
Guard and local Marine Law
Enforcement Officials to have
free Vessel Safety Checks
(VSC) of their boats.
VSCs are performed year-
round by Certified Vessel
Examiners who are members
of either the U.S. Coast Guard
Auxiliary or the U.S. Power
Squadrons.
Vessel
Safety
Checks
include mandatory items
required aboard a pleasure
craft, plus 16 other recom-
mended safety and/or discus-
sion items. A boat passing the
VSC receives a Safety Seal
Decal.
To locate a convenient local
VSC examiner, and to receive a
free Vessel Safety Check, visit
www.safetyseal.net/GetVSC.
You can also contact
Florence resident and Certified
Vessel
Safety
Examiner
Jonathan Yoder directly at 541-
991-1181.
Note that boats do not have
to be in the water for the safety
checks.
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
year for trout but trout fishing
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.
are open for trout although
there is a 2 p.m. fishing clo-
sure for trout, salmon and
steelhead in streams above
tidewater. Most of the larger
rivers will be too warm for
trout and the water level in
many of the smaller streams is
extremely low.
Fishing is restricted to artifi-
cial flies and lures in streams
above tidewater.
A couple chinook salmon
have been caught in between
the jetties on Coos Bay.
Mooching with herring or
trolling a cut-plug herring
work well for catching salmon.
Anglers are still catching a
few rockfish inside lower Coos
Bay around the jetties. The
best fishing has been around
the slack tides.
Humbug Mt. is open for
Chinook salmon and fin-
clipped coho.
The bag limit is two salmon
per day, and a minimum size
for Chinook salmon at 24
inches or larger and a mini-
mum size for coho salmon at
16 inches or larger.
Fishing for chinook from
Bandon to Winchester Bay has
been slow. Fishing for coho
has been decent but only about
a third of the coho caught were
fin-clipped.
Tuna fishing along the south
coast has been very slow.
There have been a couple
reports from Charleston of
tuna caught 20-30 miles off
shore but in very low numbers.
The nearshore halibut sea-
son is open seven days a week
inside the 40-fathom line.
Anglers were catching a few
halibut near Bandon inside 40-
fathoms this past weekend.
Anglers are also reminded
that no more than one can be a
cabezon (no change from last
year).
COOS COUNTY LAKES
and PONDS: Largemouth
bass, bluegills
Fishing for largemouth bass
and bluegills has been good in
many of the Coos County
lakes. Fishing for bass will be
best in the mornings and late
evenings.
Fish for bluegills around
structure like submerged logs
and weed lines.
COOS RIVER BASIN:
Dungeness crab, salmon, bay
clams, rockfish, trout
Streams in the Coos Basin
WINCHESTER BAY:
Bottomfish, perch
Fishing for bottomfish in the
Triangle and South jetty has
been successful. Perch fishing
has been productive in the bay,
and it was reported 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, tuna
The ocean is open for har-
vest of Dungeness crab.
Crabbing has been good out-
side of Coos Bay and
Winchester Bay.
Recreational ocean salmon
season from Cape Falcon to
B OTTOM F ISHING
Rockfish catches were fairly
good last week, particularly
out of the Charleston area.
Lingcod catches were slower.
REMINDERS: The ocean is
open for bottom fishing only
inside of the 30-fathom regula-
tory line (30-fathom way-
points) through Sept. 30.
• New for 2015. China, cop-
per, and quillback rockfish (in
addition to yelloweye rockfish)
may not be retained.
• New for 2015. The marine
fish daily bag limit is seven
fish, of which no more than
three can be blue rockfish and
no more than one can be a
canary rockfish.
S HELLFISH :
Recreational shellfish safety
status:
• Recreational harvest of
mussels is closed from Cape
Arago (south of Coos Bay) to
the California border for ele-
vated levels of domoic acid,
and includes all beaches,
rocks, jetties and bays. The
recreational harvest of mussels
is open from the Columbia
River south to Cape Arago.
• Recreational harvest of
razor clams is closed along the
entire Oregon coast from the
Columbia River to the
California border due to ele-
vated levels of domoic acid.
C RABBING :
• Ocean crabbing remains
relatively slow, although last
week the Charleston area was
a bright spot. Larger ocean
crab off the central coast are
molting, and a soft shell indi-
cates 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 kettle.
Bay crabbing has improved
but is still slower than ocean
crabbing at this time. 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.
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