2 B SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 2015 Save the Riders Dunes benefits from UTV Invasion raffle UTV Invasion brand owner and organizer Dave Kuskie, of Fullerton Sand Sports Tires and Wheels in California, and Junior from Boondocker present- ed a $2,000 donation check t o the Florence-area group Save The Riders Dunes (STRD) last week in Winchester Bay. The donation was raised from a raffle held during the UTV Invasion at Winchester Bay benefitting the STRD this past June. Almost 5,000 UTV COURTESY PHOTO enthusiasts from the USA Members of Save The Riders Dunes accept a check for and Canada attended the $2,000 raised during the recent UTV Invasion event in four-day event. Winchester Bay and Reedsport. Dunes riders from along the central Oregon coast formed STRD in 2011 ated to one of restoring the Rowland, “This donation will in response to U.S. Forest dunes and reclaiming areas help the STRD to continue to Service proposals to close from invasive plant species raise public awareness of portions of the Oregon dunes and rider-made trails, instead what’s happening in the dunes of outright closure of some and help us continue the to riding. important work we’re doing Through STRD’s input areas. According to STRD out there to protect the dunes and members’ involvement, spokesperson Barbara Elliott- for riders.” government focus has moder- Fishing from 1B and Big Elk Creek are good places to try casting small spin- ners or spoons as well as bait fishing near the head of tide. UMPQUA RIVER, SOUTH: 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 productive especially in the morning and late afternoon/early evening. TENMILE BASIN: Trout, large- mouth bass, yellow perch Streams in the Tenmile Basin are open for trout although there is a 2 p.m. fishing 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 arti- ficial flies and lures in streams above tidewater. The water level in Tenmile Lakes is extremely low and boat anglers should use caution 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. 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 are open for trout although there is a 2 p.m. fishing 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 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. 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 BEACH- ES: 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 Humbug Mt. is open for Chinook salmon and fin- clipped coho. The bag limit is two salmon per day, and a min- imum size for Chinook salmon at 24 inches or larger and a minimum 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 season 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. View from 1B That time you caught a 5-yard curl and proceeded to drag half of the little brothers on the block that you agreed to let play that “one time” 50 yards after the catch for a touchdown like Mark Bavaro? It would have been all for naught had you not been piping in the play-by-play to yourself ala Keith Jackson, Marv Albert, Gil Santos, Bill Grigsby, Hank Stram or Pat Summerall. That was a dif- ferent era, to be sure. It was a time when football coaches wore suits and fedoras on the sideline, a time when Michel- ob used to come in funky bottles emblazoned with gold and red ribbons and was considered a pre- mium beer, a time when you did- n’t need a $66 billion search en- gine in order to figure out what channel the game was on, because there were only three channels. And on Monday night, you can bet that all the world was watch- ing Monday Night Football. Frank Gifford was a star long before he was the tolerant All- American glamour boy in the booth, the guy who used to break the games down while preventing Howard Cosell from having a break down. Cosell was the sports announcer who could never be ignored, whose arrogance often ed levels of domoic acid, and includes all beaches, rocks, jet- ties 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 elevat- ed 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 transcended his greatness. But it was Frank who won everyone over. He was a trailblaz- er — the first guy to really transi- tion into the booth after his Hall of Fame football career. And for all of Cosell’s bluster, when it came time to break the news to the world that John Lennon had been killed, he froze, and he looked over to the guy seated at his right, the other guy in the gold blazer — the golden boy, Frank Gifford himself. MVP in 1956. Hall of Famer, triple threat. And he said to the man with all the words, the man who never played the game, that it was just that: a game. “Got to do it,” Gifford said. Today upon learning of the passing of Francis Newton, they called him “Frank” because quite frankly, he was New York’s first football star. The Yankees had the Babe and the Iron Horse. The Trolley Dodgers of Brooklyn had Jackie Robinson. The Jets had Joe Willie, and the Mets had the “Say Hey Kid.” But for Big Blue, their first shining star was truly a Giant. Frank Gifford, the man who could kick, run and pass, passed from this vale of tears at age 84. He will be missed. Condolences to Kathy Lee and family. 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 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. 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 waypoints) 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. 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