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WEDNESDAY EDITION
❘ AUGUST 19, 2015 ❘
SECTION B
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
S PORTS
On the
Bite
Calendar
Aug. 19
A
• FLORENCE
WEEKLY
FISHING REPORT FOR
SOFTBALL
THE LOCAL REGION
M ILLER PARK
5:30 AND 7 P . M .
AT
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
Aug. 22
MID COAST LAKES
• SIUSLAW OPEN
AT
Fishing for the various
warm water fish species is
fair to good during the
summer months. There are
numerous lakes in the
Florence area that can pro-
vide good opportunity and
have boat and bank access.
S ANDPINES
9 A . M .
• FLORENCE
SOFTBALL
L EAGUE TOURNEY
AT M ILLER P ARK
4 P . M .
SIUSLAW RIVER:
Cutthroat trout
The cutthroat trout fish-
ery is slow to fair. Fishing
during the early mornings
or in the larger tributaries
is the most productive.
River conditions are very
low and warm for this time
of year. Bait is not allowed
above the head of tide but
small spinners, spoons and
fly fishing can be very pro-
ductive.
ALSEA RIVER : cut-
throat trout
The cutthroat trout fish-
ery is fair in the mainstem
and in some of the large
tributaries. With the low
and warm river conditions
the best opportunities will
be in the early morning
when water temperatures
are the coolest. Small spin-
ners are typically produc-
tive as wells as small
spoons or fly fishing with
nymphs or streamers.
Aug. 23
• SOFTBALL
L EAGUE TOURNEY
AT M ILLER P ARK
11 A . M . TO DUSK
T IDE T ABLE
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Low Tide
Aug. 19
3:21am / 5.9
3:50pm / 6.4
9:32am / 1.1
10:13pm / 1.3
Aug. 20
4:06am / 5.5
4:26pm / 6.4
10:06am / 1.5
11:02pm / 1.3
Aug. 21
4:58am / 5.1
5:07pm / 6.3
10:43am / 2.0
11:59pm / 1.3
Aug. 22
6:03am / 4.7
5:55pm / 6.3
11:30am / 2.5
Aug. 23
7:20am / 4.6
6:53pm / 6.3
1:04am / 1.2
12:31pm / 2.9
Aug. 24
8:38am / 4.7
7:57am / 6.5
2:11am / 0.9
1:46pm / 3.0
Aug. 25
9:43m / 5.1
8:59pm / 6.9
3:13am / 0.5
2:58pm / 2.9
S IUSLAW
IUSLAW
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148 Maple St.
Florence
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LON BEALE/SAND MASTER PARK
DRI Sandboard World Tour points leader Jackson Cruz, scores on a picture-perfect “Mute Grab” at last
Saturday’s Xwest Huck Fest competition at Sand Master Park.
O REGON ’ S
B Y N ED H ICKSON
Siuslaw News
L
ast Saturday, the Dune Riders
International Sandboard World
Tour held its final event on
American sand during its 2015 interna-
tional tour. Saturday’s competition was
held at Sand Master Park as part of its
annual Xwest Huck Fest — an all-
V IKS
SILETZ RIVER:
SAND MASTERS
jumps and big air event with points
accruing to help determine the eventu-
al world champion.
What makes this year’s race for the
title
particularly
relevant
for
Oregonian sandboarding enthusiasts is
the tour’s current scoring leaders,
brothers Gabe and Jackson Cruz.
Gabe, 24, is a Florence resident and
sandboard instructor at Sand Master
Steelhead, cutthroat trout
Summer steelhead fish-
ing is fair in the upper
river. Low flows and
warming river tempera-
tures are making new fish
race up into the cooler
holding waters of the gorge
area. New fish will contin-
ually be moving into the
river through the summer
with peak numbers typical-
ly in July. River flows are
much lower than normal
for this time of year so
think small and subtle pre-
sentations. Typical steel-
head tactics apply such as
bobber and jig / bait, or
casting spoons or spinners.
Cutthroat trout are now
also open to harvest and
can be found throughout
the main stem river and
many large tributaries.
Park, as well as a two-time pro world
champion.
Jackson, 21, is originally from Coos
Bay and his brother’s closest rival in
overall scoring with a 1-point lead.
Though Gabe won both U.S. events
this summer, it still left him just one
point short of Jackson, who has 67
See
SAND 4B
TO BOOST THEIR ‘ LIFTS ’ WITH DONATIONS
Members of Siuslaw’s Viking foot-
ball team will be out in the community
Thursday afternoon asking for spon-
sors for the team’s annual lift-a-thon
fundraiser.
To prepare for Siuslaw’s season
opener at Newport on Sept. 4, the
Vikings have begun their conditioning,
which includes the team’s lifting com-
petition — with players finding spon-
sors to support their lifting goals.
All funds raised go to the football
program to help provide uniforms and
attire for practices and games.
“We’ll be going around town
Thursday afternoon asking folks for
donations,” said Siuslaw coach Tim
Dodson, whose team recently hosted
its 20th annual Viking Youth Football
Camp, which was free to all partici-
pants.
Siuslaw’s first home game will be
Friday, Sept. 11, against Pleasant Hill,
in a nonleague match-up beginning at
7 p.m.
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FISHING 4B
Higher temps prompt additional fire restrictions in western Lane County
With wildfire conditions predicted
to worsen, the Oregon Department of
Forestry’s (ODF) South Cascade and
Western Lane districts, along with the
Douglas
Forest
Protective
Association, have announced that for-
est restrictions have been tighten even
further.
All forest operations such as log-
ging and road-building will be closed
down. For recreationists, no open fires
are allowed in the forest. Other activi-
ties that pose a fire risk, such as mow-
ing dry grass, are currently prohibited.
“We’re asking for the public's help
to prevent any new human-caused
fires,” South Cascade District Forest’s
Greg Wagenblast said. “Statewide, our
firefighting resources are limited due
to the number of large fires currently
burning.”
Wagenblast said firefighting crews
and equipment are scarce, and any
new fire starts will require a response
from all agencies and landowners
working together to suppress any fire
and keep it small. These include the
U.S. Forest Service, rural fire depart-
ments, forest landowners and ODF.
More than a dozen large fires are
burning across the state, and some
4,700 personnel are fighting them.
This high fire activity has drawn
down resources at the local level to
respond to new fire starts. Triple-digit
temperatures are forecast for this
week, along with relative humidity in
the teens, and the possibility of strong
winds — the ingredients of a severe
wildfire situation.
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