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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2015 Outdoor from 1B hunting opportunity (meaning hunters can still hunt with a 100, 200, 400 and 600 series tag). Most wildlife management units have one deer and one elk Fishing from 1B is producing fair to good for both boat and bank anglers. Recent rains have moved a lot of fish out of tide water. Casting lures or bobber fishing tends to be the most produc- tive this time of year. SILETZ RIVER: Chinook, coho, steelhead, cutthroat trout The fall Chinook fishery is producing fair to good results tag available; 29 areas also have a pronghorn tag. Also new this year, the Daily Angling and Shellfish License is ideal for visitors to the coast who want to fish, crab and clam for just one day. Cost is $27.50 for residents and non-residents. Pioneer license holders (age 65 and older, 50-year resident of Oregon) will now pay $6 for a combination license, which was previously free. The change allows ODFW to recoup an average of $20 per paid license holder in federal grants. These federal grants are gen- erated from an excise tax on hunting and fishing equipment and are provided to states based on the number of paid license holders. These grants are important because they help fund fish and wildlife management projects that provide fishing and hunt- ing opportunities. All 2016 licenses and tags can now be purchased online at www.dfw.state.or.us/online_lic ense_sales/index, and at license sales agents or ODFW offices that sell licenses. with recent rains moving a lot of fish out of tide water. The wild coho fishery has closed. Summer steelhead fishing is fair to good in the upper river above Moonshine Park. WILSON RIVER: Steelhead, Chinook Fall Chinook fishing should be fair to good. Fish will be spread out from tidewater upstream. Anglers are remind- ed that the river above Jordan Creek is closed to all salmon fishing. Summer steelhead fishing should improve with better flows. YAQUINA RIVER: Chinook, coho, cutthroat trout Anglers are having fair to good results for fall Chinook Trolling herring or spinners during the incoming tide through the high slack typical- ly. Recent rains have moved a good portion of fish to the upper tide water reaches and above. The wild coho fishery is closed. are now closed for trout until May 22, 2016. A few dedicat- ed salmon anglers have been trolling in the Coos River this past week. They have picked up a few chinook and coho salmon trolling cut plug her- ring behind a flasher. The wild coho season is closed. A few steelhead should be moving into the rivers later this month. Crabbing continues to be very good in the lower bay. Crabbing has been good all the way up to the BLM Boat Ramp but the best crabbing will be near the jetties and close to slack tides. A few legal crabs have been caught off the Charleston docks. Clamming is excellent dur- ing low tides near Charleston, off Cape Arago Highway, and Clam Island. TENMILE BASIN: Trout, largemouth bass, yellow perch, coho Streams in the Tenmile Basin are now closed for trout fishing until May 22, 2016. 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. Yellow perch fishing has been very good for anglers in boats and from the fishing dock at the County Boat Ramp. A worm or piece of cut bait fished near the bottom works well for catching yellow perch. Wild coho season is open in Tenmile Lakes until Dec. 31.The bag limit is 1 wild coho per day and 5 wild coho for the season in aggregate with all other wild coho fish- eries in the NW and SW zones. A few coho entered the lake after last week’s rain. 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C O M / P E T E R S E N AU T O D E TA I L Sat./Sun. 12/5-12/6, Sat./Sun.12/12-12/13 9am-1pm 1882 17th St. Appliances, Aquariums, Koi, Recliner, Misc., Stock Tanks/Troughs, Yard Fountain “PICC-A-DILLY” Flea Market THIS SUNDAY, 10am-4pm Fairgrounds, Eugene, 541-683-5589 Fri./Sat.,12/4-12/5 9am- 4pm, Two Family Sale, 5071 Hwy. 101, behind Ronʼs Paint, tools, house- hold, Hallmark Xmas dec- orations. See Jim for your auto sales needs! FREE 3 B UMPQUA RIVER, SOUTH: The South Umpqua opened to fishing Dec. 1. WINCHESTER BAY: Bottomfish, perch, crab Fishing for bottomfish in the Triangle and South jetty has been successful. Crabbing has been productive, but Chinook and coho fishing has slowed in the ocean off of Winchester Bay and in the lower Umpqua River. PACIFIC OCEAN and BEACHES: Bottomfish, Dungeness crab, The ocean is now open to Dungeness crab harvesting. Fishing for bottom fish is now open to fishing at all- depths. Fishing for black rock- fish continues to be very good from Charleston to Bandon. The marine fish daily bag limit is seven fish and a separate daily limit for lingcod (two). Anglers can only keep 3 blue rockfish and 1 canary rockfish as part of their daily limit and there will be no har- vest of China, quillback, or copper rockfish. Retention of cabezon is now allowed at 1 fish per day and at least 16- inches long. • Bottom Fishing The ocean is open to bottom fishing at all depths. Rough conditions last week continued to limit angling effort. Otherwise, winter is typically a good time to catch lingcod and rockfish. • Shellfish: Razor clam- ming along the entire Oregon coast, including bays, has been closed since spring due to ele- vated levels of domoic acid. The Oregon Dept. of Agriculture will test for shell- fish toxins weekly as tides allow. • Crab: An Oregon Dept. of Agriculture health advisory is in effect for recreational crab harvested between Cape Arago (south of Charleston) and the Calif. border from the ocean, bays and estuaries. Due to high levels of domoic acid in their guts, or butter, crab should be eviserated before being consumed. Crab caught north of Cape Arago are not affected by this advisory. However, ODA rec- ommends always taking a pass on consumption of crab guts. • Mussels: Recreational and commercial harvest is closed from the mouth of the Yachats River to the California border due to elevated levels of domoic acid; the closure applies to mussels on all beaches, rocks, jetties and bay entrances. Mussel harvesting remains open to the north from Yachats to the Columbia River. • Bay clams: Recreational harvest is open (except for razor clams) inside estuaries along the entire Oregon Coast. • Scallops: Are not affected by closures when only the adductor muscle is eaten. • Commercial shellfish products remain safe for con- sumers. The Oregon Department of Agriculture's shellfish safety hotline is toll free and pro- vides the most current infor- mation regarding shellfish safety closures. Call the hotline at 1-800- 448-2474 for more informa- tion before harvesting. garage sale signs 541-997-3441 with your ad 2150 Hwy. 101 • Florence (541) 997-3475 • 1-800-348-3475 Visit the Siuslaw News online at WWW.THESIUSLAWNEWS.COM www.shoppelocal.biz
