SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2016
Boat ramp
reopens at
Westlake
Lane County announced
Friday that the Westlake boat
ramp repair is complete and
the boat ramp is open again.
The ramp was closed on
Nov. 6 in order to repair the
dock abutment damaged dur-
ing storms in 2012.
The cost for repair was
partly funded by disaster
relief funds from the Federal
Emergency
Management
Agency (FEMA).
The repairs were originally
scheduled to be complete in
mid-December; however, a
series of storms and high
water levels delayed work for
several weeks.
ATHLETE
OF THE
WEEK
Viks
from 1C
“He wrestled some outstand-
ing matches,” Wartnik said of
Tupua, who had the Viks’ highest
individual finish with a third-
place medal. “He caught some
people by surprise and wrestled
smart.”
The Viks also had two fourth-
place finishes, beginning with
sophomore Ricky Huff, who won
Mapleton
some wind in Mapleton’s sails,
with Simington scoring 11 points
that included a pair of 3-pointers.
Packebush didn’t score but
created opportunities with a
series of steals and by pressuring
the Indians at the point.
Along with scoring from
freshman post Gabe Simington,
freshman wing Evan Maso and
Smith, the Sailors were able to
close the gap to within five points
to trial 31-26 heading into the
half.
Fishing
Kainan Lane
Siusla
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Wrestling
The Viking junior
captured the 285
pound championship
at last week’s Far
West League meet at
South Umpqua High
School.
Honorable Mention
Andrew Tupua
Honorable mention is given
to Andrew Tupua who
claimed the 152 pound
championship at the same
meet; then finished in third
at the 32-team Cottage
Grove Invitational.
from 1C
from 1C
Creek systems. With so much
rain this winter, anglers have
not had that many quality fish-
ing days so get out there when
you can because the next few
weeks are typically peak sea-
son.
During higher flows, the
Lake Creek basin tends to fish
better and clear more quickly.
Casting lures, bobber fishing
or pulling plugs are good
options.
ALSEA RIVER: Steelhead
Winter steelhead fishing is
good with anglers doing well
in the upper to mid river sec-
tions. With so much rain this
winter, many fish have pushed
upstream quickly. During
higher flows, the upper river
fishes well. During lower clear
flows, it’s better to focus
efforts in the mid to lower
four of six matches at 113
pounds.
After winning by fall in 2:49
over Leighton Alexander of
Mazama in his opening match,
Huff lost to Bayarmagnai Oktar
of Corvallis by a 6-2 decision.
Huff then won his next three
matches before finding himself in
a rematch with Oktar for a chance
to place third.
Once again, Huff was able to
avoid the pin for all nine minutes
but finished fourth after losing by
decision, 5-1.
Also finishing fourth was 220-
pound senior Dylan Jennings,
who won his first three matches
— two by fall and one by a 4-0
decision — before losing to
Sheldon’s Andru Johnson by fall
in 1:51.
Jennings won his next match
by a 2-1 decision over Louie
Sanchez of Cascade, but lost in a
major 10-0 decision to Lowell’s
Mahsen Asher for fourth place.
Siuslaw also got scoring from
Scott Simmons at 132 pounds
and Kainan Lane at 285 pounds
with 6 points each. At 152
pounds, Nick Steinman had 5.5
points, and Murray Bingham
(132 pounds) had 3 points for
Siuslaw.
Monday, the Vikings added a
match to this week’s schedule,
with Siuslaw traveling to
Philomath for a dual meet with
the Warriors tomorrow night,
beginning at 5:30 p.m.
“I’m very proud of this group
of young men,” said Wartnik,
whose team will compete at
regionals Feb. 19 and 20 at
Henley High School for a chance
to advance to state Feb. 26 and
27. “They’ve worked hard all
season and it’s paying off when it
matters most.”
Gabe Simington quickly nar-
rowed the gap with back-to-back
scores off the glass to start the
third period, with cousin Hunter
Simington giving Mapleton its
first lead, 33-31, off of a 3-point
play that included a short jumper
and foul shot.
Both offenses were in a dead
heat for the rest of the period until
the Indians were able to take a
slim 41-39 lead to start the fourth
quarter.
Less than 30 seconds into the
period, Wells evened things up
with a skyhook-style shot from
outside the paint, 41-41. The
Indians answered with a steal and
fastbreak layup, then a long 3-
pointer to edge ahead by five
with 4:26 left on the clock.
Hunter Simington scored, with
Mohawk missing its next four
free-throw attempts. Simington
then grabbed a loose ball and
scored on the fastbreak, putting
the Sailors within two points, 47-
45.
A free throw with 1:24 remain-
ing made it a 3-point advantage
for Mohawk, 48-45, with the
Indians scoring on their next pos-
session for a five-point lead, 50-
45.
Simington cut the lead to three
with 46 seconds left as the
Indians went into a delay offense.
Forced the foul, the Sailors began
sending the Indians to the charity
line in hopes of gaining posses-
sion. Simington put the Sailors
within two points with 32 sec-
onds left.
Mohawk went to the line and
missed its next three free throws
but made the fourth to go ahead
52-49 with 8 seconds left.
In those final seconds, the
Indians managed a steal and
layup to narrowly put the game
away, 54-49.
The girls game was a similar
battle as the Lady Sailors
attempted to make it two in a row
against the visiting Indians, who
used their high-pressure defense
to create just enough opportuni-
ties to nab a slim win, 34-24.
Last night, Mapleton hosted
Lowell (after press deadlines) for
the final home game of the sea-
son.
Thursday, the Sailors will
wrap up the season on the road at
McKenzie.
Girls tip off at 5:30 p.m., fol-
lowed by the boys at 7 p.m.
river sections. Casting spinners
/ spoons, or floating bait or a
jig are good options.
SALMON RIVER: Steelhead
Winter steelhead fishing is
fair and fish can be found
throughout the mainstem as
river conditions allow. Casting
lures, bouncing the bottom or
drifting jigs or bait under a
bobber are good techniques to
consider.
SILETZ RIVER: steelhead
Winter steelhead fishing is
fair to good with both bank
and boat anglers hooking fish
through the mainstem as river
conditions allow.
The river should fish well
most of this week. Side drift-
ing, bouncing bottom or bob-
ber fishing can be productive.
WILSON RIVER: Steelhead,
Chinook
Steelhead angling should be
good as the river drops from
recent high water. Fish are
spread out through the system.
Angling for Chinook is closed.
An error in the 2016 Fishing
Regulations mistakenly lists
river as open for hatchery
Chinook beginning Jan. 1; the
correct opening date is April 1.
River is the first river to clear
after a rain followed by the
East Fork Millicoma and
South Fork Coos rivers.
Anglers fishing the South Fork
Coos River above Dellwood
will need a permit from
Weyerhaeuser, which they can
pick up at the Dellwood office.
In the Coos Basin 1 addi-
tional hatchery steelhead may
be retained per day for a total
aggregate of 3 adult fish har-
vested daily.
Recreational harvest of crab
re-opened from the Columbia
River to the California border.
TENMILE BASIN: Trout,
steelhead
Streams in the Tenmile
Basin are now closed for trout
fishing until May 22. Tenmile
Lakes is open all year for trout
but trout fishing has been
slow.
Steelhead fishing has been
slow in Tenmile Creek and Eel
Creek. Thirty five hatchery
steelhead from the Eel Lake
Fish Trap were recycled back
into the fishery at Spinreel
Park. In the Tenmile Basin 1
additional hatchery steelhead
may be retained per day for a
total aggregate of 3 adult fish
harvested daily.
Fishing for bottomfish in the
Triangle and South jetty has
been successful.
PACIFIC OCEAN and
BEACHES: Bottomfish,
Dungeness crab
Recreational harvest of crab
is open along the entire
Oregon Coast. It is still recom-
mended you discard the crab
viscera (guts/butter) before
cooking.
Fishing for bottom fish is
open to fishing at all-depths.
Fishing for black rockfish and
lingcod continues to be very
good from Charleston to
Bandon when the ocean is
calm enough for anglers to get
out on the water.
The marine fish daily bag
limit is seven fish and a sepa-
rate 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 prohibited through
June 30.
B OTTOM F ISHING
Cabezon retention is pro-
hibited through June; this is an
annual seasonal closure.
The few boats that were
able to get out of Newport last
week had limits of large rock-
fish and nearly one lingcod per
angler. Effort in other places
was limited due to rough seas.
There’s a new rockfish on
the block. Deacon rockfish is a
newly identified species that
was formerly referred to as the
solid version of blue rockfish.
What does that mean for
you? Nothing in 2016. Every
rule that refers to blue rockfish
(like the daily bag limit of 3)
now applies to blue rockfish
and deacon rockfish combined.
S HELLFISH
A couple of regulations
were inadvertently left out of
the 2016 Oregon Sport Fishing
Regulation booklet: (1) The
daily bag limit for shrimp (edi-
ble) is 20 lb. in the shell; may
be taken by traps, pots or
rings. (2) Each razor clam dig-
ger (as with all clams) must
have his or her own container,
must dig his or her own clams,
and may not possess more than
one limit of clams while in the
digging area (except under a
Disabled Clam Digger Permit).
Current shellfish harvest
closures in the ocean and bays
due to elevated levels of
domoic acid as of Feb. 1:
Razor clams: Closed south
of Tillamook Head.
Bay clams: Open coast-
wide.
Crabs: Open coastwide.
Mussels: Open coastwide.
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YAQUINA RIVER:
Steelhead
The winter steelhead fishery
is fair in the Big Elk and
should continue to produce
over the next few weeks.
Look for the next good rain
to push in another batch of
fish. Anglers are reminded that
there is a lot of private proper-
ty along the Big Elk. Casting
lures or bobbers fishing are the
best techniques for this river.
COOS COUNTY LAKES
PONDS: Trout
AND
Lakes in Coos County are
open all year for trout fishing.
Last week 30 hatchery steel-
head, that returned to Eel Lake
trap, were stocked into
Butterfield Lake to provide
additional fishing opportunity
for trout anglers.
These steelhead stocked into
Butterfield Lake are no consid-
ered trout and may be harvest.
The daily trout bag limit in
Butterfield is 5 trout per day
with only 1 trout over 20 inch-
es per day.
UMPQUA RIVER, SOUTH:
Steelhead
The South Umpqua is cur-
rently open to adipose fin-
clipped steelhead harvest, and
winter steelhead fishing will
improve as water levels
recede.
There will be excellent
hatchery steelhead harvest
opportunities on the South
Umpqua as the season pro-
gresses, especially around
Stanton Park in Canyonville.
COOS RIVER BASIN:
Dungeness crab, steelhead,
bay clams
Steelhead anglers are catch-
ing lots of steelhead when con-
ditions are right. With the
recent rain the river might be
fishable today but too high and
muddy tomorrow.
Anglers are catching steel-
head drift fishing corkies or
eggs. Jigs fished under a bob-
ber area also catching several
steelhead.
The West Fork Millicoma
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