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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2016
Discovery series begins today at Cape Perpetua
YACHATS — The blue-col-
lar logging community of
Waldport hardly would seem
the birthplace for the radical
peace movement of the 1960s.
But a war a generation earli-
er and a conscientious objec-
tors camp on the Siuslaw
National Forest may have laid
the groundwork for the ensuing
cultural revolution.
Author and historian Steve
McQuiddy will discuss his
book “Here on the Edge” at 2
p.m. today, as part of the
Winter Discovery Series at the
Cape Perpetua Visitor Center,
2400 S. Highway 101.
From October 1942 until
April 1946, Camp Angell was
the second conscientious objec-
tor’s camp in Oregon, detaining
about 120 objectors.
A brochure circulated at the
time, penned by renowned poet
William Everson, described the
camp as a “School for Fine
Arts,” and men with interests or
experience in the creative arts
were invited to transfer to the
camp.
Fishing
from 1B
have both boat and bank
access.
SIUSLAW RIVER: Steelhead
The winter steelhead fishery
is fair to good for both the
Siuslaw and Lake Creek sys-
tems. With so much rain this
winter, anglers have not had
that many quality fishing days
so get out there when you can
because the next few weeks
are typically peak season.
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
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 mistaken-
ly lists river as open for hatch-
ery Chinook beginning Jan. 1;
the correct opening date is
April 1.
“These people had an enor-
mous effect on an entire gener-
ation,” McQuiddy said. “But
many Americans today are not
even aware that there were con-
scientious objectors at all dur-
ing World War II.”
During the day, the men
worked planting trees, crushing
rock, building roads, chopping
wood and fighting forest fires.
At night, however, they pro-
duced books, plays, art and
music — giving up to 15 com-
munity performances a week.
The camp produced such lit-
erary works as “War Elegies”
and “Waldport Poems” by
Everson and “Horned Moon”
by Glen Coffield.
After the war, McQuiddy
said, camp members went on to
influence other cultural events
which eventually led to the rad-
ical peace movement of the
’60s.
“Nearly all the great social
movements in history can be
traced to small groups working
in obscurity, sometimes for
years,” McQuiddy observes.
“It’s powerful to actually see
the evidence of how small
actions really can make a big
difference.”
McQuiddy has won awards
for his feature writing, while
“Here on the Edge” was a 2014
finalist for the $10,000 Dayton
Literary Peace Prize. He is an
honorary director of the
Oregon Cultural Heritage
Commission and teaches writ-
ing at Lane Community
College in Eugene.
The Cape Perpetua Winter
Discovery Series is an opportu-
nity to explore topics and
resources relevant to the
Oregon Coast during the off-
season
months
between
November and March.
Upcoming Winter Discover
Series events:
Feb. 27 (2 p.m.) — Whales
of the Oregon Coast: Joy
Primrose, president of the
Oregon Chapter of the
American Cetacean Society,
will discuss the diverse species
of whales, dolphins and por-
poises found off the Oregon
Coast.
No RSVPs necessary.
March 5 (2 p.m.) — The
Amanda Story and Trail: Learn
the tale behind the trail. Doc
Slyter, an elder, flutist and trib-
al council member for the
Confederated Tribes of Coos,
Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw
Indians, along with Yachats
resident and trails enthusiast
Joanne Kittel, will tell the story
of a native woman and her peo-
ple’s forced march over Cape
Perpetua’s rocky headland to a
resettlement camp and the lega-
cy they left behind.
No RSVPs necessary.
March 20 (2 p.m.) —
Children’s Stories and Tidepool
Walk: Children’s author Kizzie
Jones will read from one of her
latest books, and then lead fam-
ilies down to the tidepools for a
guided tour. Jones blends her
love of dachshunds and the
ocean to create whimsical tall
tales.
Titles to her credit include
“How Dachshunds Came to
Be: A Tall Tale About A Short
Long Dog” and “A Tall Tale
About A Dachshund And A
Pelican: How A Friendship
Came To Be.”
No RSVPs necessary.
March 26 (2 p.m.) —
Oregon Dunes: They’re more
than just sand. Learn about the
origins, shapes and future of
the longest stretch of coastal
dunes in the United States.
Dina Pavlis, author of
“Secrets of the Oregon Dunes”
will share photos, stories and
knowledge gained from living
and playing within the Oregon
Dunes National Recreation
Area.
No RSVPs necessary.
All presentations and guided
walks are free, but a Northwest
Forest Pass, Oregon Coast
Passport, federal recreation
pass or $5 day-use fee is
required within to the Cape
Perpetua Scenic Area.
For more information, con-
tact the Cape Perpetua Visitor
Center at 541-547-3289.
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.
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.
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 pounds 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
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
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
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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
WINCHESTER BAY:
Bottomfish, perch
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 (2).
Anglers can only keep 3
blue rockfish and 1 canary
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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.
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Steelhead
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