SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 2016
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ODFW clam dive permit to be awarded next week
SALEM — The Oregon
Department of Fish and
Wildlife will award one South
Coast bay clam dive permit
April 15, at ODFW headquar-
ters in Salem.
“The commercial bay clam
dive fishery in Oregon is limit-
ed to 15 permits — 10 coast-
wide permits and five south
Fishing
from 1B
and bank access.
SIUSLAW RIVER:
Steelhead
The winter steelhead fishery
is fair for both the Siuslaw and
Lake Creek systems. River
conditions will vary through
the week as more rain is pre-
dicted. Casting lures, bobber
fishing or pulling plugs are
good options.
ALSEA RIVER: Steelhead
Winter steelhead fishing is
slow to fair. Forecasted rain
this week should move in
some new fish and improve
the bite. 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
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coast permits,” said DeAnna
Erickson, license services man-
ager for ODFW. “If the number
of permits falls below 15, we
hold a lottery to bring the num-
ber back up to 15.
“Currently there is one South
Coast permit available.”
South Coast permits are only
valid in Oregon estuaries south
of Heceta Head.
Bay clams are harvested by
licensed inter-tidal commercial
harvesters and also by permit-
ted sub-tidal divers.
Harvest focuses on cockles,
gapers and butter clams.
“Historical landings patterns
and species targeted vary
depending on market demand,
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 fair
for both bank and boat anglers.
Forecasted rains this week
should help to move in some
new fish and spread out the
run. Side drifting, bouncing
bottom or bobber fishing can
be productive.
WILSON RIVER: Steelhead,
Steelhead angling should be
good when conditions are
favorable. Fish are spread out
through the system. The river
should be fishable by mid-
week. Fish larger, brighter
offerings slowly in areas
where flows are softer while
the water is high.
Steelhead
The winter steelhead fishery
is slow in the Big Elk. Casting
lures or bobbers fishing are the
best techniques for this river.
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COOS COUNTY LAKES
PONDS: Trout
AND
Empire Lakes is scheduled
for stocking this week with
legal size rainbow trout.
Empire Lakes has already been
stocked with legal size trout
this month along with Johnson
Mill Pond, Powers Pond,
Bradley Lake, and Saunders
Lakes.
The daily trout bag limit in
these lakes is five trout per day
with only one trout over 20
inches. Anglers are catching
trout on spinners or by fishing
Powerbait.
COOS RIVER BASIN:
Dungeness crab, steelhead,
bay clams
Steelhead angling is open in
the Coos Basin until April 30.
Currently the water levels in
the Coos Basin steelhead
rivers are up and muddy. There
are still a few steelhead around
but most anglers have put
away their gear for the season.
Anglers are catching steelhead
drift fishing corkies or eggs.
Jigs fished under a bobber area
also catching several steel-
head. Anglers fishing the
South Fork Coos River above
Dellwood will need a permit
from Weyerhaeuser, which
they can pick up at the
Dellwood office.
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 angling is open in
the Tenmile Basin until April
30. Steelhead fishing has been
slow in Tenmile Creek and Eel
Creek.
The best fishing has been
near the mouth of Saunders
Creek and Eel Creek. In the
Tenmile Basin 1 additional
hatchery steelhead may be
retained per day for a total
aggregate of 3 adult fish har-
vested daily.
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environmental conditions and
population abundances,” said
Mitch Vance, shellfish project
leader for ODFW’s Marine
Resources Program. “Some
restrictions also exist for con-
servation purposes.
“For instance, the season for
gapers is closed from January
to June when they are spawn-
ing.”
To renew a permit for next
year, the holder must meet min-
imum landing requirements of
five landings of at least 100
pounds each or an annual total
of 2,500 pounds with dive gear.
If there are no landings, the
permit reverts to the state.
UMPQUA RIVER, SOUTH:
Retention of cabezon is pro-
hibited through June 30.
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 are still excel-
lent hatchery steelhead harvest
opportunities on the South
Umpqua especially around
Stanton Park in Canyonville.
WINCHESTER BAY:
Bottomfish, perch
Fishing for bottomfish in the
Triangle and South jetty has
been successful.
PACIFIC OCEAN AND
BEACHES: Bottomfish,
Dungeness crab, surf perch
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.
A few anglers fishing the
beaches near Coos Bay have
been catching redtail surf
perch. The ocean has been
very rough lately so picking
days with lower swells is key
to catching fish. Sand shrimp
or Berkley Gulp sand worms
have been working the best for
bait.
Recreational ocean salmon
fishing from Cape Falcon to
Humbug Mt. runs through
April 30.
The season is open for all
salmon except coho salmon.
Anglers are allowed two
salmon per day with a mini-
mum size for Chinook at 24
inches or larger.
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.
Today, the Vikings are home
again, hosting Junction City
beginning at 2 p.m. This game
was originally scheduled as a
doubleheader beginning at noon.
Instead, the JV girls will open the
day in the noon slot, followed by
the varsity matchup at 2 p.m.
Tuesday, the Vikings will
PACIFIC HALIBUT
Recommended dates for the
sport halibut fishery are avail-
able on the ODFW sport hal-
ibut webpage. Dates will be
finalized by the Oregon Fish
and Wildlife Commission
dates at its meeting on April
22.
SURFPERCH
This is a diverse group of
fish that provides a variety of
angling opportunities. Spring
is traditionally the time when
marine perch species like Pile
Perch and Walleye Perch are
found in numbers in Oregon
estuaries; Striped Seaperch are
found year-round in rocky
areas like jetties; and ocean
surf is the place to find Redtail
Surfperch and Silver Perch.
For details on how to catch
these guys, see Surfperch
Fishing (pdf).
The bag limit for surfperch
is generous at 15 per day.
However, a lot remains
unknown about the status of
surfperch populations off the
Oregon Coast, so, as usual,
take only what you will use.
SHELLFISH
A couple of regulations
were inadvertently left out of
the 2016 Oregon Sport Fishing
Regulation booklet.
1) The daily bag limit for
shrimp (edible) is 20 lb. in the
shell; may be taken by traps,
pots or rings.
2) Each digger of razor
clams (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 an
Oregon Disabilities Hunting
and Fishing Permit).
Current shellfish harvest
closures in the ocean and bays
due to elevated levels of
domoic acid as of Mar. 7:
Razor clams: Closed south
of Tillamook Head
Bay clams: Open coast-
wide
Crabs: Open coastwide
Mussels: Open coastwide
wrap up preseason play on the
road at Tillamook, then kick off
league competition Friday, April
9, in a doubleheader at
Marshfield.
First pitch for both games is at
3 p.m.
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