SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2016
Vikings
NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
Siuslaw junior Katherine Dodson connects for an RBI in the fifth inning against Junction City on Saturday.
Viks
from 1B
of opportunities to put the bat on the
ball under live game situations.
“It’s a bummer the preseason
worked out that way, but it is what it
is,” said O’Mara, whose team played
its final preseason matchup yesterday
ATHLETE
OF THE
WEEK
Claire Waggoner
Siusla
w H.S
.
Softball
The junior first baseman
was 4-5 at the plate in
the Vikings’ victory over
Sutherlin last week,
including a double and
two stolen bases. Wag-
goner also scored four
runs in the 15-8 non-
league win.
at Tillamook (after press deadlines).
“We’ve just gone into each game
ready to play whoever shows up.”
Against the Tigers, the Vikings had
a solid outing at the plate, with jun-
iors Heidi Jones and Nikki Lanius
both going 2-for-3.
Jones had 2 runs scored, with
Lanius scoring once and batting in 1
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
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
run. Fellow junior Chehalis Stinger
had an RBI double and 1 run scored,
along with an RBI from junior
Katherine Dodson to help push
Siuslaw past the Tigers.
From the pitcher’s circle, Jones
struck out 6 and had just 2 walks.
Friday, the Vikings will begin the
Far West League season on the road
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.
YAQUINA RIVER:
Steelhead
The winter steelhead fishery
is slow in the Big Elk. Casting
lures or bobbers fishing are the
best techniques for this river.
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
Honorable Mention
Heidi Jones
Jones allowed only six hits
as she picked up both wins
in the circle for Siuslaw
last week. Jones struck
out five in the Sutherlin
win and was 4-6 at the
plate on the week.
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for a doubleheader at Marshfield.
“They are the team to beat,”
O’Mara said of the Pirates, who won
the district title last season.
First pitch for Friday’s matchup
goes out at 3 p.m., with game two
scheduled for 4:30 p.m.
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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Foglio Drop Box Service
County Transfer and Recycling
Elson Shields Property Management
Carpet Cleaning Solutions
Wind Drift Kites
Leisure Excavating
Dry Tech Carpet Cleaning
Maple Street Grille
Florence RV and Automotive Specialists
Shawn Fleming Construction, LLC
Randy's Riverview Market
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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.
Retention of cabezon is pro-
from 1B
distance races after winning
the 1,500-meter event with a
time of 5:01.59.
Freshman Kaeli Ramos
was third in 5:37.60.
In the hurdles, senior
Mikaela Siegel continued her
dominance and momentum
as a reigning state 4A 100-
meter champion with a win at
16.38. Sophomore Kaylee
Graham finishing second
(17.74).
Siegel also placed second
in the 300-meter hurdles
(51.48), followed by Graham
in third place (53.26).
Siegel went on to land first
in the triple jump with a leap
of 33 feet, 2.5 inches.
On the other runway, jun-
ior leaper Abby Watkins
cleared 15 feet, 6.5 inches,
and junior Destinie Tatum
tied for first place in the high
jump at 4 feet, 8 inches.
Saturday, several members
of the Viking track team will
compete at the Jim Robinson
Bigfoot Pepsi Twilight
Invitational in Roseburg, a
17-team invitation-only meet
of some of the state’s top-
ranked athletes.
Events begin at 4 p.m.
hibited through June 30.
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
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