SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, MAY 21, 2016
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Going boating? Make sure you have correct documentation
In Oregon, boaters must
have a certificate of title, cer-
tificate of number, and valida-
tion stickers to operate a motor-
boat of any length, or sailboat
longer than 12 feet, legally on
public waterways.
This includes boats that are
documented with a recreational
endorsement by the U.S. Coast
Guard and principally used or
moored in Oregon.
Documented boats that have
a recreational endorsement do
not have an Oregon certificate
of title and do not need to dis-
Fishing
from 1B
SILETZ RIVER: Steelhead
Winter steelhead fishing is
slow. This time of year is typi-
cally dominated by mostly
wild fish. Side drifting, bounc-
ing bottom or bobber fishing
can be productive.
WILSON RIVER: Steelhead,
Chinook
play an OR number, but are
required to register and display
a current validation sticker on
both sides of the aftermost part
of the hull in the upper, square
foot, below the deck line.
All other recreational boats
moored in Oregon are required
to have current validation stick-
er.
The certificate of number,
commonly called the “registra-
tion card,” is a pocket-sized
card that must be on board and
available for inspection by an
enforcement officer whenever
the boat is being operated.
The registration number is
specific to the boat and is
issued with the title and regis-
tration. The registration num-
ber (OR#) and validation stick-
er (decal) must be displayed on
the starboard and port side bow
of the boat.
Once a number is issued, it
can be painted, applied as a
decal sticker, or otherwise
affixed to the bow and placed
above the water line so it can be
read easily.
Numbers are read from left
to right on both sides of the
bow and must be in 3-inch high
block letters (not slanted) and
separated by at least 2 inches.
Letters must be in a contrast-
ing color to the boat’s hull color
or striping.
The validation sticker (decal
-good for two calendar years)
must be affixed on each side of
the boat and placed in line.
The sticker on the port side is
after the OR number and on the
starboard side, before the OR
number (see illustration).
The decal expires on Dec. 31
of the year indicated on the
sticker.
The certificate of title, cer-
tificate of number and valida-
tion stickers (decals) can be
obtained by completing an
application and submitting the
proper fee with documentation
to the Oregon State Marine
Board.
Many boat dealers will sub-
mit the documents on your
behalf for an agent fee.
Obtaining a title and certifi-
cate of number can take any-
where from a month to four
months, depending on the boat
dealer or other documents that
may be needed to complete the
transaction.
Failure to have a certificate
of registration for documented
vessels is a B violation and a
$260 fine. Failure for a boat
operator to carry a certificate of
number is a D violation and a
$$110 fine.
Boaters can also be cited
with failure to obtain a title, a D
violation with $110 fine.
To learn more at visit www.
boatoregon.com.
Winter steelhead fishing is
slow. This time of year is typi-
cally dominated by mostly
wild fish. Summer steelhead
season is around the corner
and a few early fish could start
to show up at any time.
throat trout fishing on May 22.
but trout fishing has been slow.
Trout fishing in Tenmile Lakes
has been slow but the lake was
recently stocked with legal
size rainbows.
Largemouth bass fishing has
been good over the past week.
Anglers are catching bass in
shallow water on spinner baits,
jigs, and rubber worms.
have been catching redtail surf
perch. Sand shrimp or Berkley
Gulp sand worms have been
working the best for bait. Surf
perch fishing is usually best on
the incoming tide.
Recreational ocean salmon
fishing from Cape Falcon to
Humbug Mt. 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. The selective
coho (fin-clipped) season will
open on June 25 with a quota
of 26,000 coho.
The first All-Depth Halibut
fishing days from Cape Falcon
to Humbug Mt. will be May
12-14. The Nearshore Halibut
season will not open until June
1.
Fishing for bottom fish is
now closed outside of a line
approximating the 30-fathom
curve. Fishing for black rock-
fish continues to be very good
from Charleston to Bandon
when the ocean is calm
enough for anglers to get out
on the water. Fishing for ling
cod has been slow recently.
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.
YAQUINA RIVER:
Steelhead
The river basin is closed to
all fishing above the head of
tide and will reopen for cut-
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COOS COUNTY LAKES
and PONDS: Trout, warmwa-
ter fish
Bluebill Lake is scheduled
to be stocked with legal size
trout this week. Trophy and
legal size trout were recently
stocked into Empire Lakes and
Powers Pond. Anglers that
catch a tagged trout in Empire
Lakes can report the tag num-
ber to ODFW by stopping by
the Charleston Office, calling
541-888-5515, or report tags
online. A few of these tags are
worth a $50 gift card.
Bradley Lake was stocked
last week with trophy trout.
These fish were planted from
the north side of the lake to
avoid the aquatic vegetation
problem at the boat ramp.
Legal size trout have also been
stocked recently into Tenmile
Lakes and Mingus Park Pond.
Fishing in the area lakes for
trout has been ok with anglers
having the best success using
small spinners, spoons, or gar-
lic flavored Powerbait. The
daily trout bag limit in these
lakes is five trout per day with
only one trout over 20 inches.
Largemouth bass fishing is
picking up with the warmer
days. This time of the year
bass will be found in shallow
water typically near a weedline
or structure. Plastic worms,
shallow crankbaits, and spin-
ner baits are good to use for
bass.
TENMILE BASIN: Trout,
steelhead, bass
Streams in the Tenmile
Basin are closed for trout fish-
ing until May 22. Tenmile
Lakes is open all year for trout
UMPQUA RIVER, SOUTH:
Steelhead
The South Umpqua is cur-
rently open to adipose fin-
clipped steelhead harvest, and
a few hatchery winter steel-
head are still being harvested
below the confluence of
Canyon Creek.
There have also been reports
of solid bass fishing as the
water temperatures become
warmer, but remember the
South Umpqua is closed to all
angling May 1-21.
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,
salmon, halibut
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.
Anglers fishing the beaches
from Coos Bay to Bandon
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BOTTOM FISHING:
Central coast bottom fishing
for rockfish has been good,
although highly weather
dependent. There were a few
bar restrictions over the past
week making it difficult for
smaller sport boats to get out.
But, charter boats did well
with limits of rockfish.
Lingcod catches have been
spotty — likely due to lacklus-
ter ocean conditions.
Patchiness aside, there were
some large lingcod caught on
the central coast. On the north
coast rockfishing has been hot
— with many near limits and
about 1 lingcod per angler
(when boats are able to get
out).
SURFPERCH: Being caught
on the beaches on the central
and south coast. However,
perch haven’t moved into the
estuaries yet — although that
should be happening any day.
Surfperch are a diverse group
of fish that provide a variety of
angling opportunities.
SHELLFISH:
Current shellfish harvest
closures in the ocean and bays
due to elevated levels of
domoic acid as of April 15:
Razor clams: Open north
of Tillamook Head to the
Columbia River. Closed south
of Tillamook Head to the CA
border.
Bay clams: Open coast-
wide
Crabbing: Open coastwide
Mussels: Closed from the
Columbia River to Cascade
Head (north of Lincoln City) -
Open from Cascade Head to
the OR/CA border.
Call the ODA shellfish safe-
ty hotline at 1-800-448-2474
before harvesting.
Trout
from 1B
are also now available in
many of the streams that will
open Sunday.
The late spring trout open-
er is an important piece
ODFW’s “Trout 365” strate-
gy, which aims to recruit and
retain anglers by focusing
public attention on year-
around trout fishing opportu-
nities across Oregon.
Those
opportunities
include more than 350
stocked ponds, high lakes
trout fisheries, a new trophy
trout program at five venues
around the state, trout fishing
“how to” videos, and family
fishing events.
For a comprehensive list-
ing, including open areas,
bag limits, and gear/bait
restrictions, refer to the 2016
Oregon
Sport
Fishing
Regulations, which are avail-
able free in print form at
ODFW license agents, or on-
line.
For more information
about trout fishing or fishing
in general, please visit the
ODFW
website
at
www.dfw.state.or.us
and
click on the “Fishing” tab.
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