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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JULY 23, 2016
Heceta
from 1B
upon the shallows near Devil’s
Elbow in 1775. They talk of the
intricacies of the beam itself. How
its rotation sequence and number
of Fresnel panels is unique —
because each lighthouse has its
Fishing
from 1B
Pond at the Millicoma
Interpretive Center and fishing
is excellent.
Millicoma Pond is set aside
for kids fishing only and is a
great chance for them to hook
into fish. Call before traveling
to Millicoma Pond to make
sure the gates are open. The
phone number is 541-267-
2557.
Fishing for largemouth bass
is best in mornings and late
evenings. Bass will be found
in a little deeper water associ-
ated with cover, like weed-
lines or other structure.
Bluegill fishing is picking
up with many fish found in or
near shallow water. Plastic
worms, shallow crankbaits,
topwater lures, and spinner
baits are good to use for bass.
Bluegills will bite on worms,
small jigs, or flies.
UMPQUA RIVER, SOUTH:
Bass
Trout fishing is catch-and-
release only in the South
Umpqua and tributaries. Bass
fishing should be good with
warmer water temperatures.
TENMILE BASIN: Trout,
bass, yellow perch
Trout fishing has been slow
in Tenmile Lakes due to warm
water. Trout anglers should
fish in the deep water and
fishing is usually best in the
mornings.
Largemouth bass fishing
has been good over the past
month. Anglers are catching
bass near structure or on the
deep end of the weed lines
using spinner baits, jigs, or
rubber worms. Top water lures
have been effective in the
early mornings or evenings.
Fishing for yellow perch
has been slow in Tenmile
Lakes. Anglers fishing along
the edge of the weedlines are
having the best success.
Worms fished near the lake
bottom work very well for
catching yellow perch.
The water level in the lakes
is very low so boat anglers
should use caution.
COOS RIVER BASIN:
Dungeness crab, bay clams,
rockfish
Angling is restricted to arti-
ficial flies and lures in streams
above tidewater.
Anglers have been catching
a few rockfish along the jetties
and submerged rock piles. The
marine fish daily bag limit for
bottom fish (rockfish) is seven
fish and a separate daily limit
for lingcod (2). Anglers can
only keep three blue rockfish
own signature.
The Umpqua River lighthouse
near Winchester Bay, for example,
has 32 light panels, with every
third plate colored red, creating a
consistent red flash every few sec-
onds. Up the coast in Newport, the
Yaquina Head Lighthouse flashes
its warning to sea-goers every 20
seconds — not in a beam, but a
burst of light that can be seen from
20 miles away.
In the end, however, it’s the
silent sweep of brilliant light
across the horizon that speaks to
visitors the most.
Standing at the base of the light-
house, the group stares up at the
slowly revolving beacon, momen-
tarily joining its vigil. With their
and 1 canary rockfish as part
of their daily limit and there
will be no harvest of China,
quillback, or copper rockfish.
Retention of 1 cabezon per
day is allowed.
Crabbing has been decent
for those crabbing from a boat
with the best crabbing near
high tide. There has been a
mixture of hard shell and soft
shell crab in the catch. It is
still recommended you discard
the crab viscera (guts/butter)
before cooking.
Recreational harvest of bay
clams remains open along the
entire Oregon coast.
Clamming is excellent during
low tides near Charleston, off
Cape Arago Highway, and
Clam Island. There are also
good places to dig clams even
on positive low tides in Coos
Bay.
NOTE: Recreational harvest
of razor clams is closed from
the north jetty of the Siuslaw
River south to the California
border due to elevated levels
of domoic acid. This includes
all beaches and all bays.
Before any shellfish harvest
trip, make sure to check the
Oregon Department of
Agriculture website for any
updates.
of July 3, 99 percent of the
selective coho quota remains.
Anglers have been catching
tuna about 20-30 miles west
of Coos Bay.
The Nearshore Halibut sea-
son is open seven days a week
from Cape Falcon to Humbug
Mt. As of July 3, 67 percent of
the nearshore quota remains.
Fishing for bottom fish is
now closed outside of a line
approximating the 30-fathom
curve.
Fishing for black rockfish
has been good from Coos Bay
south to Bandon. Fishing for
ling cod has been decent. The
marine fish daily bag limit is
seven fish and a separate daily
limit for lingcod (2). Anglers
can only keep 3 blue rockfish
and 1 canary rockfish as part
of their daily limit and there
will be no harvest of China,
quillback, or copper rockfish.
Anglers may harvest one
cabezon per day.
WINCHESTER BAY:
Bottomfish, perch
Fishing for bottom fish 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 rec-
ommended you discard the
crab viscera (guts/butter)
before cooking.
Razor clamming is closed
south of the north jetty of the
Siuslaw River.
Anglers fishing the beaches
from Coos Bay to Bandon
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
opened on June 25 with a
quota of 26,000 coho.
Fishing for salmon in the
ocean has been very slow. As
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eyes, they follow the enormous
shafts of light slicing through the
darkness, entranced by the motion.
The repetition.
And the thought that, 100 years
from now, it could still be here,
lighting the way — unchanged and
offering safe passage through trou-
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(Tours of the Heceta Head
Lighthouse are given daily
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observation area is open year
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a spectacular view of the coastline.
To arrange a tour outside of the
regular tour season, call Oregon
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