SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2016
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Firewood permits still available for Siuslaw Forest
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Firewood permits remain
available for purchase at
Siuslaw
National
Forest
offices.
Permits are required regard-
less if the firewood is for per-
sonal use or to be sold com-
mercially. Firewood cutting
season typically runs from the
beginning of October through
the end of February, although
cutting and removing firewood
outside that timeframe may be
authorized on a case-by-case
basis.
Anyone interested in pur-
chasing a permit is encouraged
to contact their nearest national
forest office for details.
Permits for personal use fire-
wood cost $10 a cord, with a
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Fishing
from 1B
that from Knight Park boat
ramp to Sulphur Creek, until
Dec. 31, angling is restricted
to single point hook metal
lures, fly angling, or salmon
bobber angling.
SILETZ RIVER: Steelhead,
cutthroat, Chinook
The Siletz River and bay is
open for Chinook salmon.
Fishing is fair. Trolling herring
in the lower bay is an effective
technique. Eggs and bobber or
drifting eggs can be productive
in the upper bay and river as
the season progresses. Consult
the regulations for changes in
deadline locations through the
season.
Steelhead fishing is slow.
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Principal Broker
541 991-2151
1749 Highway 101 • 541-997-1200
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two cord minimum purchase.
Households are limited to six
cords per calendar year.
Commercial permits cost
$20 a cord, with a six cord min-
imum purchase.
For the Central Coast
Ranger District, personal-use
permits are on a first-come-
first served basis at both the
Waldport and Reedsport dis-
trict offices, as well as the
supervisor’s office in Corvallis.
There will be a reduced sup-
ply of personal use permits due
to a current shortage of har-
vestable wood.
Those interested in purchas-
ing a commercial permit must
first contact the district office
at 541-563-8400 to learn how
to submit an advance permit
request in writing.
Individuals may purchase a
commercial permit for up to a
maximum of 15 cords.
Across the forest, firewood
harvesting must occur in desig-
nated cutting areas only. Maps
can be reviewed before pur-
chasing a permit and will also
be issued at the time of permit
sales.
Depending on the permit,
harvesters will have 30 to 60
days to collect their firewood
from the date of purchase in the
Central Coast Ranger District.
When collecting firewood,
harvesters are reminded to:
• Adhere to provisions listed
on their permit
• Clean up cutting area, scat-
tering or removing debris from
wood cutting
• Keep firewood lengths to 6
feet or less when transporting
• Accurately record quanti-
ties cut on their removal cards
and firmly attach load tags to
the transported wood.
If collecting only limbs,
chunks of wood, or bark for
personal use only, firewood
gatherers should request a free-
use permit.
No power equipment can be
used when gathering free-use
firewood.
For more information or to
obtain a permit, contact a
Siuslaw National Forest office
by calling 541-750-7000.
Casting spinners, drifting bait
or using a bobber and jig can
be effective. Cover water and
fish small and simple as the
river conditions are low and
clear. For cutthroat trout, cast-
ing small spinners, spoons or
fly fishing streamers or dry
flies can be very effective.
closed through Nov. 30 to pro-
tect spawning fall Chinook
salmon
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 fish-
ing is usually best in the morn-
ings.
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.
marine fish daily bag limit is 7
fish and a separate daily limit
for lingcod is 2.
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. Anglers may
harvest 1 cabezon per day.
To help anglers identify
common species and comply
with the regulations, ODFW
has produced several sheets of
ID Tips for blue vs. black
rockfish and for China, copper
and quillback rockfish, as well
as a handout titled “What Can
I Keep, and How Many?”
M USSELS :
Mussels are Closed along
the entire Oregon coast due to
elevated levels of domoic acid.
R AZOR C LAMS :
Razor clamming is closed
along the entire Oregon coast
due to elevated levels domoic
acid.
B AY C LAMS :
Bay clamming is open along
the entire Oregon Coast from
the Columbia River to the
California border. Check the
ODFW Shellfish website for
where and when to harvest
your favorite bivalves.
Updated maps on where to
clam. Unfortunately, there will
be not be any good low tides
for bay clamming this week.
C RABBING :
Crabbing is open coast-wide
in bays and the ocean. Ocean
crabbing has been really good.
Crabbers in Coos Bay and
Alsea Bay have had some very
good crabbing lately.
This is the best time of the
year to go crabbing as the
legal-sized crabs are abundant
and the meat quality is
improving.
Red rock crab are caught
using the same gear as
Dungeness crab but have a
larger daily limit (24), and,
unlike Dungeness crab, any
size or sex of red rock crab
may be retained (although
most crabbers keep only the
largest crab, which have a lot
more meat than small ones).
Red rock crab are not pres-
ent in all Oregon bays; good
places to harvest them include
the docks in Tillamook,
Yaquina and Coos bays.
YAQUINA RIVER:
Cutthroat, Chinook
The Yaquina River and bay
is open for Chinook salmon.
Fishing is fair. Trolling herring
in the lower bay is an effective
technique. Eggs and bobber
can be productive in the upper
bay and river as the season
progresses.
For cutthroat trout casting
small spinners, spoons or fly
fishing streamers or dry flies
can be very effective. Angling
for all species in streams
above tidewater is open.
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trout
As water temperatures drop
this fall warmwater fish will
become more active all day
long. Bass will be found in
deeper water associated with
cover, like weed lines or other
structure. Plastic worms, shal-
low crankbaits, top water
lures, and spinner baits are
good to use for bass. The fall
is typically a good time of the
year to catch yellow perch
using worms or small jigs
fished near the bottom.
Rainbow trout are scheduled
to be stocked in several Coos
County lakes in early to mid-
October. Due to extremely low
water levels, Lower Empire
Lake will not be stocked.
Trout that were destined for
Lower Empire Lake will be
reallocated to Upper Empire
and Butterfield lakes.
Currently fishing for trout has
been decent in the deeper
lakes like Eel Lake. Anglers
are having success slowly
trolling wedding rings.
UMPQUA RIVER, SOUTH :
Closed
The South Umpqua is
ON THE
STREET
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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.
Razor clamming is closed
south of the north jetty of the
Siuslaw River.
Recreational ocean salmon
fishing from Cape Falcon to
Humbug Mt. is open for
Chinook salmon.
Anglers are allowed two
salmon per day with a mini-
mum size for Chinook at 24
inches or larger.
The Nearshore Halibut sea-
son is open seven days a week
from Cape Falcon to Humbug
Mt.
Monitor the marine zone
updates for season informa-
tion.
Fishing for bottom fish is
open to all-depths.
Fishing for black rockfish
has been good from Coos Bay
south to Bandon. Fishing for
ling cod has been decent. The
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month!”
—K ARIN R ADTKE ,
F LORENCE
“I am not prepared,we are not originally
from this area, but we will be doing something
soon.”
—J ON D OUDA ,
F LORENCE
“I have enough water to last for a week and
enough food to last for a month. I also have
lots of dog and cat food, and a camper van
with propane.”
—M AUREEN M ILTENBERGER ,
F LORENCE
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