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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2017
Viks
from 1B
5 points. The Lady Viks also got
scoring from fellow seniors Abby
Watkins (3) and Nikki Launius
(3), junior Marika White (2)
sophomore Alyssa Richards (2)
Fishing
from 1B
steelhead fishing. Casting spin-
ners, drifting bait or using a
bobber and jig can be effec-
tive.
ALSEA RIVER: Chinook,
steelhead
Steelhead fishing opened on
the Alsea River and listed trib-
utaries. Fishing is fair when
river conditions are favorable.
Casting spinners, drifting
bait or using a bobber and jig
can be effective.
SALMON RIVER: Steelhead
The Salmon River opened
for wild and hatchery steel-
head is open. Wild winter
steelhead can be retained on
the Salmon River.
Daily and annual bag limit
on wild winter steelhead are
1/day and 3/year. Casting spin-
ners, drifting bait or using a
bobber and jig can be effec-
tive.
SILETZ RIVER AND BAY:
Steelhead
Winter steelhead opportuni-
ties are improving as more fish
move through the mainstem.
Casting spinners, drifting bait
or using a bobber and jig can
be effective.
WILSON RIVER: Steelhead
Hatchery steelhead are
available and opportunities
should improve on through
January as conditions improve.
All the usual techniques
such as side drifting, float fish-
ing, and pulling plugs or divers
and bait, should be effective.
Anglers are reminded that
fall Chinook season is closed.
YAQUINA RIVER:
Steelhead
The Yaquina River is open
for hatchery winter steelhead.
Casting spinners, drifting bait
or using a bobber and jig can
be effective.
COOS COUNTY
LAKES/PONDS: Trout
Rainbow trout were stocked
in Upper Empire, Bradley,
Saunders, Powers and
Butterfield lakes in October.
Fishing for these stocked fish
has slowed down. Coos
County lakes and ponds will
not be stocked again until the
spring.
COOS RIVER BASIN:
Dungeness crab, bay clams,
rockfish, steelhead
Trout fishing in streams is
closed until May 22.
A few steelhead have been
caught the past few weeks in
the West Fork Millicoma,
and freshman Mia Collins (1).
Tatum lead in rebounds with 7,
and Long had 4 steals.
North Bend went on to win it
59-27, moving into a tie for first
place with Douglas and
Marshfield at 4-1.
In the boys game, the Vikings
remained a threat to the undefeat-
ed Bulldogs throughout the first
half, trailing by just 8 points at
halftime, 29-21.
But the Bulldogs dominated
the second half, outscoring
Siuslaw 39-17 and posting five
players in double-figure scoring
en route to a 68-39 win.
For the Viks, 37 of its 39 points
came from its juniors, with post
Trent Reavis claiming 20 points
to lead scoring. Jake Hickson had
8 points, including a pair of 3-
pointers; Kyle King had 6 points
and Jared Brandt had 3 points to
go with 7 rebounds.
The Bulldogs remain poised at
the top of the Far West at 5-0, fol-
lowed by a three-way tie for sec-
ond place between Siuslaw,
Marshfield and Douglas (3-2).
Last night the Vikings had a
bye, but will return to the hard-
wood Friday to kick off the sec-
ond half of league at South
Umpqua.
Girls tip off at 6 p.m., followed
by the boys game at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Siuslaw will host
Marshfield.
East Fork Millicoma, and
South Fork Coos rivers.
The West Fork Millicoma
was the only river in the basin
that was fishable over the past
weekend.
Anglers are drifting eggs or
corkies along the stream bot-
tom or using a jig suspended
under a bobber. Anglers fish-
ing the South Fork Coos River
above Dellwood will need a
permit from Weyerhaeuser,
which they can pick up at the
Dellwood office.
In the Coos Basin 1 addi-
tional hatchery steelhead may
be retained per day for a total
aggregate of 3 adult fish har-
vested daily.
Anglers have been catching
a few rockfish and surfperch
along the jetties and sub-
merged rock piles. Fishing for
rockfish in the bay has been
spotty. The marine fish daily
bag limit for bottom fish
(rockfish) is 7 fish and a sepa-
rate daily limit for lingcod (2).
The 7 fish marine bag limit
will remain in place, with
these adjustments for 2017:
Create a sub-bag limit of 6
black rockfish, remove the
sub-bag limit for canary rock-
fish, add China/quillback/cop-
per rockfishes to the sub-bag
limit with blue/Deacon rock-
fish and change the limit from
3 to 4.
Finally remove the 10-inch
minimum size for kelp green-
ling.
Retention of cabezon is not
allowed until July 1.
Recreational crabbing is
now open in all Oregon
waters. Crabbing was decent
over the weekend in Coos Bay.
Crabbing from a boat has
been better than crabbing from
the dock but dock crabbers are
picking up a few legal crabs.
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.
Recreational harvest of
razor clams and mussels is
closed from the entire Oregon
coast due to elevated levels of
domoic acid.
This includes all beaches
and all bays. Before any shell-
fish harvest trip, make sure to
check the Oregon Department
of Agriculture website for any
updates.
Recreational crabbing is
now open in all Oregon
waters.
Bottom fishing has been
good when the ocean condi-
tions allow.
Recreational harvest of
razor clams is closed on the
entire Oregon coast due to ele-
vated levels of domoic acid.
Harvest of mussels is open on
the entire Oregon Coast.
Before any shellfish harvest
trip, make sure to check the
Oregon Department of
Agriculture website for any
updates.
Surf perch fishing was
decent this past weekend. Surf
perch anglers will do the best
fishing with sand shrimp when
ocean swells are small.
recommended season dates
will be available in mid-
February.
• SHELLFISH
Call the ODA shellfish safe-
ty hotline at 1-800-448-2474
for the most current informa-
tion about shellfish safety clo-
sures before harvesting.
Additional information is
available from ODA’s Food
Safety Program at 503-986-
4720 or the ODA shellfish clo-
sures website.
closed along the entire Oregon
coast due to elevated levels of
domoic acid. This includes all
beaches and bays.
• Bay clams
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.
• Crab
Crabbing is open in the
ocean and all bays. Crabbing
in Coos Bay has been good.
COQUILLE RIVER BASIN:
Crab, steelhead, salmon
Trout fishing in streams is
closed until May 22.
Steelhead anglers have
reported catching a few steel-
head in the North Fork
Coquille at LaVerne Park and
the South Fork Coquille rivers.
Anglers have had success
drifting eggs or corkies.
Recreational crabbing is
now open in all Oregon
waters.
Crabbing is very slow in the
lower Coquille River due to
the large amounts of freshwa-
ter coming downstream.
TENMILE BASIN: Trout,
bass, yellow perch, steelhead
Trout fishing in the streams
of the Tenmile Basin are now
closed until May 22. Trout
fishing in Tenmile Lakes is
open all year.
A few steelhead have been
reported in Tenmile Creek.
Anglers will have success
plunking near the acclimation
sites or fishing a jig under a
bobber. Eel Creek is now open
to steelhead fishing.
Largemouth bass fishing has
slowed down over the past few
weeks. Anglers are catching
bass near structure or on the
deep end of the weed lines
using jigs or rubber worms.
Fishing for yellow perch has
picked up in Tenmile Lakes.
Anglers have been catching a
few yellow perch measuring
14 to 15-inches long.
Worms fished near the lake
bottom work very well for
catching yellow perch. Anglers
should fish in water depths of
15 feet or deeper to consistent-
ly find the bigger yellow
perch.
UMPQUA RIVER, SOUTH:
Steelhead
The South Umpqua is open
to winter steelhead fishing,
upstream to Jackson Creek.
Only adipose fin-clipped
steelhead may be retained.
Steelhead are being caught
up to Canyonville and anglers
are hooking into a few. Fishing
may slow with cooler tempera-
tures.
• Mussels
The recreational harvest of
mussels is open coastwide.
• Razor clams
NOTICE: Razor clams are
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• Bottom Fishing
New bag and sub-bag limits
for 2017: To stay within
Federal allocations, and try to
provide for year-round fishing
opportunities, there are some
changes to daily bag limits.
Canary rockfish has been
declared rebuilt and is now
part of the 7 fish marine bag
limit (no sub-bag limit).
Black rockfish will have a
sub-bag limit of 6 fish (out of
the 7 fish daily bag, no more
than 6 may be black rockfish).
There is a 4 fish sub-bag
limit for blue/deacon, China,
copper, and quillback rockfish
combined (out of the 7 fish
marine bag, no more than 4
may be these species com-
bined). The daily bag limit for
lingcod remains at 2 fish and
flatfish species, other than
Pacific halibut, remains at 25
fish.
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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, surf
perch, crab
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