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WEDNESDAY EDITION
❘ MARCH 15, 2017 ❘
SECTION B
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
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• MARCH 17
MHS TRACK
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W ALDPORT
4 P . M .
WEEKLY
FISHING REPORT FOR
THE LOCAL REGION
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
• MARCH 21
SHS SOFTBALL
AT SUTHERLIN
NORTH COAST
LAKES:
4 P . M .
• MARCH 23
SHS TRACK
S IUSLAW
I CEBREAKER
AT SHS
4 P . M .
• MARCH 24
PHOTOS COURTESY OF RICH COLTON
SHS BASEBALL
VS SWEET HOME
From left: Head coach Kari Blake, Emily Edmond, Lindsey Long, Hana Crader, Savannah Colton, Brea Blankenship,
Kya Blake and assistant coach Travis Blake.
5 P . M .
T IDE T ABLE
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Low Tide
March 15
2:31am / 7.4
2:53pm/ 6.7
8:51am / 0.8
8:57pm/ 1.3
March 16
3:03am / 7.2
3:35pm/ 6.2
9:31am / 0.9
9:30pm/ 1.9
March 17
3:35am / 7.0
4:22pm/ 5.9
10:13am / 1.0
10:06pm/ 2.4
March 18
4:11am / 6.7
5:16pm/ 5.5
11:00am / 1.2
10:47pm/ 3.0
March 19
4:52am / 6.5
6:20pm / 5.2
11:55am / 1.3
11:38pm / 3.4
March 20
5:44am / 6.2
7:36pm/ 5.1
March 21
6:47am / 6.1
8:49pm/ 5.2
12:59pm / 1.4
12:48am / 3.6
2:06pm/ 1.3
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14U G OLD
GOES UNDEFEATED
T
he local 14U Gold Lady Viking
club volleyball team battled its
way to a rare undefeated tourna-
ment title last Sunday at Philomath
High School.
With only six team members, every
player contributed in every game, with
players performing at all six positions
throughout the tourney with no breaks.
After winning their last tournament,
the Lady Viks moved up in the CEVA
rankings to No. 87. In last weekend’s
tournament, the Lady Viks beat
Eugene’s No. 82-ranked Webfoot team,
as well as No. 83-ranked Blues Power
and No. 86-ranked Hillsboro Black in
pool play.
In the afternoon bracket play, the
Lady Viks defeated Volleyball West,
which also came into the matchup
undefeated. The next match was for the
tournament’s first place title against
Willamette Valley 14U Gold, ranked
No. 81.
Siuslaw swept the match in two
games, 25-18, 25-16, to go undefeated
SIUSLAW RIVER:
Chinook, steelhead
The Siuslaw River and
Lake Cr. are open for
hatchery winter steelhead.
Fishing is slow. Casting
spinners, drifting bait or
using a bobber and jig can
be effective.
Coach Kari Blake (far left) discusses strategy during a timeout at last
weekend’s tournament.
for the tourney crown.
New rankings will be issued this
week, with the 14U Gold Lady Viks
expected to move up eight spots in
rankings. One tournament remains
before the Reginal Tournament at the
Portland Expo Center, May 6 and 7.
“I’m very proud of these girls and so
are their parents,” said coach Kari
Blake.
OSMB campaign offers boating safety courses
It may still feel like winter, but
spring is right around the corner and the
Oregon State Marine Board (OSMB)
encourages boaters and passengers to
enroll in a boating education course
before the kickoff of the boating sea-
son.
During the week of March 19-25, as
part of the “Spring Aboard — Take A
Boating Education Course” campaign,
many course providers are offering dis-
counts or other incentives for students
who enroll or complete a boating safe-
ty education course.
The OSMB offers boaters three
course options: classroom, internet or
equivalency exam. Classroom instruc-
tors are certified by the Marine Board
and teach a nationally-approved Boat
Oregon classroom course.
Internet courses are another option
Nehalem Hatchery
released 200 surplus winter
steelhead into Vernonia
pond, 57 into Lost Lake
and 60 into Lake Lytle.
These fish get fairly active
in the lake and offer a
unique fishing experience,
especially when the rivers
are blown out. Once in the
lake they are considered
“trout” and do not require a
Combined Angling Tag.
Anglers are reminded,
however, that only one
trout per day over 20 inch-
es may be retained, and
these fish will almost all be
in that size range.
Trout stocking is com-
plete in the other North
Coast lakes, but there are
still hold over trout avail-
able and winter can be a
great time to fish for them
as these trout will be larger
now, and getting hungry.
The trout stocking sched-
ule for 2017 is available
online, and printed ver-
sions will be out soon.
“If a boater has taken a
safety course, they have
a higher chance of
having an enjoyable
experience and so will
their passengers.”
—MariAnn McKenzie, OSMB
and the Marine Board offers three
courses that can be accessed from their
website. Internet courses are designed
to have the boater read the material,
take a chapter quiz and, if they pass,
progress to the next chapter.
After the chapter quizzes have been
completed and passed, there is a final
exam.
The agency also offers a free paddle-
sports internet course for people new to
this type of boating.
Equivalency exams forego any
instruction and are designed for more
experienced boaters. Exams can be
taken at the Marine Board office in
Salem, or through your local county
sheriff’s office.
Law enforcement deputies serve as
proctors for the exam. The Coast
Guard Auxiliary and United States
Power Squadron also offer excellent
classroom and interactive online safety
courses that are nationally approved
and accepted by the Marine Board.
“Educated boaters are safer on the
water. If a boater has taken a safety
course, they have a higher chance of
See
OSMB 4B
MID COAST LAKES:
The trout stocking
schedule for 2017 is avail-
able online and trout have
been stocked in some
lakes. Fishing for the vari-
ous warm water fish
species will slow as water
temperatures cool. There
are numerous lakes in the
Florence area that can pro-
vide good opportunity.
ALSEA RIVER AND
BAY: Steelhead
Steelhead fishing is open
on the Alsea River and list-
ed tributaries. The river is
shaping up after last
week’s rain. Fishing is
slow. Alsea Hatchery is
having a below average
return to the hatchery.
Casting spinners, drift-
ing bait or using a bobber
and jig can be effective.
SALMON RIVER:
Steelhead
The Salmon River is
open for wild and hatchery
steelhead. Fishing is slow.
Wild winter steelhead
can be retained on the
Salmon River. Daily and
annual bag limit on wild
winter steelhead are 1/day
See
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