SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 2017
Annual Dunes
City Triathlon
seeks volunteers
Dunes City is gearing up to
host its 5th annual Oregon
Dunes
Triathlon
and
Duathlon on Saturday, May
13.
Organizers are seeking
volunteers to help staff the
event.
Volunteers help ensure that
the races run smoothly and
safely while also playing a
vital support role for all of
the participating athletes by
providing encouragement
and hospitality-many.
Most volunteers work only
half a day and all volunteers
will receive a free event T-
shirt.
Again this year, Dunes
City will award a $250 dona-
tion to the organization that
brings the most volunteers on
race day. Be sure to mention
your organization’s name
when you register to volun-
teer.
Volunteers are needed
between about 6 a.m. and 1
p.m. on race day, May 13.
Anyone who has a few
hours to spare and wants to
be part of this exciting and
fun event can call Dunes City
Hall at 541-997-3338.
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ODFW announces categories for 2018 art competition
SALEM — Artists are invit-
ed to compete in the Oregon
Department of Fish and
Wildlife’s
2018
Habitat
Conservation
Stamp,
Waterfowl Stamp and Upland
Game Bird Stamp art competi-
tions.
Collector’s stamps and other
promotional materials are pro-
duced from first place artwork
and each winning artist
receives $2,000.
Entries will be accepted
starting at 8 a.m. on Aug. 25
and continuing through 5 p.m.,
Sept. 29, at ODFW headquar-
ters, 4034 Fairview Industrial
Drive SE, Salem, OR 97302.
A panel judges original art-
work on criteria including artis-
tic composition, anatomical
accuracy of the species and
general appeal. All qualifying
submissions are displayed for
public viewing at ODFW’s
annual fall art show, date TBD.
Habitat Conservation stamp:
Art entries must feature a “Ferruginous Hawk” by Craig
Strategy Species in the Oregon
Entry information is avail-
Conservation Strategy in its
natural habitat. The list of eligi- able at www.dfw.state.or.us/
ble mammals, reptiles, amphib- conservationstrategy/docs/
ians, fish, invertebrates, plants 2018_HCS_Contest_Rules_
and algae are on the entry form. Entry_Form.pdf.
Upland Game Bird stamp:
Proceeds from the program are
used to restore native habitats Art entries must feature Blue
and benefit Oregon’s native Grouse in its natural habitat
setting. The sale of upland
fish and wildlife.
COURTESY PHOTO
Fairbert, 2017 Habitat Conservation Stamp art winner.
game bird stamps funds game
bird research, surveys, habitat
improvement and conservation
projects.
Entry information is avail-
able at www.dfw.state.or.us/
resources/hunting/upland_bird/
contest/docs/Upland_contest_
rules_and_entry_form_2018.
pdf.
Waterfowl stamp:
Art entries must feature one
of the following species in its
natural habitat setting: Ring-
necked Duck, Ruddy Duck,
Bufflehead or Harlequin Duck.
The sale of waterfowl
stamps funds game bird
research, surveys, habitat
improvement and conservation
projects.
Entry information can be
found at www.dfw.state.or.us
/resources/hunting/waterfowl/
contest/docs/Waterfowl_con-
test_rules_and_entry_form
_2018. pdf.
then scoring the 10th run in the
bottom of the fifth inning to
end the game early, 10-0.
In game two, Waggoner,
Launius and Jones each went 3-
for-3 at the plate to combine for
8 runs for the win.
The Vikings improved to 3-1
on the season after defeating
Bandon in five innings, 13-3, in
game two.
Ecker had a triple and a dou-
ble, Waggoner had 3 doubles
and Launius had a pair of dou-
bles during Saturday’s non-
league doubleheader.
The Viks have five non-
league games remaining before
the FWL season begins at
Marshfield on April 11, giving
Siuslaw plenty of time to con-
tinue building momentum for a
run at this year’s playoffs.
All of the Coquille Basin
steelhead rivers were high and
muddy this past weekend.
Anglers have been catching
hatchery steelhead at LaVerne
Park on the North Fork
Coquille River and on the
South Fork Coquille River
from Powers downstream to
Broadbent.
Bank anglers have been
plunking with Spin-n-Glos and
bait near the town of Coquille.
Anglers have had success
drifting eggs or corkies. In the
Coquille Basin 1 additional
hatchery steelhead may be
retained per day for a total
aggregate of 3 adult fish har-
vested daily.
Recreational crabbing is
open in the Coquille estuary
but crabbing is very slow due
to the large amounts of fresh-
water coming downstream.
TENMILE BASIN : Trout,
bass, 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.
In the Tenmile Basin 1 addi-
tional hatchery steelhead may
be retained per day for a total
aggregate of 3 adult fish har-
vested daily.
Largemouth bass fishing has
been slow. Anglers are catch-
ing bass near structure or on
the deep end of the weed lines
using jigs or rubber worms.
Recreational crab harvesting
is open along the entire coast
from the Columbia River to
the California border.
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 has been
good when ocean swells are
small. Surf perch anglers will
do the best fishing with sand
shrimp or Berkely Gulp sand
worms.
• O CEAN S ALMON
The ocean recreational
salmon fishery off Oregon is
currently closed. Please stay
tuned for updates on the 2017
seasons. Details, including reg-
ulations, and more information
on ocean salmon seasons.
• B OTTOM F ISHING
When the weather allows,
fishing in the winter months
for lingcod and rockfish can be
fun and successful. Some
anglers that were able to fish
last weekend caught limits of
rockfish and some lingcod.
• P ACIFIC H ALIBUT
New for 2017 vessels fish-
ing for or retaining halibut will
be required to have onboard a
functioning rockfish descend-
ing device, and use it to
descend any rockfish released
when fishing outside of the 30
fathom regulatory line.
• S HELLFISH
Call the ODA shellfish safe-
ty hotline at 1-800-448-2474
before harvesting for the most
current information about
shellfish safety closures.
Additional information is
available from ODA’s Food
Safety Program at 503-986-
4720 or the ODA shellfish clo-
sures website.
• C RABBING
Ocean and bay crabbing is
open coastwide. Bay crabbing
has slowed down as it typical-
ly does this time of the year.
Recent reports are about 2-3
crab per person in the ocean.
ATHLETE
OF THE
WEEK
Softball
battery of Jones and Launius
produced 14 strikeouts in 10
innings and allowed only 11
hits and 1 walk.
The Viks got ahead early,
Fishing
Claire Waggoner
Siusla
w H.S
.
Softball
The senior first baseman and
utility player batted .800 in
three games last week, going
8-10 at the plate, hitting two
doubles. She also batted in four
runs, scored seven runs herself
and stole four bases.
Honorable Mention
Carissa Oliver
Honorable mention goes to
Siuslaw thrower Carissa Oliver
who had a “terrific series”
under poor weather conditions
last week at the Siuslaw Ice
Breaker Track and Field meet.
Oliver won the shot put with a
throw of 38’ 7”; claimed
victory in the discus with a
toss of 127’ 6”; and finished
third in the javelin where she
threw her best ever 94’ 7”.
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Casting spinners, drifting
bait or using a bobber and jig
can be effective.
SILETZ RIVER: Steelhead
The river is shaping up after
last week’s rain. Steelhead
fishing is fair. Drift boaters are
having fair success from
Moonshine Park to Siletz and
bank anglers are catching
hatchery fish in the Siletz
gorge.
Casting spinners, drifting
bait or using a bobber and jig
can be effective.
WILSON RIVER: Steelhead
scoring six runs in the bottom
of the first inning in the opener,
including a 2-RBI single by
junior Ariel
Rosinbaum.
Waggoner went on to score the
seventh run of the inning on a
wild pitch, with Ecker singling
home 2 runs in the third inning,
Fishing was slow on the
Wilson last weekend due to
high water and marginal con-
ditions. It should be dropping
into prime shape by the end of
the week and through the
weekend. There should be
plenty of broodstock hatchery
and wild steelhead around, and
there have been some big fish
coming off the Wilson this
year.
All the usual techniques
such as side drifting, float fish-
ing, drift fishing, or pulling
plugs or divers and bait should
be effective.
During high water use
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YAQUINA RIVER:
Steelhead
The Yaquina River and Big
Elk Cr. are open for steelhead.
Fishing is fair. Wild winter
steelhead can be retained on
Big Elk Cr. with a daily and
annual bag limit of 1/day and
3/year.
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
AND
A few hatchery male steel-
head were stocked into Middle
Empire Lake this week to
allow anglers for more oppor-
tunity.
Fishing regulations for these
stocked steelhead in Empire
Lakes are just like the trout
regulations. Anglers can keep
1 fish over 20 inches per day
and only need their fishing
license.
Fishing for trout in other
area lakes has been slow. Trout
stocking in area lakes will start
at the end of February/early
March.
COOS RIVER BASIN:
Dungeness crab, bay clams,
rockfish, steelhead
Trout fishing in streams is
now closed until May 22,
2017.
Currently all steelhead
rivers in the Coos Basin are
high and muddy.
The West Fork Millicoma
River will be the first river to
clear. When water conditions
are good, anglers are still
catching fish throughout the
Coos Basin. Anglers are drift-
ing eggs or corkies along the
stream bottom or using a jig
suspended under a bobber.
Anglers fishing 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 additional hatchery
steelhead may be retained per
day for a total aggregate of 3
adult fish harvested daily.
Anglers have been catching
a few rockfish and surfperch
along the jetties and sub-
merged rock piles.
UMPQUA RIVER, SOUTH:
Steelhead
Good numbers of steelhead
are being caught up to and
above Canyonville and anglers
are hooking into a few hatch-
ery fish.
Pay attention to river gages
for the South as it has been
high and unfishable a large
portion of the time this season.
WINCHESTER BAY:
Bottomfish, perch
Fishing for bottom fish in
the Triangle and South jetty
has been successful.
COQUILLE RIVER BASIN:
Crab, steelhead, salmon
Trout fishing in streams is
now closed until May 22,
2017.
PACIFIC OCEAN AND
BEACHES: Bottomfish, surf
perch, crab