SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 2017
Yachats Gem Walkers host
special jaunt next week
The Yachats Coastal Gems
invites the community to join
in on a special walk Tuesday,
April 4, when the group will
walk the Amanda's Statue
Trail.
This 10K walk includes
some oceanfront trails, some
forest trails and some paved
streets. A walking stick is rec-
ommended for this unique for-
est trail section.
Meet at the Overleaf Lodge
at 9 a.m. to register for the
walk. Leashed pets are wel-
come on walks, but bring
water and clean up materials
for pets. A sturdy 6-foot, non-
retractable type is rquired.
For more information or
directions visit www.yachats
coastalgems.org.
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.
Even though the Dunes
City’s signature event is two
months away, organizers are
already 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 pro-
viding encouragement and
hospitality.
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 donation to
the organization that brings the
most volunteers on race day.
Be sure to mention your orga-
nization’s name when you reg-
ister to volunteer.
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.
Oregon Coast Aquarium to host Kids’ Dash
NEWPORT — Otters,
sharks and puffins are among
the main attractions at the
Oregon Coast Aquarium, but
on the morning of April 22,
humans will take center stage
as they compete in the fifth
annual
Oregon
Coast
Aquarium 5K and Kids’ Dash.
The 5K is open to all runners
whether they are speedy, slow
or somewhere in-between.
The Kids’ Dash is for aspir-
ing little athletes ages two to
nine years old. Parents are
invited to accompany their
children on this closed-course
1K run through the aquarium’s
grounds.
Oregon Coast Aquarium 5K
and Kids’ Dash runners and
walkers receive a race bib,
photo and free admission to the
aquarium for the day.
All proceeds benefit the ani-
mal care fund at the aquarium.
Race entry is $35 for the 5K,
and $20 for the Kids’ Dash.
A $5 early registration dis-
count is available through
March 31.
Discounts are also available
for aquarium members.
Race T-shirts are available to
preorder for $5. Shirts will also
be available for sale on race
day, but size availability may
be limited.
The Oregon Coast Aquarium
is located at 2820 S.E. Ferry
Slip Rd. in Newport.
For more information, visit
www.aquarium.org or call 541-
867-3474.
Registration now open for annual Rhody Run
This year’s Rhody Run is
happening May 20, beginning
at the Florence Events Center
at 9 a.m. Runners should arrive
by at least 8:45 a.m. if pre-reg-
istered and 8:30 a.m. for those
registering the morning of the
race.
There will be a 10K and 5K
events, and the entry fee is $20
for ages 18 and older; $15 for
ages 13 to 17; and $10 for ages
Fishing
from 1B
on the Alsea River and listed
tributaries. The river is shap-
ing up after last week’s rain.
Fishing is slow. Alsea
Hatchery is having a below
average return to the hatchery.
Casting spinners, drifting
bait or using a bobber and jig
can be effective.
SALMON RIVER:
541-999-5083
3 B
Steelhead
The Salmon River is open
for wild and hatchery steel-
head. 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 and 3/year.
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
12 and younger prior to race
day.
Add $5 to registration fees
the day of the race. T-shirts can
be purchased for $15 in
advance of race day, and for
$20 on May 20.
This year, Eclectic Edge
Racing
is
partnering
PeaceHealth Peace Harbor
Medical Center Foundation
and the Rhody Run committee
to ensure a well-run and fun
event.
Participants can pre-register
at
www.eclecticedgeracing
.com/rhody-run.html.
The race proceeds will go to
Peace Harbor Medical Center
Foundation’s
Community
Benefit and Health Fund.
This fund has been created
to enable Peace Harbor to part-
ner with other community
organizations to promote and
administer health and wellness
practices in the greater
Florence and Mapleton area.
For more information on
about the Rhody Run and the
Community Benefit and Health
Fund,
contact
Michele
Diffenderfer at Peace Harbor
by calling 541-902-6589 or
email her at MDiffenderfer@
PeaceHealth.org.
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
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
fishing, drift fishing, or pulling
plugs or divers and bait should
be effective.
During high water use
brighter colors and larger pre-
sentations.
will start at the end of
February/early March.
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.
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
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.
COQUILLE RIVER BASIN:
Crab, steelhead, salmon
Trout fishing in streams is
now closed until May 22,
2017.
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
UMPQUA RIVER, SOUTH:
Steelhead
Good numbers of steelhead
are being caught up to and
above Canyonville and anglers
are hooking into a few hatchery
fish.
Pay attention to river gages
for the South as it has been
high and unfishable a large por-
tion of the time this season.
WINCHESTER
PACIFIC
OCEAN
AND
BEACHES: Bottomfish, surf
perch, crab
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 elevated
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.
OISC
ESTATE SALE
3/31-4/1
9am-5pm
Parking lot @ Lindas Thrift
Store. 37th & Hwy 101.
Bosch W/D, log dresser, poster &
sleigh bed, trendall bed, queen &
twin mattresses, hideabed couch,
recliners, side tables, lots & lots
more. Call Linda for more details.
541-999-0877.
WEATHER PERMITTING
MULTI-FAMILY SALE
2108 Willow Loop.,
Sat. 4/1 – 8am-?,
Large rugs, furniture, aniques,
toys, clothes, crafts & more.
MULTI-FAMILY ESTATE SALE!!
Fri., 3/31 8am-2pm
Sat 4/1 8am-12pm.,
5570 Huckleberry Lane
Misc, furniture, includes TV/ar-
moires, coffee/end tables, Q-Bed,
bookcase, etc. Linens, home décor,
clothing, jewelry, & more. Cash
only! Don’t miss out!
Sat./Sun., 4/1-4/2,
7am-2pm,
10915 E. Mapleton Rd.,
Huge Estate/Collectibles/Moving
Sale. China, antiques, collectibles,
too much to mention. Madame
Alexander Dolls, Disney Collection
– lots of Goofys. Lowell Davis,
misc. collectibles, #prints, old pic-
ture frames, garden/shop tools, 2-
upright freezers, household
appliances, furniture many an-
tiques, silver decanters, Griswald
cast iron, home brewing system
complete hydroponic system,
wooden shoe maker molds,
signed Clark Gable picture, trunks
foot/locker, beaded purses, collec-
tors plate, pewter cilvil war fig-
urines, antique German Mantle
clock, lots of copper and silver
pieces, Milk glass.
FREE
garage sale signs
541-997-3441
with your ad
BAY:
Bottomfish, perch
Fishing for bottom fish in
the Triangle and South jetty has
been successful.
from 1B
“All Oregonians have a
role in keeping these inva-
sives out of state, and the
new plan encourages that,”
Boatner said.
The new strategic plan sets
a long-term vision for a col-
laborative pathways manage-
ment approach for invasive
species, while the two-year
action plan describes detailed
actions agencies and organi-
zations can take to achieve
the strategic objectives.
“Pathways management is
a collaborative approach to
invasive species management
that leverages limited fund-
ing, works across jurisdic-
tional boundaries and sup-
ports science-based decision
making to protect Oregon,”
said Jalene Littlejohn, OISC
Lead Coordinator.