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4 B SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 2017 Fishing from 1B jig can be effective. SALMON RIVER: Steelhead The Salmon River is open for wild and hatchery steel- head. Fishing is fair. Wild win- ter 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, drift- ing bait or using a bobber and jig can be effective. SILETZ RIVER: Steelhead Steelhead fishing is fair. Drift boaters are having suc- cess 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 has been a little slow the past week, mostly due to the high water, but the Wilson should be dropping into prime shape by mid-week and into the weekend, and there are plenty of hatchery and wild fish throughout the system. It’s always a good idea to check the river levels before heading out. There are still some big fish coming off the Wilson this year. All the usual techniques such as side drift- ing, float fishing, drift fishing, or pulling plugs or divers and bait should be effective. During high water use brighter colors and larger presentations. 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 steel- head. Casting spinners, drifting bait or using a bobber and jig can be effective. COOS COUNTY LAKES and PONDS: trout Excess hatchery steelhead have been stocked into Saunders Lake, Middle Empire, and Lower Empire lakes. Fishing regulations for these stocked steelhead in Empire Lakes and Saunders Lake are just like the trout reg- ulations: anglers can keep 1 fish over 20-inches per day and only need their fishing license. Trophy trout were stocked last week in Bradley Lake, Empire lakes, and Johnson Mill Pond. Fishing for trophy trout was good in Empire Lakes this past week for anglers using small spinners or using Powerbait. ODFW is implementing a tag reward trout study on Empire Lakes for 2017 in which anglers will be asked to report tagged trout that are caught. Anglers can report tags on the ODFW website. TENMILE BASIN: Trout, bass, steelhead Trout fishing in the streams of the Tenmile Basin are closed until May 22. Trout fishing in Tenmile Lakes, Eel Lake, Saunders Lake are open all year. Steelhead season is open in Tenmile Creek and Eel Creek until April 30. Steelhead fish- ing has been very slow in the Tenmile Basin. In the Tenmile Basin, one additional hatchery steelhead may be retained per day for a total aggregate of three adult fish harvested daily. Largemouth bass fishing has been slow but will be picking up as the water temperatures warm up. Anglers are catching bass near structure or on the deep end of the weed lines using jigs or rubber worms. 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. The South Umpqua will likely be a little high for most anglers this weekend. 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 Recreational crabbing is open along the entire Oregon coast. Bottom fishing has been good when the ocean condi- tions allow. Fishing for bottom fish is restricted to inside of the 30-fathom curve. Recreational harvest of razor clams is closed on the entire Oregon coast due to ele- vated levels of domoic acid. The recreational harvest of mussels is closed from Cape Arago (south of Coos Bay) to the California border. 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 541-999-5083 worms. O CEAN S ALMON : The ocean recreational Chinook salmon fishery off Oregon is currently open from Cape Falcon to Humbug Mt. fthrough April 30. Fishing effort and catch have been slow so far. Ocean salmon fishing sea- sons for 2017 are still being developed. Look for updates on the 2017 seasons. B OTTOM F ISHING : When the weather allows, fishing in the winter months for lingcod and rockfish can be fun and successful. The ocean fishing is good, private boats had about 5 rockfish per angler and near limits of lingcod for everyone. Charters had near limits of rockfish and at least one ling- cod per angler. R EMINDERS : • Bottomfish is restricted to shoreward of the 30 fathom line (defined by waypoints). • Cabezon season is closed; it will reopen July 1. M USSELS : The recreational harvest of mussels is open coastwide. R AZOR C LAMS : Razor clams remain closed along the entire Oregon coast due to elevated levels of domoic acid. This includes all beaches and bays. 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. C RABBING : Ocean and bay crabbing is open coastwide. 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