NED HICKSON , SPORTS EDITOR
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WEDNESDAY EDITION
❘ APRIL 12, 2017 ❘
SECTION C
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
G ETTING
S PORTS
Calendar
THEIR KICKS
On the
Bite
• APRIL 13
MHS TRACK
AT M ONROE
4 P . M .
A
WEEKLY
FISHING REPORT FOR
THE LOCAL REGION
• APRIL 14
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
SHS BASEBALL
AT M ARSHFIELD
3 AND 5:15 P . M .
SHS SOFTBALL
AT M ARSHFIELD
AT 3 AND 5 P . M .
SHS TRACK
O REGON R ELAYS
AT H AYWARD F IELD
4 P . M .
NORTH COAST
LAKES:
Most of the North Coast
lakes were stocked with
trout this week. Water
temps are great and fish
should be hungry.
So far this season, Town
Lake near Pacific City has
been stocked with nearly
200 surplus summer steel-
head from Cedar Creek
Hatchery. In addition, 66
early run winter steelhead
were released there on Jan.
11.
Trout stocking began the
week of March 20 in most
district lakes. The 2017
trout stocking schedule is
available online.
• APRIL 15
SHS TRACK
O REGON R ELAYS
AT H AYWARD F IELD
10 A . M .
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 are slow as water
temperatures remain cold.
There are numerous lakes
in the Florence area that
can provide good opportu-
nity.
T IDE T ABLE
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Low Tide
April 8
11:07am / 6.8 5:12am / 1.4
11:44pm /7.1 5:28pm / 0.4
SIUSLAW RIVER:
April 9
11:55am / 6.8
Chinook, steelhead
The Siuslaw River and
Lake Cr. are open for
hatchery winter steelhead.
Fishing is fair. Casting
spinners, drifting bait or
using a bobber and jig can
be effective.
5:56am / 0.9
6:08pm / 0.6
April 10
12:18am / 7.3 6:36am / 0.5
12:39pm /6.8 6:44pm / 0.9
SALMON RIVER:
NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
April 11
12:49am / 7.4
1:20pm/ 6.7
7:14am /0.2
7:18pm/ 1.2
April 12
1:19am / 7.4
2:00pm/ 6.6
7:50am / 7.4
7:51pm/ 1.6
April 13
1:48am / 7.3
2:39pm/ 6.3
8:25am / 0.0
8:24pm/ 2.0
April 14
2:18am / 7.1
3:20pm/ 6.1
The Siuslaw Youth Soccer Association kicked off its new season over the weekend, with more than 70 players,
ranging in age from 6 to 18, participating in games from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Miller Park. Competition is each
Saturday and is open to the community. Sponsors include Florence Dental Clinic, Coast Road Construction,
Pacific Frameworks, Edward Jones Investments, Florence Rotary and Florence Dutch Bros. For more informa-
tion, visit www.siuslawsoccer.wordpress.com or visit their Facebook page.
Viking tracksters
set pace at J. City
S IUSLAW
N EWS
148 Maple St.
Florence
541-997-3441
SILETZ RIVER:
Steelhead
Steelhead fishing is fair.
Drift boaters are having
success from Moonshine
Park to Siletz and bank
anglers are catching hatch-
ery fish in the Siletz gorge.
Casting spinners, drifting
bait or using a bobber and
jig can be effective.
B Y N ED H ICKSON
9:02am / 0.1
8:58pm/ 2.4
Siuslaw News
S
iuslaw’s track and field teams were on the
road at Junction City on Saturday, competing
in a multi-divisional meet that included 2A
Monroe and Toledo, along with 3A Creswell, La
Pine, Scio and Willamina, and 4A schools Elmira,
Estacada, Sweet Home and Junction City.
Overall, the Vikings had a combined 16 top-five
finishes, including wins in the shot put for both jun-
ior Trent Reavis, with a season-best 50 feet, 9 inch-
es, and senior Carissa Oliver with her own season-
best mark of 39-5. Oliver also won the javelin at
127-8. Reavis added a win in the discus with a
throw of 154.15 and was seventh in the 110 hurdles
with a personal best time of 18.06.
The Viking boys also got wins from junior leaper
See
TRACK
Steelhead
The Salmon River is
open for wild and hatchery
steelhead. Fishing is fair.
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 bob-
ber and jig can be effec-
tive.
WILSON RIVER:
ROB GRIFFES/FOR SIUSLAW NEWS
Siuslaw sophomore Kaeli Ramos (right) hands off to senior Celie
Mans in the first leg of the 4x400 relay Saturday during the
2C Junction City Invitational track meet. Siuslaw won the event.
Steelhead
Fishing has been a little
slow the past week, mostly
due to the high water, but
the Wilson should be drop-
ping into prime shape by
mid-week and into the
weekend, and there are
plenty of hatchery and wild
See
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