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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 2017
Eclipse
from 1B
They do not have hookups,
fire pits or picnic tables. Some
are at parks without flush toi-
lets or showers; OPRD is
adding portable toilets to
accommodate extra people.
Visitors with reservations for
a temporary eclipse space will
be assigned a space on arrival
at the park.
• Coast: South Jetty at South
Beach,
Fogarty
Creek,
Driftwood Beach and Governor
Patterson Memorial (all in path
of totality).
Fishing
from 1B
There are numerous lakes in
the Florence area that can pro-
vide good opportunity.
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.
• Valleys: Silver Falls,
Willamette Mission (all in path
of totality); Champoeg (on the
edge of totality); Milo McIver
(outside path of totality).
• Central and Eastern: Smith
Rock, The Cove Palisades,
Farewell Bend (in path of total-
ity); Cottonwood Canyon (out-
side path of totality).
Site descriptions for all
eclipse camping areas is at ore-
gonstateparks.org, along with
links to other camping and
lodging options in the state.
For more information on
eclipse camping, call the
OPRD information line at 1-
800-551-6949.
No camping will be avail-
able for anyone without a reser-
vation in the campgrounds list-
ed above on Aug. 18 through
20. To accommodate additional
campers, OPRD will place
extra staff in parks in and near
totality and bring in portable
toilets.
OPRD is also collaborating
with local and state authorities
on traffic, crowd control and
safety.
“Transportation planners
predict unprecedented traffic
and crowds during the eclipse
weekend, and we are planning
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.
accordingly,” Havel said. “We
ask that campers plan to stay
off the roads on the morning of
Aug. 21 and respect any fire
restrictions.”
Campfires may be prohibit-
ed, depending on wildfire dan-
ger and the weather forecast.
The Oregon Department of
Forestry will post any wildfire
restrictions at www.keepore-
gon green.org/current-condi-
tions/.
The eclipse will begin at 9
a.m. and end at 11:30 a.m. on
Aug. 21. The 60-mile wide path
of totality — when the moon
completely blocks the sun —
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
will last for about two minutes
starting at 10:15 a.m. on the
coast between Newport and
Lincoln City.
The path of totality then
sweeps through the state and on
to Idaho, then runs across the
United States toward South
Carolina.
Those outside the path of
totality will see a partial
eclipse. For more information
about the eclipse, visit www.bit
.ly/OregonStateParks2017
Eclipse.
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.
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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-
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