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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2017
Documentary spotlights importance of ocean planning
YACHATS — A screening of
“Ocean Frontiers III: Leaders
in Ocean Stewardship and the
New Blue Economy,” will take
place Wednesday, May 17, at 5
p.m., at the Yachats Commons.
Ocean Frontiers III, pro-
duced
by
Green
Fire
Productions, chronicles recent
efforts along the Eastern
seaboard to plan for healthy
oceans,
robust
ocean
economies and a sustainable
future.
The film’s release coincides
Fishing
from 1B
schedule is available online.
MID COAST LAKES:
Mid coast lakes have been
stocked and are fishing well.
The 2017 trout stocking sched-
ule is available online.
ALSEA RIVER AND BAY:
Steelhead
Steelhead fishing is open on
the Alsea River and listed trib-
utaries until April 30. Casting
spinners, drifting bait or using
a bobber and jig can be effec-
tive.
SALMON RIVER: Steelhead
The Salmon River closed
for wild and hatchery steel-
head on March 31 to protect
spawning wild steelhead
SILETZ RIVER: Steelhead,
Chinook
The Siletz River is open for
wild Chinook (1 per day and 2
per season). A few summer
steelhead are starting to be
caught in the lower river.
Steelhead fishing is fair. Drift
boaters are having 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
The Wilson is in decent
shape. Steelhead should be
winding down but there was
still some good fishing last
week, although mostly for wild
steelhead.
YAQUINA RIVER:
Steelhead
Viks
from 1B
2 runs scored. Kelby White,
also a senior, was 2-for-3.
Senior Hunter Simington,
from Mapleton, scored twice in
the game, along with cousin
Gabe Simington
Last night, the Vikings were
on the road at Brookings for a
doubleheader with the Bruins
(after press deadlines).
Siuslaw was at 1-9 in league
after Tuesday’s game.
Brookings-Harbor
(5-5)
could still make the league
with the implementation of the
nation’s first ocean plans in the
Northeast and Mid-Atlantic
regions. The plans, which are
based on the most comprehen-
sive database of scientific and
ocean use information ever
compiled across the regions,
will help manage the ocean’s
many uses, including shipping,
recreation, fishing, offshore
energy and wildlife habitat pro-
tection.
“Ocean planning is essential
for protecting the health and
resilience of our oceans,” said
Karen Meyer, executive direc-
tor of Green Fire Productions
and producer of Ocean
Frontiers III. “With ocean plan-
ning underway along the West
coast, it’s important to see what
people have done in other parts
of the country.
“Much can be learned from
the work that was done on the
Atlantic and many of the issues
are the same on both coasts.”
Ocean Frontiers III explores
the intersection of national
security, marine commerce,
recreation and conservation. It
also dives deeper into expand-
ing industries such as offshore
wind energy and aquaculture.
The film allows viewers to
witness an unprecedented col-
laboration of stakeholders —
including fishermen, coastal
planners, military officials,
Native American leaders, envi-
ronmental advocates, scientists
and wind energy executives —
who are working to manage
and balance all the uses of the
ocean so it can thrive for gener-
ations to come.
The award-winning Ocean
Frontiers film series follows
North American ocean plan-
ning from its early days, high-
lighting the use of new ocean
data and extensive stakeholder
input to keep national security
strong, the economy growing,
and ocean habitats protected.
“There’s a huge amount of
pride in the work that’s been
done to identify solutions that
benefit our communities, our
economy and our ocean,”
Meyer said. “I’m inspired by
all of the people who are part of
this collaborative effort and are
leading the way to a sustainable
and thriving ocean.”
The event is free. RSVP
online at bit.ly/OF3 Yachats
The event is presented by:
Audubon Society of Portland -
Ten Mile Creek Sanctuary,
Midcoast Watersheds Council,
Surfrider Foundation, Oregon
Shores Conservation Coalition
and Green Fire Productions.
The Yaquina River and Big
Elk Cr. are closed for steelhead
fishing to protect spawning
wild steelhead.
not allowed until July 1.
Recreational crabbing is
open inside the Coos Bay estu-
ary. Crabbing has been slow in
Coos Bay but crabbers will
need to sort through several
short crab to find keepers.
Recreational harvest of bay
clams remains open along the
entire Oregon coast.
Clamming is excellent dur-
ing low tides near Charleston,
off Cape Arago Highway, and
Clam Island. There are also
good places to dig clams even
on positive low tides in Coos
Bay.
Recreational harvest of
razor clams and mussels is
closed from the entire Oregon
coast due to elevated levels of
domoic acid.
This includes all beaches
and all bays. Before any shell-
fish harvest trip, make sure to
check the Oregon Department
of Agriculture website for any
updates.
catching trout in Eel and
Tenmile lakes trolling wedding
ring spinners tipped with a
worm.
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.
small. Surf perch anglers will
do the best fishing with sand
shrimp or Berkely Gulp sand
worms.
O CEAN S ALMON :
The ocean recreational
Chinook salmon fishery off
Oregon is currently open from
Cape Falcon to Humbug Mt.
Fishing effort and catch have
been slow so far.
B OTTOM F ISHING :
When the weather allows,
fishing during the winter and
spring months for lingcod and
rockfish can be fun and suc-
cessful. Last week there were
several reports of blue-colored
lingcod being caught along the
central coast.
These blue-colored lingcod,
sometimes called “Smurf ling-
cod” are safe to eat, the flesh
turns white when cooked, and
tastes the same as normal col-
ored lingcod. The blue col-
oration comes from a bile pig-
ment called biliverdin (also
responsible for some of the
coloration when people get a
bruise), but how or why this
pigment gets into the tissue of
lingcod is unknown, though
may have something to do
with what the lingcod is eat-
ing.
S URFPERCH :
Surfperch are a diverse
group of fish that provide a
variety of angling opportuni-
ties.
Striped seaperch are found
year-round in rocky areas like
jetties; and ocean surf is the
place to find redtail surfperch
and silver perch.
The bag limit for surfperch
is generous at 15 per day.
However, a lot remains
unknown about the status of
surfperch populations off the
Oregon Coast, so, as usual,
take only what you will use.
COOS RIVER BASIN:
Dungeness crab, bay clams,
rockfish, steelhead
Trout fishing in streams is
closed until May 22.
Most anglers have stopped
fishing for steelhead in the
Coos Basin. Rivers in the Coos
basin are open to steelhead
fishing until April 30. Anglers
fishing the South Fork Coos
River above Dellwood will
need a permit from
Weyerhaeuser.
In the Coos basin, one addi-
tional hatchery steelhead may
be retained per day for a total
aggregate of three adult fish
harvested daily.
Anglers are still catching a
few rockfish and surfperch
along the jetties and sub-
merged rock piles. Fishing for
rockfish in the bay has been
spotty. The marine fish daily
bag limit for bottom fish
(rockfish) is seven fish and a
separate daily limit for lingcod
(two).
The 7 fish marine bag limit
will remain in place, with
these adjustments for 2017:
Create a sub-bag limit of 6
black rockfish, remove the
sub-bag limit for canary rock-
fish, Add China/quillback/
copper rockfishes to the sub-
bag limit with blue/Deacon
rockfish and change the limit
from 3 to 4.
Finally remove the 10-inch
minimum size for kelp green-
ling. Retention of cabezon is
play-offs with a sweep of
Siuslaw last night.
The Vikings will close out
the season in a 3-game series
next week with North Bend,
starting at the Dawg House on
Monday at 5 p.m., then at home
for a doubleheader Thursday
during Siuslaw’s senior night.
The senior roster includes
seven players: Brogan Cornish,
Drew Rannow, Kyle Rose,
Marcos Reyna-Ayala, Hunter
Simington, Nick Steinman and
Kelby White.
First game is at 3 p.m.
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were just one run away from
picking up their second league
win Tuesday at Brookings-har-
bor.
Tied at 6-6 heading into the
bottom of the seventh inning,
the Bruins’ Makayla Holmes
drove in the winning run in the
for a narrow 7-6 win.
It was the first win of the
season for the Bruins.
Siuslaw, 1-9 after Tuesday’s
loss, hosted a re-match with
Brookings last night in a dou-
bleheader at home (after press
deadlines).
Siuslaw will finish its season
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 now restricted to inside
the 30-fathom curve. A few
black rockfish have been seen
feeding on/near the surface
recently.
Recreational harvest of
razor clams is CLOSED on the
entire Oregon coast due to ele-
vated levels of domoic acid.
The recreational harvesting
of mussels is OPEN along the
entire Oregon Coast from the
Columbia River 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
in a 3-game series against
North
Bend,
beginning
Monday at home during senior
night.
First pitch is at 5 p.m.
Friday, the Lady Viks will be
on the road for a doubleheader
with the Bruins. Games are at 3
and 5 p.m.
Like the Viking boys, seven
of Siuslaw’s 11-player roster
are seniors: Katherine Dodson,
Jenicah Ecker, Heidi Jones,
Sara Keel, Nikki Launius,
Chehalis Stinger and Claire
Waggoner
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UMPQUA RIVER, SOUTH:
Steelhead
Anglers are still hooking
into a few hatchery 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.
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. Anglers have been
WINCHESTER BAY:
Bottomfish, perch
Fishing for bottom fish in
the Triangle and South jetty
has been successful.
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