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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 2017
Summer programs begin at Cape Perpetua STEP to discuss how to
WALDPORT — It’s starting
to feel like summer at Cape
Perpetua and Oregon Dunes
National Recreation Area
(ODNRA), where a variety of
free family events are being
held throughout June.
In addition to the camping,
hiking, tidepooling, and pic-
nicking always on tap, visitors
can choose from any of the
activities below to experience
this special place in a new way.
Additional details on events
are available online or at the
visitor center.
• Saturday, June 10: PAWN
Trail celebration with special
guided hike at 1p.m.
Named for four families who
were early residents of the area,
the PAWN Trail features
impressive old growth forest.
Enjoyed the guided hike or go
on your own with recently
updated interpretive trail guide
developed by local students.
Meet at the trailhead near
Florence.
• Saturday, June 17: Join us
for Family Ocean/Forest
Exploration Day at the Cape
with forest and tidepool family
programs, activities, and guid-
U PCOMING 2017
Eclipse 2017 means all
Oregon residents need to be
ready. Oregon Department of
Transportation (ODOT) advis-
es: Arrive early; stay put; leave
late.
Oregon will be the first state
where you can view the total
solar eclipse crossing America
Monday, Aug. 21.
For about two and half
hours, daytime will gradually
yield to dusk — and to dark-
ness for about two minutes —
as the moon passes in front of
the sun.
ODOT is planning ahead to
keep Oregon moving, and we
encourage you to do the same.
An estimated 1 million visi-
tors are coming to Oregon to
view this celestial spectacle.
That many people — about a
quarter of the state’s entire
population — will have a huge
impact on highways, gasoline
Fishing
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Remember the limit on
streams and rivers is two per
day over 8-inches.
COOS COUNTY LAKES
PONDS: Trout, warmwater
AND
fish
Largemouth bass fishing has
been good in many of the area
smaller lakes. Bluegills can be
found in area lakes right along
the weed lines.
Trout were stocked in the
Millicoma Pond at the
Millicoma Interpretive Center
and fishing should be excel-
lent. Millicoma Pond is
intended for children under the
age of 12.
Please call before traveling
to Millicoma Pond to make
sure the gates are open. The
phone number is 541-267-
2557.
Trout have been stocked
into Empire Lakes and
Tenmile Lakes this week.
Trophy trout were only
stocked into Upper Empire
Lake This was the last trout
stocking in the area until
October.
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.
Some of the tags will be
worth a $50 gift card. This
study is an effort by ODFW to
compare stocking of “larger”
trout to last year’s stocking of
“legal” size trout.
TENMILE BASIN: Trout,
bass
Streams and rivers are now
open to trout fishing until Oct.
31. Fishing is restricted to arti-
ficial flies and lures in streams
above tidewater. Anglers may
harvest 2 trout per day that are
a minimum of 8 inches long.
Trout fishing in Tenmile
Lakes, Eel Lake, Saunders
Lake are open all year.
Anglers have been catching
trout in Eel and Tenmile lakes
trolling wedding ring spinners
tipped with a worm.
Largemouth bass fishing has
been good and will continue to
pick up as the water tempera-
tures warm up.
Anglers are catching bass in
shallow water near structure or
on the deep end of the weed
lines using jigs or rubber
ed hikes.
The event is free and takes
place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at
the visitor center.
• Thursday, June 22:
Curious about the total solar
eclipse coming to Oregon this
summer?
Join local astronomer Tom
Carrico for a free presentation
covering the science behind the
event, how to view it safely,
and everything else you need to
know to enjoy this once-in-a-
lifetime event. At the visitor
center 4p.m.
Throughout the summer:
Starting June 7, rangers will
lead programs and guided
hikes most days at the Oregon
Dunes Day Use Area and Cape
Perpetua Scenic Area, with
longer programs and guided
hikes at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3
p.m. on Saturdays and
Sundays.
For more information on
these events, contact the Cape
Perpetua Visitor Center at 541-
547-3289.
To learn more about family-
friendly activities on the forest,
visit go.usa.gov/x5Xrq.
catch Dungeness crab
Salmon Trout Enhancement
Program (STEP) member and
crabbing
master
Mike
Frankhouser will explain how
and where to catch Dungeness
crab in the Siuslaw River dur-
ing tonight’s STEP meeting.
He will show how to assem-
ble and bait crab pots, as well
as offer advice on the best bait
to use, how to protect your bait
against seals, how often to
check crab pots and where to
place them for the best results.
Frankhouser will answer
these questions and many
more.
STEP meetings are held in
the back room of the Florence
Elks Club at 7 p.m. and are
free and open to the public.
S CORES & S TANDINGS
B RIDGE
ECLIPSE MEANS READINESS FOR ALL
supplies and other basic needs. ing to visit, warn them to can restock for our visitors.
What you do to plan ahead “Drive Healthy:” Arrive early,
• Do what you can to help.
will make or break your stay put during the eclipse and
Can you work from home or
eclipse-viewing experience.
leave late afterwards, in case flex your work schedule when
• Expect delays.
your local roads are full?
Traffic backups are
Avoid roads being used
inevitable. Preparation
to get people in or out of
Oregon will be the first
ensures a good time for
a local event. Ride your
state where you can view
visitors and residents
bicycle when possible, to
the total solar eclipse
alike.
avoid congestion.
• Expect
traffic
• Look out for each
crossing America
changes.
other.
Monday, Aug. 21.
Normal travel paths
This is a rare opportu-
may
be
disrupted.
nity but it brings potential
Communities may close
hazards. We all must do
streets to through traffic or ban everyone else jumps on our our part to be prepared.
left or right turns to keep traffic highways all at once.
You may see travelers unfa-
moving, especially around ven-
Remember, all travelers miliar with the area. Be friend-
ues with many visitors.
have a shared responsibility to ly, helpful and patient.
• Be prepared.
stay safe.
For more information on the
If traveling, plan for your
• Stock up early.
eclipse, visit traveloregon.com/
basic needs such as food,
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room breaks in case you’re be hard to obtain if you don’t gov/.
stuck in traffic.
get them early.
If friends or family are com-
You’ll be ready and stores
worms.
UMPQUA RIVER, SOUTH:
Trout, bass
The South opened on May
22 to trout and warmwater
fishing.
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, salmon, halibut
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 Chinook
salmon fishing is open from
Cape Falcon to Humbug
Mountain. Anglers may have
two salmon per day but is
closed to retention of coho
except during the selective and
non-selective coho seasons.
The selective coho season
opens June 24 and continues
through July 31 or until the
18,000 marked coho quota has
been met.
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
small. Surf perch anglers will
do the best fishing with sand
shrimp or Berkley Gulp sand
worms. Fishing is typically
best on the incoming tide.
• O CEAN SALMON :
The Cape Falcon to
Humbug Mt. Chinook salmon
recreational fishing season is
scheduled to be open until
Oct. 31.
This season is open for all
salmon except coho salmon,
with a bag limit of two salmon
per day, and minimum sizes
for Chinook at 24 inches or
larger, and steelhead at 20
inches or larger.
Ocean Chinook fishing
effort and catch have been
slow so far this season; how-
ever, some ocean Chinook
were landed in Garibaldi and
Winchester Bay last week.
Just a reminder: Anglers are
restricted to no more than two
single point barbless hooks
when fishing for salmon, and
when fishing for any other
species if a salmon is on board
the vessel.
• P ACIFIC H ALIBUT :
Vessels fishing for or retain-
ing halibut are required (1) to
have onboard a functioning
rockfish descending device,
and (2) use it to descend any
rockfish released when fishing
outside of the 30-fathom regu-
latory line.
The 2017 halibut quota is
up 16.7 percent from 2016,
which should allow for some
additional fishing days,
depending on weather and
catch rates.
Central Oregon Coast
Subarea (Cape Falcon to
Humbug Mt.): The all-depth
halibut fishery will be open
June 8-10 and June 15-17. If
quota remains after those
dates, additional days may be
available every other week.
The nearshore fishery
opened June 1, seven days per
week, until the quota is caught
or Oct. 31. Note that when
both the nearshore and all-
depth halibut fisheries are
open on the same day, e.g.,
regulations for the all-depth
fishery — namely, groundfish
retention rules — apply to all
halibut anglers, regardless of
where fishing occurs.
The summer all-depth fish-
ery opens Friday, Aug. 4, and
every other Friday-Saturday
until the quota is caught or
Oct. 31.
• S HELLFISH :
Call the ODA shellfish safe-
ty hotline at 1-800-448-2474
before harvesting for the most
current information about
shellfish safety closures.
Additional information is
available from ODA’s Food
Safety Program at 503-986-
4720 or the ODA shellfish clo-
sures website.
— Mussels: The recreation-
al harvest of mussels is open
coastwide.
— Razor Clams: Remains
closed along the entire Oregon
coast due to elevated levels of
domoic acid. This includes all
beaches and bays.
— Bay Clams: 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.
— Crabbing: Ocean and bay
crabbing is open coastwide.
Bay crabbing is still slow.
Typically this time of year we
start seeing some soft male
crabs that have recently molt-
ed.
Recent reports are that crab-
bing has been getting better in
the ocean, and the best results
are seen in water deeper than
100 feet.
Florence Bridge Club
Thursday Afternoon Pairs Session June 1, 2017
Scores after 5 rounds Average: 25.0 Section A
Pair Pct Score
Section Rank
MPs
4 65.00 32.50 A 1 1 1.90(OA) J. Weatherwax - J. Smith
2 53.00 26.50 B 2 1 2 1.43(OA) D. MacNeil - R. Parker
6 52.00 26.00 A
J. Reisner - G. Farman
3 45.00 22.50 C 2 1 0.24(SC)
D. Gustafson - M. Weiss
5 43.00 21.50 C
P. Van Riper - K. Klindtworth
1 42.00 21.00 C
L. Little - K. Hampsten
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