SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 2017
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Coast Guard Auxiliary offers boating safety tips
Boating season is here, and
the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary
reminds boaters of 10 precau-
tions to take when getting
ready to head out on the water:
• Check
the
weather
forecast. A favorable forecast
indicates low to moderate pre-
dicted winds, good visibility
and the absence of dangerous
squalls. You can get marine
forecasts, which predict wave
heights and winds, on NOAA
weather radio on your VHF.
If a marine forecast isn’t
available, listen to a regular
forecast for wind conditions
and visibility.
• Check water conditions.
Wind strength, area and dura-
tion all contribute to wave
height. Breaking waves pro-
duce a white foam. What sea
conditions are acceptable
depend on what conditions
Eclipse
COURTESY PHOTO
Low net winners with a score 25.3 were Bobbie Wells,
Susan Weathersand Karen Pfannmuller
B RIDGE
3 B
from 1B
totality in the continental U.S.
The public is encouraged to
take a few moments to review
the Eclipse Information Guide
(www.co.lincoln.or.us.) to
your boat was designed to han-
dle and the crew's experience.
• File a float plan. Someone
responsible needs to know your
plans, including where you are
going and when you intend to
return.
• Double-check your equip-
ment. Before you leave, make
sure you have the necessary
equipment onboard and that it’s
all in good working condition.
• Practice passenger com-
munication. You’re the captain.
Don’t be afraid to issue instruc-
tions. Make sure your passen-
gers and crew know what’s
expected of them and where
they can find needed equip-
ment. The skipper is obligated
to educate everyone on board
about matters of safety.
• Load your boat properly.
Your boat should sit level at the
waterline when fully loaded.
Load passengers and equip-
ment alternately to achieve
proper trim. Pack gear to bal-
ance the load, and don’t over-
load. Your boat may have a
label identifying its capacity.
• Wear your life jackets.
Children under 13 must wear
life jackets when underway on
a recreational boat unless
they’re in an enclosed cabin or
below decks, or unless a more
stringent state regulation
applies. You’re required to
have life jackets for everyone
on board, and everyone should
wear one.
• Check engine compart-
ment, and run blowers, if appli-
cable. Always check your
engine compartment for fuel,
fuel vapor and water, and run
your blower for four minutes to
clear the air before running the
engines or using electrical
devices. Blowers are specially
sealed to prevent ignition of
fuel vapors. Smell the bilge
blower outlet to verify the
absence of gas fumes.
• Start and warm the engine.
Cold engines can stall. Start
your engine, and let it run until
it’s running smoothly before
leaving the dock and while you
still have the boat under control
with lines.
• Designate an alternate
skipper. Appoint someone to
take over should you become
incapacitated. Practice differ-
ent situations where this might
be necessary.
To schedule a free vessel
safety check from a certified
examiner,
call
Certified
Examiner and Coast Guard
Auxiliary
Staff
Officer
Jonathan Yoder at 541-991-
1181.
learn tips for health and safety.
The principles that apply to
emergency preparation are
much the same as they apply to
mass gatherings, tsunamis and
other natural hazards.
Preparation is about plan-
ning for the known and
unknown.
The eclipse represents both
increased opportunity and chal-
lenges as thousands of addi-
tional individuals and families
arrive for a once in a lifetime
celestial event.
Residents are encouraged to
be patient, safe and to enjoy
this unique experience at the
coast. In the days leading up to
and during the event, local
newspaper and radio stations
will offer information and
updates to the public.
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 “larg-
er” trout to last year’s stock-
ing of “legal” size trout.
TENMILE BASIN:
Trout, bass
Streams and rivers are now
open to trout fishing until
Oct. 31. Fishing is restricted
to artificial 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 con-
tinue to pick up as the water
temperatures warm up.
Anglers are catching bass
in shallow water near struc-
ture or on the deep end of the
weed lines using jigs or rub-
ber 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 bot-
tom 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 sea-
sons.
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
elevated levels of domoic
acid. The recreational har-
vesting of mussels is open
along the entire Oregon
Coast from the Columbia
River to the California bor-
der.
Before any shellfish har-
vest 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 fish-
ing 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 mini-
mum sizes for Chinook at 24
inches or larger, and steel-
head 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
retaining halibut are required
(1) to have onboard a func-
tioning rockfish descending
device, and (2) use it to
descend any rockfish
released when fishing outside
of the 30-fathom regulatory
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, ground-
fish retention rules — apply
to all halibut anglers, regard-
less 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
safety hotline at 1-800-448-
2474 before harvesting for
the most current information
about shellfish safety clo-
sures. Additional information
is available from ODA’s
Food Safety Program at 503-
986-4720 or the ODA shell-
fish closures website.
— Mussels: The recre-
ational 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 coast-
wide. Bay crabbing is still
slow. Typically this time of
year we start seeing some
soft male crabs that have
recently molted.
Recent reports are that
crabbing 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 22, 2017
Scores after 5 rounds Average: 24.0 Section A
Pair Pct Score
Section Rank
MPs
8 70.31 33.75 A 1 0.70(A)
G. Farman - J. Reisner
7 53.13 25.50 C 2 1 1 0.49(A)
K. Hampsten - L. Little
3 49.48 23.75 A 3
0.35(A) R. Parker - J. Weatherwax
1 47.50 22.80 B 2 0.28(B) A. Hendershot - B. Rozaire-Brown
5 45.31 21.75 C
D. Gustafson - M. Weiss
6 41.25 19.80 C
D. Watson - S. Watson
2 41.15 19.75 B
P. Van Riper - D. MacNeil
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Remember the limit on
streams and rivers is two per
day over 8-inches.
COOS COUNTY
LAKES AND PONDS: Trout,
warmwater 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
excellent. 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
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