SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2017
Little
from 1B
Whenever Siuslaw played
the Reedsport Braves, the pep
band avoided the National
Anthem — denying Reedsport
fans the opportunity to sing
“Home of the Braves!” and
claim the field as theirs.
Fishing
from 1B
SALMON RIVER: Trout
Trout season opened May
22, and there should be some
nice cutthroat around.
Remember the limit on
streams and rivers is two per
day over 8-inches.
SILETZ RIVER: Steelhead,
Chinook, trout
The Siletz River opened for
wild Chinook on April 1 (1 per
day and 2 per season). Spring
Chinook and summer steel-
head are being caught, and
fishing should continue to
improve.
ODFW is recycling hatchery
summer steelhead from the
Siletz Falls trap, giving anglers
another shot at catching these
fish in the gorge.
Casting spinners, drifting
bait or using a bobber and jig
can be effective.
Trout season opened May
It is the Vikings’ field, after
all.
It turned out to be a close
game. Just prior to half, the
Vikings called a fake punt, with
the ball being caught and
returned for a touchdown to
end the half.
The Vikings used the
momentum, along with a stout
second-half defense, to win.
It becomes coach Tim
Dodson’s first league title —
with more to follow.
To earn it against the team
from the south makes it even
sweeter.
In the state playoffs, a last-
second desperation pass by
Marist eventually sealed a vic-
tory over Siuslaw on that same
field.
Though the Vikings lost the
final game on the old Hans
Petersen Field, it didn’t tarnish
the victories achieved by five
decades of past Vikings teams.
Many fans still miss the
closeness of the stands.
They miss walking the side-
lines behind the team following
the ball.
But sometimes in the quiet
of the night, you can still hear
the clattering of football cleats
on the sidewalk leading to the
field of old.
22, and there should be some
nice cutthroat around.
Remember the limit on
streams and rivers is two per
day over 8-inches.
WILSON RIVER: Steelhead,
Spring Chinook, trout
Spring Chinook fishing has
been slow on the Wilson.
There are summer steelhead in
the system, and fishing pres-
sure is very light.
Trout season opened May
22, and there should be some
nice cutthroat around.
Remember the limit on
streams and rivers is two per
day over 8-inches.
YAQUINA RIVER: Trout
Trout season opened May
22, and there should be some
nice cutthroat around.
Remember the limit on
streams and rivers is two per
day over 8-inches.
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 fishing continues to
be good at Empire Lakes and
Eel Lake but trout fishing will
slow down as through the
month as water temperatures
continue to warm. Anglers are
having good success using
PowerBait at Empire Lakes,
while trolling a wedding ring
spinner has worked very well
at Eel Lake.
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
Lake trolling wedding ring
spinners tipped with a worm.
Largemouth bass fishing has
been very good with anglers
catching lots of bass on
Senkos and other plastics.
Now that the bass spawn is
almost over, fish will be
spreading out and moving to
deeper water. Fishing for bass
will be best early mornings
and evenings.
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.
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. Openings and
closures listed below were
accurate on June 16.
• M USSELS
The recreational harvest of
mussels is open coastwide.
Rock jetty structures at nearly
every port in Oregon support
harvestable populations of
mussels.
• R AZOR C LAMS
NOTICE: Razor clams
remain closed along the entire
Oregon coast due to elevated
levels of domoic acid. This
includes all beaches and bays.
• B AY C LAMS
Bay clamming is 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.
Updated maps on where to
clam.
• C RABBING
Ocean and bay crabbing is
open coastwide. Reports are
that crabbing has in good in
Yaquina Bay. 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.
N EW BAG AND SUB - BAG LIM -
ITS FOR 2017: To stay within
Federal allocations, and try to
provide for year-round fishing
opportunities, there are some
changes to daily bag limits.
Canary rockfish has been
declared rebuilt and is now
part of the 7 fish marine bag
limit (no sub-bag limit). Black
rockfish will have a sub-bag
limit of 6 fish (out of the 7 fish
daily bag, no more than 6 may
be black rockfish). There is a 4
fish sub-bag limit for blue/dea-
con, China, copper, and quill-
back rockfish combined (out
of the 7 fish marine bag, no
more than 4 may be these
species combined). The daily
bag limit for lingcod remains
at 2 fish and flatfish species,
other than Pacific halibut,
remains at 25 fish.
COOS COUNTY LAKES
PONDS: Trout, warmwater
AND
fish
UMPQUA RIVER, SOUTH:
Trout, bass
The South opened on May
22 to trout and warmwater
fishing.
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
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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. Fishing
for rockfish and ling cod was
good this past weekend.
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
opened this past weekend and
will remain open until July 31
or until the 18,000 marked
coho quota has been met.
Anglers have reported catching
(and releasing) hatchery coho
in the Charleston area before
the season opened.
As of June 17, there is 24
percent of the All Depth
Halibut quota remaining. The
nearshore halibut season
(inside 40 fathoms) is now
open seven days a week except
when there are All Depth
Halibut days.
As of June 18, there is 86
percent of the Nearshore quota
remaining.
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
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