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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2017
Sand
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“It’s great to see this many
people out here,” Cruz said on
Saturday. “It’s easily double
the number from last year.”
Cruz, a pro sandboarder,
helped coordinate this year’s
competition with Dune Riders
International head judge Jack
Smith and his wife Cathy,
along with veteran sandboarder
Jose Chavez of Eugene.
“Having new competitors
this year was a definite boost to
the overall excitement for all
our competitors,” said Lon
Beale, owner of Sand Master
Park and host of the annual
event for more than two
decades.
Also known as “Dr. Dune,”
Beale is a legend in the sand-
boarding world for being a cat-
alyst for the growing sport.
Competitors climbed the
dunes at Honeyman State Park
for the sand drag and slalom
events. Both are speed events,
with sand draggers timed by
radar and slalom competitors
clocked with a stop watch.
Earlier in the day, sand-
boarders competed in the rail
slide category, utilizing a newly
rebuilt 55-foot extended ramp
to send them along a metal rail,
Fishing
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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.
UMPQUA RIVER, SOUTH:
Trout, bass
Open to trout and warmwa-
ter 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
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 wed-
ding 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
similar to skatboarding,
with boarders scored on
the highest slide.
The competition then
moved on to the slalom
event, with riders climb-
ing the dune face and rac-
ing down slalom-style to
reach the bottom in the
fastest amount of time.
Beth Sewell, 26, of
North Bend, was return-
ing to sandboarding after
a long absence due to a
back injury she sustained
in high school.
After taking a few
tumbles on the sand,
Sewell said her back was
feeling fine.
“Gabe encouraged me
to come out, so here I
am,” she said, brushing
sand from her smile.
Sewell went on to fin-
ish second in the
women’s division, one
point
behind Abby
Watkins of Florence, who
made her debut at last
year’s Jam.
Jordan Torgison, also
of Florence, swapped his
schedule at Fred Meyer’s to try
his hand at competition.
“I’ve been sandboarding for
a while but this is my first Sand
Master Jam,” he said after his
deeper water. Fishing for bass
will be best early mornings
and evenings.
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 sea-
sons.
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 catch-
ing (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
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Professional sandboard-
er Gabe Cruz, of Coos
Bay and an instructor
at Sand Master Park,
swept all three events
during Saturday’s 21st
annual Sand Master
Jam.
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Eventually, the Jam turned to
the sand drags, where riders
begin at the top of the dune and
Depth Halibut days.
As of June 18, there is 86
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Recreational harvest of
razor clams is closed on the
entire Oregon coast due to ele-
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The recreational harvesting
of mussels is open along the
entire Oregon Coast from the
Columbia River to the
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Before any shellfish harvest
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Oregon Department of
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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.
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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
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and closures listed below were
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They get three runs
each.
At the end of the day,
the only three-category
sweep was in the pro
division, where Cruz
won the sand drag with a
top speed of 31.2 mph.
Cruz finished the slolum
in just under six seconds
and scored 4 out of a pos-
sible 5 points in the rail
slide for a combined total
of 30 points.
Matt
Walton
of
Eugene was second over-
all with 26 points, fol-
lowed by Rolland Cox of
Portland with 23 points.
In the women’s divi-
sion,
Watkins won with
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29 points, Sewell had 28
and Mary Rose Walker of
race to the bottom in an attempt
Portland was third with 21
to capture the fastest speed.
points.
Logan
Livingston
of
Florence won the amateur divi-
sion with 27 points, Brandon
Livingston, also of Florence,
was second (25 pts.) and Diego
Chaves of Eugene was third (21
pts.).
The Sand Master Jam is part of
the world circuit, which includes
competitions in Peru, Chile,
Egypt, South Africa, Spain and
France. The U.S. is the only
country that hosts two events,
with points that count toward the
world title — and both are hosted
by Sand Master Park.
The next event, the X-West
Huck Fest, is an all-air competi-
tion with riders competing for the
biggest jumps and best tricks.
“It’s the one that has become
the favorite because it’s so spec-
tacular to watch,” said Beale.
The X-West Huck Fest will
take place Saturday, Sept. 16,
from 2 to 4 p.m. at Three Rivers
Casino Resort, just east of
Florence on Highway 126.
For more information, call
Sand Master Park at 541-997-
6006 or visit www.sandmaster
park.com.
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