SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2017
Lighthouses
from 1B
Gradually, the 65-foot high
silhouette
of
Heceta
Lighthouse came into view at
the peak of the hill, which
crests 205 feet above the crash-
ing waves. Because of a grow-
ing mist, the light refracting
through tiny droplets in the air
created a halo effect around the
revolving turret of light ema-
nating through eight panels of
glass lens.
Four volunteers had already
Fishing
from 1B
year. The 2017 trout stocking
schedule is available online.
SIUSLAW RIVER: Trout
Trout season continues with
some nice catches of cutthroat.
Remember the limit on
streams and rivers is two per
day over 8-inches.
ALSEA RIVER: Trout
Reports of nice cutthroat
trout are being reported.
Remember the limit on
streams and rivers is two per
day over 8-inches.
SALMON RIVER: Trout
Trout season remains open
and there should be some nice
cutthroat still 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
arrived and taken their places at
various points throughout the
tour, all of whom came on short
notice to help educate the
group of curious folks drawn to
the light.
Inside, volunteers explained
the history of the structure,
which was named after a
Portuguese sea captain named
Don Bruno De Heceta, who
happened upon the shallows
near Devil’s Elbow in 1775.
They talk of the intricacies of
the beam itself. How its rota-
tion sequence and number of
Fresnel panels is unique —
because each lighthouse has its
own signature.
The Umpqua River light-
house near Winchester Bay, for
example, has 32 light panels,
with every third plate colored
red, creating a consistent red
flash every few seconds. Up the
coast in Newport, the Yaquina
Head Lighthouse flashes its
warning to sea-goers every 20
seconds — not in a beam, but a
burst of light that can be seen
from 20 miles away.
In the end, however, it’s the
silent sweep of brilliant light
across the horizon that speaks
to visitors the most.
Standing at the base of the
lighthouse, the group stares up
at the slowly revolving beacon,
momentarily joining its vigil.
With their eyes, they follow the
enormous shafts of light slicing
through
the
darkness,
entranced by the motion.
The repetition.
And the thought that, 100
years from now, it could still be
here, lighting the way —
unchanged and offering safe
passage through troubled
waters.
(Tours of the Heceta Head
Lighthouse are given daily
throughout the summer from 11
a.m. to 5 p.m.. The lighthouse
observation area is open year
round during park hours, offer-
ing a spectacular view of the
coastline. To arrange a tour
outside of the regular tour sea-
son, call Oregon State Parks at
1-800-551-6949.)
can be effective.
Anglers are still hooking
cutthroat trout.
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 in May
but pleny of cutthroat are still
around.
Remember the limit on
streams and rivers is two per
day over 8-inches.
having good success using
PowerBait at Empire Lakes,
while trolling a wedding ring
spinner has worked very well
at Eel Lake.
the Triangle and South jetty
has been successful.
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
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
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 artifi-
cial 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
deeper water.
Fishing for bass will be best
early mornings and evenings.
WINCHESTER BAY:
Bottomfish, perch
Fishing for bottom fish in
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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 week-
end.
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) hatch-
ery coho in the Charleston area
before the season opened.
As of June 17, there was
still 24 percent of the All
Depth Halibut quota remain-
ing. The nearshore halibut sea-
son (inside 40 fathoms) is now
open seven days a week except
when there are All Depth
Halibut days.
As of June 18, there was 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
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
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