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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2017 Fishing from 1B fishing has picked up a bit on the Wilson River and is fair. There are fish throughout the system, and fresh fish are still coming in. Target riffles and the top of pools during first and last light, and con- centrate on deeper holding pools once the sun is on the water. Fishing stealthy, with light gear, and targeting first and last light is often the key to success with these fish. Trout season is open 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 is open and there should be some nice cutthroat around. Remember, Tuesday 8/1 Robert Stevenson Dan Wilhelmi Florence Florence Grocery Outlet Safeway/Florence Wednesday 8/2 Terri Taniguchi James Peake Florence Florence Safeway/Florence Safeway/Florence Thursday 8/3 Marge Eichenberger Joanne Fox Florence Florence Florence Liquor Agency Safeway/Florence Friday 8/4 Bob Freeman Dave Gruesz Florence Florence Safeway/Florence Safeway/Florence Saturday 8/5 Linda McPhedran Linda McPhedran Florence Florence Safeway/Florence Safeway/Florence Sunday 8/6 Jeff Gray Dee Bays Florence Florence Three Rivers Casino Resort Three Rivers Casino Resort Monday 8/7 Cliff Walker Peggy Smith Florence Florence Safeway/Florence Safeway/Florence 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. A few anglers are still catching a few trout in both Lower and Upper Empire Lakes using PowerBait or trolling a spinner in the deep- er water. 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 “larg- er” trout to last year’s stock- ing of “legal” size trout. PACIFIC OCEAN and BEACHES: Bottomfish, surf perch, crab, salmon, halibut Recreational crabbing is open along the entire Oregon coast. The nearshore halibut sea- son (inside 40 fathoms) is now open seven days a week except when there are All Depth Halibut days. The next All Depth Halibut days are August 4-5. As of July 9, there is 43 percent of the Nearshore quota remaining. 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 is open and will remain open until July 31 or until the 18,000 marked coho quota NON-PROFIT SPOTLIGHT The Salvation Army – Cascade Division Western Lane County Q: Describe your organization. A: Lives are being changed one day, one food box, one smile at a time. Each year over 350,000 people are being served in Oregon – in every ZIP code of the State. In Western Lane County food, clothing and emergency services are off ered through partner organizations and agencies. Q: What are your greatest accomplishments so far, this year? A: Th e Salvation Army in Western Lane County has established a dedicated trust fund. Bequests and other gift s can be dedicated to this fund so that your donations are restricted to serving others in this area. Contact Bill Olson to learn more about such giving. Moneys raised in Western Lane County, unless designated for other purposes, are allocated to partner agencies and organizations and provided by volunteers. Rural services such as food, clothing, transportation, prescriptions and shelter are off ered through the Service Extension Program. Over 15,000 individuals in rural areas were served last year. Q: Do you have a personal story that describes the impact your organization has had in the community? A: In both 2016 and 2017, the Red Kettle Campaign led by local resident Janet Snow raised over $15,000 which was among the highest per capita successes in Oregon and nationally for a rural community. Q: What is your current greatest need? A: Building a local network of volunteers who support Th e Salvation Army and its services is our number one need. We do our ‘good works’ to glorify Jesus Christ and to meet human need and suff ering in His Name – join us! Q: Describe your organizations personality in three words. A: OTHERS – OTHERS - OTHERS in Our Community. Thank You. Mayor Joe Henry meets with Majors Hedrik & Eugenia Sumter of Disaster & Emergency Services. SPONSORED BY: Florence Pharmacy Jack Mobley Construction Inc. County Transfer & Recycling Oregon Pacifi c Bank First Baptist Church Swanson Pest Management Florence Heating & Sheet Metal, Inc has been met. Anglers have reported catching both Chinook salmon and hatch- ery coho in the Charleston area early last week. As of July 9, there is 94 percent of the selective coho salmon quota remaining. C LOSURES : • Razor clams remain closed along the entire Oregon coast due to elevated levels of domoic acid. This includes all beaches and bays. 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 • The Central Oregon Coast Pacific halibut spring all-depth fishery is now closed. • Mussels are closed from Tillamook Head (just north of Cannon Beach) to Cascade Head (just north of Lincoln City). O CEAN S ALMON Ocean Chinook fishing effort and catch have been slow so far this season; how- ever, some ocean Chinook were landed in Garibaldi, Pacific City, Florence, and Winchester Bay last week. The Selective Coho (fin- clipped) season between Cape Falcon and Humbug Mountain opened on June 24 and will run through the ear- lier of July 31 or an 18,000 marked coho quota. The bag limit is two salmon per day, and all coho must have a healed adipose fin clip. Best success was observed for anglers fishing out of Florence, Winchester Bay and Charleston. Most salmon being encountered are coho at all ports. Indications are that coho salmon will be moving up the coast in the next few weeks with expecta- tions for better catches in more northerly ports from Newport to Garibaldi. B OTTOM F ISHING Bottomfish fishing contin- ues to be good out of most ports along the coast. Anglers were averaging close to one lingcod and four rockfish per trip. Remember to know and understand the new bag lim- its (see below). New bag and sub-bag lim- its for 2017: To stay within Federal allocations, and try to provide for year-round fish- ing 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 have a sub- bag limit of 6 fish (out of the 7 fish daily bag, no more than 6 may be black rock- fish). There is a 4 fish sub- bag limit for blue/deacon, China, copper, and quillback rockfish combined (out of the 7 fish marine bag, no more than 4 may be these species combined). P ACIFIC H ALIBUT In 2017 vessels fishing for or retaining 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 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. Breaking news, photo galleries and MORE! All Creation’s Construction Chad Clement, D.D.S., P.C 3 B www.edwardjones.com Member SIPC Visit the Siuslaw News online at WWW.THESIUSLAWNEWS.COM
