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.
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