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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 2017 Fishing from 1B 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, the limit on streams and rivers is two per day over 8- inches. 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. A few anglers are still catching a few trout in both Lower and Upper Empire FREE ADMISSION August 19 & 20, 2017 Florence Events Center 715 Quince Street, Florence, OR Saturday, 9-5 • Sunday 9-4 Florence Coin Show 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 Sat 8/19 8am-1pm 2224 Primrose Lane Misc. household items, non-profit. Coins & Collectibles • Free Appraisals • Submit your coins to ANACS for grading Thurs-Sat 8/17-8/19 8am-4pm 543 Myeena Loop, Huge Estate Sale! Lots of everything! 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 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 Sat Only! 8/19 9am-3pm 11th & Alder St., Neighborhood Garage Sale! Fri-Sat 8/18-8/19 8am-3pm 89469 Shore crest Dr., Jewelry, yard art, & antiques. For more information contact: DENNIS HANKINS 541-401-0949 OR BUY - SELL TRADE TERRY WOODWARD 541-997-2682 ES FORMIN U G A E L G N R E OW NT I ! W Fri-Sat 8/18-8/19 9am-5pm 4020 Munsel Creek Dr., Moving Sale! China Hutch, Metal Shop Cabinets, Large Headboard, Flowers, Etc. Sat 8/19 8am-4pm 1117 8th St., Liquidation Estate. Quality Furniture, tools, surfboards, Home décor, kitchenware. Great selection! See our ad on Craigslist. Fri-Sat 8/18-8/19 9am-4pm 7123 Maple Creek Rd., 5mi. down canary 2-Family Sale! Hunting, Fishing, Kids stuff, household goods. Hoberg’s Complete Auto Repair 12 Lanes Everyone is welcome at HOLIDAY BOWL Full-Service Pro-Shop Snack Bar www.hobergsautorepair.com Automatic Scoring League Bowling Monte Carlo Bowling Youth Leagues Sign Up Now For League Bowling Mens League • Womens League • Social League • Kids League Starting After Labor Day At Holiday Bowl Florence, OR • 997-3332 345 Hwy. 101 541-997-2413 Kevin McMullen 3rd Generation Owner hobergsautorepair@gmail.com Serving Your Auto Needs Since 1945 3 B 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. Visit us on the web T HE S IUSLAW N EWS . COM Follow us on Twitter @S IUSLAW N EWS
