SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2017
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Sign-ups for Saturday’s annual Salmon Run 5K fundraiser continue
While working as an intern
with the Siuslaw Watershed
Council in 2006, Deadwood
resident and Mapleton High
School
graduate
Shiloh
Sundstrom began the Salmon
Run 5K as a fund raiser for its
watershed programs
The run lasted three years
before trickling off after
Sundstrom went to college,
where he earned a masters
degree in forest resources from
Oregon State University in
2009.
He dedicating much of his
time to the watershed over the
years before, two years ago, a
tragic hit-and-run accident took
Sundstrom’s life at age 34.
In February 2016, while
accepting the “Spirit of the
Siuslaw” award on behalf of
his son, Johnny Sundstrom
challenged the board to start
the run again.
“The board thought it was a
great idea to get that tradition
going again,” said Tom Burke
of the SWC.
Last year’s revival of the race
drew 74 participants, with those
finishing in first place in each
division receiving a handmade
commemorative wooden
medal.
GREENTREES VILLAGE
COMMUNITY WIDE
YARD SALE
SAT. & SUN., AUGUST 26TH AND 27TH
8:00 - 3:00 PM
GATES OPEN
TO THE PUBLIC
Both on the
East & West Sides
1 600 & 1601
Rhododendron
This year, organizers of the
Salmon Run hope to increase
that number to 100 or more.
“It means a lot to see so
many people turn out for this
event,” Johnny Sundstrom said
at the start of last year’s run.
“Shiloh believed in giving
back, and having this race up
and running again in his mem-
ory and raising money for con-
servation education and proj-
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 concentrate
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 cut-
throat 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 cut-
ects is a wonderful way of con-
tinuing his legacy.”
This year’s race will be held
Saturday, Aug. 26, with check-
in beginning at 8:30 a.m.
In addition to the 5K run, there
is also a 3K fun run/walk.
Both races start at 9 a.m., at
the Mapleton High School track,
where Shiloh spent a lot of time
as both a high school athlete for
the Sailors as well as an assistant
track coach for his father, Johnny.
Just as when the run was first
established 11 years ago, all
money raised goes to support
SWC programs and the water-
shed that meant so much to
Sundstrom.
Cost is $25 for the 3K or $30
for the 5K event and includes a
commemorative T-shirt. To pre-
register, visit www.eclecticedge
racing.com.
throat around. Remember, the
limit on streams and rivers is
two per day over 8-inches.
COOS COUNTY LAKES
AND PONDS: Trout, warmwa-
ter 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 deeper
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 “larger”
trout to last year’s stocking 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 has
been met. Anglers have report-
ed catching both Chinook
salmon and hatchery 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 safe-
ty hotline at 1-800-448-2474
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
• 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 earlier 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.
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