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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 2017
OPRD
SEEKS COMMENTS ON CAMPING RATES
SALEM — The Oregon Parks and
Recreation Department (OPRD) is pro-
posing amendments to agency rules
related to overnight camping rates for
state parks.
A $2 per site increase in the base rate
for overnight rental fees on select types
of campsites was approved by the
Oregon Legislature as part of the 2017-
19 OPRD budget.
The deadline for public comment on
the amendments has been extended to
Saturday, Sept. 15.
The proposed rule will increase the
base rate for yurts, cabins, full hook up,
partial hook up, hiker-biker, equestrian
and group sites.
Fishing
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Remember the limit on
streams and rivers is two per
day over 8-inches.
WILSON RIVER:
Steelhead, trout
Summer steelhead fishing
on the Wilson has been moder-
ate to slow, but there are fish
throughout the system. Late
August and September can be
a great time to target these fish
as cooler nights lower water
temps, and fish that have been
holding get more active.
Target riffles and the top of
pools during first and last
light, and concentrate on deep-
er 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.
The Wilson doesn’t open for
fall Chinook above tide water
(Hwy 101 bridge) until Sept.
16.
Trout is also season 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: Chinook,
trout
Trout is season open and
there should be some nice cut-
throat around. Remember, the
limit on streams and rivers is
two per day over 8-inches.
COOS COUNTY LAKES
PONDS: Warmwater fish,
AND
trout
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.
Anglers have still catching
rainbow trout at Empire
Lakes. Fishing is best in the
deepest part of the lakes.
COOS RIVER BASIN:
Dungeness crab, bay clams,
rockfish, salmon
Streams and rivers are now
open to trout fishing until Oct.
31. Fishing is restricted to arti-
ficial flies and lures in streams
above tidewater. Anglers may
harvest 2 trout per day that are
a minimum of 8 inches long.
Streams and rivers are now
open to trout fishing until Oct.
31. Fishing is restricted to arti-
ficial flies and lures in streams
above tidewater until Sept. 1,
when bait will be allowed.
Anglers may harvest 2 trout
per day that are a minimum of
8 inches long.
Fishing for rockfish inside
the Coos Bay estuary has been
good one day and slow the
next. Anglers are having the
most success fishing along the
jetties and submerged rock
piles. The marine fish daily
bag limit for bottom fish
(rockfish) is seven fish and a
separate daily limit for lingcod
(two).
The 7 fish marine bag limit
will remain in place, with
these adjustments for 2017.
Tent site rates will not increase, which
maintains a lower cost option for park
visitors.
The proposed rule is aligned with the
views expressed in park surveys that
show visitors prefer smaller rate increas-
es on a more frequent basis than a large
fee increase in the future.
Day-use parking pass prices will not
increase.
The full text of the amendment
to Oregon Administrative Rule 736-
015-0020 and 736-015-0040 is available
online at bit.ly/OregonStateParkRule
making.
Comments will be accepted until 5
p.m. on Sept. 15, and can be made online
all year.
Largemouth bass fishing has
been very good with anglers
catching lots of bass on
Senkos and other plastics.
Bass will be spreading out and
found in deeper water during
the day.
Fishing for bass will be best
early mornings and evenings.
WINCHESTER BAY:
Bottomfish, perch
Fishing for bottom fish in
the Triangle and South jetty
has been successful.
PACIFIC OCEAN AND
BEACHES: Bottomfish, surf
perch, crab, salmon, halibut
Recreational crabbing is
open along the entire Oregon
coast and has been good both
in the ocean and in the bays.
The nearshore halibut sea-
son (inside 40 fathoms) is now
closed. The next All Depth
Halibut days will likely be
Sept. 1-2, with 48.1 percent of
the 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 seasons.
Anglers have reported
catching Chinook outside of
Winchester Bay and
Charleston last week. The
selective coho season closed at
the end of July. The non-selec-
tive ocean coho season from
Cape Falcon to Humbug Mt.
runs from Sept. 2-30 with a
quota of 6,000 fish.
The recreational harvest of
razor clams is open from
Tillamook Head (south of
Seaside) to Cascade Head
(north of Lincoln City).
The recreational harvest of
razor clams is closed from
Cascade Head to the
California Border for elevated
levels of domoic acid. This
includes all beaches and all
bays.
Clatsop Beaches are closed
for the annual razor clam con-
servation closure. This area
at bit.ly/OregonStateParkRulemaking.
Send written comments to:
Oregon Parks and Recreation
Department, attn.: Katie Gauthier, 725
Summer St NE, Suite C, Salem OR
97301; or email comments to OPRD.
publiccomment@oregon.gov.
After reviewing public comments,
agency staff plan to present a final
recommended rule for consideration
by the Oregon State Parks and
Recreation Commission at its Wednes-
day, Sept. 20, business meeting.
If approved by the Commission,
new rates would be effective on new
reservations made after Oct. 1, 2018.
includes beaches from the
Columbia River south to
Tillamook Head. The conser-
vational closure will be lifted
on Oct. 1 if domoic acid levels
are below the closure limit at
that time.
The recreational harvesting
of mussels is open along the
entire Oregon Coast from the
Columbia River to the
California border, except from
Tillamook Head south to
Cascade Head, which current-
ly closed.
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.
• O CEAN S ALMON
Local fall Chinook should
be starting to stage near most
estuary mouths from the
Nehalem south as far as the
Coquille throughout August
and early September.
The Selective Coho (fin-
clipped) season between Cape
Falcon and Humbug Mountain
closed July 31. Coho retention
is scheduled to reopen on
Sept. 2 and continue through
the earlier of the quota of
6,000 coho (no fin clip
required) or Sept. 30.
Fishing for all salmon
except coho remains open
through Oct. 31. Note that dur-
ing the month of October
salmon angling will be limited
to only inside of the 40 fathom
regulatory line.
• B OTTOM F ISHING
Bottomfish fishing contin-
ues to be good out of most
ports along the Oregon coast,
when the winds have cooperat-
ed. Angler success for rockfish
remained about the same as
the last few weeks.
Lingcod fishing is a little
sporadic: excellent some days,
Watershed to discuss
importance of Lamprey
The Siuslaw Watershed
Council will hold a general
public meeting, Wednesday,
Aug. 30, at 6:30 p.m., to dis-
cuss the history, ecological
impact and status of the
Pacific Lamprey.
The meeting will be held at
Archie Knowles County Park.
Parking is limited, so car-
pooling from the SWC office
at Mapleton High School or
from Pop’s Restaurant parking
lot is suggested.
but very slow other days.
Anglers from the south
coast have had better success
with lingcod this past week.
Remember to know and
understand the new bag limits.
SHELFISH:
• M USSELS
Mussels remain closed from
Tillamook Head (just north of
Cannon Beach) to Cascade
Head (just north of Lincoln
City) due to high levels of
Paralytic Shellfish Toxins.
Rock jetty structures at
nearly every port in Oregon
support harvestable popula-
tions of mussels.
• R AZOR C LAMS
Razor clams remain closed
from the Columbia River
South Jetty to Tillamook Head
(south of Seaside) and from
Cascade Head to the OR/CA
border coast due to elevated
levels of domoic acid. This
includes all beaches and bays.
Razor clam harvest is open
from Tillamook Head (south
of Seaside) to Cascade Head
(north of Lincoln City).
• B AY CLAMS
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.
• C RABBING
Ocean and bay crabbing is
open coastwide. Newly molt-
ed, larger crab are being
caught in the ocean and many
bays.
Some of these crab have
hardened up a bit while others
are fairly soft and have less
meat in them. These crab will
fill in and harden up through
the summer and should be
very high quality crab by
September.
Catches are increasing
everywhere up and down the
coast.
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UMPQUA RIVER, SOUTH:
Trout, bass
The South remains open to
trout and warmwater fishing.
Bass fishing has been good
around the Roseburg area.
TENMILE BASIN: Trout,
bass
Streams and rivers are now
open to trout fishing until Oct.
31. Fishing is restricted to arti-
ficial flies and lures in streams
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