SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2017
Coastal Gem Walkers
announce September jaunts
The
Coastal
Gems
Volkswalkers invite people to
come walking Tuesday, Sept.
5, along the Depot Bay Three
Loop YRE.
Walkers will meet at the
Commons in Yachats at 9 a.m.
to carpool to Depoe Bay, or
meet the group at the Sea Hag
restaurant in Depoe Bay at 10
a.m. to register.
The forest trails portion is
not appropriate for wheel-
chairs or strollers.
For more information or
directions, call Maryann
Brown in Waldport at 541-
961-4279, or visit www.
yachatscoastalgems.org.
Halibut fishery reopens
Oregon recreational anglers
are again able to fish for
nearshore halibut in the
Central Oregon Coast Subarea
(Cape Falcon to Humbug Mt.)
seven days a week through
Oct. 31, or when the adjusted
quota is met.
The Oregon Department of
Fish and Wildlife (ODFW)
conferred with the National
Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) and International
Pacific Halibut Commission
(IPHC) on the progress of
Oregon recreational halibut
fisheries and the amount of
quota remaining.
The agencies determined
that enough remained to allow
the Central Coast Subarea
nearshore fishery to reopen.
“By shifting some quota
that is likely to go unused oth-
erwise, we are able to reopen
the popular Central Coast
Fishing
from 1B
to pick up in the estuary. Trout
season c and there should be
some nice cutthroat around.
Remember the limit on
streams and rivers is two per
day over 8-inches.
SILETZ RIVER: Steelhead,
Chinook, trout
The Siletz River is open for
fall Chinook and fishing is
starting to pick up in the bay.
Spring Chinook and summer
steelhead are being caught, and
fishing should continue to
improve.
Recycling hatchery summer
steelhead from the Siletz Falls
trap has ended for the season.
Casting spinners, drifting bait
or using a bobber and jig can
be effective.
There should be some nice
cutthroat around. Remember
the limit on streams and rivers
is two per day over 8-inches.
WILSON RIVER: Steelhead,
trout
nearshore fishery, to allow for
some additional halibut fishing
opportunities” said Lynn
Mattes, ODFW Recreational
Halibut Project Leader.
The Central Oregon Coast
summer all-depth fishery
remains open every other
Friday and Saturday until the
quota is attained or Oct. 31.
Anglers are reminded that on
days when both the all-depth
and nearshore fishery are
open, all-depth regulations
apply, regardless of depth of
fishing.
The Southern Oregon
Subarea (Humbug Mountain
to the OR/CA Border) also
remains open, seven days per
week until the quota is
attained, or Oct. 31.
Halibut sport fishery regula-
tions can be found online at
www.dfw.state.or.us/MRP/fin-
fish/halibut/index.asp.
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
Registration continues for annual Prefontaine Run
Applications still being
accepted for the 2017
Prefontaine Memorial Run.
The 10,000-meter road run is
slated for 10 a.m. Saturday,
Sept. 16, in downtown Coos
Bay, and is held in conjunction
with the Bay Area Fun Festival,
Coos Bay’s largest annual com-
munity celebration.
RRCA
Championship
medals will be presented to the
top overall masters (40-49),
grandmaster (50-59) and senior
grandmaster (60 and older)
male and female winners.
A stand-alone 5K high
school cross-country team
competition will start at 9:45
a.m. Awards for the open 10K
Pre Run will be given in five-
year age groups. First through
third place finishers in each
division will receive awards.
The entry fee is $30 if made
prior to Sept. 13, and $40 there-
after. High School team com-
petitors must register on athlet-
ic.net and receive a discounted
registration fee.
All race entrants will
received a T-shirt especially
designed to commemorate the
Pre Run. Online registration is
encouraged by logging on to
the Pre Run website at www
.prefontainerun.com
Registration forms are avail-
able at the Coos Bay Visitor
Information Center, Farr’s True
Value Hardware and Nasburg
Huggins Insurance in Coos
Bay.
the referees.
The Siuslaw volleyball pro-
gram has consistently qualified
for state play-offs each year,
including the Far West League
title earned during an exciting
play-off game last season —
with the Lady Vikings in con-
tention for a repeat of the
league title this fall.
Watching and supporting
them, as well as the Lady
Sailors of Mapleton, should be
on your fall sports calendar.
The bump-set-spike of years
ago has been replaced with
pass-set-and hit. Add to these
terms like “dig,” “block,”
“pancake” and “ace,” and you
will be prepared to be an
informed spectator.
In 1972, Title IX legislation
provided equitable opportuni-
ties for men and women to par-
ticipate in sports. It also marks
the year that the Oregon School
Activities Association (OSAA)
held its first-ever combined
class 1A-2A-3A volleyball
championship.
The winner that first year
was my alma mater, Warrenton
High School. They were the
smallest school and, to quote a
player from that team, “the
shortest team, too.”
They were known as “Giant
Killers.” Many of the players
on that championship team
were sophomores my senior
year.
Plan to spend an evening
watching and supporting mem-
bers of our local volleyball
teams as they serve, pass, set
and hit their way through the
fall season.
Supporting
fans
will
enhance the efforts of our vol-
leyball teams.
kills from junior middle blocker
Makenzie York, who eventually
finished the night with 21 kills, 5
blocks and 7 digs against the No.
11-ranked 3A Billies.
The Lady Vikings went on to
tie up the match by narrowly
winning the third and fourth sets,
25-22, 25-23, forcing a fifth set.
The Billies pounded kills from
junior Victoria Lewis and senior
Sophia Casarez, who combined
for 30 kills in the match.
Digs from Siuslaw junior
Jordan Long kept the Lady Viks
close until the final minutes,
when Pleasant Hill managed to
secure a 15-12 win to take the
match and improve to 4-1 over-
all.
Sophomore Mia Collins had 7
kills against the Billies.
Siuslaw (2-2) will compete in
the Canby Tournament today
before kicking off the Far West
League season this Tuesday,
when the Lady Viks host
Marshfield.
First serve goes up at 6:30
p.m.
there should be some nice cut-
throat around. Remember, the
limit on streams and rivers is
two per day over 8-inches.
The 7 fish marine bag limit
will remain in place, with
these adjustments for 2017.
COOS COUNTY LAKES
AND PONDS: Warmwater fish,
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
above tidewater.
Anglers may harvest 2 trout
per day that are a minimum of
8 inches long. Trout fishing in
T ENMILE L AKES , E EL L AKE ,
S AUNDERS L AKE are open 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.
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
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 currently
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,
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.
Little
from 1B
players very cautiously.
Tall, less mobile hitters often
played back row defense.
Rally scoring was imple-
mented in the 1990s to speed
up the game. Television influ-
enced this rule change to
accommodate time limited
telecasts.
The position of the “libero”
became a rotating defensive
specialist improving defenses.
This position wears a different
colored Jersey to identify it to
Viks
from 1B
In the opening sets against the
Billies, it appeared the Lady Viks
might be going home early after
losing the first two games, 25-19,
25-19.
But in the third set, Siuslaw
rallied, thanks in large part to
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).
UMPQUA RIVER, SOUTH:
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-
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