NED HICKSON , SPORTS EDITOR
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SPORTS @ THESIUSLAWNEWS . COM
WEDNESDAY EDITION
❘ NOVEMBER 22, 2017 ❘
SECTION B
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
S PORTS
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WINTER SPORTS
OPENERS
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WEEKLY
FISHING REPORT FOR
• NOV. 29
THE LOCAL REGION
SHS BASKETBALL
AT C RESWELL
GIRLS : 6 P . M .
BOYS : 7:30 P . M .
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
W ARMWATER F ISHING
— South Coast
The south coast area
extends along the Oregon
coast from Yachats south to
the Oregon-California bor-
der. The area offers some
of the most productive and
scenic warmwater fishing
in the state with excellent
fishing for bass and panfish
available in large waters
such as Mercer Lake,
Siltcoos Lake, and
Tahkenitch Lake.
Tenmile Lakes located
north of Coos Bay is
renowned for its crappie
and trophy bass fisheries,
and the site of bass tourna-
ments. Anglers should also
try one of the many smaller
lakes scattered along
Highway 101 and through-
out the coastal dunes area,
or Triangle Lake closer to
the Willamette Valley.
The warmwater fish
available in the south coast
area include: Largemouth
bass, smallmouth bass,
bullheads, black crappie,
bluegill, pumpkinseed, yel-
low perch, green sunfish,
warmouth and channel cat-
fish.
North and South
Tenmile Lake provide
some of the finest
warmwater fishing on the
Oregon coast. Located on
the east side of Hwy 101
mid-way between
Reedsport and Coos Bay,
the combined lakes offer
nearly 2,000 acres of water
and miles of shoreline to
fish for largemouth bass,
bluegill, crappie and brown
bullhead catfish.
Much of the property
around Tenmile is private-
ly-owned and the lakes are
best fished by boat, but a
fishing dock at Tenmile
Lake County Park in the
small community of
Lakeside is wheelchair
accessible and a great spot
for kids. There also is a
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BASKETBALL
AT R EEDSPORT
GIRLS : 5:30 P . M .
BOYS : 7 P . M .
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Entrance Siuslaw River
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High Tide
Low Tide
Nov. 18
11:22am / 8.0
6:13pm / -0.4
5:29am / 2.5
Nov. 19
12:37am/ 6.5
11:54pm/ 7.9
Nov. 20
1:16am/ 6.5
12:25pm/ 7.7
WHALE COUNTDOWN
B Y N ED H ICKSON
Siuslaw News
6:05am / 2.7
6:48pm/ -0.4
6:41am/ 3.0
7:23pm/ -0.3
Nov. 21
1:56am / 6.4 7:17am / 3.3
12:58pm / 7.4 7:59pm / -0.1
Nov. 22
2:37am / 6.3
1:33pm/ 7.1
W INTER
7:56pm / 3.5
8:38pm/ 0.2
Nov. 23
3:22am / 6.1
2:11pm / 6.7
8:39am / 3.6
9:19m / 0.5
Nov. 24
4:10am / 6.0
2:57pm/ 6.3
9:31pm / 3.7
10:04pm/ 0.8
S IUSLAW
N EWS
148 Maple St.
Florence
541-997-3441
A
s this year’s
holiday will be
season drawing
to a close in
December, whale watching
on the Oregon coast will
just be getting started.
This year’s Winter Whale Watching
Week will take place Dec. 27 through
31, during one of the best times of the
year to spot gray whales off the
stormy Oregon coastal shores.
Approximately 18,000 whales will
travel 12,000 miles south to Mexico,
where they will give birth to their
calves.
To help visitors make the most of
the annual migration, there will be
nearly 40 volunteers at prime viewing
points along the Oregon Coast to help
visitors spot the mighty mammals.
“Whale Watching Spoken Here”
signs will identify the volunteers, who
OPRD COURTESY PHOTO
The tail of a migrating gray whale appears off the coast near Cape
Perpetua last December.
will point out special behaviors, such
as spy hopping, breaching and spout-
ing, as well as discuss whale feeding,
courtship and migration patterns.
To prepare for the twice-annual
event, the Oregon Parks and
Recreation Department (OPRD) is
seeking whale lovers to participate in
its annual Whale Watching Spoken
Here program.
The program places trained volun-
teers at 24 whale-watching sites along
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FISHING XB
Parking fee to be waived at state park on ‘Green Friday’
Oregon State Parks invites the pub-
lic to play for free on Friday, Nov. 24,
in celebration of “Green Friday,” the
day after Thanksgiving. The agency
will waive day-use parking fees in 26
Oregon State Parks that day.
“We started this tradition three years
ago to encourage people to opt out-
side,” said OPRD director Lisa
Sumption. “Why not get some fresh air
with your family and create a new hol-
iday tradition?”
To help celebrate, the nonprofit
Oregon State Parks Foundation is
offering free hot drinks and snacks at
Tryon Creek State Natural Area, Fort
Stevens State Park, Rooster Rock State
Park, Silver Falls State Park and Cape
Blanco State Park.
In addition, refreshments — donat-
ed by Starbucks Coffee, Nossa Familia
Coffee, Smith Tea, Stevens Cocoa and
KIND Bars — will be served by vol-
unteers from the local Friends Groups.
Parking is free year-round at almost
all state parks; the waiver applies to
the 26 parks that charge $5 daily for
parking.
The waiver applies from open to
close on Nov. 24, except at Shore
Acres State Park, where it expires at 3
p.m. for the Holiday Lights event that
runs Thanksgiving through New
Year’s Eve.
A list of parks that require day-use
parking permits is at OregonState
ParksParking.
Daily parking permits can be pur-
chased on site, but one- and two-year
passes are also available online at
store.oregonstateparks.org.
Visit the Oregon State Parks website
at oregonstateparks.org. for directions
to each park.
Happy Th anksgiving and hoping
you get to enjoy the holiday
among family and friends.
Lynnette Wikstrom
Broker
Cell: 541.999.0786
lynnette@cbcoast.com
100 Hwy. 101, Florence, OR • 541.997.7777
“We’re next to the Bridge.”
COAST REAL ESTATE