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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2017
Start planning now for 2018 fishing, hunting seasons
SALEM — The new 2018
Oregon Sport Fishing and 2018
Oregon Big Game Hunting
Regulations are now available
at outdoor stores and ODFW
offices, or at www.eregulations
.com or through its new recre-
ation website at MyODFW.
com.
As of Friday, 2018 licenses
and tags are also on sale at
license sales agents most
ODFW offices and online.
Fishing and hunting licenses
can make great gifts, especially
for kids. Youth age 12 to 17 can
fish (including Columbia River
Endorsement), hunt, crab and
clam all year for $10 with the
Youth License, or gift the
Sports Pac ($55) and add all
major hunting and fishing
tags/validations including deer,
elk, turkey, bear, cougar and
combined angling tag.
ODFW’s special big game
hunt raffle tickets also make
great stocking stuffers ($4.50-
$11.50 for chance to win a spe-
cial deer, elk, bighorn sheep,
pronghorn or Rocky Mountain
goat tag).
To give a license, tag or other
document as a gift, you need
the hunter or angler’s full name
and date of birth (day, month,
year).
If the person has had a
license before, make sure you
have their ODFW hunter/
angler ID number, which is
found at the top of their license
and stays the same every year.
If you are purchasing for some-
one who has never had a
license, you will need to pro-
vide their social security num-
ber in compliance with Federal
and State Laws.
What’s New for 2018
• Big Game Hunting: New in
the 2018 regulations, signifi-
cant changes are in yellow
highlighted text not red text,
consistent with fishing regula-
tions.
The only major regulatory
changes for hunters are the
extension of the age limit for
the Mentored Youth Hunt
Program to include 14- and 15-
year-olds (goes into effect Jan.
1), and a removal of the cap on
non-resident fall bear tags.
Hunters will notice some
changes in the regulations as
staff have been working to
make the document easier to
follow and understand.
New this year, each species
follows the same standard for-
mat and organization; there are
more maps and tables and less
text; and all regulations for
youth, veterans and landowners
are in one place on new pages.
The changes are part of a
multi-year effort to simplify
Oregon’s Big Game Hunting
Regulations.
“Hunting regulations are
very important for the conser-
vation of species and safe/ethi-
cal hunting practices, and we
want to make it as easy as pos-
sible for hunters to understand
them,” said Nick Myatt,
ODFW
Grande
Ronde
Watershed Manager. “We are in
the process of revisiting our
regulations to simplify overly
complicated regulations and
eliminate unnecessary ones.
“Hunters will see additional
changes in coming years
ahead.”
• Fishing: New in the 2018
regulations, five rods or lines
are allowed when ice-fishing
for anglers with a two-rod vali-
dation.
Other changes are noted in
yellow highlight throughout the
regulations.
Note that two rods are only
allowed when fishing in lakes,
ponds and reservoirs, though
the two-rod validation may be
extended to some rivers and
streams in 2018 if conditions
allow.
Fishing regulations have also
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ADA GRANGE
ALL ABOUT OLIVES
MERCER MANIACS
R.O.U.S.'S
GUTTER DONE
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B ILLIARDS
Midcoast Eightball league
10/15/17
TEAMS
WIN%
BEACHCOMBER CLAMDIGGERS 88
JERRY’S 8-BALL ASSASSINS
68
JERRY’S BREAKERS
50
FRANK’S MAPLETON SAINTS
50
BEACHCOMBER BOILERMAKERS 50
DEADWOOD OUTLAWS
38
JERRY’S FEMME FATALES
33
ICHIBAN DRUNKEN MONKEYS
19
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BRIAN HOLCOMB
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CHEWY DOUGHERTY
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TOTAL BALLS
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482
527
458
454
490
346
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WIN%
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88
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BALLS
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RW
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GW
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GAMES
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WINS
13
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10
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8
8
9
9
8
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months when fishing condi-
tions are better.
• Fee increase for 2018
Fees for some hunting and
fishing documents will increase
for 2018, as approved by the
Oregon State Legislature when
it passed ODFW’s 2015-17
budget.
Typically, ODFW raises fees
once every six years but during
this six-year cycle, fee increas-
es are staggered with a more
modest fee increase every two
years.
For 2018, a hunting license
will increase by $1.50 to
$33.50, an annual fishing
license will increase by $3 to
$41 and a combination license
will increase by $4 to $69.
The cost of juvenile licenses
will stay the same as part of
efforts to make hunting and
fishing affordable for young
people and their families. For a
full list of the new fees visit
www. MyODFW.com.
Fishing
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SCRATCH GAME TEAM
MERCER MANIACS
SCRATCH GAME IND
M - CHUCK BICKLEMAN
W - MELINDA MUNSON
HIGH HDCP GAME TEAM
ZERO COOL
HIGH HDCP GAME IND
M - CHUCK BICKLEMAN
W - RACHEL TIMONEN
SCRATCH SERIES TEAM
CENTRAL COAST DISPOSAL
SCRATCH SERIES IND
M - JAMES PENROD
W - JIMMI COUPAR
HIGH HDCP SERIES TEAM
ZERO COOL
HIGH HDCP SERIES IND
M - DAVE COUPAR
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been reorganized for clarity.
New this year, rule exceptions
are consistently organized and
listed from the mouth to the
headwaters, with each reach
break identified, so anglers can
better understand the regula-
tions for each section of the
river they are fishing.
Free Fishing Days for 2018:
Under statute set by the Oregon
State Legislature, ODFW can
offer eight days of free fishing
each year.
The 2018 days are scheduled
for: Feb. 17-18 (Presidents’
Day Weekend), June 2-3, Sept.
1-2 (Saturday and Sunday of
Labor Day Weekend) and Nov.
23-24 (the two days after
Thanksgiving).
While ODFW had originally
planned to offer free fishing
Dec. 31, 2017 through Jan. 1,
2018, the department has can-
celled those dates to stay with-
in the eight-day limit in 2018
and to offer free fishing during
black, blue, deacon, China,
copper, and quillback rock-
fish, cabezon, lingcod, and
yelloweye rockfish is prohib-
ited. Trips for flatfish, long-
leader bottomfish, and lingcod
spearfishing must all remain
separate, i.e. they cannot be
onboard the boat at the same
time.
The Stonewall Bank
Yelloweye Rockfish
Conservation area, approxi-
mately 15 miles west of
Newport, is closed to bottom-
fish (groundfish) and halibut
fishing year round.
Vessels fishing for or
retaining bottomfish (includ-
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CLASSIC LEAGUE
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BEACHCOMBER
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HIGH SCRATCH GAME
LONI SCHOFIELD
HIGH SCRATCH SERIES
LONI SCHOFIELD
HIGH HDCP GAME
JANET LEPIRE
HIGH HDCP SERIES
LONI SCHOFIELD
WON
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27.5
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ing flatfish) species are
required (1) to have onboard a
functioning rockfish descend-
ing device, and (2) use it to
descend any rockfish released
when fishing outside of the
30-fathom regulatory line.
For more information and
videos, please see the rockfish
recompression webpage.
In addition to the descend-
ing device rule, ODFW con-
tinues to encourage anglers to
use a descending device when
releasing any rockfish with
signs of barotrauma. Signs of
barotrauma, such as bulging
eyes and a gut protruding
from the mouth, are reversible
when fish are returned to
depth with a descending
device.
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FRAA ART CENTER
120 Maple Street
Phone: 541-997-4435
Hours Open: Wed-Fri noon-5pm,
Sat 10am-5pm, Sun. noon-5pm
Classes, Workshops & Events
Tuesday 11/28
Next Art Change-Out Day
Monday, January 9th, 9-11 am
Please pick up your artwork and bring
something new to help keep the art at
FRAA fresh to our visitors.
Winter Artisan Fair
Held at the FEC, Friday, January 12th 1-7
pm & Saturday, January 13th 11 am - 5 pm
Join us, watch artisans at work and
support and visit with your local artist
friends. We are still accepting applications
for vendors. Visit website for application.
Open Studio @ FRAA, Thursdays 

No registration required. Drop-in, bring
your materials, and create. All artistic
mediums welcome.
Every Thursday, 1-4 pm
Big Wave Poetry 1st Tuesday
Open Mic
FRAA will be hosting the Big Wave
Poetry’s 1st Tuesday Open Mic events
each month. The next one is January
2nd at 6:30 pm. Admission is free and
refreshments will be available.
Catherine Rourke will be back in
2018 with new Creative Writing
Workshops!
Painting with John Leasure 

Saturdays 9 am - 12 pm
Dec 9, 16, 23 & 30, January 6, 12, 20 & 27
Contact: jnleasure@hotmail.com or
541-991-2754 for details and fees.
Oil Painting with Michael Wood
Whimsical Hand Building
Ceramics w/ Alissa Clark
Wednesdays, 3-5 pm & Thursdays, 6-8 pm
Open Lab Ceramics on Saturdays
Drop in, work at own pace. Sat 12-5 pm
All ceramics classes held at Alissa’s
Studio. 180 Laurel Street. Call Alissa with
questions: 503-857-5222
Wednesdays 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Contact: fmwood@msn.com for fees and
more information.
FRAA Holiday Closures
We will be closed on Christmas, New
Year’s Eve, and New Year’s Day. We will
shorten our open hours on Christmas Eve.
For more information about classes, visit fraaoregon.org. To register for
these classes, please call or visit FRAA at our art center on Maple Street.
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