SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 2018
Fishing
R EEL DETERMINED
from 1B
S PRING C HINOOK
Some anglers wait all year for
spring Chinook season, and
reports of early fish being caught
are coming in from the lower
Columbia, North Umpqua and
lower Rogue rivers. To follow any
in-season regulation changes on
the Columbia River, check out the
regulation update section at the top
of the Columbia Zone of the
Recreation Report.
MID COAST LAKES:
Stocking of mid coast lakes
began in February.
Siltcoos Lagoon was not
stocked the week of Feb. 5 due
to low levels of dissolved oxy-
gen.
Fish scheduled for Siltcoos
Lagoon were stocked in
Cleawox Lake instead.
SIUSLAW
RIVER:
Steelhead
Winter steelhead fishing has
improved. Rain over the week-
end has raised the river level
and got fish moving again.
Casting spinners, drifting bait
or using a bobber and jig can
be effective.
ALSEA RIVER: Steelhead
Winter steelhead has picked
up throughout the river. Rain
over the weekend has raised
the river level and got fish
moving again. A mix of wild
and hatchery fish are being
caught. Casting spinners, drift-
ing bait or using a bobber and
jig can be effective.
NESTUCCA RIVER and
THREE RIVERS: Steelhead
Fishing was fair to good on
the Nestucca last weekend. It
should be fishable throughout
the week. There should be good
numbers of broodstock hatch-
ery fish and wild steelhead
throughout the system.
Float fishing jigs, beads, or
bait, drift fishing, nymphing,
and swinging flies or spinners
are all good techniques.
Three Rivers is getting on
the low side, but a little rain
predicted for Thursday may
help. There are fish throughout
the system.
SALMON RIVER: Steelhead
Wild winter steelhead can be
retained on the Salmon River.
Daily and annual bag limit on
wild winter steelhead are 1 per
day and 3 per year. Casting
spinners, drifting bait or using a
bobber and jig can be effective.
Winter steelhead has picked
up throughout the river. Rain
PHOTO BY ROGER EMIGH
Fishermen launch boats into the Siuslaw River at the Whittaker Boat Launch in the early morning darkness on
the first Sunday of March, hoping to catch a hard fighting, tackle-busting winter steelhead.
over the weekend has raised the
river level and got fish moving
again.
SALMONBERRY
RIVER:
Steelhead
The Salmonberry is getting
low and clear, but the rain pre-
dicted for Thursday should put
it in good shape for the week-
end. There should be some big
wild steelhead showing up this
time of year, but be prepared to
catch and release.
Check with the Port of
Tillamook Bay for access
restrictions.
SILETZ RIVER: Steelhead
Winter steelhead has picked
up throughout the river. A mix
of wild and hatchery fish are
being caught. Rain over the
weekend has raised the river
level and got fish moving
again.
Casting spinners, drifting
bait or using a bobber and jig
can be effective.
• Note: The 3.5 mile bridge
(aka Steel Bridge) in the Siletz
gorge is now open to motorized
vehicles.The road is open as far
as we go, MP 13 but is only
open to public vehicles on the
weekend.
Anglers can walk/bike in the
road during the weekdays. If
anglers do walk in they can
park at the one mile gate and
start from there.
TRASK RIVER: Steelhead
Fishing was slow on the
Trask last weekend, there were
a few fish caught, but not great
numbers. The Trask is getting a
little on the low and clear side,
but rain predicted for Thursday
should keep it fishable through
the weekend.
This is mostly a wild fish
river, although some hatchery
strays are caught. Float fishing
jigs, beads, or bait, drift fishing,
nymphing, and swinging flies
or spinners are all good tech-
niques.
WILSON RIVER: Steelhead
Fishing was fair to good on
the Wilson last weekend and
Coach
from 1B
season with one win, defeating
Brookings-Harbor 31-26 in the
final game.
“I think [Jamin] took over
the program at a tough time,”
said Johnson, who cited lower
participation from upperclass-
men and a lack of balanced
competition within the league
as some of the challenges faced
by the program over the last
two years. “He had to make
some difficult, unpopular deci-
sions but always had the play-
er’s best interest in mind. And
he always managed to handle
himself with dignity and pro-
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some nice fish were caught,
including some broodstock
hatchery fish.
The Wilson is getting a little
on the low and clear side, but
the rain predicted for Thursday
should get fish moving and
keep it fishable through the
weekend.
Float fishing jigs, beads, or
bait, drift fishing, nymphing,
and swinging flies or spinners
are all good techniques.
YA Q U I N A R I V E R :
Steelhead
Wild winter steelhead can be
retained on the Big Elk. Daily
and annual bag limit on wild
winter steelhead are 1 per day
and 3 per year. Casting spin-
ners, drifting bait or using a
bobber and jig can be effective.
Winter steelhead fishing has
improved as more fish have
moved in to the river. Rain over
the weekend has raised the
river level and got fish moving
again.
COOS COUNT LAKES and
PONDS: Trout
Spring trout stocking began
around March 1.
COOS
RIVER
BASIN:
Dungeness crab, bay clams,
rockfish, steelhead
Streams and rivers are now
closed to trout fishing until
May 22.
The steelhead rivers in the
Coos Basin are running a little
high after the rain over the
weekend but are clearing
quickly. Steelhead anglers are
having success fishing eggs or
yarn balls along the bottom or
by fishing a jig suspended
below a bobber.
In the Coos Basin, 1 addi-
tional hatchery steelhead may
be retained per day for a total
aggregate of 3 adult hatchery
fish harvested daily.
Anglers fishing the South
Fork Coos River above
Dellwood will need a permit
from Weyerhaeuser, which
allows the angler access up to
the Seven Mile Bridge.
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Permits can be obtained at
Weyerhaeuser’s Coos Bay
office.
• Recreational fishing for
bottomfish is open in the ocean
along with bays and estuaries.
The daily bag limit will be 5
marine fish plus 2 lingcod.
• There will be no retention
of cabezon until July 1.
• Anglers have reported
catching rockfish and lingcod
inside Coos Bay near the north
jetty.
• Crabbing and clamming
updates can now be found in
the Crabbing and Clamming
section of the Recreation
Report.
TENMILE LAKES: Trout,
warmwater species, large-
mouth bass (Located 10 miles
north of North Bend alongside
Highway 101, at the town of
Lakeside. County park with
camping, boat ramp and a fish-
ing dock.)
Trout anglers trolling spin-
ners and wedding rings have
been catching holdover hatch-
ery rainbow trout in Tenmile
Lakes. In the spring anglers on
Tenmile Lakes will occasional-
ly catch large wild coho smolts
(sometimes up to 14-inches).
These coho smolts need to
be released alive immediately.
Trout fishing is open all year
in Tenmile Lakes.
Fishing for largemouth bass
has been slow. Water tempera-
tures are cold so anglers will
need to slow down there pre-
sentations. Most bass will be
found in deeper water near
structure or weed edges.
Anglers have reported the
fishing for yellow perch has
slowed down. There are lots of
small yellow perch so anglers
will have to sort to find larger
perch.
UMPQUA RIVER, SOUTH:
Steelhead
Fishing has been good
recently and, with recent rains,
fishing should be good
throughout the South.
W I N C H E S T E R B AY:
Bottomfish, perch
Fishing in the Triangle and
South jetty has been successful.
PACIFIC
OCEAN
and
BEACHES: Bottomfish, crab,
surfperch
The All-Depth recreational
fishing for bottomfish is open
through March 31 in the ocean.
Starting April 1, bottomfish
anglers will need to fish inside
the 30 fathom curve.
phones and have the posi-
tion listed on a service for
athletic directors,” said
Johnson. “The football pro-
gram is really important to
our community, so we are
trying to find the best candi-
dates possible.”
According to the school
district website, a strong
work ethic, fundamental
knowledge of football and
positive
communication
skills are among the top cri-
teria being sought for the
position,
which
also
requires proper OSAA certi-
fications prior to coaching.
“We are looking for a
dynamic
teacher and coach
NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
that
will
move
Siuslaw for-
Jamin Pool (center) in his first season as head coach for Siuslaw.
ward and build up a pro-
gram that has had a lot of
fessionalism.”
sion and the OSAA’s newly success over the years,” said
With preliminary prepara- established five-team Special Tatum, who added that
tions for the 2018 football sea- District 2 this fall, the search “Siuslaw athletics are a source
son getting underway in June, for a head coach is in high gear. of pride for our school and
include a shift to the 3A divi-
“We’ve already been on the community.”
When asked about his deci-
sion to depart, Pool said he did-
n’t want to talk about the
specifics behind his decision,
but that it was “bitter-sweet.”
“The players I had are amaz-
ing young men,” Pool said of
the players he coached during
his four years with the pro-
gram, and particularly those
freshmen and sophomores he
hopes will return as juniors and
sophomores in the fall. “With
the new league, I believe that
Let Paul show you a new car or truck. they have a chance to be very
successful.”
Stop by today!
The deadline for applica-
tions is Friday, April 20.
For more information, visit
the Siuslaw School District
website at www.siuslaw.k12.or
.us and click on the “employ-
2150 Hwy. 101 • Florence
ment” tab.
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