NED HICKSON , SPORTS EDITOR
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WEDNESDAY EDITION
❘ MARCH 28, 2018 ❘
SECTION B
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
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S PORTS
Calendar
• APRIL 3
A
• SHS TRACK & FIELD
WEEKLY
FISHING REPORT FOR
FWL JV MEET
THE LOCAL REGION
AT NORTH BEND
4 P.M.
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
• APRIL 6
B EST BETS FOR FISHING
• ‘Tis the season for
spring Chinook on the
Columbia,
Willamette,
Rogue and Umpqua rivers.
• The Ana River is put-
ting out limits of 12- to 18-
inch trout.
• Speaking of limits,
most ocean anglers have
been getting their limits of
lingcod.
• This can be a great time
of year to pick up a steel-
head on the Imnaha and
Umatilla rivers.
• Trout are being stocked
in dozens of places —
check the zone reports for
locations.
B E ALERT TO FISHING
REGULATION CHANGES :
Fishing regulations can
change during the season,
especially during popular
salmon seasons. To stay on
top of the changes, click the
yellow “alert” button at the
top of the “Home” and
“Fishing” pages. You also
can check for any regula-
tion updates at the top of
each zone of the Recreation
Report.
S PRING C HINOOK
• MHS TRACK & FIELD
AMJ INVITATIONAL
AT MCKENZIE
4 P.M.
• APRIL 7
• SHS TRACK & FIELD
JUNCTION CITY INV.
AT J. CITY
10 A.M.
T IDE T ABLE
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Low Tide
March 28
10:19am / 7.3 4:27am / 2.2
11:25pm / 7.0 5:01pm / -0.3
March 29
11:16am / 7.5
5:21am / 1.4
5:48pm / -0.3
March 30
12:05am / 7.4 6:10am / 0.8
12:08pm / 7.6 6:30pm / -0.1
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:
March 31
12:42am / 7.7 6:55am / 0.3
12:57pm /7.5 7:10pm / 0.2
April 1
1:18am / 7.8
1:43pm / 7.3
7:38am / 0.0
7:48pm / 0.7
April 2
1:52am / 7.8
2:29pm/ 6.9
8:20am / -0.2
8:25pm/ 1.2
NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
Junior catcher Tim Lowder scored a two-run single against undefeated Dallas (4-0) on Monday.
No luck for Viks in Newport
B Y N ED H ICKSON
Siuslaw News
April 3
2:26am / 7.6
3:14pm / 6.5
9:02am / -0.1
9:02pm / 1.8
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In spite of a rainy weekend, the
Viking baseball team was able to take
to the diamond at Newport High
School’s turf field for a two-day invi-
tational that began Monday.
Siuslaw came into the tournament
in search of a win after losing its first
two nonleague match-ups last week,
including a narrow 1-run loss to a
late-rallying Sutherlin.
But Monday’s pair of losses — to
Dallas and Estacada — were anything
but close after being outscored 41-5
between the two games.
“Dallas was a strong-hitting team,
but we compounded problems with
some errors,” said Siuslaw coach
Thomas Shinn. “You can’t give extra
outs to a quality team like Dallas.”
See
VIKS 2B
Stocking of mid coast
lakes began in February.
Siltcoos Lagoon was not
stocked the week of Feb. 5
due to low levels of dis-
solved oxygen.
Fish
scheduled
for
Siltcoos Lagoon were
stocked in Cleawox Lake
instead.
SIUSLAW
ALSEA
S IUSLAW
STILL IN SEARCH OF SOFTBALL WIN
B Y N ED H ICKSON
Siuslaw News
P. H ILL : 15 S IUSLAW : 12
M ARSHFIELD : 12 S IUSLAW : 3
After having their last two games
canceled due to rain, the Siuslaw soft-
ball team was on the road Monday for
the two-day Battle of the Beach
Softball Tournament in Newport.
The Lady Viks opened the tourney
with a narrow 15-12 loss to Pleasant
Hill, then rolled into a lopsided 12-3
loss to Far West League opponent
Marshfield in a nonleague match-up.
PENDING
The Lady Viks played Ashland and
Newport yesterday (after press dead-
lines) and will play at Jefferson High
School Tuesday (April 3) before return-
ing to host Jefferson on Friday (April 6)
Both games begin at 4:30 p.m.
Siuslaw opens league play March 10
at Marshfield High School.
RIVER:
Steelhead
Winter steelhead fishing
has improved. 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.
RIVER:
Steelhead
Winter steelhead has
picked up throughout the
river. Rain over the week-
end has raised the river
level and got fish moving
again. A mix of wild and
hatchery fish are being
caught. Casting spinners,
See
FISHING 2B
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