6B | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 2018 | SIUSLAW NEWS
Fishing
artificial flies and lures, May
2 - Aug 31.
MID COAST LAKES:
Mid coast lakes stocking
schedule for this year is posted
online. Stocking of mid coast
lakes began in February.
Siltcoos Lagoon will not be
stocked this year due to contin-
ued low dissolved oxygen.
Trout scheduled to be released
in Siltcoos Lagoon will be
diverted to Cleawox Lake.
ALSEA RIVER: Cutthroat
trout
Trout fishing in streams and
river opened in May. Fishing is
restricted to artificial flies and
lures through Aug 31.
SALMON RIVER:
Cutthroat trout
Trout fishing in streams and
river opened May 22. Fishing is
restricted to artificial flies and
lures through Aug 31.
SILETZ RIVER: Steelhead,
spring Chinook, cutthroat trout
Summer steelhead are in the
river. Fishing is slow but will
improve over the coming
weeks. The river is in good
condition. Casting spinners,
drifting bait or using a bobber
and jig can be effective.
Spring Chinook are available
in the Siletz. Be aware of the
regulations for the Siletz, 1
wild Chinook per day and two
for the season from April 1 –
July 31.
Trout fishing in streams and
river is open.
Note: The 3.5 mile bridge
(aka Steel Bridge) in the Siletz
gorge is now open to motor-
ized vehicles, but is only open
to public vehicles on the week-
end. 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.)
WILSON RIVER: Steelhead,
spring Chinook, trout
Summer steelhead are start-
ing to show up on the Wilson
River, and the run will contin-
ue to improve over the next
month or more. Low clear
water can make fishing for
summer steelhead challenging,
but there can be some good
action. Drift fishing, spinners,
and flies are good choices.
Light line, small presentations,
and fishing the riffles and deep
pools at first and last light can
increase success.
There are still a few spring
Chinook available in the
Wilson River, although num-
bers will be low. Bobber and
eggs or sand shrimp, drift fish-
ing, back bouncing, and divers
and bait are all good tech-
niques for springers; these fish
can be finicky but are worth
the effort.
There are some nice cut-
throat around, and these
aggressive fish can be fun to
catch. Most of the rivers are
restricted to artificial lures and
flies above tidewater until Aug.
31, so check the regulations
before you go.
YAQUINA RIVER:
Cutthroat trout
Trout fishing in streams and
river opened May 22. Fishing
is restricted to artificial flies
and lures through Aug 31.
COOS COUNTY LAKES/
PONDS: Trout
These lakes and ponds are
now listed individually in the
alphabetical listing. Spring
trout stocking begins around
March 1 (see stocking sched-
ule).
COOS RIVER BASIN:
Dungeness crab, bay clams,
rockfish, trout
Anglers can only use artifi-
cial flies and lures in streams
above tidewater. The daily
limit for trout in streams is 2
fish per day and they must be
8-inches or longer.
Recreational fishing for bot-
tomfish 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 rock-
fish, greenling and striped
surfperch inside Coos Bay
near the north jetty and other
submerged rock structures.
Crabbing and clamming
updates can now be found in
the Crabbing and Clamming
section of the Recreation
Report.
TENMILE CREEK: Trout,
steelhead
Streams and rivers opened
to trout fishing May 22.
Anglers can use only artificial
flies and lures in streams above
tidewater. The daily limit for
trout in streams is 2 fish per
day and they must be 8-inches
or longer.
TENMILE LAKES: Trout,
warmwater species, largemouth
bass
Legal-size rainbow trout are
scheduled to be stocked in
Tenmile Lakes this week. Trout
anglers trolling spinners and
wedding rings in the main part
of the lake are still catching
holdover hatchery rainbow
trout in Tenmile Lakes. As
water temperatures warm,
trout fishing will be best in the
early mornings. Trout fishing is
open all year in Tenmile Lakes.
Fishing for largemouth bass
is picking up with the warm,
sunny days. Water tempera-
tures are in the low-60s and
bass will become very active in
shallow water near weed lines
and submerged logs.
Located 10 miles north of
North Bend alongside Highway
101, at the town of Lakeside.
County Park with camping,
boat ramp and a fishing dock.
UMPQUA RIVER,
SOUTH: Trout, bass
The South Umpqua and
Cow Creek opened to fishing
May 22. Catch-and-release
only.
WINCHESTER BAY:
Bottomfish, perch
Fishing in the Triangle and
South jetty has been successful.
PACIFIC OCEAN AND
BEACHES: Bottomfish, crab,
surfperch
Now through Sept. 30, bot-
tomfish anglers will need to
fish inside the 30-fathom
curve. The daily bag limit will
be 5 marine fish plus 2 lingcod.
There will be no retention of
cabezon until July 1.
Anglers are reporting catch-
ing black rockfish feeding near
the surface. This is a great
time to catch rockfish on light
tackle.
Anglers may also choose to
fish the offshore longleader
fishery outside of the 40-fath-
om regulatory line which is
open year round. The long-
leader fishery has a daily bag
limit of 10 fish made of yellow-
tail, widow, canary, redstripe,
greenstripe, silvergray, and
bocaccio rockfish. No other
groundfish are allowed and off-
shore longleader fishing trips
cannot be combined with tra-
ditional bottomfish, flatfish or
halibut trips. More information
about a longleader setup can be
found here.
Salmon fishing is open from
Cape Falcon to Humbug
Mountain with a limit of two
salmon per day and no reten-
tion of coho. The fin-clipped
coho season will open on June
30.
From Humbug Mountain to
the OR/CA border, salmon
fishing opened in May with a
limit of two salmon per day
but no retention of coho.
For the Central Coast
Subarea, the All-Depth Halibut
fishery will be open June 7-9.
The Nearshore halibut sea-
son began June 1.
For the Southern Oregon
Subarea, halibut is open 7 days
a week through Oct. 31 or
attaining the quota of 8,982 lbs.
Surfperch fishing has been
good when the ocean swells
have been small. Anglers are
having the best luck fishing the
beaches with sand shrimp or
Berkley Gulp sand worms.
Anglers need to be careful of
rough ocean conditions and
sneaker waves.
BOTTOM FISHING
Reports from the Central
Coast last week were that rock-
fish were off the bite. Those
that were caught had stomachs
full of crab larvae. Lingcod
success is marginal, limits are
being caught but it takes a lot
of time and work. Reminder
that as of Sunday, April 1, the
bottomfish fishery is restricted
to inside of the 30 fathom reg-
ulatory line.
The longleader gear fishery
outside of the 40 fathom regu-
latory line has been authorized
to continue through
September. Recent catches
from the offshore longleader
trips often consist of a nice
grade of yellowtail, widow and
canary rockfishes. Reminder
that the Stonewall Bank
Yelloweye Rockfish
Conservation Area is closed to
all bottomfish trips, including
longleader trips.
PACIFIC HALIBUT
Recreational Pacific halibut
fisheries began opening on
May 1. Reminder that similar
to the bottomfish fishery listed
above, descending devices are
mandatory when fishing for or
retaining Pacific halibut.
The Columbia River Subarea
nearshore fishery open days
per week expands to seven
days starting in May 24. In the
Central Oregon Coast Subarea,
the next fixed all-depth dates
are June 7-9 and June 21-23.
The Southern Oregon
Subarea remains open seven
days per week.
OCEAN SALMON
Sport salmon fishing for
Chinook is open in ocean
waters from Cape Falcon (just
North of Nehalem Bay) to the
Oregon/California border for
two salmon per day (all salmon
except coho). Minimum sizes
are 24-inches for Chinook and
20-inches for steelhead.
Anglers are also reminded
that within the 15-fathom
depth contour off Tillamook
Bay (Twin Rocks to Pyramid
Rock) that all Chinook salmon
must have a healed fin clip.
Salmon fishing has generally
been slow to date. Most open
areas are seeing one Chinook
landed for every four angler
trips.
Details for the Ocean
Salmon season are available at
www.dfw.state.or.us/MRP/
salmon/regulations/regindex.
asp
DUNGENESS CRAB
• The entire Oregon coast is
now open for recreational
crabbing.
• It is still always recom-
mended that crab be eviscerat-
ed and the guts or butter dis-
carded prior to cooking. When
whole crab are cooked in liq-
uid, domoic acid may leach
into the cooking liquid. It is
recommended to discard the
cooking liquid, and do not use
it in other dishes, such as sauc-
es, broths, soups, roux, etc.
• The consumption of crab
viscera is also not recommend-
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