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WEDNESDAY EDITION
❘ JUNE 13, 2018 ❘
SECTION B
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
Families get hooked on fishing
S PORTS
Calendar
B Y N ED H ICKSON
Siuslaw News
Saturday, Honeyman State Park was
host to the annual Free Family Fishing
Day at Cleawox Lake. The event was
sponsored by Oregon State Parks, the U.S.
Forest Service, Oregon Department of
JUNE 15-17
• Gehlke All-Star
Baseball/Softball
Tourney
at Miller Park
all day Saturday
and Sunday
NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
JUNE 18-22
Families members and volunteers
gather at the fishing dock on Cleawox
Lake during Saturday's Free Family
Fishing Event.
Fish and Wildlife and the Florence Salmon
Trout Enhancement Program (STEP) and
included loaner fishing poles with free
bait, fish print T-shirts for kids to make, a
hot dog lunch provided by the U.S. Forest
Service, and fun contests for children and
parents.
Also that day, no fishing license was
required and parking fees were waived
during the event, which ran from 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m.
Swing shift
• SHS football
weight training
8 to 10 a.m. and
6 to 8 p.m.
See
HOOKED 3B
On the
Bite
A WEEKLY
FISHING REPORT FOR THE
T IDE T ABLE
LOCAL REGION
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Low Tide
June 13
1:06am / 6.2
6:38am / -1.8
6:26pm / 2.1
June 14
12:20am / 8.4
1:56pm / 6.4
7:24am / -2.2
7:16pm / 2.2
June 15
1:07am / 8.4
2:47pm / 6.5
8:11am / -2.3
8:08pm / 2.2
June 16
1:57am / 8.2
3:38pm / 6.6
9:00am /-2.2
9:03pm / 2.2
June 17
2:49am / 7.8
4:30pm/ 6.6
9:49am / -1.8
10:04pm/ 2.2
NED HICKSON PHOTO FILE/SIUSLAW NEWS
Rich DeSantis, manager of team THC, is among those who will be stepping to the plate for the start of the Florence
Softball League this afternoon at Miller Park. Games begin at 5:30 p.m., with a nightcap game at 7 p.m.
June 18
3:46am / 7.1
5:24pm / 6.6
10:41am /-1.2
11:12pm / 2.2
Adult softball swings into summef
B Y N ED H ICKSON
June 19
Siuslaw News
4:49am / 6.4
6:19pm / 6.7
11:35am /-0.6
S IUSLAW
N EWS
148 Maple St.
Florence
541-997-3441
Starting this afternoon, the clang of
softballs meeting the hard swing of
aluminum bats will be eminating from
the fields at Miller Park as the Florence
Softball League gets underway.
Five teams — Welton Construction,
THC, ACC, Beachcomber and the
Shockers — will be on the fields for
doubleheaders each Wednesday, with
games at 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m., from
now through the league tournament
Aug. 21 and 22.
Team managers include Tim
Garneau (ACC), Cody Anderson
(Beachcomber), Sean Campbell
(Shockers), Rich DeSantis (THC) and
Greg Welton (Welton Construction).
Games are played on the north and
south fields, with teams rotating fields
between games.
For more information on game
schedules or the Florence Softball
League, visit www.florencesoftball
league.atomicleagues.com.
FORE GOLF TOURNEY FIRST OF FOUR
SUMMER FUNDRASIERS ON THE GREENS
MARK BRENNAN/SIUSLAW NEWS
Partcipants in the annual FORE! Golf
Tournament for the Boys & Girls Club June 2.
The annual FORE! Kids Golf
Tournment held June 2 at Ocean
Dunes golf links marked the first
of five tournaments scheduled
between now and September, each
of which will benefit a different
organization.
The annual Fore! Kids tourney,
which is a fundraiser for the Boys
& Girls Club in Florence, included
more than 130 golfers competing
in the 18-hole event. This year’s
tourney was the most successful in
the club’s history, according to
See
Valley streams opened to
trout May 22
There are some nice cut-
throat in these streams, and
these aggressive fish can be
a hoot to catch.
SIUSLAW
RIVER:
Cutthroat trout
Trout fishing in streams
and river open on May 22.
Fishing is restricted to arti-
ficial flies and lures, May
22- 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 continued 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 arti-
ficial flies and lures
through Aug 31.
SALMON RIVER:
Cutthroat trout
Trout fishing in streams
and river opened May 22.
Fishing is restricted to arti-
ficial 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
GOLF 2B
See
FISHING 4B
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