4B | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 2018 | SIUSLAW NEWS
Fishing
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
motorized vehicles, 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.)
WILSON RIVER:
Steelhead, spring Chinook,
trout
Summer steelhead are
starting to show up on the
Wilson River, and the run
will continue 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, spin-
ners, 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
numbers will be low. Bobber
and eggs or sand shrimp,
drift fishing, back bouncing,
and divers and bait are all
good techniques for spring-
ers; 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 arti-
ficial 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 schedule).
COOS RIVER BASIN:
Dungeness crab, bay clams,
rockfish, trout
Anglers can only use
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.
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,
greenling and striped surf-
perch 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, large-
mouth bass
Legal-size rainbow trout
are scheduled to be stocked
in Tenmile Lakes this week.
Trout anglers trolling spin-
ners 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 fish-
ing is open all year in
Tenmile Lakes.
Fishing for largemouth
bass is picking up with the
warm, sunny days. Water
temperatures are in the low-
60s and bass will become
very active in shallow water
near weed lines and sub-
merged 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 fish-
ing 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,
bottomfish 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
catching 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 long-
leader fishery outside of the
40-fathom regulatory line
which is open year round.
The longleader fishery has a
daily bag limit of 10 fish
made of yellowtail, widow,
canary, redstripe, green-
stripe, silvergray, and bocac-
cio rockfish. No other
groundfish are allowed and
offshore longleader fishing
trips cannot be combined
with traditional 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 retention of coho.
The fin-clipped coho season
will open on June 30.
From Humbug Mountain
to the OR/CA border, salm-
on 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
season 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 sneak-
er waves.
BOTTOM FISHING
Reports from the Central
Coast last week were that
rockfish 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 bottom-
fish fishery is restricted to
inside of the 30 fathom reg-
ulatory line.
The longleader gear fish-
ery outside of the 40 fathom
regulatory line has been
authorized to continue
through September. Recent
catches from the offshore
longleader trips often con-
sist of a nice grade of yel-
lowtail, 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 hali-
but 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 gener-
ally 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 evis-
cerated and the guts or but-
ter discarded prior to cook-
ing. When whole crab are
cooked in liquid, domoic
acid may leach into the
cooking liquid. It is recom-
mended to discard the
cooking liquid, and do not
use it in other dishes, such
as sauces, broths, soups,
roux, etc.
• The consumption of
crab viscera is also not rec-
ommended.
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