2B | SATURDAY, J ULY 14, 2018 | SIUSLAW NEWS
Fishing
from 1B
Switch your fishing focus to
bass and warmwater
As water temperatures heat up
and trout become lethargic, it’s
time to focus on some bass,
walleye, bluegill, yellow perch
and other warmwater species.
Check out the zone reports for
all the opportunities.
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.
In addition, fishing for
warmwater species such as bass
and other panfish should
improve through June as water
temperatures warm and these
fish get more active.
Ollala Reservoir, Mercer
Lake, Siltcoos Lake and
Tahkenitch Lake have warm
water species available.
ALSEA
RIVER:
Cutthroat trout
Trout fishing in streams and
river opened May 22. 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, cut-
throat trout
Summer steelhead are in the
river. Fishing is good in the
lower gorge. 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 through July 31.
Trout fishing in streams and
river opened May 22.
• 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 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.
SIUSLAW
RIVER :
Cutthroat trout
Trout fishing in streams and
river opened May 22. Fishing is
restricted to artificial flies and
lures through Aug. 31.
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 at first and last light, or
on those drizzly overcast days.
Concentrate on deep pools and
deeper riffles.
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 very low, especially
considering the low runs we
are seeing on other basins.
The North Coast Rivers
opened for trout fishing May
22. 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
TENMILE
LAKES: limit for marine fish will go as of June 17 there is 84 per-
LAKES/PONDS: Trout
Trout, warmwater species, large- from 5 to 4 plus 2 lingcod. The cent of the quota remaining.
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
Streams and rivers are open
to trout fishing. Trout anglers
are having success using small
spinners or flies. 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.
Recreational fishing for bot-
tomfish is open in the ocean
along with bays and estuaries.
Beginning July 1, the daily bag
limit for marine fish will
reduced from 5 to 4 plus 2 ling-
cod. The retention of cabezon
starts on July 1 with a 1-fish
sub-bag limit. Anglers have
reported catching rockfish,
greenling and striped surfperch
inside Coos Bay near the north
jetty and other submerged rock
structures.
mouth bass
Legal-size rainbow trout
were stocked in Tenmile Lakes
in early June. Trout anglers
trolling spinners and wedding
rings in the main part of the
lake are catching lots of trout,
some over 20-inches. As water
temperatures warm, trout fish-
ing will be best in the early
mornings. Trout fishing is open
all year in Tenmile Lakes.
Fishing for largemouth bass
has been good. Water tempera-
tures are in the upper 60s and
bass will be found in the shal-
low water near weed lines and
submerged logs in the morn-
ings and evenings.
Yellow perch fishing is good
in water depths of 10-15 feet
and along weedlines. Anglers
are using small jigs or a worm
on a hook fished near the bot-
tom.
UMPQUA
RIVER,
SOUTH: Trout, bass
The South Umpqua and
Cow Creek opened to trout
fishing May 22. Catch-and-
release only. Bass fishing should
be good throughout.
COQUILLE RIVER
WINCHESTER BAY:
BASIN: Crab, trout
Bottomfish, perch
Streams and rivers are open
to trout fishing. Trout anglers
are having success using small
spinners or flies. Anglers can
use only artificial flies and lures
in streams above tidewater,
except the use of bait is allowed
on the South Fork Coquille up
to the Forest Service boundary
upstream of Powers. The daily
limit for trout in streams is 2
fish per day and they must be
8-inches or longer.
Smallmouth bass have start-
ed to bite in the mainstem
Coquille River. Smallmouth are
hitting on crankbaits, jigs and
bait in the mainstem and South
Fork Coquille river. There is no
size limit or daily bag limit on
the number of smallmouth
bass you can keep in the
Coquille River Basin.
Fishing in the Triangle and
South jetty has been successful.
PACIFIC
OCEAN
AND
BEACHES:
Bottomfish, crab, surfperch
Through Sept. 30, bottom-
fish anglers will need to fish
inside the 30-fathom curve.
Beginning July 1, the daily bag
retention of cabezon will be
allowed starting July 1 with a
sub-bag of 1-fish.
Anglers may also choose to
fish the offshore longleader
fishery outside of the 40-fath-
om regulatory line which is
open year round. The longlead-
er fishery has a daily bag limit
of 10 fish made of yellowtail,
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. Salmon anglers out of
Charleston are reporting some
success catching Chinook
salmon.
From Humbug Mountain to
the OR/CA border, salmon
fishing opened May 19 with a
limit of two salmon per day but
no retention of coho.
For the Central Coast
Subarea, if enough quota is
available the All-Depth Halibut
fishery will be open on July 5-7.
As of June 9 there was 52 per-
cent of the quota remaining.
The Nearshore halibut season
is open seven days a week and
For the Southern Oregon
Subarea, halibut is open 7 days
a week through Oct. 31 or
attaining the quota of 8,982
lbs. As of June 17 there is 92
percent of the quota remain-
ing.
Surfperch fishing has been
good when the ocean swells
have been small. The best fish-
ing has been on the beaches
near the estuaries. Pink fin
perch fishing has been good in
the Umpqua estuary. 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.
And beginning July 1, the
general marine bag limit
(rockfish, greenlings, etc.) will
be reduced from 5 fish per day
to 4 fish. This is necessary to
keep total catches within
annual quotas, and reduce the
chance of an early closure of
the recreational bottomfish
fishery.
• BOTTOM FISHING:
Anglers reported having trou-
ble finding fish at their usual
spots, although some days
seemed to have picked up
some. Boats/anglers that put
in the time have been able to
come home with limits.
Lingcod catches have been hit
and miss. Reminder that as of
April 1, the bottomfish fishery
is restricted to inside of the 30
fathom regulatory line.
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