SIUSLAW NEWS | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2018 | 3B
T OXINS PROMPT ODA TO CLOSE PORTIONS OF COAST TO RAZOR CLAMMING
SALEM— The Oregon
Department of Agriculture and
the Oregon Department of
Fish and Wildlife announced
the closure of razor clam har-
vesting from the Umpqua
River to the California border.
Sailors
Evan Moso
Neece coming up with 7 tack-
les, 1 sack and a fumble recov-
Siuslaw
Football
Congratulations goes
out
to
Mapleton
Senior Evan Moso who
excelled in Friday’s 8
man football romp over
Glendale in their 66-
14 win. Moso had 134
yards on just 3 rushes,
had 4 touchdowns, 3
rushing and a 92 yard
touchdown pass. He
also added 3, two
point conversions. On
defense the ironman
had 8 tackles and 1
sack.
Honorable
mention
goes to freshman
runner, Chad Hughes.
Chad shaved 16.5
seconds
from
his
previous meet and after
fi nishing 90th during
the Saxon Invitational
he moved up to 31 for
the Northwest Classic
with a time of 18:22.2.
from 1B
from 1B
top five.
Close on Jensen's heels was
Fishing
from 1B
entering the bays and estuaries
to increase later in the month
and into September. Best tech-
niques include trolling her-
ring/spinners and bobber fish-
ing with bait.
Sea-run cutthroat will begin
entering the lower river later
this month and into the fall.
These fish are very aggressive,
respond well to flies and lures,
and can be up to 20-inches
long.
long.
ALSEA RIVER: Cutthroat
trout, fall Chinook
Fall Chinook fishing on the
Alsea river/bay opened Aug. 1,
a few fish are being caught but
overall the fishing has been
slow
Recent shellfish samples
taken from the area indicate
levels of the marine biotoxin
domoic acid have risen above
the alert level.
Razor clamming remains
open from Tillamook Head to
the Umpqua River. Razor
clamming remains closed from
the Columbia River to
Tillamook Head due to the
annual conservation closure.
Mussel harvesting is cur-
rently open from the Columbia
River to the Coquille River.
ODA will continue to test
for shellfish toxins twice per
month, as tides permit.
Reopening of an area requires
two consecutive tests in the
safe range.
For more information, call
ODA’s shellfish safety informa-
tion hotline at 800-448-2474,
the Food Safety Division at
503-986-4720 or visit the ODA
shellfish closures webpage.
ery.
Meanwhile, JJ Neece took
down 12 Pirates and nabbed a
fumble, and senior defensive
back Evan Moso had 8 tackles
and a quarterback sack against
Glendale.
Th e win puts Mapleton at
2-1 heading into this Friday's
fi rst league game against 2-A
Oakridge, which is also at 2-1,
with its only loss coming from-
Dufur High School (36-30).
Th e Sailors’ only loss came at
Riddle, in a narrow 44-52 loss
to the Falcons.
Kick-off for this Friday's
game in Mapleton is set for 7
p.m.
junior Jared Northrop, just
three-tenths of a second behind
with a time of 18:46.60) for
46th place.
Senior Robert Mans finished
out the Vikings roster in 58th
place in 24:43.60.
Siuslaw will compete in the
Newport Invitational this
Saturday, beginning at 12:30
p.m.
The Vikings will be home
for the annual Woahink
Invitational on Saturday, Sept.
29, with races for middle
school, junior varsity and varsi-
ty runners, beginning at 10
a.m. at the Woahink Day Use
Area.
Concentrate your efforts
low in the estuary and close to
the ocean to catch the fish
moving in and out on the
tides. Expect numbers of fall
Chinook entering the bays and
estuaries to increase later in
the month and into
September. Best techniques
include trolling herring/spin-
ners and bobber fishing with
bait.
Sea-run cutthroat will begin
entering the lower river later
this month and into the fall.
These fish are very aggressive,
respond well to flies and lures,
and can be up to 20-inches
long.
SALMON RIVER:
Cutthroat trout, fall Chinook
Fall Chinook fishing on the
Salmon river/bay opened Aug.
1, expect numbers of fall
Chinook entering the bays and
estuaries to increase later in
the month and into
September. Best techniques
include trolling herring/spin-
ners and bobber fishing with
bait.
SILETZ RIVER: Steelhead,
cutthroat trout, fall Chinook
Fall Chinook fishing on the
Siletz river/bay opened Aug. 1,
a few fish are being caught but
it has been slow. Expect num-
bers of fall Chinook entering
the bays and estuaries to
increase later in the month
and into September. Best tech-
niques include trolling her-
ring/spinners and bobber fish-
ing with bait.
• Note: Salmon fishing in
the Siletz river is closed above
the marker sign approximately
1,200 feet above Ojalla bridge
until Oct. 7.
Summer steelhead are in the
river. Fishing has begun to
slow down as stream flows
decrease and water tempera-
tures increase in the gorge.
Early mornings or late eve-
nings provide the best oppor-
tunity to catch these fish. The
fishing will improve when we
get some cooler weather or a
little bit of rain to “stir” things
up a bit.
Casting spinners, drifting
bait or using a bobber and jig
can be effective.
Sea-run cutthroat will begin
entering the lower river later
this month and into the fall.
These fish are very aggressive,
respond well to flies and lures,
and can be up to 20-inches
long.
Trout fishing is open in
streams and river.
• Note: The 3.5-mile bridge
(aka Steel Bridge) in the Siletz
gorge is 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.
WILSON RIVER:
Steelhead, trout
Summer steelhead are pres-
ent, but it looks like numbers
are down a little this year.
There are steelhead sporadi-
cally throughout the system.
Low clear water and warm
water temperatures 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.
Warm water temperatures
can stress fish and increase
hooking mortality, so anglers
are encouraged to avoid catch-
and-release fishing during the
heat of the day.
Sea run cutthroat are in the
tidewater areas and beginning
to move upstream. We’ve had
reports of the fishing for them
being good this summer.
Spinners or flies are good bets
for success.
YAQUINA RIVER:
Cutthroat trout, fall Chinook
Fall Chinook fishing on the
Yaquina river/bay opened Aug.
1, fishing has been slow so far.
Expect numbers of fall
Chinook entering the bays and
estuaries to increase later in
the month and into
September. Best techniques
include trolling herring/spin-
ners and bobber fishing with
bait.
Sea-run cutthroat will begin
entering the lower river later
this month and into the fall.
These fish are very aggressive,
respond well to flies and lures,
and can be up to 20-inches
long
Trout fishing is open in
streams and river. Fishing is
restricted to artificial flies and
lures, May 22- Aug 31.
COOS RIVER BASIN:
Dungeness crab, bay clams,
rockfish, trout, salmon
Streams and rivers are open
to trout fishing. Trout fishing
in streams and rivers is slow to
due to low water conditions.
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.
Through Sept. 30, salmon
anglers with a two-rod valida-
tion will be able to use rods
while fishing for Chinook
salmon and hatchery Coho
salmon in Coos Bay.
Recreational fishing for bot-
tomfish is open in the ocean
along with bays and estuaries.
The daily bag limit for
marine fish is 4, plus 2 ling-
cod. The retention of cabezon
is no longer allowed for the
rest of the year. Fishing for
rockfish and greenling inside
Coos Bay near the north jetty
and other submerged rock
structures has been spotty this
past week with good fishing
one day and poor fishing the
next.
TENMILE LAKES: Trout,
warmwater species, largemouth
bass
Trout fishing on Tenmile
Lakes has slowed down with
the best fishing is in the early
mornings. Anglers should
focus on fishing in deeper
water.
Fishing for largemouth bass
has been good with the best
fishing in the early mornings
or late evenings. Bass are hit-
ting top-water lures in the low
light conditions and anglers
are switching to plastics and
deeper water once the sun hits
the water.
Yellow perch fishing is very
good fishing on the deep-wa-
ter side of the weed lines in
water depths of 7-15 feet.
Anglers are using small jigs or
a worm on a hook fished near
the bottom.
UMPQUA RIVER,
SOUTH: Trout, bass
The South Umpqua and
Cow Creek are open for catch-
and-release trout fishing.
Bass fishing is good
throughout the South Umpqua
with particularly high catch
rates from Canyonville to the
mouth at River Forks/
Singleton parks.
WINCHESTER BAY:
Bottomfish, perch
Fishing in the Triangle and
South jetty has been success-
ful.
PACIFIC OCEAN and
BEACHES: Bottomfish, salm-
on, tuna, halibut, surfperch
Through Sept. 30, bottom-
fish anglers will need to fish
inside the 30-fathom curve.
The daily bag limit for marine
fish is now 4 plus 2 lingcod.
The retention of cabezon is
now closed for the remainder
of the year.
Anglers may also choose to
fish the offshore longleader
fishery outside of the 40-fath-
om regulatory line which is
open year around. The long-
leader fishery has a daily bag
limit of 10 fish made of yel-
lowtail, widow, canary, red-
stripe, greenstripe, silvergray,
and bocaccio rockfish.
No other groundfish are
allowed and offshore longlead-
er fishing trips cannot be com-
bined with traditional bottom-
fish, flatfish or halibut trips.
Salmon fishing is open
from Cape Falcon to Humbug
Mountain with a limit of two
salmon per day. Salmon
anglers have been catching
lots of Coho outside of
Charleston and Winchester
Bay but the majority of the
Coho are wild and need to be
released.
From Humbug Mountain
to the OR/CA border, salmon
fishing is open with a limit of
two salmon per day but no
retention of Coho.
The Nearshore halibut sea-
son is open seven days a week
and as of Aug. 12 there was 22
percent of the quota remain-
ing. For the southern Oregon
Subarea, halibut is open 7
days a week through Oct. 31
or attaining the quota of 8,982
lbs.
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