SIUSLAW NEWS | SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2018 | 3B
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Sutherlin’s football team broke
a rule. Th ey threw a 40-yard
pass for a touchdown on the
Vikings with only nine seconds
remaining in the half. Th is is
akin to pouring salt on an open
wound.
I was not happy nor were
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tendance. When asked why,
the coach replied “We wanted
to get the 45 point lead so we
could play everybody with the
running clock.”
What a bunch of huey
In 1975, my Spray Eagles
were playing the Pilot Rock
Rockets. Prior to the start of the
game, their coach and I met at
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midfi eld.
Sometimes eight-man foot-
ball pits uneven teams. My 13
players were mostly juniors and
seniors, like Sutherlin’s. Th e
Rockets’ 19 players were com-
prised of 17 freshmen, similar
to Siuslaw. Spray jumped to a
27-0 fi rst-quarter lead.
Th e fi nal score of that game?
It was 27-0.
Th ere is no need to make ex-
cuses for running up the score.
Any coach with integrity can
fi nd ways to play all players
even with the clock stopping.
Another football unwritten
rules: No cheap shots when the
game is decided, even if there is
time on the clock. Th ere comes
a time when a team must accept
defeat.
In a 1977 varsity football
game against Coquille, our all-
Fishing
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salmon season.
Lake Creek, a tributary of
the Siuslaw River, is closed for
the 2018 fall salmon season.
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 rivers.
ALSEA RIVER: Cutthroat
trout, fall Chinook
A few fall Chinook are
being caught everyday but
overall the fishing has been
slow. Warm and dry weather
this week is holding fish in the
estuary waiting for a signifi-
cant rise in the river levels.
Fresh fish will continue to
enter the estuary on each tide
and “stage” throughout the
estuary waiting for a bigger
rain event. Best techniques
include trolling herring/spin-
ners and bobber fishing with
bait.
All wild coho must be
released during the 2018 fall
salmon season.
Sea-run cutthroat will con-
tinue to enter the estuary and
lower river throughout the
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 has been slow
this year. Fish are being caught
every day but it has been slow
league halfb ack, Mark Massey,
had just scored a touchdown.
As he was crossing the goal
line, a Coquille player dove into
his ankle.
Mark was unable to fi nish
the game and was hampered
with that ankle for the remain-
der of the season.
Tim Dodson, the quarter-
back of the Vikings back then
and eventually its coach, was
a victim of a cheap shot on his
knee in 1980. Four other Viking
players were also lost for the
game, including Mark Miller,
the standout middle linebacker.
Our opponent was once
again the Coquille Red Devils.
In 1999, my eighth-grade
Siuslaw Middle School football
team battled the North Bend
football team. North Bend was
ahead by two scores as the clock
wound down.
I yelled to my players to relax
as I thought North Bend was
going to take a knee to end the
game. Instead, its quarterback
rose up and passed downfi eld
to the tight end. Two Siuslaw
players were injured trying to
tackle a much larger player.
We had accepted the defeat
when North Bend rubbed it in.
Of all the stories about eight-
man football, the Culver coach
in 1976 deserves the title of the
most unsportsmanlike deci-
sion. Ever.
Culver, a perennial power in
eight-man football, was playing
Arlington. When I talked to
the Arlington coach before our
game, he told me the following:
“I talked with the Culver coach
and asked that he not run up
the score on his young inex-
perienced team. Th e score was
76-0 in the third quarter before
his fi rst team went to the bench.
With the second team scoring
the next 22 points to lead 98-0,
he inserted his fi rst team to en-
sure a triple digit number.”
Sarcastically speaking, what
a real ethical decision there
coach.
In next week’s column, I will
be addressing unwritten rules
in other sports. Among them,
baseball, where Chicago Cubs
manager Joe Madden spoke
out about celebrating individ-
ual accomplishments in a team
game.
He said, “I just prefer the
players to act like they’ve done
it before and they’re going to do
it again.”
Th en again, I hope it occurs
before the next century.
overall. Fish will continue to
stack up in the tidewater wait-
ing for the next big rain event.
Best techniques include troll-
ing herring/spinners, bobber
fishing with bait, and casting
spinners from the bank.
All wild coho must be
released during the 2018 fall
salmon season.
Sea-run cutthroat are also
available in the Salmon River.
Although not as popular as
the larger rivers in the area,
the Salmon River still provides
opportunity to catch these
scrappy trout up to 20-inches
in length.
Trout fishing is open in
streams and rivers.
SILETZ RIVER: Steelhead,
cutthroat trout, fall Chinook
Fall Chinook fishing on the
Siletz river/bay has been slow
but anglers are catching a few
fish every day. Fish are now
scattered throughout the
entire estuary and will contin-
ue to stage waiting for the
next big rain event. Best tech-
niques include trolling her-
ring/spinners lower in the
estuary, while bobber fishing
with bait and casting spinners
from the bank generally works
better higher in the estuary.
All wild coho must be
released during the 2018 fall
salmon season.
Summer steelhead are in
the river. Fishing has picked
up as water temperatures have
started to cool down and we’ve
had a few small rains. Most of
the fish are located in the
upper river especially in the
gorge area. Early mornings or
late evenings are not as critical
with the cooler temperatures
and overcast weather so fish-
ing can be good throughout
the day. Casting spinners,
drifting bait or using a bobber
and jig can be effective.
Steelhead fishing is open in
the gorge area year round but
salmon fishing/retention is
closed upstream of the Illahee
boat ramp located in the town
of Siletz during the fall salm-
on seasons.
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, fall Chinook
Very few Chinook have
moved up into the Wilson
River as of yet, and with the
current low flows it will take a
significant rain event to move
fish into the river in any real
numbers. Bobber fishing bait,
back bouncing, back-trolling
divers and bait, and large
plugs are all good river tech-
niques for fall Chinook.
Hatchery summer steelhead
are available throughout the
system and there are some fish
getting caught. Fall can actual-
ly be a great time to target
summer steelhead, because
these fish will get more active
as water temperatures drop
with the cooler nights and
occasional rain freshens the
river. Concentrate on deep
pools and riffles with some
chop and cover to them. Drift
fishing small presentations,
spinners, and flies are good
choices to target these fish.
Sea-run cutthroat are pres-
ent in good numbers on the
North Coast this year, and
anglers will find them
throughout the basin.
YAQUINA RIVER:
Cutthroat trout, fall Chinook
Fall Chinook fishing on the
Yaquina river/bay has been
slow but anglers are catching a
few each day. Fishing will con-
tinue to improve as more fish
continue to move into the
estuary waiting for the fall
rains. Best techniques include
trolling herring/spinners and
bobber fishing with bait.
All wild coho must be
released during the 2018 fall
salmon season.
Sea-run cutthroat will con-
tinue to enter 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.
TENMILE LAKES: Trout,
coho salmon, warmwater spe-
cies, 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.
The wild coho fishery in
Tenmile Lakes is open
through Dec. 31. Salmon
anglers may harvest 1 wild
coho per day with up to 5 wild
coho for the year in aggregate
with Siltcoos and Tahkenitch
lakes. The water level in
Tenmile Lakes is very low so it
will take a few good rains to
bring the coho into the lake.
Fishing for largemouth
bass has been good.
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