SIUSLAW NEWS | SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 2019 | 3B
Fishing
The earlier returning left
maxillary clipped fish are
past peak and will continue
to decrease for the rest of
the season.
The Alsea still gets a
good amount of the early
returning stock that peaks
in December and January,
as well as a later stock that
peaks in February and
March.
Expect more fish to show
up with each rise in the
river level from now
through April.
Bobber fishing with jigs/
bait, drift fishing, and cast-
ing lures are all effective
ways to catch these
hard-fighting fish.
Trout fishing in streams
will reopen May 22.
SALMON
RIVER:
Winter steelhead
from 1B
majority of fish are being
caught near and around
Green Creek. Hatchery
fish in the Siuslaw system
return to Whitaker Creek
(Siuslaw) and Green
Creek (Lake Creek).
Bobber fishing with bait/
jigs, drift fishing, and
casting lures are good
techniques to catch a
Siuslaw winter steelhead.
Trout
fishing
in
streams will reopen May
22.
ALSEA
RIVER:
Winter steelhead
Winter steelhead fish-
ing improved on the
Alsea with the recent
rains and rise in river lev-
els. Both bank and boat
anglers are catching fish
as the river drops back
into shape this week. The
numbers of fish captured
in the Alsea Hatchery
trap continue to be low
but more fish should be
on their way with the
current conditions.
Winter steelhead will
continue to enter the
Salmon River system
through the month of
February as the later
returning wild fish start
to show up through
March.
SILETZ RIVER: Winter
steelhead
The numbers of later
returning right maxillary
clipped fish should increase
with each rain event for the
rest of February through
March.
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Winter steelhead fish-
ing was good on the
Siletz over the weekend
with good conditions
and dropping river levels.
Fishing has slowed a little
but fish are being caught
everyday by both boat
and
bank
anglers.
Conditions look good for
the rest of the week and
the river should fish well
through the weekend.
There is a good mix of
hatchery and wild fish
being caught throughout
the system. Numbers of
wild and hatchery fish
should continue to
improve, as we get closer
to the peak of the run in
February and March.
Anglers are starting to
catch more wild fish in
the basin as well, remem-
ber to handle these wild
fish with care and imme-
diately release them back
into the river. January is
typically when things
heat up and continue
through March/April.
Side drifting, bobber
dogging, bobber fishing
with jigs, and casting
lures are all great tech-
niques to catch winter
steelhead.
Trout
fishing
in
streams will reopen May
22.
The 4.0-mile bridge
(aka Steel Bridge) in the
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WILSON
Steelhead
RIVER:
The Wilson River has
two different hatchery
winter steelhead stocks,
one of which is early
returning, and most
prevalent in the lower
river, and return late
November through the
end of January. In con-
trast the broodstock
hatchery fish return late
December through mid-
April, and should now be
throughout the basin.
The early returning
hatchery stock will be
winding down this
month, but February and
March are prime time for
broodstock hatchery fish
and wild steelhead (catch
and release only for
wilds).
The Wilson dropped
into prime shape late last
week and fished well.
NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
From left: Vikings Chayton James, Jared Northrop and
Elijah Blankenship meet in the infield during a timeout.
Vikings
from 1B
Longfellow caimed the
save by leaving both Vi-
king runners stranded
on base to end the game.
Sophomore
Elijah
Blankenship had a dou-
ble and 1 run scored,
junor Jared Northrop
scored twice and soph-
Triathlon
from 1B
hours to spare and wants
to be part of an exciting
and fun event, call Dunes
omore Chayton James
went 1-for-3 with 1 run
scored.
Siuslaw’s final non-
league game is this
Tuesday, when the Vi-
kings host Douglas High
School in a doublehead-
er beginning at 3 p.m.
League play begins
April 9 at Marist High
School.
City Hall at 541-997-
3338 to sign up.
Returning volunteers
should register early to
make sure they get their
favorite spot.
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ART ALLIANCE
Siletz gorge is open to
motorized vehicles, but is
only open to public vehi-
cles 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.
Edward Jones-Andy Baber, AAMS
Financial Advisor
1010 Highway 101
541-997-8755
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1355 Highway 101
Florence, Oregon 97439
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Burns’s Riverside Chapel
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NEWSPAPERS
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148 Maple Street
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Swanson’s Pest Management
1550 15th St #14
Florence, Oregon 97439
541-997-4027
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1751 12th Street
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100 Hwy 101
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