SIUSLAW NEWS | SATURDAY, MAY 25, 2019 | 3B
O REGON , W ASHINGTON SET 2019 SUMMER , FALL SALMON SEASONS
Oregon and Washington
fishery managers recently
announced seasons and
regulations for 2019 sum-
mer and fall Columbia
River fisheries.
Although coho returns
are projected to be much
better than recent runs,
below-average projections
for summer Chinook, fall
Chinook, sockeye and
upriver summer steelhead
will require another year of
reduced seasons and bag
limits, and in some cases
closures for these runs.
The summer season will
be limited to steelhead
retention. The weak sum-
mer Chinook forecast of
35,900 fish returning to the
Columbia River would be
the lowest return since
2000 and too small to pro-
vide for directed harvest in
non-treaty fisheries.
Similar to 2018, sockeye
retention will also be pro-
hibited due to projected
low escapement.
The fall seasons will
start Aug. 1 based on a pro-
jected return of 349,700 fall
Chinook, which is almost
20 percent higher than the
actual return of 293,400
last year.
This year’s forecast
includes 159,250 upriver
bright Chinook, compared
to a return of 149,000 in
2018. The allowed harvest
rate of 8.25 percent on this
stock is down from 15 per-
cent available during many
recent years, resulting in
shorter fall Chinook reten-
tion seasons.
“The reduced harvest
rate for upriver bright fall
Chinook has made it chal-
lenging to design fall recre-
ational fisheries the last
two years,” said John
North, fisheries manager
for ODFW’s Co-lumbia
River Program. “Working
with the public in the
recent season-setting pro-
cess, we tried to balance
opportunity with manage-
ment constraints for fall
Chinook and steelhead.”
Due to the low projected
returns for upriver sum-
mer steelhead, additional
protective regulations are
needed this fall including a
one steelhead daily bag
limit and area-specific
steelhead retention clo-
sures. The rolling 1- to
2-month closures start in
August and progress upriv-
er following the steelhead
return to reduce take of
both hatchery and wild
fish. These closures affect
the main-stem Columbia
and the lower reaches of
specific tributaries.
For more information
about upcoming Columbia
River seasons, including
regulation updates, visit
ODFW’s online fishing
reports atwww.myodfw.
com.
Athletes
league athlete at Mapleton
who went to state in four
events at the 1A state track
meet this year; Ryan
Jennings, a three-sport
sophomore athlete at
Siuslaw who advanced to
state in wrestling and track;
Siuslaw sophomore Skyler
Loomis, a three-sport ath-
lete and all-leaguer in bas-
ketball and track; Siuslaw
junior Brendon Jensen, a
cross country and track
standout with all-league
nods in both sports;
Matthew Horrillo, a three-
sport athlete at Siuslaw
who advanced to state in
wrestling; Mapleton junior
and three-sport athlete
Nate Neece, who received
all-league honors in foot-
ball and basketball.
This year's awards din-
ner, and announcement of
the 2018-19 Athletes of the
Year, will take place June 6
at Siuslaw High School.
Free
face. Good luck, have fun
and say ‘thank you’ to all
the ODFW volunteers you
see out there because they
make these events possi-
ble,” Boyles added.
Each Family Fishing
pond will be regular-
ly stocked with trout by
ODFW. Anyone unable to
participate in these fishing
events can explore many
other fishing, hunting or
wildlife viewing opportu-
nities at ODFW’s recre-
ation website, including
classes and workshops held
for all ages, at MyODFW.
com.
Detailed
information
about the many statewide
free family fishing oppor-
tunities can be found at
www.myodfw.com/arti-
cles/take-family-fishing.
22, time to get the trout
gear ready; winter steel-
head fishing closed for the
season on April 30.
WILSON
RIVER:
Steelhead, Chinook, cut-
throat trout
The summer steelhead
run is starting on the
Wilson River and a few
fish have been caught.
Hopefully the light rain
and cooler temperatures
will improve catch rates
this week.
The run will improve
through this month and
June, and fish will be avail-
able throughout the sum-
mer. Bobber fishing with
jigs/bait/beads, casting
lures, and drift fishing are
great techniques to catch a
summer steelhead.
The river is low and
clear, so fishing light tackle
and starting early are keys
to success in this fishery.
Trout fishing in streams
will reopen May 22.
TENMILE
LAKES:
Trout, warmwater species,
largemouth bass
Conditions should be
prime for bass, crappie,
bluegill, and brown bull-
head catfish angling at this
time. Anglers also use
small jigs or a worm on a
hook fished near the bot-
tom to catch yellow perch
this time of year.
The Tenmile Lakes have
been stocked with legal-
size rainbow trout. Tenmile
Lakes provide some nice
holdover trout this time of
year, and some can mea-
sure over 17-inches long.
Try trolling slowly with a
“wedding ring” type lure,
tipped with a worm, to
catch these larger trout.
UMPQUA
RIVER,
SOUTH: CLOSED
The river is closed to all
fishing during the annual
shutdown from May 1
through May 21. The river
opens to bass and trout
fishing May 22.
WINCHESTER BAY:
Bottomfish, perch
Fishing in the Triangle
and South jetty has been
successful.
PACIFIC OCEAN and
BEACHES: Bottomfish,
salmon, halibut, surfperch
Bottomfishing has been
good when the ocean lays
down and anglers have
been able to make it out.
Bottomfishing
is
restricted to inside the
40-fathom regulatory line.
Fishing for lingcod and
rockfish has been good
when the ocean is calm
enough to fish. The daily
bag limit for ma-rine fish is
5, plus 2 lingcod. The
retention of cabezon is
closed until July 2019.
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, blue, dea-
con, redstripe, greenstripe,
silvergray and bocaccio
rockfish. No other ground-
fish are allowed and off-
shore longleader fishing
trips can not be combined
with traditional bottom-
fish, flatfish or halibut
trips.
Ocean salmon fishing
for Chinook salmon from
Cape Falcon to Humbug
Mt is open. Chinook must
be a minimum of 24-inch-
es long. The ocean is closed
to coho salmon.
• PACIFIC HALIBUT:
The all-depth halibut sea-
son off the central coast
opened with success for
many anglers, although
fishing was scratchy at
times, and halibut were
reportedly not in the typi-
cal areas.
•
SHORE
AND
ESTUARY
FISHING:
Public piers provide
opportunities to catch
surfperch and baitfish and
to drop crab pots (but
check first for crab health
safety closures).
Surfperch are available
in the surf year-round
along sandy beaches and
rocky shore, with the best
fishing (and safest fishing)
occurring when swells are
small.
Spring is traditionally a
great time to fish for bay
perch. Striped seaperch,
pile perch, wall-eye surf-
perch, white seaperch, and
shiner surfperch can be
found near rocks, docks or
pilings in bays.
Some bay anglers use a
#4 or #6 hook secured
24-30 inches below a 1- to
2-ounce sinker on 8- to
10-pound line.
Baits include sand and
kelp worms, sand shrimp,
clam necks and mussels.
Keep the line close to rocks
or alongside pilings.
• RAZOR CLAMS: For
the Central Coast area,
diggers have been able to
harvest limits on some
specific sandbars, but until
the beaches build up
through the spring, the flat
sandy areas with a good
abundance of clams will be
accessible only at tide lev-
els well below 0.0.
Diggers report mixed
success at Newport beach-
es as well as difficulty see-
ing shows at times.
• BAY CLAMS: Bay
clamming is open along
the entire Oregon Coast
from the Columbia River
to the California border.
Always call the ODA shell-
fish safety hotline at 1-800-
448-2474 before harvest-
ing for the most current
information about shell-
fish safety closures.
• CRAB: Central coast
crabbing in Alsea and
Yaquina bays has been fair
to moderate by boat with
less success for Dungeness
from shore. In addition to
Dungeness crab, another
Oregon native present in
some of Oregon’s estuaries
is the red rock crab.
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Bobber fishing with jigs/
bait, casting lures, and drift
fishing are great tech-
niques to catch a Siletz
summer steelhead.
Fishing will improve in
May and peaks mid-June
through July/August and
then continues to produce
fish until the heavy rains
come in the fall.
The 4.0-mile bridge (aka
Steel Bridge) in the Siletz
gorge is 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.
Trout fishing will
re-open on the Siletz next
week on May 22, time to
get the trout gear ready for
the 2019 season.
SILTCOOS
and
TAHKENITCH LAKES:
Warmwater species
Warmwater fishing has
been improving on Siltcoos
and Tahkenitch lakes. The
recent warm weather is
warming up the water and
getting the warmwater fish
more active. The spawning
season is in full swing and
many fish will be found in
the shallows creating some
good fishing opportuni-
ties.
Siltcoos also gets stocked
rainbow trout, check the
stocking schedule for
numbers and dates of
stockings.
ALSEA
RIVER:
Cutthroat trout
Trout fishing in streams
opens next week on May
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