SIUSLAW NEWS | SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 2019 | 3B
A S DRY WEATHER CONTINUES , M ARINE B OARD WARNS PADDLERS , FLOATERS OF LOW - WATER DANGER
Lower water levels create
safety challenges for pad-
dlers and floaters, especial-
ly inexperienced recreators
who are unfamiliar with
how to safely maneuver
their craft around obstruc-
tions near the banks or just
below the surface of the
water.
The Oregon State
Marine Board offers the
following tips on how to
have fun and stay safe:
• Always float with a
friend, especially in pad-
dlecraft or float tubes.
Have at least two boats or
float devices and a plan if
you become separated.
Camp
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Johnson, who will be run-
ning the camp with assis-
tant coach and long-time
defensive coordinator Jerry
Fleming.
“It meant a lot to me
when I was a little kid when
the high school boys would
come down. Instead of just
making it an upperclass-
man sort of thing, we’re
making it everybody’s re-
Salmon
from 1B
fish during their freshwa-
ter life stages. In the late
1800s, as many as 450,000
coho salmon returned to
the Siuslaw every year.
That number decreased
to as low as 500 coho
salmon returning in the
1990s. The watershed and
Always fill out a float
plan or give detailed infor-
mation to a friend or fami-
ly member about where
you’re going, when you
expect to return, what
clothing you’re wearing,
and who’s with you.
• Keep your wits about
you. Boating in rivers can
be extremely relaxing; so
much so, that it’s easy to be
hypnotized and less aware
of your surroundings.
• Always keep a sharp
lookout and routinely scan
from left to right and right
to left for logs, submerged
objects, and watch the
direction the current is car-
rying you.
• Stay well clear of log
jams and strainers (root
wads, trees, branches,
logs). They allow water
through them but can
catch and entrap paddlers
underwater, entangle lines,
and easily puncture float
tubes or pool toys not
designed for river use.
• Read the water. Where
is there white-water?
Where does the water
eddy? These indicate what’s
below the surface and give
key information to boaters
on how to safely navigate
the run and what line to
take.
• Scouting your float
ahead of time is worth the
time. Determine the safest
course when boulders,
gravel bars, or fallen trees/
root wads are present.
• Go with your “gut feel-
ing.” If something doesn’t
feel right, listen to it.
“When in doubt, portage
out” and take the boat over
and around an obstruction.
• Know your limits.
Know your ability at the
moment, not from what
you know you’re capable of
doing. Stick to rivers that
are classified as I or II if
you have a medical condi-
tion or are new to river
running/floating.
• Use the right gear for
the type of boating. When
running Class III or higher
rapids, a helmet, properly
fitting life jacket, a throw
bag, and secured gear is
incredibly important. Two
inner tubes tied together or
in an inflatable craft with
more than one air chamber
are defined as a “boat” and
are required to carry a
properly fitting life jacket
and a sound-producing
device like a whistle. The
Marine Board advocates
even people floating in sin-
gle inner tubes or pool toys
wear a life jacket. Inner
tubes and pool toys aren’t
designed for rivers and can
easily puncture, in addition
to quickly floating away
from a person in fast cur-
rent.
• On reservoirs and
lakes, sharp drop-off ’s are a
given. Tree stumps, boul-
ders, and fallen trees may
not be visible. Take special
care when operating near
the banks, where many of
these obstructions lie just
below the surface. Wear a
life jacket, especially chil-
dren, when on the banks.
Expect banks to be unsta-
ble.
sponsibility. It’s pretty cool
when our high school boys
get to go out and help with
the elementary school. I
know coach Fleming will
have a teacher’s aide as one
of our guys — so, it’s get-
ting the little kids to know
them.”
The camp will focus
mostly on the fundamen-
tals that will create a foun-
dation to build from — ba-
sic football movements,
how to run a route, how to
do the proper footwork, an
obstacle course, and more.
“We’re not going to teach
them to run the veer,”
Johnson chuckled. “It’s just
being able to go out with
their friends and have fun
before school starts.”
The camp will also act
as a training ground for
this year’s ball boys and
girls, who will help as-
sist the high school teams
throughout the season. “It’s
about getting those kids
out and getting used to the
players and being comfort-
able around them,” John-
son said. “There will be five
or six little kids every Fri-
day night.”
The camp beings this
Monday, Aug. 12, with the
following schedule:
• 1st and 2nd grade with
coach Fleming will be held
Aug. 12-15 from 3:15 to 4
p.m. each day
• 3rd through 8th grade
with coach Johnson will be
August 12-15, from at 4:15
to 6 p.m. each day
High schoolers with be
with coach Johnson from
Aug. 12-16, from 7 to 9
a.m.
The cost for the four-day
camp is $10, which will
include a camp T-shirt. A
registration booth will be
set up at the camp, which
is held on the practice field
behind the high school
auxiliary gym.
“You can register last
minute, we love that,” John-
son said. “We love seeing
all the kids before they go
back to school. It’s like hav-
ing a summer check-in. It’s
a really good group of peo-
ple helping out this year, so
it’s really nice having kids
see familiar faces and a
couple of new faces. It’ll be
a really good time.”
its partners are working
to ensure a sustainable
and resilient population of
salmon in the Siuslaw and
Coastal Lakes so that fu-
ture generations can have
salmon in their streams.
Learn more about the
Siuslaw Watershed online
at siuslaw.org or attend
the Aug. 28 event, which
is open to the public.
Fishing
stockings.
SIUSLAW
RIVER:
Cutthroat trout
Open to trout fishing.
Check the regulations for
open areas and gear restric-
tions.
WILSON
RIVER:
Steelhead, cutthroat trout
Summer steelhead are
available throughout the
system, but reports are that
fishing has been slow and
it appears to be a below
average run. These fish can
be challenging to catch,
but are great fighters and
good table fair for those
who are successful.
The Wilson offers plenty
of bank access, especially
on the upper river. The
river is low and clear, so
fishing light tackle and
early starts are keys to suc-
cess in this fishery. Bobber
fishing with jigs/bait/
beads, casting lures, and
drift fishing are great tech-
niques to catch a summer
steelhead.
Trout fishing should be
fair to good throughout
the river. This time of year
there can be some good
opportunity for sea-run
cutthroat in the upper
tidewater and lower River.
These are aggressive fish
and fun fighters on light
gear.
Spring Chinook season
closed on July 31. Fall
Chinook salmon season
legally opened on Aug. 1,
but it will be quite some
time before we would
expect to see any in the
river.
Anglers are reminded
that this year’s bag limit for
wild Chinook is 1 per day
and 5 per year from the
North coast aggregate
(Necanicum River to
Salmon River).
COOS RIVER BASIN:
Trout, marine perch species,
salmon
Fishing for rockfish
inside the bay has been
good near the submerged
rock piles. Fishing is typi-
cally best near slacktide. A
jig with a twister tail can be
a great bait for catching
rock-fish.
Temporary fall Chinook
salmon regulations started
Aug. 1. Salmon anglers in
Coos Bay will only be able
to harvest 1 wild Chinook
per day and 5 wild Chinook
for the season in aggregate
from all waters from Coos
Basin,
TENMILE
LAKES:
Trout, warmwater species,
largemouth bass
Bass fishing has been
good on Tenmile Lakes.
Anglers are catching most
of the bass along the deep-
er weedlines and sub-
merged trees, but are also
catching a few on topwater
lures in the mornings and
evenings.
Yellow perch fishing is
picking up with anglers
catching yellow perch
along the edges of weed-
lines. Most of the fish are
under 10 inches long but
there are a few 12-inch
plus fish being caught.
Trout fishing has slowed
down on Tenmile Lakes
but a few anglers are still
trolling deep with wedding
ring spinners. The Oregon
Health Authority issued a
recreation use health advi-
sory on July 19 for the
South Lake at Tenmile
Lakes due to the presence
of a cyanobac-terial (harm-
ful algae) bloom and cya-
notoxins (harmful algae
toxins) above recreational
guideline values for human
exposure.
U M P Q UA R I V E R ,
SOUTH: Trout, bass,
warmwater
Some stretches of the
South are closed to fishing
still. Trout fishing in the
entire basin is catch-and-
release only. Bass fishing
has been good throughout
WINCHESTER BAY:
Bottomfish, perch
Fishing in the Triangle
and South jetty has been
successful.
PACIFIC OCEAN and
BEACHES: Bottomfish,
salmon, halibut, surfperch
Bottomfishing
is
restricted to inside the
40-fathom regulatory line
through September. Fish-
ing for lingcod and rock-
fish has been good when
the ocean is calm enough
to fish.
The daily bag limit for
marine fish is 5 plus 2 ling-
cod. Anglers may also
choose to fish the offshore
longleader fishery outside
of the 40-fathom regulato-
ry line, which is open year-
round. Ocean salmon fish-
ing for Chinook salmon
from Cape Falcon to
Humbug Mt is open.
Chinook must be a mini-
mum of 24-inches long
and coho must be at least
16 inches.
Fishing for salmon has
been okay with Winchester
Bay being the most pro-
ductive ports on the coast.
Anglers have been averag-
ing one fish per person. As
of July 21, ocean salmon
anglers have caught 30.3
percent of the fin-clipped
coho quota.
The Nearshore Halibut
season is open seven days a
week in the Central Coast.
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The Siletz River is open
year-round for steelhead.
Summer steelhead fishing
continues to be slow this
season but did pick up last
week with some better
fishing. Although it has
been a slow year so far,
anglers are catching sum-
mer steelhead everyday
primarily in the gorge area
and pressure continues to
be light.
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 is open.
Check the regulations for
open areas and gear restric-
tions.
SILTC O OS
&
TAHKENITCH LAKES:
Warmwater species
Warmwater fishing has
been good on Siltcoos and
Tahkenitch lakes as well as
many other lakes in the
Florence area. Water tem-
peratures are warm and
fish can be found through-
out the lake in a variety of
habitats. Warmwater fish-
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good through the summer
and into the fall.
Siltcoos also gets stocked
rainbow trout, check the
stocking schedule for
numbers and dates of
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