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SN THESIUSLAWNEWS.COM WEDNESDAY EDITION | OCTOBER 23, 2019 ODFW R EGIONAL F ISHING R EPORT www.dfw.state.or.us/RR Sports & Recreation Calendar Oct. 24 • SHS cross country Run for Brownies At Florence Golf Lks. 5 p.m. PHOTOS BY JARED ANDERSON/SIUSLAW NEWS Oct. 25 Fans and students gather to celebrate after last Friday night’s win over Pleasant Hill. • SHS football hosts La Pine V IKS BLOCK UNPLEASANT B ILLIES Homecoming 7 p.m. • MHS football at N. Douglas 7 p.m. Oct. 31 • SHS cross country Sky-Em League District Meet at LCC-Eugene Girls—Noon Boys—12:45 p.m. Siuslaw scored on its first possession against Pleasant Hill, adding a 2-point con- version to go up 8-0 less than 15 seconds into the game. B Y J ARED A NDERSON Siuslaw News “It’s kind of unreal, a little bit,” Siuslaw Quarterback Elijah Blankenship said about the Viks’ winning sea- son. “When I was in sixth grade, we were always suc- cessful with our seasons. We knew what it was like to win.” But during the first two years of his high school career, Blankenship and Viking football had been accustomed to watching wins slip through their fingers. “Only winning one game, it was like, ‘What’s going on?’ It wasn’t a ton of fun,” he said. “We’d always go, ‘Ugh, this have. We felt like we needed to get our linebackers back more rather than just going.” The first half is where the Sailors really began having issues, with the offense drop- ping three passes that could have secured a lead for the second half. “We were only down by one touchdown in the first quarter,” Greene said. “Actually, we got the ball back and we stopped them.” But the ball kept slipping out of the Sailors hands, “and then we just didn’t execute,” Greene said. “We had some missed key opportunities blocking and we just couldn’t Siuslaw News Entrance Siuslaw River High Tide Low Tide Oct. 23 9:08am / 6.3 8:37pm/ 6.6 2:22am/ 0.4 2:56pm/ 2.8 Oct. 24 9:55am / 6.9 9:47pm / 6.8 3:22am / 0.3 3:59m / 1.9 Oct. 25 10:38am / 7.5 10:49pm/ 7.1 4:15am/ 0.3 4:53pm/ 1.0 Oct. 26 11:18am / 8.0 11:46pm / 7.3 5:03am / 0.4 5:42pm / 0.0 Oct. 27 11:57am / 8.4 5:49am / 0.6 6:29pm / -0.7 Oct. 28 12:39am / 7.4 12:35pm / 8.6 6:32am / 1.0 7:15pm / -1.2 Oct. 29 1:32am / 7.3 1:14pm / 8.6 7:15am / 1.5 8:01pm / -1.2 See SIUSLAW 3B Sailors scorched by Devils B Y J ARED A NDERSON Tide Tables sucks.’” That’s not the feeling anymore, especially after last Friday night’s 44-15 win against Pleasant Hill. “This year, every- body’s excited to go to The Sailor’s dreams of tak- ing away a perfect season were dashed on Friday as the Mapleton lost to Lowell. It was a hard loss for Sailors, who hit the road with a 6-0 season when they met the Red Devils on their own turf. But the Devils were unde- terred by stats, taking down the Sailors 28-68. “Basically, we ran into a really good football team,” Mapleton coach Jeff Greene said. “Our offensive and defensive line, we just didn’t play as much as we could get it done.” The Red Devils started to take advantage, and “once that started happening, we just couldn’t stop them. Then they were just scoring, and we just didn’t have an answer,” said Greene. “In eight-man football, momentum goes bad in a hurry. And when it goes the other way, it’s hard to get it back, especially against a good football team.” The loss against Lowell wasn’t a complete surprise, as the Red Devils are celebrat- ing their own near-perfect See MID COAST LAKES Stocking of the mid-coast lakes ended in June. Check the stocking schedule online for dates and locations of stockings. Warmwater fisheries is still good in several lakes around the Florence area including: Siltcoos, Tahkenitch, Mercer and Munsel. SIUSLAW RIVER: Fall Chinook, cutthroat trout Fall Chinook fishing con- tinues to be fair to good on the Siuslaw. Last week’s rain pushed some fish up into the river but there are still plenty of fish around in the estuary. Anglers are catching fish on each tide and it should con- tinue to improve as we head into October. The beginning of September through the month of October are typical- ly the best times to catch a Siuslaw River Chinook. Due to low forecasted fall Chinook returns, this year’s daily bag limit has been reduced to 1 wild Chinook per day and 5 per year for the mid-coast aggregate (Siletz River to Siuslaw River). Lake Creek (a tributary of the Siuslaw River) will be closed for the fall Chinook season to protect the forecast- ed low number of returning fish. No wild coho retention for the 2019 season. Trout fishing in streams is open until Oct. 31. Late sum- mer and fall are typically good times to target sea-run cut- throat in the Siuslaw River. Check the regulations for open areas and gear restric- tions. SILTCOOS & TAHKENITCH LAKES: Warmwater species, cutthroat and rainbow trout Warmwater fishing has been good on Siltcoos and Tahkenitch lakes as well as many other lakes in the Florence area. Water tempera- tures are warm and fish can be found throughout the lake in a variety of habitats. Warmwater fishing will con- tinue to be good through the summer and into the fall. Siltcoos also gets stocked rainbow trout, check the stocking schedule for num- bers and dates of stockings. Coho fishing in Siltcoos and Tahkenitch opened Oct. 1. SAILORS 2B FISHING 2B See R ECREATIONAL USE ADVISORY ISSUED FOR N ORTH T ENMILE L AKE The Oregon Health Authority issued a recreational use health advisory today for North Tenmile Lake due to the presence of a cyanobacterial (harmful algae) bloom and cyanotoxins (harmful algae toxins) above recreational guideline values for human exposure. The lake is in Coos County. People should avoid swim- ming and high-speed water activities, such as water skiing or power boating, in areas of the lake where blooms are identified. Although toxins are not absorbed through the skin, people who have skin sensitivi- ties may experience a puffy red rash. People are encouraged to visit North Tenmile Lake and enjoy activities such as fishing, camping, hiking, biking, pic- nicking and bird watching. Boating is safe as long as speeds do not create excessive water spray, which could lead to inhalation risk. • Drinking water: Drinking water directly from areas of the lake affected by a bloom is especially dan- gerous. Toxins cannot be removed by boiling, filtering or treating water with camp- ing-style filters. Contact campground man- agement or the local health department with questions about water available at nearby campgrounds or day use areas. People who are not on a well or a public water system and draw in-home water directly from an affected area are advised to use an alternative water source because not all private treatment systems are proven effective in removing cyanotoxins. • Children and pets: Children and pets are at increased risk for exposure because of their size and level of activity. People who bring their pets to a lake with areas affected by a bloom for recre- ation activities, regardless of whether a recreational use health advisory is in place, should take special precautions to keep them from drinking from or swimming in these areas. Dogs can also be exposed to cyanotoxins when present by licking their fur, licking cyano- bacteria off rocks or eating cells from a bloom. • Fishing: Fish caught from areas where cyanobacterial blooms are present should have fat, skin and organs removed before cooking or freezing, as toxins are more likely to collect in these tissues. Fillets should also be rinsed with clean water. • Symptoms: Exposure to cyanotoxins can be serious and result in a range of symptoms, from those simi- lar to food poisoning such as See LAKE 2B RARE, IN TOWN, WATERFRONT HOME WITH DOCK! 280 RHODODENDRON DR. Very rare in town architecturally designed home on the river w/ a 30 ft dock. 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