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SIUSLAW NEWS | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2020 | 5B Y L O P O - E FLORENC ibrary.org www.SiuslawL 32 541-9 97-31 CHECK OUT (WE EVEN GAMES.) BOARD ͘͘͘ Ăƚ ƵƐ ͘͘͘ƚ ŽĚ ŝƐ ŚŽ ĐŽǀ ŵĞ Ğƌ ŝŶ ǀŝŶƚĂ ƚĞƌŝ Ő ŽƌƐ ĞĐůŽ ͕Ă ƚŚ ŶĚ ŝŶ ĐŽ Ő͕ ŽŬ ĂŶƟ ŝĞƐ ƋƵ ͊ ĞƐ ͕ sŝƐ ŝƚ 34. D\ +LJKZ WHUFRP ZZZWUKXQ rd Climb aboa reading the real ad! railro Only $ 99 each Framing es Fram enc e Quality Custom of Flor • Mirrors s • Needlework • Watercolors Shadowboxe Oils • Photography 43 97-20 541-9 Suite G Hwy. 101, 2285 OR 97439 Florence, GAME BOARDS ARE HERE!! Modeled after the world famous board game, Florence-Opoly is customized to our great city. Fun for everyone! Available At: Siuslaw News 148 Maple Street, Florence • 541-997-3441 Offi ce Hours: Monday-Friday 8am-5pm AND THESE ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS BEAUX ARTS & FINE ART MATERIALS 2285 Hwy. 101, Ste. H PERIWINKLE STATION 1308 Bay Street JAWSOME KIDS RESALE RIVER ROASTERS 1240 Bay St. 1901 Highway 101 LOFY CONSTRUCTION, LLC 2530 Kingwood , Suite “D” MILK & COOKIES 1300 Bay Street KITCHEN KLUTTER 1250 Bay St JERRY’S PLACE BAR & GRILL 88274 Rhododendron Dr Fishing from 1B two different stocks of hatchery steelhead, one “traditional” stock that is an early returner and peaks in December/ January and a later return- ing wild broodstock that peaks January-March. These two stocks combine to provide winter steel- head fishing opportunities from late November through March. Trout fishing in streams will reopen on May 22, 2020. SALMON RIVER: Winter steelhead Winter steelhead fish- ing is open on the Salmon River. The majority of the winter steelhead on the Salmon River are wild and the run usually peaks around mid-December through February. SILETZ RIVER: Winter steelhead Winter steelhead fish- ing has been fair for the last few weeks on the Siletz River. Low and clear conditions have slowed things down but forecast- ed storms should bring the river back up and into good fishing shape. Expect fish to be spread throughout the system from tidewater up to the gorge. Winter steelhead fishing typically peaks January through March. The 4-mile bridge (aka Steel Bridge) in the Siletz gorge is open to motor- ized 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. YAQUINA RIVER: Winter steelhead Winter steelhead is open on the Yaquina and Big Elk systems for the season. January through March is the typical peak for winter steelhead in the Yaquina/Big Elk. PACIFIC OCEAN AND BEACHES: Bottomfish, salmon, hali- but, surfperch Bottomfishing is now open to fish at all depths. The daily bag limit for marine fish is 5 plus 2 lingcod. The harvest of cabezon along with copper, quill- back, and China rockfish are now all closed to boat anglers. Shore an-glers will still be able to harvest these rockfish species (but are encouraged to release them) and 1 cabezon a day. Anglers may also choose to fish the offshore longleader fishery outside of the 40-fathom regulato- ry line, which is open year-round. The longlead- er fishery has a daily bag limit of 10 fish made of yellowtail, widow, canary, blue, deacon, redstripe, greenstripe, silvergray, and bocaccio rockfish. No other groundfish are allowed and offshore longleader fishing trips cannot be combined with traditional bottomfish, flatfish or halibut trips. Both halibut and ocean salmon fishing are now closed. BOTTOM FISHING: As usual, winter finds bot- tomfish anglers pursuing other activities, but some level of effort is common throughout the winter months when safe ocean conditions allow. When ocean conditions have allowed, anglers have been having good success with lingcod and mixed success with rockfish. Anglers should carefully check the weather forecast before venturing out to go ocean fishing. Beginning Jan. 1, 2020, there is now a one-fish sub-bag limit for China, copper, or quillback rock- fish. That means that out of the 5-fish daily bag limit, no more than one may be a China, copper, OR quillback rockfish. Cabezon will open July 1, 2020 with a one-fish sub- bag limit. Lingcod has a separate 2-fish bag limit. Retention of yelloweye rockfish is prohibited by all anglers. Vessels fishing for or retaining bottomfish (including flatfish) species or Pacific halibut in the ocean are required (1) to have onboard a function- ing rockfish descending device, and (2) use it to descend any rockfish released when fishing out- side of the 30-fathom reg- ulatory line. PACIFIC HALIBUT: Halibut fishing season is closed. OCEAN SALMON: Seasons now closed. RAZOR CLAMMING: All razor clamming is closed on the entire Oregon Coast due to ele- vated levels of the biotox- in domoic acid. The Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will continue to collect razor clam samples along the coast. It takes two consec- utive samples below the closure level to open a fishery once closed. Always call the ODA shellfish safety hotline at 1-800-448-2474 before harvesting for the most current information about shellfish safety closures. CRABBING: Beginning Jan. 1, 2020, all recre- ational crabbers must mark all floating surface buoys with a name and other identifying informa- tion. play & win! Contest open through Saturday, Feb. 1 Locally sponsored by Beachcomber Pub GOOD LUCK! SPONSORED BY: HOW DOES IT WORK? Make Your picks for the questions asked about the Big Game, and the player with the most correct answers wins! 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