4B | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2020 | SIUSLAW NEWS
Fishing
from 1B
Anglers are catching
most of the bass along the
deeper weed lines and
submerged trees.
Yellow perch are cruis-
ing on the deep-water
mud flats. Most of the fish
are under 10-inches long
but anglers are catching a
few 12 inch-plus fish.
Trout anglers continue
to troll for trout. A few
trout have been caught on
bait by anglers targeting
yellow perch.
UMPQUA RIVER,
SOUTH: Steelhead
The mainstem South
has reopened. Fishing
usually picks up in
January and there should
be a few around in the
lower sections. The river
may be in decent shape
with some rain in the fore-
cast. Make sure to turn in
snouts from hatchery fish
for a chance to win a gift
card.
ALSEA RIVER: Winter
steelhead
Winter steelhead fishing
has been fair over the last
few weeks. After the
recent rainstorms anglers
caught fish throughout the
system, all the way up to
the hatchery located on
the NF Alsea.
Dry conditions have
slowed fishing again this
last week but forecasted
rainstorms should get fish
moving throughout the
system again and create
better conditions for win-
ter steelheading. When the
river starts to drop back
into shape there will be
good opportunities for
both boat and bank
anglers. The NF Alsea
offers good bank access
for the bank angler.
The Alsea River receives
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 fishing
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 fishing
has been fair for the last
few weeks on the Siletz
River. Low and clear con-
ditions have slowed things
down but forecasted
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 long-
leader fishing trips cannot
be combined with tradi-
tional 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.
Siuslaw Youth Soccer Association
annual meeting set for Feb. 24
The Siuslaw Youth Soc-
cer Association (SYSA)
will be holding its annual
general meeting on Mon-
day, Feb. 24, at 7 p.m. in
the Siuslaw Middle School
Commons.
The meeting is open to
the public.
All members (people
with kids registered Fall
2019 or Spring 2020) will
be eligible to vote for offi-
cers.
The positions of presi-
dent and treasurer are up
for reelection; both incum-
bents are running again.
If any member wishes to
run for one of these posi-
tions they must notify the
SYSA by 5 p.m., seven days
prior to the meeting.
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