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SIUSLAW NEWS | SATURDAY, JULY 11, 2020 | 3B Let me Showcase your property. Crystell Wise Broker, SRES 541 991-9487 8399 Duncan Island Rd – Stunning home with 2 bdrms plus loft, and 2.5 baths on Duncan Is- land. Cast your line off your private dock. This home has 1.77 acres with beautiful landscaping and river frontage, as well as access to the south slough. $480,000. #3101-20292428 1749 Highway 101 • 541-997-1200 We’ve got you COVERED Serving Florence since 1990 business • homeowners • auto • life • health • medicare plans A SK US ABOUT M ULTIPLE P OLICY D ISCOUNTS ! Contact Angela, Jodi or Paul to discuss your policy needs. 875 Hwy 101 • Florence, OR • (541) 997-3466 www.AbelInsuranceAgency.com We are open and ready to assist you! Little there because of his ded- ication and support of all things Viking. Over the course of more than four decades, John missed but three football games — home or away. Traveling with his friend and former teach- er, Jim Smith, John traveled up and down Highway 101 while Siu- slaw was in the Far West League. Th en, when the Vi- kings joined the Sky- Em League, he and Jim quickly learned new sta- dium and gym locations. During football sea- son, John kept the fans informed of downs and distance, score and time left as the operator of the home fi eld scoreboard. When the Vikings moved indoors for bas- ketball, John — for de- cades — kept the home scorebook for basketball games. John participated in the activities of dress- up days and activities of Homecoming and Spirit weeks. He was a “grape” in an early homecom- Fishing Johnston Motor Company Since 1939 2150 Hwy. 101 • Florence (541) 997-3475 • 1-800-348-3475 from 1B from 1B found throughout the Salmon River estuary and river through the summer months. SILETZ RIVER: sum- mer steelhead, Spring Chinook, cutthroat troutSummer steelhead fishing has been slow so far this year on the Siletz River. 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I still remember the time our faculty “Air Band” rocked to “John- ny Be Good” to a stand- ing ovation by the stu- dent body with John as the lead guitarist. As for the dress up days, John had some of the best outfi ts to match the theme of the day. As a University of Oregon graduate, John is a for- ever Duck fan. When he painted his house green and yellow, his good friend Jim — an OSU graduate — painted John’s door orange. John had a variety of T-shirts with messag- es to league opponents. I remember the blue T-shirt with the gold words of “I Hate Red” when we played Co- quille. When we joined the Sky-Em league, he made a new shirt espe- cially for private school Marist in Eugene. Aar- on McNeil, a friend and fellow math instruc- tor, said it was a white T-shirt with the words “Go Public” printed on John supported more than the athletic pro- grams. He had his room open at noon for stu- dents wanting to learn or compete in chess. Feeling I knew the game of chess, I ven- tured to John’s room to take him on one. It took six months of occasional noon contests for me to fi nally be on the verge of victory. I was but a few moves from placing John’s king in checkmate. He knew of my aggressive style of play and he patiently waited for the mistake he knew I would make. And I didn’t disap- point him. I turned a sure victory into a stalemate. It was the closest I ever came to defeating him in our chess matches. When principal Rich- ard Whitmore asked for a volunteer to be a Knowledge Bowl coach, John became the coach. Th e noon chess matches were postponed as he set up his room ev- ery noon for knowledge bowl practices. Occa- sionally I would sit in on the opponent practice team to challenge the student team. John prepared his team to be one of the best in the Far West League; they earned sev- eral high fi nishes during Far West League compe- titions. In 2008, a year before I retired, John intro- duced me to the game of bridge. I began playing and I continue to play 13 years later. Like chess, John is an excellent bridge player. Th rough the years, I have traveled to several locations with John and other mem- bers of our bridge club to play bridge. John Reisner was hired as a math instruc- tor for Siuslaw High School. He became a part of all things posi- tive about teachers. He taught more than math. He showed students the importance of being involved in — and for — their school by example. His impact on Siuslaw High School students, including all four of my children, is why he is a valued member of the Siuslaw Hall of Fame. have disrupted the typi- cal migration pattern of these fish and they are starting to move throughout the system with the recent warm and dry conditions. Expect things to be a little later this year and fishing to improve in the next couple weeks as the river drops and warms up. Spring Chinook fish- ing has also been slow so far this year but a few fish are being caught in the lower por- tions of the river. Anglers are reminded that the bag limit has been changed for the 2020 spring Chinook season to 1 fish per day and 1 for the year. Check the regulation updates for details. Cutthroat trout fish- ing is open in the Siletz basin and good trout fishing opportunities will remain through the summer months. WILSON RIVER: Steelhead, cutthroat trout The Wilson River gets a good summer steelhead return and has great bank access all along Hwy 6 on the state forest land. It’s still early and fishing has been slow thus far, but there are probably some fish around and the run should improve through the summer. YAQUINA RIVER: Cutthroat trout Trout fishing opened in the Yaquina/Big Elk basin May 22. The Yaquina and Big Elk have great cutthroat trout fishing opportuni- ties throughout the estuary/river through the summer months. COOS RIVER BASIN: Marine species, cutthroat trout Anglers have been catching a few rockfish in the lower Coos Bay estuary while fishing along the jetty and sub- merged rock structures. The recent late morn- ing/afternoon winds can make it difficult to fish on the estuary. The daily bag limit for marine fish is 5 of which only one can be a copper, quillback or China rockfish. Anglers are also allowed 2 ling- cod per day. The harvest of cabe- zon opened July 1. Trout fishing in streams and rivers opened May 22. Anglers fishing in streams and rivers above tidewater are restricted to us flies and lures through the end of August. With the recent hot weather, fishing will be best in the mornings and late evenings. TENMILE LAKES: Trout, warmwater spe- cies, largemouth bass Largemouth bass have completed spawn- ing in Tenmile Lakes. Bass are now spread out between shallow water and deeper water. Bass can be caught on a vari- ety of tactics like topwa- ter lures, jigs, swimbaits and Senkos. Bluegills are becom- ing very active in some parts of the lake espe- cially along the edges of weedlines. Bluegills can be caught on small jigs, worms on a small hook, or even on small wet flies and poppers. Yellow perch will be transitioning to sum- mer patterns soon, which means anglers should start fishing the outside edges of the weedlines in 7-12 feet of water. Trout fishing has slowed down with the warmer water tempera- tures. Anglers will have the best success fishing for trout in the deeper water and trolling slow- ly. UMPQUA RIVER, SOUTH: Bass Bass fishing through- out the South should be good. PACIFIC OCEAN & BEACHES: Bottomfish, salmon, halibut, surf- perch Douglas County Parks are closed but they state that the ramps are still open which would include those in Winchester Bay. Bottomfishing is now open to fish at all depths. Fishing for ling- cod has been good when anglers can get out on the ocean. The daily bag limit for marine fish is 5 of which only one can be a copper, quillback or China rockfish. Anglers are also allowed 2 ling- cod per day. The harvest of cabe- zon opened July 1. Anglers are also allowed 2 lingcod per day. The harvest of cabezon will not open until July 1. Anglers may also choose to fish the off- shore longleader fishery outside of the 40-fath- om regulatory line, which is open year round. The longleader fish- ery has a daily bag limit of 10 fish made of yel- lowtail, widow, canary, blue, deacon, redstripe, greenstripe, silvergray, chillipepper and bocac- cio rockfish. No other groundfish are allowed and off- shore longleader fishing trips cannot be com- bined with traditional bottomfish, flatfish or halibut trips. When conditions are good, surfperch anglers have been catching a few redtail surfperch from the beaches using sand shrimp or Berkley Gulp sand worms. Surfperch anglers fishing near the jetties have been catching a few striped surfperch. Both halibut and ocean salmon fishing are now closed. it. Speak your peace. Write a Letter to the Editor. Editor@TheSiuslawNews.com