SIUSLAW NEWS | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2020 | 3B
Oregon Parks Recreation Department introduces surcharge for non-residents
The new camping surcharge issued by Oregon State Park is temporary
To encourage local
recreation and provide
funding to operate the
Oregon State Park sys-
tem, the Oregon Parks
and
Recreation
Department (OPRD)
add a nonresident sur-
charge to new campsite
reservations and first-
come,
first-served
campers that began
Aug. 10.
The change does not
affect existing reserva-
tions or people current-
ly camping in a state
park.
The increase will add
up to 30 percent to the
nightly cost to camp in
a state park for nonresi-
dents. Including lodg-
ing tax, the average cost
for a full-service RV site
is currently $33 per
night and will increase
to an average of $42 for
nonresidents making
new reservations, or
arriving without a res-
ervation.
The average tent rate
is currently $19 per
night and will increase
to $23 for nonresidents.
The surcharge will
remain in effect the rest
of 2020. A decision
about rates for 2021 will
be made this autumn.
“We love serving all
people, no matter where
they live,” says Lisa
Sumption,
Oregon
Parks and Recreation
Department Director.
“Even so, this tempo-
rary change is needed to
remind people to stay as
close to home as possi-
ble while enjoying the
outdoors, and to pro-
vide much-needed sup-
port for the Oregon
state park system, which
faces a projected $22
million
shortfall
between now and June
2021.”
In addition to encour-
aging recreation close to
home, the surcharge
could generate up to
$500,000 through the
end of the year to hire
staff and pay for clean-
ing supplies and other
park operations.
For more informa-
tion, visit https://state-
parks.oregon.gov.
Fishing
Chinook per day and 5
per year for the 2020
season.
the Salmon River on
Aug.1. Expect fishing to
be slow at the beginning
of August but things typ-
ically start to pick up at
the end of the month
and into September.
SILETZ RIVER:
Summer steelhead, fall
Chinook, cutthroat trout
Summer steelhead
fishing is still slow on
the Siletz River but over-
all it has improved in the
last few weeks. The high-
er than normal flows in
June and early July
changed the migration
timing and these fish
and they are finally start-
ing to stage in the upper
portions of the river and
gorge sections.
The high and cooler
water has slowed the
migration this year but
now we are in a more
typical summer pattern
and the fish seem to be
responding, moving up
into the gorge where
there is better summer
holding water. Fish num-
bers should keep
increasing through the
month of July and into
August.
Spring Chinook fish-
ing closes on Aug. 1
above the Ojalla boat
ram. 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.
Fall Chinook fishing
opens this weekend in
the lower Siletz River
tidewater up to the
Ojalla boat slide. Expect
fishing to be slow for the
beginning of August but
fishable numbers usually
start to show up by the
end of the month. Due
to low forecasted returns
for the 2020 season bag
limits have been
reduced. The bag limit
for the Siletz River is 1
wild chinook per day
and 5 per year for the
2020 season.
Cutthroat trout fishing
is open in the Siletz
basin and good trout
fishing opportunities
will remain through the
summer months.
The 4.0-mile bridge
(aka Steel Bridge) in the
Siletz gorge is open to
motorized vehicles but is
only open to public vehi-
cles 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:
Fall Chinook
Fall Chinook fishing
opens on the Yaquina
and Big Elk systems on
Aug. 1. These fisheries
are typically slow at the
beginning of August but
start to pick up at the
end of the month.
Anglers are reminded
that due to low forecast-
ed returns for the 2020
season bag limits have
been reduced on the
Yaquina/Big Elk Rivers.
The bag limit for the
Yaquina/Big Elk is 1 wild
Chinook per day and 5
per year for the 2020
season.
TENMILE LAKES:
Trout, warmwater spe-
cies, largemouth bass
Largemouth bass can
be caught early mornings
and late evenings in shal-
low water. During the
middle of the day bass
can be caught in deeper
water and in the shade of
docks. Re-cent water
temperatures have been
between 70-75 degrees.
Anglers are catching
yellow perch fishing
small jigs or worms on a
hook near the bottom in
8-10 feet of water. The
outside weedlines are
fairly consistent at 9 feet
of water throughout the
lake.
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 slowly.
UMPQUA RIVER,
SOUTH: Bass, trout
There are consistently
good reports on bass
fishing in the South
Umpqua. Trout is catch-
and-release for the South
Umpqua Basin. The
mainstem and tributaries
above Jackson Creek
Bridge are closed year-
round.
PACIFIC OCEAN and
BEACHES: Bottomfish,
salmon, halibut, surf-
perch
Douglas County Parks
are open.
Bottomfishing is
restricted to inside the
40-fathom regulatory
line until Sept. 1. Fishing
for rockfish and lingcod
has been spotty recently
when anglers can get out
on the ocean. The daily
bag limit for marine fish
was recently increased to
7. But anglers must
release all copper, quill-
back or China rockfish
when fishing from a
boat.
Anglers are also
allowed 2 lingcod per
day. Anglers may harvest
1 cabezon per day as
part of your general
marine fish daily limit.
Anglers may also
choose to fish the off-
shore longleader fishery
outside of the 40-fathom
regulatory line, which is
open year-round. The
longleader fishery has a
daily bag limit of 10 fish
made of yellowtail,
widow, canary, blue, dea-
con, redstripe, green-
stripe, silvergray, chilli-
pepper and bocaccio
rockfish.
No other groundfish
are allowed and offshore
longleader fishing trips
cannot be combined
with traditional bottom-
fish, flatfish or halibut
trips. Find information
about a longleader setup
here.
Surfperch anglers are
reporting limited success
fishing the ocean beach-
es using sand shrimp or
Berkley Gulp sand
worms.
The ocean Selective
Coho (fin-clipped) sea-
son opened on June 22
from Cape Falcon to the
OR/CA Border. This
area in the ocean is also
open to harvest of
Chinook salmon.
The salm-on bag limit
is two salmon per day.
Ocean salmon fishing for
fin-clipped coho and
Chinook continue to be
good out of Winchester
Bay. As of July 19, there
was 20.7 percent of the
quota remaining.
The Nearshore Halibut
season for the Central
Coast Subarea is open 7
days a week, inside the
40-fathom line, through
the earlier of the quota
of 32,591 pounds or Oct.
31. As of July 19, there is
45 percent of the quota
remaining. As of July 18,
there is 45 percent of the
quota remaining.
The Southern Oregon
Subarea for halibut is
open 7 days a week
through the earlier of the
quota of 8,000 pounds or
Oct. 31. As of July 19,
there is 79 percent of the
quota remain-ing.
ALBACORE TUNA:
Albacore tuna have
started to come into
range for some of the
larger private recreation-
al boats. If the weather
cooperates, the fishing
can be expected to
improve soon.
During the past two
weeks, the ocean condi-
tions and weather have
prevented anglers from
getting to where the tuna
are. This week may final-
ly provide a break for
anglers and allow them
to get offshore to the
tuna waters
CRABBING and
CLAMMING
Always check for clo-
sures at the ODA
Shellfish Safety page
before clamming or
crabbing. http://ODA.
direct/ShellfishClosures.
Crabbing and clam-
ming for nonresidents
Recreational crabbing
for nonresidents is now
open from Cape Falcon
(between Seaside and
Tillamook) south to the
OR/CA border. All other
shellfish license activities
(clamming, mus-sel har-
vest, etc.) remain closed
to nonresidents.
Clams
open along the entire Or-
egon coast (except for
nonresident closures de-
scribed above, which are
due to Covid-19).
ODA will continue to
test for shellfish toxins
twice per month, as tides
and weather permit. Re-
opening an area closed
for biotoxins requires two
consecutive tests with re-
sults below the limit.
Contact ODFW for rec-
reational license require-
ments, permits, rules and
limits.
For more information,
call ODA’s shellfish bio-
toxin hotline at (800) 448-
2474, the Food Safety Di-
vision at (503) 986-4720,
or visit the ODA shellfish
biotoxin closures web-
page at https://www.ore-
gon.gov/ODA/programs/
FoodSafety/Shellfish/Pag-
es/ShellfishClosures.asp.
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