SIUSLAW NEWS | SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 2020 | 3B
Fishing
from 1B
Summer steelhead
fishing is still slow on the
Siletz River but overall it
has improved in the last
few weeks. The higher
than normal flows in
June and early July
changed the migration
timing and these fish and
they are finally starting to
stage in the upper por-
tions 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 increas-
ing through the month of
July and into August.
Spring Chinook fishing
closes on Aug. 1 above
the Ojalla boat ram.
Anglers are reminded
that the bag limit has
been changed for the
2020 spring Chinook sea-
son 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 begin-
ning of August but fish-
able numbers usually
start to show up by the
end of the month. Due to
low forecasted returns for
the 2020 season bag lim-
its have been reduced.
A weekly roundup of shopping,
savings and doings around town.
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The bag limit for the
Siletz River is 1 wild chi-
nook 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
forecasted 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 sea-
son.
TENMILE LAKES:
Trout, warmwater species,
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
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movie stars, movies, and
for just about any person,
place, or thing.
If people are willing to
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Call today to reserve your rental
equipment located at
1550 6 th Street & HWY 101
Rentals are available on a daily,
weekly and monthly basis.
Call 541-997-2653
OPEN: MONDAY – FRIDAY
8AM TO 5PM
Florence Saw Shop is proud to be a
qualified elite retailer of the Stihl
product line.
Honda Portable generators provide
quiet power for camping, RVing,
tailgating and more.
Honda Home generators offer
convenient,
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Honda Work generators are the
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Our friendly and Certified Gold
Technician is always ready to help you
select the equipment that meets your
specific needs.
Your equipment comes fully
assembled and ready to use.
Repair Center
Have a piece of equipment with
a small engine that needs a
tune-up, needs rebuilt, or just
isn’t running like it should?
Bring it into our small engine
repair shop for a quote.
We also sharpen chains.
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, surfperch
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 bottomfish,
flatfish or halibut trips.
Find information about a
longleader setup here.
Surfperch anglers are
reporting limited success
fishing the ocean beaches
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
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Payment is due when
the permit is issued. If you
prefer to pay by check or
money order please in-
clude with your request.
Make checks payable to
USDA, Forest Service.
Permittees must have a
valid form of identifica-
them.
Gum disappeared from
trading card pack about
twenty years ago. Th e days
of collecting cards to have
fun with and play with are
in the past.
So many people look at
tion and be at least 18
years of age, at the time
of purchase. Matsutake
permits are valid from the
date of sale through De-
cember 31st, 2020.
Send the completed
form, postmarked no later
than September 4, by US
Postal mail to:
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Central Coast Ranger
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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 recreational
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 crab-
bing. 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 until fur-
ther notice.
Cutthroat trout fishing
opened May 22 on the
Alsea River and trout
fishing has been good
throughout the basin.
The rivers are dropping
quickly into more normal
summer flows but are
still providing good con-
ditions for trout fishing
and will provide good
opportunities through
the summer months.
trading cards as an invest-
ment in the future. Too
bad somebody did not in-
form my brother and I so
many years ago about the
potential value of the base-
ball cards that made such a
great sound on the spokes
of our bicycles.
Th e gum was good too.
District
PO Box 400
Waldport, OR 97394
After mail in permits
are processed, remaining
permits will be issued by
appointment only at the
Reedsport and Waldport
offices starting September
14. At that time, masks are
required and 6-feet physi-
cal distance must be kept
at all times. Credit/deb-
it card, checks or money
orders are preferred, cash
will be accepted with ex-
act change only. A limited
number of permits will be
processed daily.
Download and print
the request form from our
website. If you prefer, you
can request one by calling
Waldport at (541) 563-
8400 or the Reedsport
office at (541) 271-6000
to have one mailed or
emailed to you.