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2B | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2020 | SIUSLAW NEWS Matsutake mushroom picking to resume in coast range New mail-in registration will be due Sept. 4 on Sept. 8, so be ready with your payment information when called,” explained Support Services Adminis- trator Ashley Roseman. “At that time, individuals will have the option of having your permit forwarded by email or printed and sent by mail along with your sales receipt.” A commercial use per- mits is required for any individual gathering more than 6 matsutake mush- rooms per day. As in past years, only 100 permits will be sold. Permits are limited to one per person and cost $250. 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. Per- mittees must have a valid form of identification and be at least 18 years of age, at the time of purchase. Matsutake permits are valid from the date of sale through December 31st, 2020. Send the completed form, postmarked no later than September 4, by US Postal mail to: Attn: Ashley Roseman Central Coast Ranger 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/debit card, checks or money orders are preferred, cash will be accepted with exact 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 of- fice at (541) 271-6000 to have one mailed or emailed to you. Fishing are typically slow at the 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 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. from 1B beginning of August but reduced. The bag limit for the Alsea River is 1 wild 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: Steelhead 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 fish- ing closes on Aug. 1 above the Ojalla boat ram. Anglers are remind- ed 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. 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 vehicles on the week- end. 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 start to pick up at the end of the month. Anglers are reminded that due to low forecasted returns for the 2020 sea- son 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 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 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 We are open and ready to assist you! 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