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Fishing
from 1B
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 typically
start to pick up at the end
of the month and into
September.
SILETZ RIVER:
Steelhead
Summer steelhead fish-
ing 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 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 typi-
cal summer pattern and
the fish seem to be
responding, moving up
into the gorge where there
is better summer holding
water. Fish numbers
should keep increasing
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
season to 1 fish per day
Little
from 1B
years of age. Th ey are adults
and can make decisions
concerning their sporting
interests. Athletics in col-
lege are there for the ben-
efi ts of the student athlete.
Students have much free
time during college and
and 1 for the year.
Fall Chinook fishing
opens this weekend in the
lower Siletz River tidewa-
ter up to the Ojalla boat
slide. Expect fishing to be
slow for the beginning of
August but fishable num-
bers usually start to show
up by the end of the
month. Due to low fore-
casted 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 week-
days. 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 typical-
ly 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 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 shallow
water. During the middle
of the day bass can be
caught in deeper water
and in the shade of docks.
Re-cent water tempera-
tures 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 consis-
tent at 9 feet of water
throughout the lake.
Trout fishing has slowed
down with the warmer
water temperatures.
Anglers will have the best
success fishing for trout in
the deeper water and troll-
ing slowly.
UMPQUA RIVER,
SOUTH: Bass, trout
There are consistently
good reports on bass fish-
ing 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 recent-
ly increased to 7. But
anglers must release all
copper, quillback 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 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,
chillipepper 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. Find
information about a long-
leader 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) season
opened on June 22 from
Cape Falcon to the OR/CA
Border. This area in the
ocean is also open to har-
vest 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 pri-
vate recreational boats. If
the weather cooperates,
the fishing can be expect-
ed 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 finally
provide a break for anglers
and allow them to get off-
shore to the tuna waters
CRABBING and
CLAMMING
Always check for clo-
sures at the ODA Shellfish
Safety page before clam-
ming or crabbing. http://
ODA.direct/
ShellfishClosures.
Crabbing and clamming
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 further
notice.
Cutthroat trout fishing
opened on the Alsea River
and trout fishing has been
good throughout the
basin. The rivers are drop-
ping quickly into more
normal summer flows but
are still providing good
conditions for trout fish-
ing and will provide good
opportunities through the
summer months.
providing collegiate and
intramural sports helps
foster the body and spirit
of the student body.
Th e coaches at Mapleton
and Siuslaw High School
decide who plays. It is the
responsibility of the school
districts to hire quality
coaches to fi ll these im-
portant positions.
When I was hired in
1977 for a varsity base-
ball coaching position, I
was not ready to coach
baseball. Yes, I had played
varsity baseball at Pacifi c
University for three years
but I lacked fun-damen-
tal skills knowledge for
most positions other than
pitcher. When I was asked
in the in-terview if I could
coach baseball, I told them
I would be ready when the
season starts in 1978.
I attended several base-
ball clinics, read baseball
books, and talked with
other high school coaches
about baseball. I was confi -
dent in being a coach and
I became a baseball coach
through hard work. Th e
transition from player to
coach takes time and eff ort.
Using the good and dis-
carding the bad I learned
my coaching through elev-
en years of active sports
competition.
Th ere are such a variety
of transitions in life and in
sports. As an athlete, coach
and parent, I have experi-
enced a plethora of transi-
tions. Transitions are going
to occur throughout your
life as they have in mine.
It is important for all
parties to recognize and
discuss the best method to
accomplish those transi-
tions for the benefi t of all
parties.
2020
Monday, September 7, 2020
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