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SIUSLAW NEWS | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2020 | 3B OPRD from 1B mode. We will have more information to share about restoring and reopening damaged parks once it is safe for our staff to do so,” said OPRD Communica- tions Director Jason Resch. A complete list of closed parks is on the OPRD Fire Information Page. Keep in mind that damage is still being evaluated. • Silver Falls: 125 acres burned on the SE part of the park. Contained at this time. • Detroit Lake State Recreation Area: Mi- nor damage along some campground loops clos- er to the highway. Loss of one water storage tank. 40 acres burned. • North Santiam State Recreation Area: 120 acres burned. Loss of some structures. • Bonnie Lure State Recreation Area: 40 Buying or Selling? I can help. Fishing Richard Beaudro Principal Broker 1035 Royal St Georges Dr – Fairway frontage 541 991-6677 New Listing and solid, well built home with great golf course views. This home is full of luxury amenities in- cluding stainless appliances and gas range, pro- pane fi replace, an elevator, media/theater room, and expansive Trex deck overlooking the green. $875,000. #3137-20502246 1749 Highway 101 • 541-997-1200 JUST ENOUGH, INC. Small Load Specialist of Concrete Delivery “Serving the Central Oregon Coast” CALL FOR PRICING & SCHEDULING 541.991.3999 OR.JustEnough@yahoo.com Frank Romero Deacon Matthews Se Habla Español from 1B SIUSLAW RIVER: Cutthroat trout, fall Chinook Fall Chinook fishing on the Siuslaw is still slow but starting to improve and fish are being caught every day. Most of the fish are being caught low in the tidewater areas down- stream of Cushman. Anglers are reminded that due to low forecasted returns for the 2020 sea- son bag limits have been reduced. The bag limit for the Siuslaw River is 1 wild Chinook per day and 1 per year for the 2020 sea- son. Trout fishing opened in the Siuslaw basin (includ- ing Lake Creek) on May 22 and has great opportu- nities to catch a trout throughout the summer months. SALMON RIVER: Cutthroat trout, fall Chinook Fall Chinook fishing is starting to pick up on the Salmon River. There have been a few good days for the anglers trolling the lower bay and fish are starting to move up into the tide-water areas upstream of Hwy. 101. Fish will continue to move acres burned. • Collier Memorial State Park: 400 acres burned. Damage to his- toric museum and some equipment. Loss of one historic cabin, wood shed, and host trailer. • Wallowa Lake State Park: Wind damage to dock. • Devil’s Lake State Park: No fire damage, but many trees down. Other coastal parks with trees down in- clude Munson Creek Falls State Natural Site, Sitka Sedge State Nat- ural Area, Cape Look- out State Park, Beverly Beach State Park, Wil- liam M. Tugman and many areas of the Or- egon Coast Trail are reported to have trees down as well. Many parks remain open, but still could be experiencing poor air quality. Some ma- jor highways and roads used to access parks are closed. in on each tide and stage for the next rain event later this fall. SILETZ RIVER: Summer steelhead, fall Chinook, cutthroat trout Summer steelhead fish- ing continues to be slow and very few anglers are fishing for them this time of year. There are still some fish around and things typically pick up for them as the water cools down and when we get some fall rains. Fall Chinook fishing has also started to improve on the Siletz River. Most of the fish are being caught in the lowest por- tions of the tidewater around Coyote Rock. Expect more fish to move in on each tide and keep building through September. Due to low forecasted returns for the 2020 sea- son 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-mile bridge (aka Steel Bridge) in the Siletz gorge is open to motorized vehicles but is only open to public vehicles on the weekend. Anglers can walk/bike in the road during the weekdays. If anglers do walk in, they can park at the 1-mile gate and start from there. ALSEA RIVER: Fall Chinook, cutthroat trout Fall Chinook fishing has picked up on the Alsea river from the mouth up to the Drift Creek area. Anglers are catching fish every day as more fish move into the estuary staging for the fall rains. Anglers are reminded that due to low forecasted returns for the 2020 sea- son bag limits have been reduced. The bag limit for the Alsea River is 1 wild Chinook per day and 5 per year for the 2020 sea- son. Remember, due to low forecasted returns for the 2020 season bag limits have been reduced. The bag limit for the Alsea River is 1 wild Chinook per day and 5 per year for the 2020 season. Cutthroat trout fishing is open on the Alsea River until Oct. 31. Many of the larger sea-run cutthroat move up into the rivers this time of year following the salmon migration and spawning. This is a great time to target these often-overlooked fish. WILSON RIVER: Steelhead, cutthroat trout The number of summer steelhead in the Wilson River was up slightly from last year, but still well below the 10-year average during this week’s resting pool counts. The majority of fish observed were in the upper river. Fishing is very challenging with the low water and large num- bers of summer swim- mers. There is great bank access all along Hwy 6 on the state forest land. Fishing early morning will provide the best opportu- nity for success. YAQUINA RIVER: Fall Chinook, cutthroat trout Fall Chinook fishing is improving on the Yaquina River as well. A handful of fish are being caught every day in the lower estuary downstream of Toledo. Things should continue to improve as more fish move into the estuary throughout the month of September. 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 The lake water tempera- tures have dropped a few degrees over the past week. There are still some largemouth bass along the weedlines but fish are starting to transition to harder structures like sub- merged logs. Anglers are catching largemouth bass on top- water, swim baits, and jigs. Some anglers are catch- ing yellow perch fishing small jigs or worms on a hook near the bot-tom in 8 to 10 feet of water. The outside weedlines are fair- ly consistent at 9 feet of water throughout the lake. Yellow perch will be tran- sitioning to the deep-wa- ter mud flats for the fall. 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 Anglers are catching good numbers of bass throughout the South. An angler recently caught over 30 in Cow Creek. Trout is catch-and-release for the South Umpqua Basin. The main-stem and tributaries above Jackson Creek Bridge are closed year-round. PACIFIC OCEAN and BEACHES: Bottomfish, salmon, halibut, surfperch Bottomfishing is now open to all depths. The daily bag limit for marine fish was increased to 7. But anglers must release all cabezon, copper, quill- back and China rockfish when fishing from a boat. Anglers are also allowed 2 lingcod per day. 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. Surfperch anglers are having some success on the beaches around Bandon using sand shrimp or Berkley Gulp sand worms. The ocean Non- Selective Coho is closed for the season. Ocean Chinook salmon fishing is open from Cape Falcon to Humbug Mountain through Oct. 31. Ocean salmon fishing is closed from Humbug Mountain to the OR/CA Border. The Nearshore Halibut season for the Central Coast Subarea is open seven days a week, inside the 40-fathom line, through the earlier of the quota of 32,591 pounds or Oct. 31. As of Aug. 30, there is 34 percent of the quota remaining. The Summer All-Depth Halibut season for the Central Coast Subarea started continues every Thursday through Saturday until Oct. 31, or the quota is caught. As of Aug 29, there was 91 percent of the quota remaining. The Southern Oregon Subarea for halibut is open seven days a week through the earlier of the quota of 8,000 pounds or Oct. 31. As of Aug. 29, there was 29 percent of the quota remaining. CRABBING and CLAMMING: Always check for clo- sures at the ODA Shellfish Safety page before clamming or crab- bing. http://ODA.direct/ ShellfishClosures Recreational crabbing for nonresidents is open from Cape Falcon south to the OR/CA border. NOTICE Protect freedom of the press. freespeech.center We’re buying used cars, trucks and SUV’s. Any make or model, paid for or not. Please call today for quote. All quotes by appointment only. Johnston Motor Company Since 1939 Sponsored by The Siuslaw News 2150 Hwy. 101 • Florence (541) 997-3475 • 1-800-348-3475
