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SIUSLAW NEWS | SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 2021 | 3B good this week on the popular NF Alsea bank fishery as the river levels hatchery fish will start to drop back into shape. The dry weather in the show up in December and forecast will keep the peak in January and river on the drop and fish February. ALSEA RIVER: Winter moving through the holi- day weekend. Conditions steelhead will be good for the drift Winter steelhead fish- boaters later in the week ing is picking up on the and into the weekend. Alsea River. The recent high water has put fish on Fish are now distributed throughout the river and the move headed for the hatchery on the NF Alsea the numbers will increase with each bump in river and anglers are catching them. Conditions will be levels. Fishing from 1B Reminder: The popular winter steelhead bank fishery around the Alsea Hatchery remains open but the hatchery grounds are closed to the public. Anglers are required to park in the designated parking lot to access the river and are not allowed to park near or enter the hatchery grounds. Please be respectful of the hatch- ery staff and follow these rules to ensure this popu- lar fishery remains open for the 2020/2021 season. A weekly roundup of shopping, savings and doings around town. BARGAINS OF THE MONTH TRUE VALUE HARDWARE 1750 HIGHWAY 126 DUNES VILLAGE SHOPPING CENTER FLORENCE, OR PHONE (541) 997-8024 SALE DATE: JANUARY 1 - JANUARY 31, 2021 Look for our NEW Bargains of the Month in our fl yer or online anytime at: stores.truevalue. com/or/ fl orence/5828/ OLD D SCHOOL Ashley Furniture Quality, Style, SelecƟon #1 Brand of home furniture in the USA Come choose your Sofa Recliner Loveseat SecƟonal Special order the fabric Cutthroat trout fishing closed for the season on Oct. 31. SALMON RIVER: Winter steelhead Winter steelhead fish- ing is open on the Salmon River and should start to pick up later in December and into January. The peak for winter steelhead on the Salmon River is typically January to March. Note: The Salmon River hatchery remains closed to walk in anglers. Anglers can use access points upstream and downstream of the hatch- ery to access those tradi- tional fishing locations. SILETZ RIVER: Winter steelhead Winter steelheading has been slow on the Siletz River due to the high unfishable water. The dry forecast this week has the river dropping quickly into shape creating great conditions for the first good push of winter steel- head for the season. Expect fish to be distrib- uted throughout the sys- tem once the river levels recede. The typical peak for Siletz winter steelhead is January to March. The 4-mile bridge (aka Steel Bridge) in the Siletz gorge is open to motor- ized vehicles on the week- ends only. Anglers can walk/bike in the road during the weekdays. There is a parking area located at the 1-mile gate where anglers can walk/ bike upstream from there. WILSON RIVER: Steelhead The Wilson’s returning hatchery steelhead run is all “broodstock” hatchery fish, meaning their ori- gins are Wilson wild steelhead. As such, their run timing mimics that of the wild run, which peaks January through March. That said, there should be a few fish around as the Wilson drops back into shape. YAQUINA RIVER: Winter steelhead Winter steelhead will start to show up in the Yaquina/Big Elk in December and typically peak from January to March. COOS RIVER BASIN: Marine perch species, salmon, steelhead The lower Coos Bay estuary has been a little rough from the recent ocean swells but anglers can still catch rockfish along the jetty and sub- merged rock structures when the bay is calmer. Smaller jigs with a twister tail or 1-ounce jigging spoons have been work- ing to catch rockfish and greenling. The daily bag limit for marine fish was recently increased to 7, which for boat anglers cannot include any cop- per, quillback, China rockfish or cabezon. Bank anglers can still retain one copper, quill- back or China rockfish and 1 cabezon as part of their daily bag limit. Boat and bank anglers are also allowed 2 lingcod per day. Trout fishing in streams and rivers is now closed until next spring. TENMILE LAKES/ TENMILE CREEK: Steelhead, largemouth bass Steelhead anglers have caught a couple hatchery steelhead on Tenmile Creek this past week. Eel Creek opens to steelhead fishing until Jan. 1. Largemouth bass in Tenmile Lakes can be found in deeper water around submerged cover. Anglers will want to slow down their presentation with the colder water Stocks. Bonds. CDs. IRAs. Mutual funds. Andy Baber, AAMS® Financial Advisor Ryan Hitchcock Financial Advisor Elite Dealer Certified Gold Service Chainsaws Outdoor Power Tools We Sell & Service Stihl Products Monday-Friday 8—5 1550 6th St. & Hwy 101 541-997-2653 1010 Highway 101 Florence, OR 97439 541-997-8755 Member SIPC MKT-5894I-A Let me Showcase your property. 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UMPQUA RIVER, SOUTH: Winter Steelhead You will start seeing more and more anglers on the South as we move in the January. Don’t for- get to turn in snout from hatchery Winter Steelhead for a chance to win a gift card. PACIFIC OCEAN and BEACHES: Bottomfish, surfperch Bottomfishing is open to all depths although the ocean has been pretty rough lately keeping most anglers from getting out on the ocean. The daily bag limit for marine fish was increased to 7 through the end of the year. But anglers must release all cabezon, cop- per, quillback and China rockfish when fishing from a boat. Anglers are also allowed 2 lingcod per day. 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. Surfperch anglers are having some success on the beaches when the ocean swells are smaller using sand shrimp or Berkley Gulp sand worms. Ocean Chinook salmon fishing is now closed until next year. The Nearshore and All Depth Halibut seasons are now closed for the season. Pacific halibut: All areas are closed for Pacific halibut for the remainder of 2020. Ocean salmon: All areas are closed for ocean salmon fishing for the remainder of 2020. The area from Cape Falcon to Humbug Mt. will reopen for all salm- on-except coho on March 15, 2021 (this opening could be modified by in-season action during the March 2021 Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting). Razor clams: The recreational har- vest of razor clams is closed from the Columbia River to the California border. ODA recom- mends you discard and do not eat any razor clams dug from these areas on or since Monday, Nov. 16 as this is when samples were dug. Crabbing: Effective Jan. 1, 2020, recreational crabbers must mark all floating surface buoys with a name and other identify- ing information. While this rule does not apply to gear tied to docks, piers, jetties or beaches, ODFW recommends marking buoys on any gear that could become derelict or lost.