SIUSLAW NEWS | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2021 | 5B
Fishing
from 1B
up in December and
peak in January and
February.
ALSEA RIVER:
Winter steelhead
Winter steelhead
fishing is picking up
on the Alsea River. The
recent high water has
put fish on the move
headed for the hatch-
ery on the NF Alsea
and anglers are catch-
ing them. Conditions
will be good this week
on the popular NF
Alsea bank fishery as
the river levels drop
back into shape.
The dry weather in
the forecast will keep
the river on the drop
and fish moving
through the holiday
weekend. Conditions
will be good for the
drift boaters later in
the week and into the
weekend. Fish are now
distributed throughout
the river and the num-
bers will increase with
each bump in river lev-
els.
Reminder: The pop-
ular 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 popular fishery
remains open for the
2020/2021 season.
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son on Oct. 31.
SALMON RIVER:
Winter steelhead
Winter steelhead
fishing 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 down-
stream of the hatchery
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
steelhead for the sea-
son. Expect fish to be
distributed throughout
the system 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 motorized vehicles
on the weekends 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 return-
ing hatchery steelhead
run is all “broodstock”
hatchery fish, meaning
their origins are
Wilson wild steelhead.
As such, their run tim-
ing 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 typical-
ly peak from January
to March.
COOS RIVER
BASIN: Marine perch
species, salmon, steel-
head
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 submerged rock
structures when the
bay is calmer. Smaller
jigs with a twister tail
or 1-ounce jigging
spoons have been
working to catch rock-
fish and greenling. The
daily bag limit for
marine fish was recent-
ly increased to 7,
which for boat anglers
cannot include any
copper, quillback,
China rockfish or
cabezon.
Bank anglers can still
retain one copper,
quillback 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 tem-
peratures.
The wild coho fish-
ery in Tenmile Lakes
closed Dec. 31. Most
coho have moved
upstream into the
creeks to spawn and
most anglers have
switched over to steel-
head fishing. Anglers
are allowed to harvest
1 wild coho per day
and 5 for the season in
aggregate with Siltcoos
and Tahkenitch lakes.
UMPQUA RIVER,
SOUTH: Winter
Steelhead
You will start seeing
more and more anglers
on the South as we
move in the January.
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snout from hatchery
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Bottomfish, surfperch
Bottomfishing is
open to all depths
although the ocean has
been pretty rough late-
ly 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,
copper, 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 fish-
ery outside of the
40-fathom regulatory
line, which is open
year-round. The long-
leader 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 off-
shore longleader fish-
ing trips cannot be
combined with tradi-
tional bottomfish, flat-
fish 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 sea-
sons 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 fish-
ing 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
harvest of razor clams
is closed from the
Columbia River to the
California border.
ODA recommends
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 identifying
information. While
this rule does not
apply to gear tied to
docks, piers, jetties or
beaches, ODFW rec-
ommends marking
buoys on any gear
that could become
derelict or lost.
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