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SIUSLAW NEWS | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2020 | 5B Fishing from 1B The Siletz, Alsea and Siuslaw Rivers will all have steelhead in them when the river levels drop back into shape later this week and into the weekend. SIUSLAW RIVER: Winter steelhead Winter steehead fish- ing has been blown out on the Siuslaw. The river will be dropping through the weekend and will fish well next week. Expect fish to be on the move headed for Whitaker Creek once the river comes back into shape. The Whitaker Creek area is the best place to target returning hatchery fish. Hatchery fish are also planted in Lake Creek and are released into Green Creek. These returning hatchery fish will start to show up in December and peak in January and February. ALSEA RIVER: Winter steelhead Winter steelhead fishing has slowed with the recent flood condi- tions throughout the coast. Drier conditions later this week will have the river on the drop and fish on the move. Expect steelhead fishing to pick up on the Alsea after the high water especially on the popu- lar NF Alsea. Next week the river should be in prime shape for the drift boaters through- out the system. 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 hatch- ery 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. SALMON RIVER: Winter steelhead Winter steelhead are around in the Salmon River. The peak for winter steelhead on the Salmon River is typical- ly January to March. NOTE: Reminder, 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 slowed down due to the recent flood condi- tions. The river will be dropping into shape quickly and will be in good shape for the weekend and next week. 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 Winter steelhead fishing was slow to fair the end of last week, Friday and Monday saw some nice fish caught, while the weekend itself was a little slow. There should be both hatch- ery and wild (catch and release only for wilds) throughout the system when the high waters do recede. 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. TENMILE LAKES/ TENMILE CREEK: Steelhead, largemouth bass, coho Steelhead anglers continue to catch a few hatchery steelhead on Tenmile Creek. Eel Creek is now open to steelhead fishing. Largemouth bass in Tenmile Lakes can be found in deeper water around submerged cover. Anglers will want to slow down their pre- sentation with the cold- er water temperatures. UMPQUA RIVER, SOUTH: Winter Steelhead Lots of anglers were fishing before the rains and doing well. Once the river drops back down, fishing should be great. Don’t forget to 150 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE 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 very rough lately keeping anglers from getting out on the ocean. The daily bag limit for marine fish is 6 fish, which includes a one fish sub-bag limit for China, copper, and quillback rockfish. Anglers can still harvest 2 lingcod per day. Anglers must release all cabezon through June. Anglers may also choose to fish the off- shore longleader fishery outside of the 40-fath- om regulatory line, which is open year- round. The longleader 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 longleader fishing trips cannot be combined with traditional bot- tomfish, flatfish or hali- but trips. Find informa- tion about a longleader setup here. The ocean has been too rough to fish for surfperch. When the ocean swells are calmer, surfperch anglers are having some success on the beaches using sand shrimp or Berkley Gulp sand worms. BOTTOM FISHING: Winter is in full force with no ocean fishing last week anywhere along the coast. Changes for 2021 include a general marine bag limit of 6 fish. See the “What can I keep and how many?” below for the full regu- lations for bottomfish- ing in 2021. Good luck in the new year and, as always, if there are any questions on regula- tions and fish identifi- cation please don’t hesi- tate to contact ODFW by phone or email. PACIFIC HALIBUT: All areas are closed for Pacific halibut. The 2021 season will begin opening in May OCEAN SALMON: All areas are closed for ocean salmon fishing. The area from Cape Falcon to Humbug Mt. will reopen for all salm- on-except coho on March 15, 2021 (this opening could be modi- fied by in-season action during the March 2021 Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting). All other seasons for 2021 will be under development through the Pacific Fishery Management Council’s annual process that is expected to conclude on April 15. RAZOR CLAMS: The recreational harvest 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. CRAB: 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, we recom- mend marking buoys on any gear that could become derelict or lost. Many of Oregon’s bays have seen moder- ate crabbing effort in recent weeks. Crabbers report moderate catch of hard-shelled crab. The ocean reopened for crabbing Dec. 1. In addition to Dungeness crab, anoth- er Oregon native pres- ent in some of Oregon’s estuaries is the red rock crab. Look for them in larger bays with jetties and other rocky habi- tats. Crabbers can retain 24 red rock crabs of any sex or size. There have also been higher num- bers of Pacific rock crab in Yaquina Bay. This crab counts as your “Other” shellfish, which has a daily bag limit of 10 in aggregate with other species that fall in this category (see page 82 of the fishing synop- sis for more details). While they look very similar to red rock crab, their long antennae and large claws distinguish them; they sometimes have spots on their abdomen. ENJOYING A NEW SHOWER IS EASIER THAN YOU THINK N IG W S DE E R N OWE SH FREE IN-HOME DESIGN CONSULTATION-CALL TODAY newshowerdeal.com/siuslaw | 855-774-3886 *Offer valid only while supplies last. Limit one per household. Must be first time purchase. Minimum spend amount applies. Financing subject to third party credit approval. Some financing options cannot be combined with other offers and may require minimum monthly payments. All offers subject to change prior to purchase. 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