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
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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.
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