NIX- Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 6, 1990
Wranglers list year end results
Heppner Wranglers Club lists the
following year end results for their
playdays:
Five and under: first-Brett Barber;
second-Megan Bergstrom; third-
Kelsi Greenup; fourth-Lacey Davis;
most improved-Don Adams.
6-7 year olds: first Blake
Knowles; second-Joe Papineau;
third-Shad H isler; fourth-Amy
Papineau; most improved-Matt
Bergstrom
8-10 year olds: ftrst-Angela
Munkers; second-Brian Knowles;
third-Dawn Boor; fourth-Casey
Evans; most improved-Stormy
Howard.
11-13 year olds: first-Kelsie
Evans; second-Tiffany Munkers;
third-Jossie Evans; fourth-Char Coe:
most
im proved-Stephanie
Hague wood
14-18 year olds; first Holly
Eckman; second Jenm Ashbeck;
third-Nikki Brisbois; fourth-Shelly
Ashbeck; most improved-Shelly
Ashbeck.
19 & over: Arst-Mary Knowles;
second-Angie Ashbeck; third-Kristy
Crowell; fourth-Judy Jepsen.
Anyone wishing to purchase pic
tures taken at Wranglers should con-
tact Judy Barber, 676-5037 for more
information
Everyone is invited to gear up the
Wrangler trail ride, Saturday, July
by M ark Hagett
Increased
Pressure
Could Hurt
John Day
Bass Fishery
11-13 year Olds
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For more inform ation call
676-5037 or 676-5878. You don’t
have to be a member to participate,
said a Wrangler spokesperson.
5 and under
8-10 year olds
6-7 year olds
Reading program set at lone
By Anne Morter
11-13 year olds
Free camping fishing days set
In addition to free Ashing and
camping, approximately 40 Ashing
derbies will be held in bofK states
The derbies are designed to provide
an opportunity for children to Ash
and have fun and provide a setting
for family outdoor recreation activi
ty. Most derbies will include Ashing
instruction, contests, games, prizes
and “ Ash” hats. The Ashing derbies
are sponsored by the Forest Service,
the states o f O regon and
Washington, conservation organiza
tions, and local community groups
and businesses.
Family Fishing Fun” is the theme
for this year's National Fishing
Week June 4-10. In celebration of
National Fishing Week, the PaciAc
Northwest Region of the U S. Forest
Service will offer free camping to
coincide with free Ashing days pro
vided by the states of Oregon and
Washington.
The Forest Service will offer free
camping June 8 and 9 in most na
tional forest fee campgrounds.
Oregon will offer free Ashing June
9 and Washington will offer free
Ashing June 9 and 10.
Many new adult and children’s
books were brought for the annual
book shower. Christy Crowell an
nounced that there will be a summer
reading program to be started in
June Library hours will be Monday
V B S June 15-22
Children three years old to sixth
grade are invited to attend vacation
Bible school June 18-22.
“ Journey with Jesus Vacation Bi
ble School” sponsored by the United
Methodist, Lutheran and Episcopal
Churches, is free o f charge.
Everyone is invited to attend.
People are being asked to bring in
cans and bottles to help with ex
penses and donations will also be ac
cepted. More helpers are also
needed.
Contact Georgia Van Winkle,
w V W A V A V A V .V A W V V A W .W A V S W ^
676-5249 for more information
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Heppner Chamber of Commerce
Luncheon meeting at the Elks.
Organizations, churches, etc. in
terested in participating should send
a representative. Claudia Hughes,
chamber manager, and Cara Costa,
Heppner m ayor are working
together to coordinate this major
Heppner event.
“ It will take everyone working
together to pull it off, but if Gilcrest
with a population of 500 did it, we
can too," says Hughes. “ This is an
opportunity to show our pride in our
community by giving the 2000
visitors a big Heppner welcome.”
Our goal is to hear 2000 voices say
ing “ we’ll be back,” as they pedal
off to Fossil. September 10.
Several years ago, few anglers within
eastern Oregon had not heard of, if not
experienced, the fabulous smallmouth
bass Ashing to be found on the lower
two thirds of the John Day River. And
today, many serious smallmouth
anglers across the nation will often
name the John Day as a trophy hotspot.
Claims like, “ ...one of the premier
sm allm outh stream s in North
America” and “ ... 100-fish days” have
appeared in Ashing publications nation
wide, focusing a great deal of attention
on the river in recent years. So like it or not, the secret is out.
Despite nasty weather, literally hundreds of anglers appeared along the
banks of the John Day over Memorial Day weekend, usually the starting
point of the bass-Ashing rush there. Almost every wide spot along highway
26 between Kimberly and Service Creek held at least a couple of camps
at one time or another, and the parking area at Service Creek Bridge (a
popular launching point for the Aoat to Twickenham) was so crammed
with vehicles and empty boat trailers that 1 wondered how most of them
would manage to get out. It is doubtful the scenario was much different
at other major access points, such as Twickenham, Clamo. or Cottonwood
Bridge.
And therein lies a potential problem. If we enjoy the Ashery too much,
we could damage it. Current regulations which limit anglers to Ave bass
per day (of which only two may be over 17 inches in length) certainly
help in preventing overharvest, but as visitation to the John Day continues
to increase, anglers may well have to consider additional measures to pro
tect it as a trophy Ashery.
" I think our biggest problem,” said Kay Moore, who, together with
his father, operates Water Otters guide service, “ is, you know, the river
gets most of its use in the springtime-right now—and that’s obviously when
the Ash are spawning. It needs to really be stressed, I think, that those
spawners be released.”
At the mention of spawning bass, most people think of sow-bellied, roe
laden females. In truth, most of the nesting activity is done by the males,
those from nine to ten inches in length or larger. They prepare the nest
site and, after having coaxed one or more females to deposit eggs there,
do most of the guarding of the fertilized eggs and emergent fry. These
Ash are incredibly aggressive toward anything that comes near the nest,
making them particularly vulnerable to anglers. If a nesting bass is taken
from his bed and not allowed to return, the entire nest of some 2,000 eggs
or young fry will be wiped out by predators within hours. With all the
variables that affect spawning success-inclement weather, fluctuating water
and silt levels and countless predators such as the northern squawAsh, any
consideration these bass can get from anglers during this critical period
can only help.
I doubt if anyone likes to eat white-meated, warmwater Ash any more
than I do, and my family consumes plenty every year. But rather than kill
enough bass to satisfy our appetities. I’ll try to make one or two “ meat”
trips each year to an area where the crappies really need thinning out (the
Snake River is hard to beat) and load up on the things by the bucketfuls.
It’s a great feeling to be able to release most of the bass I catch each year
and still enjoy succulent, white-meated Allets year round.
Obviously, catch-and-release isn’t for everyone, and there certainly can
be no guilt associated with enjoying the fruits of your success at the din
ner table. But considering the angling pressure that's been heaped on the
John Day in recent years, and that it takes from six to eight years for a
smallmouth to grow to four pounds, more and more concerned bass anglers
these days are Anding that watching a young, potential trophy swim away
is ultimately more gratifying than having their photo on the gas station
braggin’ board with just another stringer of dead Ash._______________
and Wednesday from 3 to 5 p.m. A
book sale of duplicate books will be
held at the Fourth of July Celebra
tion in the basement of the Catholic
Church. The spring money maker
food sale for the lone Public Library
took in about $300.
1990-91 school
calendar set
School will begin September 4,
the day after Labor day, this year,
according to the 1990-91 school
calendar adopted May 21 by the
Morrow County School Board. The
1990-91 school year will end June 7.
T r e e g iv e a w a y
J u n e 1 1 , 12, 13
On June 11,12 and 13, the Mor
row Soil and Water Conservation
District will be giving away free
Ponderosa Pine trees. The trees are
seedlings and will be bare root. They
are in a bundle of 25 and the
minimum order is 25 trees. Those
interested will need to bring a bag
or something to carry them home in.
Call ahead at 676-5452 and ask for
Cindi, to reserve orders or stop by
the Morrow Soil and Water Conser
vation at 430 Lexington/Heppner
Highway to pick up trees.
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