newsbot1600 REEDSPORT — The Reedsport Memorial Day Parade will have a bit of something for every taste.
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Willamette Valley – While the Willamette is on a trend of dropping and clearing, rainfall starting Friday night will effect this and most valley rivers. It’s too early to expect much in the way of results from spring Chinook. Better bets include sturgeon or warmwater fish, particularly bass according to Robert Campbell at Fisherman’s Marine in Oregon City (503-557-3313).
Winter fly fishers are likely to do all right on the McKenzie River in the coming week as rain is not expected to have a major impact here.
With steelheading worthwhile on many rivers around Oregon and too few winters are up river to put significant numbers into the Santiam, there are certainly better options.
Expect to see the water level and flow rise significantly on the Clackamas River over the weekend with rainfall. Once the level starts to drop in the coming week, fishing for winter steelhead will resume.
Pro guide Jeff Stoeger of O2BFISHN Guide Service (503-704-7920) reports from the Sandy River that the resumption of winter steelheading here will be dependent on how long the rain lasts and how much it raises and roils the water.
Northwest Oregon – Steelheaders working the north coast are finding more consistent success during periods of high water. As flows drop, so does success. The Wilson and Nestucca remain primary targets for those seeking a consumptive opportunity and as we come into peak season, numbers of broodstock and wild steelhead should start to pick up.
The Trask, Kilchis, Necanicum and North Fork Nehalem will also remain good late season options, in that order. Higher flows generally produce better catches on these systems as well. Consistent flow over the upcoming weekend should provide good opportunity for both bank and boat anglers.
The Nehalem remains a bit too high for consistent productivity.
The offshore forecast remains too rough for any bottomfishing or ocean crabbing excursions. Good fishing awaits for those that have the flexibility to go offshore this time of year. Ocean crabbing will be spotty at best and worse in the estuaries.
No productive clamming this weekend but diggers last weekend did well despite the high surf.
Central & South Coast Reports – The entire Oregon coast, including both bays and ocean, remains
open for crabbing now.
The Saltwater Sportsmen’s Show is scheduled for this coming weekend at the Oregon State Fairgrounds in Salem from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. A $20 admission is good for either or both days.
Herring made an appearance in Yaquina Bay this week but there’s no way to determine how long they’ll be present for anglers to catch.
Crabbing has been picking up a little at Winchester Bay. Angers here are looking forward to the upcoming spring Chinook run.
While winter steelheading was fair to good on the lower Rogue, it is expected to be on the rise over the weekend as a storm front passes through. Rainfall will affect the middle river as well, where fishing is expected to be good as the river drops and clears in the coming week. A mix of summers and winters can be found on the upper Rogue.
Steelheading has been good on the Chetco River this week but rising water over the coming weekend is the least favorable condition for winters.
There’s no fishing going on at Diamond Lake according to a report from the resort there, but recent winter weather has anglers hopeful for another round of ice fishing.
Central & Eastern – Trout fishing on the lower Deschutes is slow, which is to be expected at this time of year.
Kokanee fishing has been worthwhile for trollers at Lake Billy Chinook although bull trout are being caught at this time.
At Odell Lake, trollers willing to brave often frigid weather are trolling deep with downriggers to take a few large lake trout.
Kokanee fishing at Green Peter has been slow and the few that have been caught were small.
SW Washington – Cowlitz River steelheading is improving slightly but anglers have their eyes fixated on a banner spring Chinook year that is in the works. Springers have already been caught here but we’re still weeks away from consistent fishing on this system.
The Kalama continues to put out some hatchery fish and an occasional wild fish as well. It likely won’t get much better but March tends to offer slightly beter consistency.
The Lewis River continues to struggle but with little effort from other anglers, there are certainly some sizeable fish to be caught (and released).
Razor clam diggers did very well on last weekend’s tide. Look for more openers in the future as it seems a good set has taken place here.
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This quote was recently overheard, from one of our adventurous Reedsport Community Charter School students, near the end of this year’s new Fishing Basics Class Brave’s Session. The South Coast Chapter of the Coastal Conservation Association of Oregon (CCA) offered this well-received class, with an objective of providing students with the knowledge and equipment necessary to be successful anglers.
Using philosophies of “fishing is a conservation journey and luck favors the prepared”, the class was developed by Steve Godin, South Coast CCA Chapter President, and Ron Frakes, Biology Teacher at the Reedsport Community Charter School. Funding for the class was provided by the Reedsport Education Enrichment Foundation (REEF).
Many supporters came to our aid from within and outside the Reedsport community. Steve Miller engaged Tom Rumreich, ODF&W Biologist Charleston Office who donated fishing rods and reels. Evan Leonetti and Eric Himmelreich, ODF&W Biologists Roseburg Office provided the students with a strong appreciation for salmon conservation and fish habitat restoration. Doug Buck, GRWB STEP took the students on an informative tour of the Gardiner STEP Hatchery. Michael Northrup, U.S. Department of Agriculture, presented the students with an excellent USDA Fishing Guide and detailed instructions related to local waters. Bill Taylor, a skilled local angler, shared his insight on successful boat fishing techniques for local lakes. Pete Heley, Umpqua Post Outdoors Writer and local angler, provided each student with a copy of his outstanding publication Oregon Coast Fishing Maps, as well as his experience regarding fish available in local lakes. Harold Ettelt, local angler, trained students on how to make their own spinners, and generously donated all the needed tools and materials. As a result of these many donations and supporters, the students got a deep appreciation for local conservation efforts, hatchery management, how and where to fish, and the gear needed!
The Fishing Basics Class was held for half days, at the Reedsport Community Charter School starting on January 19th, and continued for eight days. It was composed of classroom instruction as well as three field trips. Instructions addressed knot tying, equipment rigging, safety, habitat, conservation, hatcheries, regulations, fish identification, fish anatomy, casting, netting, fish handling, cleaning, and cooking. Multimedia presentations were composed of a wide variety of displays, practice equipment, access to the Internet, printed materials, videos, and games. Sammy, ODFW’s three-foot plush stuffed salmon, even volunteered as the subject for a netting demonstration! There were multiple casting practice sessions too, which took place outside at the adjacent sports field and at Lake Marie. Students also had the opportunity to compete in a casting contest, where there were enthusiastic battles for some highly prized chocolates!
At the conclusion of the class, each student received their own fishing rod, reel, appropriate tackle, and instruction specific to its use. Students also had multiple opportunities to rig these rods with depth adjustable strike indicators, split shot, and knots. We accomplished our objective of providing students with all the equipment and knowledge necessary to fish. So, it sounds like it’s time to go dig some worms!
Sixteen students graduated from the Fishing Basics Class on January 28th and were encouraged to continue their pursuit of fishing and come to our South Coast Chapter meetings. Students were also invited to further develop their skills at the upcoming free-fishing day on June 5th at Lake Marie. My favorite student quote was definitely, “I don’t want this class to end.” And it won’t. Graduates are now enrolled as New Tide members in CCA and our local chapter offers them follow-on learning, networking, and fishing opportunities. Additionally, they receive a year’s subscription to the CCA newsletter publication, Rising Tide. This is a class that truly doesn’t end.
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Christmas Trees for Salmon, 2016
Do you think the Reedsport Community cares about Salmon? You bet they do…
Christmas Trees for Salmon is a South Coast Chapter project of the Coastal Conservation Association, Oregon which takes a lot of cooperation and help from the local Reedsport community to make it successful. This is our second year for this project. It started with the Lions Club and the Winchester Bay Market handing out fliers and promoting the project to Christmas tree buyers before the Holidays. Christmas Trees for Salmon was further promoted by the local Umpqua Post urging people to donate their trees and posters were placed in conspicuous locations throughout Reedsport and Winchester Bay.
Reedsport City Management allowed us to collect and stage Christmas Trees on city property adjacent to the Les Schwab parking lot. This made it easier and convenient for tree donators to drop off their trees and the area was kept neat by chapter volunteers throughout January.
Once ODF&W had secured required permits and the creek water was low, dates were chosen for tree placement. Ron Frakes, Reedsport Community Charter School Teacher, arranged a student field trip.
Wednesday morning at 8:00 AM on February 10th, ten South Coast Chapter members and the Reedsport High School students converged on the Christmas tree pile at the Les Swab parking lot and loaded approximately one hundred trees on five trailers. From there we headed for Buck Creek with a short detour for the student bus for donuts. Well, it IS forty five minutes to the creek!
We arrived in force at Buck Creek where ODF&W Biologists, Evan Leonetti and Eric Himmelreich were waiting for us. Evan and Eric discussed the advantages the trees provided for fish habitat with the students setting the stage for what was to come next. Everyone got busy unloading trees from the trailers and hauling them down to locations in Buck Creek. These trees were to augment work previously completed by ODF&W and other agencies. Numerous large trees had been crisscrossed in bends along the creek, and what appeared to be barriers, were no problems for fish to negotiate. However, the large trees did slow the water and enabled gravel to build-up around them.
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REEDSPORT — Area residents are invited to disaster preparedness training in March.
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REEDSPORT — Residents are invited to bring their photos, papers, stories and objects of historic interest together for people to copy into a digital archive that will be free and open for everyone to use.
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Willamette Valley – It’s still way too early to get excited about spring Chinook but anglers are starting to put in some time in anticipation of one of the early ones of the season. Ten Spring Chinook have crossed Bonneville Dam and one over Willamette Falls too. Cold weekend weather will not make it a pleasant experience this time but look for mid-March to start giving up regular catches unless the run size is grossly under-predicted this year. Fifteen spring Chinook have been tallied in select area commercial fisheries so far this year, not a bad start!
Passage of winter steelhead is still low at Willamette Falls, the river level and flow have been rising and falling but the water temperature is rising so that’s good news for people anxious to fish the lower river. Catch and release sturgeon fishing has been good while other fishing is slow.
Rain over the next couple of days will cause a rise of the water and flow at the McKenzie River but fishing will resume as it drops in the coming week
The problem with the North Santiam isn’t high or low water rather a lack of fish, As more winter steelhead move upstream the Willamette, they’ll enter the Santiams and eventually get caught and released.
Clackamas level and flow are on the rise, a trend which will continue into the weekend. as the water drops and clears here, winter steelheading will resume.
Sandy River steelheaders have been doing fairly well but as the river rises and roils, fishing will cease for a few days. It remains to be seen if the water will be clear enough in the coming week for winter steelhead fishing.
NW Oregon Fishing Reports- Steelheaders are starting to earn their keep with cold, wet weather conditions coming down for north coast steelheaders. Regardless, fair to good catches of quality steelhead are still coming from many north coast streams with the Wilson and Nestucca Rivers notoriously getting the most attention. The Trask is putting out fish too but a Friday rain system may put it out of reach for Saturday, maybe Sunday.
Some quality broodstock fish continue to fall with bobber-dogging and side-drifting continuing to get most of the fish. Wild fish are starting to show with more regularity on most north coast streams but action will only get better as we near March.
Smaller streams such as the Kilchis and Necanicum will offer up the best chances this weekend but don’t count on any hatchery fish coming from these systems. Some spent downstream running fish will likely be available however, they just won’t be great table fare.
The Nehalem mainstem remains too high to productively fish. The North Fork Nehalem, Three Rivers and Highway 30 systems will produce poorly for the remainder of the season.
Crabbing, clamming and certainly Bottomfishing will all be poor options for outdoor enthusiasts this weekend due to tides, weather of the surf forecast. There will be good opportunities ahead, just not this weekend.
Central & South Coast Reports – TGF has confirmed that all-depth halibut will continue every other Friday and Saturday this summer. An email announcement from the ODFW has an error that omitted Saturday.
Most of the south coast rivers are getting winter steelhead now and are expected to fish well as water levels drop in the coming week.
Bay clamming is open and safe now on the entire Oregon coast, this following a toxin scare earlier.
Crabbing and clamming are reported as good in Coos bay. Winter steelheading has been good at times at various locations and tributaries to the Coos system
Winter steelheading is expected to be worthwhile on the lower Rogue as well as the Grants Pass stretch in the coming week. Prospect aren’t as good for the upper Rogue.
Chetco steelheaders have been doing week this season but the river is rising with rain and will continue to do so over the next couple of days.
There is no ice fishing at Diamond Lake as there is no ice. It melted in January and this option may not be available again this season.
Central & Eastern – Trollers report taking limits of kokanee consistently at Lake Billy Chinook.
Fishing at Detroit Lake has been slow for trollers targeting trout but water temperatures are still in the 40s here.
Wickiup Reservoir is currently closed and while it traditionally opens on the fourth Saturday in April, it will open this year on Friday, April 22nd. We explain why this week in TGF.
SW Washington Fishing Reports – Winter steelhead remain elusive on many district streams with the greatest amount of effort and limited catch coming from the Cowlitz River. Last week however, Tacoma Power recovered 79 winter steelhead and two spring Chinook during 5 days of operations at the Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery separator.
Razor Clams
Beaches in Washington with razor clam fisheries include: Long Beach, which extends from the Columbia River to Leadbetter Point. Twin Harbors Beach, which extends from the mouth of Willapa Bay north to the south jetty at the mouth of Grays Harbor.Copalis Beach, which extends from the Grays Harbor north jetty to the Copalis River, and includes the Copalis, Ocean Shores, Oyhut, Ocean City and Copalis areas. Mocrocks Beach, which extends from the Copalis River to the southern boundary of the Quinault Reservation near the Moclips River, including Iron Springs, Roosevelt Beach, Seabrook, Pacific Beach and Moclips. Kalaloch Beach, which extends from the South Beach Campground to Brown’s Point (just south of Beach Trail 3) in the Olympic National Park. (This beach is closed to harvest until further notice) |
February 16, 2016
Contact: Dan Ayres, (360) 249-4628
WDFW approves razor clam digs at Copalis, Mocrocks;
digging continues at Long Beach
OLYMPIA – Razor clam diggers can count on openings beginning Feb. 19 at Copalis and Mocrocks beaches, state shellfish managers announced today.
Additionally, Long Beach remains open to clam digging on afternoon or evening tides through March 10.
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) approved a two-day opening (Feb. 19 and 20) at Copalis and three days of digging (Feb. 19-21) at Mocrocks on evening tides after marine toxin tests showed the clams are safe to eat.
Dan Ayres, WDFW coastal shellfish manager, recommends that diggers arrive at the beach an hour or two before low tide for best results. However, digging is not allowed on any beach before noon.
The upcoming dig at is scheduled on the following dates, beaches and low tides:
Ayres reminds diggers that the best digging conditions are on low tides of one foot or lower. Diggers also should monitor WDFW’s main razor clam webpage for any potential changes to the Long Beach opening.
This is the first opening at Mocrocks since elevated levels of domoic acid, a natural toxin produced by certain types of marine algae, forced WDFW to close beaches to digging last spring.
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REEDSPORT — The Reedsport Rotary Club and the Reedsport Chamber of Commerce are sponsoring a free dental clinic for low income adults and children March 4 and 5.
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The annual Flyfishing Expo put on by the Lower Umpqua Flycasters will take place this Saturday, Feb. 27th, from 9 am until 3 pm at the Reedsport City Hall (451 Winchester Avenue). In years past, this has been a very impressive, well attended event. In addition to all the fishing related stuff, there will be raffles and free door prizes. There will be a concession area featuring meals and snacks. Attend the event to show that you appreciate the expertise of some of our area’s most accomplished fly anglers.
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REEDSPORT — For Sandi Donnelly, community service just seems to be in her blood.
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