very good. In addition to thelegal-sized trout, anglers arecatching some larger rain-bows and Chinook. Boatershave been doing well bytrolling a fly, lure, or wed-ding ring/bait combination.Those wanting to specifi-cally target the Chinooksalmon in the lake shouldtroll spoons or spinner at adepth of 20 to 50 feet. Bankanglers can catch fish bycasting lures or still-fishingwith bait.

Fishing for largemouthbass and smallmouth bassshould be good. Look for thelargemouth around theflooded willows, and thesmallmouth along the rockyshorelines. The lake is 97percent full. The Hart-Tish,Copper, and French Gulchboat ramps are available.

APPLEGATE RIVER:steelhead, trout

The Applegate River isopen for trout angling. Twohatchery trout may be har-vested per day. Wild troutmust be released unharmed.

ARIZONA POND: rain-bow trout

This is a small pond andprovides for some greatfishing. Additional troutwill be stocked prior to FreeFishing Weekend. Some ofthe best techniques forcatching these trout are bob-ber and worm, spinners, orflies. The pond is managedby Oregon State Parks foryouth-only fishing and is lo-cated at Arizona BeachState Recreation Area; ap-proximately halfway be-tween Gold Beach and PortOrford.

BEN IRVING RESER-VOIR: rainbow trout,bass, bluegill, yellow

perch, crappieBen Iriving has been

stocked with 4,500 legaltrout so far this year, andthere are still opportunitiesto catch rainbow trout fromprevious year’s stockings.Warmwater fishing for bass,crappie and bluegill hasbegun to pick up as watertemperatures increase andfish move into shallowerareas to spawn. The use ofsoft-plastics and swimbaitsaround structure shouldwarrant positive results.

CHETCO RIVER:Cutthroat

Cutthroat are spreadthroughout the river, but an-glers have been doing bestin the estuary or tributaries.

COOPER CREEKRESERVOIR: rainbow

trout, bass, bluegillCooper Creek has been

stocked with approximately7,500 legal and 100 poundersize rainbow trout in 2016.Fishing for bass and bluegillhas been improving aswater temperatures increaseand fish move into shal-lower areas.

COOS COUNTYLAKES/PONDS: trout,

warmwater fishLegal and trophy size

trout were stocked last weekin Empire Lakes and legalsize trout into TenmileLakes. This was the lasttrout stocking until the fall.

Anglers that catch atagged trout in EmpireLakes can report the tagnumber to ODFW by stop-ping by the Charleston Of-fice, calling 541-888-5515,or report tags online. A fewof these tags are worth a$50 gift card. Fishing in thearea lakes for trout has beenok with anglers having thebest success using smallspinners, spoons, or garlicflavored Powerbait. The

daily trout bag limit in theselakes is five trout per daywith only one trout over 20inches.

There are trout availablefor kids in the MillicomaPond at the Millicoma Inter-pretive Center and fishing isexcellent. Millicoma Pondis set aside for kids fishingonly and is a great chancefor them to hook into fish.Please call before travelingto Millicoma Pond to makesure the gates are open. Thephone number is (541)267-2557.

Most largemouth basshave finished spawning andwill be found in a littledeeper water associatedwith cover of weedlines orother structure. Bluegillfishing is picking up withmany fish found in or nearshallow water. Plasticworms, shallow crankbaits,and spinner baits are goodto use for bass. Bluegillswill bit on worms, smalljigs, or flies.

COOS RIVER BASIN:Dungeness crab, bay

clams, rockfishTrout season opened in

rivers and streams May 22.Angling is restricted to arti-ficial flies and lures instreams above tidewater.

Anglers have been catch-ing rockfish along the jettiesand submerged rock piles.An occasional ling cod isalso being caught in the bay.The marine fish daily baglimit for bottom fish (rock-fish) is seven fish and a sep-arate daily limit for lingcod(two). Anglers can onlykeep 3 blue rockfish and 1canary rockfish as part oftheir daily limit and therewill be no harvest of China,quillback, or copper rock-fish. Retention of cabezonis prohibited from January 1through June 30.

Crabbing has been de-cent for those crabbing froma boat with the best crab-bing near high tide. Therehas been a mixture of hardshell and soft shell crab inthe catch. It is still recom-mended you discard thecrab viscera (guts/butter)before cooking.

Recreational harvest ofbay clams remains openalong the entire Oregoncoast. Clamming is excel-lent during low tides nearCharleston, off Cape AragoHighway, and Clam Island.There are also good placesto dig clams even on posi-tive low tides in Coos Bay.Due to low tide exchangesthis week, the next good op-portunity to dig bay clamswill be in a week. Recre-ational harvest of razorclams is closed fromTillamook Head to CascadeHead and from YachatsRiver south to the Califor-nia border due to elevatedlevels of domoic acid. Thisincludes all beaches and allbays.

Before any shellfish har-vest trip, make sure tocheck the Oregon Depart-ment of Agriculture websitefor any updates.

ELK RIVER: CutthroatCutthroat are spread

throughout the river but ac-cess is very limited in thelower river.FLORAS LAKE: rainbow,

cutthroat troutThe best method for

catching trout is slowtrolling flies or weddingring spinners from a boat.Bank access is limited. Thistime of year anglers willwant to keep an eye on theweather before heading out.

Anglers can launch at animproved boat ramp atBoice Cope County Park.Boat anglers are remindedto clean all aquatic vegeta-tion off their boats and trail-ers before heading home tohelp control the spread non-native plants and animals.

GARRISON LAKE:rainbow, cutthroat trout

Increased vegetationgrowth this time of yearmakes fishing a littletougher, but anglers are re-porting good success. An-glers with boats that can fishthe deeper weed lines aredoing the best. This is thetime of year to keep an eyeon the weather and fishwhen conditions are good.

PACIFIC OCEAN ANDBEACHES: bottomfish,

Dungeness crab, surfperch, salmon, halibutRecreational harvest of

crab is open along the entireOregon Coast. It is still rec-ommended you discard thecrab viscera (guts/butter) be-fore cooking.

Anglers fishing thebeaches from Coos Bay toBandon have been catchingredtail surf perch. Sandshrimp or Berkley Gulpsand worms have beenworking the best for bait.Surf perch fishing is usuallybest on the incoming tide.

Recreational oceansalmon fishing from CapeFalcon to Humbug Mt. isopen for all salmon exceptcoho salmon. Anglers are al-lowed two salmon per daywith a minimum size forChinook at 24 inches orlarger. The selective coho(fin-clipped) season willopen on June 25 with aquota of 26,000 coho.

As of May 28 there isonly 31 percent of the All-Depth Halibut quota left.The Nearshore Halibut sea-son opened on June 1.

Fishing for bottom fish isnow closed outside of a lineapproximating the 30-fathom curve.

Fishing for black rockfishhas been good from CoosBay south to Bandon. Fish-ing for ling cod has been de-cent. The marine fish dailybag limit is seven fish and aseparate daily limit for ling-cod (two). Anglers can onlykeep 3 blue rockfish and 1canary rockfish as part oftheir daily limit and therewill be no harvest of China,quillback, or copper rock-fish. Retention of cabezon isprohibited from January 1through June 30.

To help anglers identifycommon species and com-ply with the regulations,ODFW has produced sev-eral sheets of ID Tips forblue vs. black rockfish andfor China, copper and quill-back rockfish, as well as ahandout titled “What Can IKeep, and How Many?”SMITH RIVER, Umpqua:

sturgeon, striped bass,steelhead

The Smith River main-stem is closed to anglingabove Spencer Creekthrough May 21, but an-gling for steelhead andstriped bass is still open intidewater below SpencerCreek. The North ForkSmith River is also closedabove Johnson Creekthrough May 21. Retentionof adipose fin-clipped steel-head is allowed in tidewater.Sturgeon fishing is catch-and-release only, andstriped bass fishing shouldimprove in May. The dailylimit for striped bass is 2per 24 hour period.

COMMUNITY NEWSPage B2 June 15, 2016

CURRY COUNTY REPORTER

ODFW, from page B1

BRADBURY, from page B1that if he could meet one celebrity it wouldbe Audrey Tatou, he would take her to din-ner, a movie and then see if they had thatconnection! His most memorable travel ex-perience was living in Gabon in CentralAfrica for two years. When asked aboutwhat super human power he would possess,it would of course be the one he already has;superior intellect. His most amazing accom-

plishment is climbing Mt. Shasta. Bradbury is a breath of fresh air at Gold

Beach High School, his positive energy andwillingness to help students is very wel-come. This year’s trip to France and Spainwith a group of Gold Beach High Schoolstudents was one of the most rewarding ex-periences for him. Outside of school he en-joys playing guitar, hiking, and surfing.

NEWDALL, from page B1

Crossword & Sudoku SolutionsFrom Page B3

could meet one celebrity itwould be Audrey Hepburn,her most memorable travelexperience is when she didstudent teaching in Dublin,Ireland and traveled aroundIreland, England, France andGermany. A superpower shewould most use is teleporta-

tion and if she could be re-born as an animal it wouldbe a cheetah.

Newdall’s highest ac-complishment is raising hertwo wonderful children.Lincoln is a freshman atSWOCC, and Paris is asophomore at Gold Beach

High School. She has beenmarried over 20 years to heramazing husband Will. Out-side of teaching, Newdallenjoys reading, camping,and cooking.

Gold Beach High Schoolis lucky to have Newdall ontheir team.

ROSEBURG – A 10-pound snappingturtle recently found at the Yoncalla WaterTreatment Plant is a good reminder not to re-lease pet turtles into the wild. It’s illegal, andit’s harmful for Oregon’s two native turtles,the Western Pond Turtle and Western PaintedTurtle.

Snapping turtles, red-eared sliders, andmap turtles and are not native to Oregon andare often illegally bought, sold or traded inthe state. These are the most common petturtles but are prohibited by law in Oregonbecause they are invasive species.

ODFW biologists say invasive turtlescompete with Oregon’s native turtles forfood, basking sites, and nesting areas. Manygrow bigger and lay more eggs than our na-tive turtles, and some even predate uponthem, hatchlings in particular.

Turtles can live 40 to 100 years, and areoften released into the wild when people loseinterest or tire of caring for them. Pet turtlesoften suffer from eye, shell or respiratory in-fections, and these pathogens can be spreadto native turtles.

“Turtles take a lot of care and have spe-cial diet and habitat needs to keep themhealthy,” says ODFW Conservation Biolo-gist Susan Barnes. “Turtles also carry salmo-nella which can make people, particularlychildren, very sick.”

Anyone finding an invasive turtle canturn it into their local ODFW office. Useextra caution when picking up a snappingturtle however; they can and do bite. Picksnappers up by the back of their tail, not thesides as their neck is long enough to swingabout half their body size.

This time of year, female turtles are mov-ing to nesting areas. Rick Boatner, ODFWInvasive Species Program Manager hassome advice.

“If you find a native turtle crossing theroad, pick it up and put it on the side of theroad in the direction it was heading,” Boat-ner said.

The Western Painted Turtle and WesternPond Turtle are both classified as “Critical”on Oregon’s Sensitive Species list; state lawprohibits killing them or taking them fromthe wild. Our native turtles are also identi-fied as priority at-risk species in the OregonConservation Strategy due to declining habi-tat quality and fragmentation, pollution andcompetition with invasive turtles amongother reasons.

ODFW tracks native and non-native tur-tle sightings, and asks the public to help byreporting online.

Donʼt release pet turtles in the wild

Shown is the 10-pound snapping turtlecaught recently.

Submitted photo