Barbara Norregaard of Lorane is a steelheader and a STEP volunteer; several times a week, she feeds steelhead smolts that are raised at a STEP hatchery on Letz Creek. Frank Armendariz/The Chronicle The series of Pacific storms that began to sweep across our state and county late in December have[Read More…]
Outdoors
License to thrill: Time for family to get fishing, hunting tags
The Siuslaw like most coast steelhead streams was in perfect shape last weekend. More rain is in the forecast and conditions are right for improving success. Frank Armendariz/The Chronicle At the top of the report this week is the annual run of folks heading to their local sporting outlet for[Read More…]
Hatchery steelhead filling up rivers
I shared a stretch of riverbank along Lake Creek last weekend with Justin Ellis and his buddy Sam, both from Junction City. It was a slow morning for us all, but more steelhead are on the way. The peak of the annual mid-coast runs comes in late February. Frank Armendariz/For[Read More…]
THE OREGON DUNES
The dunes remain a place where solitude and simplicity can still be found. Frank Armendariz/The Chronicle FLORENCE – The Oregon dunes began to form about 100,000 years ago and are now among Oregon’s oldest geological features. To add a little perspective, 100,000 ago was about the time the Cascade Mountain[Read More…]
Rainless days, ‘cyclone bomb’ sink fishing fortunes
Lake Creek, a tributary of the Siuslaw River, was low and clear and cold last weekend – a scenario that is being repeated up and down the Oregon Coast. Frank Armendariz/For The Chronicle The fact of the matter is, fish like stability. They thrive within a narrow range of water[Read More…]
Rainfall totals have anglers scrambling
The weather on the coast has been spectacular this fall, but the lack of rain has many salmon and winter steelhead anglers strolling the beaches with an eye to the west, hoping for a major change. We need rain! FRANK ARMENDARIZ Photo/Frank Armendariz I spoke with John Spangler and Jeff[Read More…]
Hatchery reopens, ready to stock trout
A trophy-size hatchery rainbow trout raised at Leaburg Hatchery, this one caught in the McKenzie River. Pink meat and suitable table fare, these fish range in size from one to over two pounds each. FRANK ARMENDARIZ/THE CHRONICLE November used to be somewhat of a down month for local anglers. Fishing[Read More…]
Bobcat Released Into Wild
Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife officials safely released a male juvenile bobcat into the wild last week. Based on its teeth, the bobcat was at least six months old; it was released on BLM land in Lane County. ODFW’s evaluation of the bobcat showed it to be healthy. It[Read More…]
Fall Storms Sink Any Fishing Success
About every condition that works against angling is at the top of this week’s fishing report. No way to flower this up, folks, but a series of fall storms that began to reach the Lane County coast early last week flat-out shut down most of the fishing opportunities from west[Read More…]
Fall storms sink any fishing success
Jacob King of Eugene enjoys surf fi shing, a year- round opportunity in Oregon. Here, a 2.5-foot surf was good enough to turn out a few surf anglers; the next day, the surf grew to near seven feet. FRANK ARMENDARIZ/ THE CHRONICLE About every condition that works against angling success[Read More…]
