Phil Reed Reporting.......................

Fished the Yaquina Bay on Friday, August 18, no fish, in fact saw very little on the screen and saw no activity on the surface, lots of bait fish and tons of weeds.

Fished N-Bay on Saturday, from day light till 1:00 P.M., must have been 75 boats between Wheeler and above the 101 Bridge, never saw a fish caught. Talked to a Guide who brought a sea sick client in from the jaws, very rough fishing and only one fish landed for the fleet. Fog was very bad and the ocean was breaking form the North to the South Jetty.

Also spoke with a friend about the Siletz who went to the over there, very slow! Hate to say it but we need rain and lots of it to cool the water down and bring in fish. Will the dead zone keep the fish out? Don’t Know!
Later Phil

by Barb Dudley

The August 17th LVH Fishing Club meeting was very informative as well as enjoyable. James Ray, Fish and STEP biologist with ODFW, provided over 20 members with a Power Point presentation of the many volunteer opportunities available to us within the STEP Program. All of these programs run throughout the year and are conducted within the Mid-Coast Region on ODFW. Club Officers complimented the membership on the fine meeting turn out and encouraged all members to welcome new members of our LVH community to come to one of our meetings and perhaps consider joining our fine club. We are now over 40 members and more are welcome. Barbara Dudley was elected as new Public Affairs Officer. Charles Burke has done a wonderful job for the Club but is forced to step down due to health problems.

Barb Dudley

Here is a photo of the new Board for the LVH Fishing Club. Appearances can be deceiving, they really are a very competent group of people. Please feel free to go to any of them if you have any questions.

Barb Dudley says:


When we finished our last clean-up outing at Big Creek and hauled all the trash away, we left a few trash bags around key places hoping people would use them. Upon checking last week, the bags are full (as shown in photo) and the area is much cleaner. It appears the plan was a success!

CNN.com - Bar codes latest catch in salmon fishing - Aug 14, 2006:
GOLD BEACH, Oregon (AP) -- The last time Scott Boley came home from salmon fishing, he had 17 fish to show for three days of work.

'That's pretty skimpy fishing,' said Boley, the skipper of a salmon troller, a partner in the Fishermen Direct Seafood market and a member of the federal panel that sets ocean salmon fishing seasons.

But Boley hopes those fish and bar codes tied to their jaws represent a better future for Oregon and California salmon fishermen, who saw their catch cut by nearly 90 percent this summer to protect dwindling returns of wild chinook to California's Klamath River.

The Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon, USA:

Scientists witness undersea carnage
By Winston Ross
The Register-Guard
Published: Wednesday, August 9, 2006

NEWPORT - A thick predawn fog lies like a snake over the Pacific Ocean, obscuring the horizon as a crack team of university and government scientists board the Research Vessel Elakha, docked at the southern end of Newport's Yaquina Bay.

"STEELHEADERS MEETING ON AUGUST 9th"

NW Steelheaders are having their monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Central Lincoln PUD. Bill (Sparky), John (The Hook), and Wayne (Big Fish) are going and you are welcome to join us as a guest (if you are not a member). There is going to be a guest speaker to talk about clam digging in the area. Let me know if you would like to go with us.

"BEACH CLEAN UP WAS ANOTHER SUCESS FOR CLUB"

This was received from Club Member Wayne Hill.....................

We had an enjoyable time walking the beach--there were 8 of us and did find some garbage and a lot of dead birds on the beach. There civic duty was done on Tuesday afternoon, August 1st.

"TIME TO STEP FORWARD AND SHOW
MORE TEAM WORK"

Our fellow member Bob Abbott adopted one mile of beach just north of Longview Hills. John Spangler and Wayne Hill offered to help Bob do a beach patrol next Tuesday at noon. Anyone that would like to join us for a nice walk on the beach is welcome.

If you are interested just reply to Wayne Hill via e mail to let him know that you will be helping out........the more there are, the quicker it can get done. Thanks to all you take time out to help. I hope to make it to take some photos and to keep our community up to date what this great Fishing Club of our is doing to make this a better place to live and enjoy along the Oregon Coast.

It is with great sadness that I need to inform you that Ben Davi’s wife recently passed away. Donna will leave a great void in our Longview Hills Family. Ben as you know is a member of our Club and we ask that you remember Donna and Ben in your prayers. When next you see Ben, a kind word to him would be most appreciated. I will be sending a card to Ben and his family on behalf of the Club.

John Spangler

"LONGVIEW HILLS FISHING CLUB CLEANS UP BIG CREEK"

We had a great turn out yesterday for the monthly clean up of Newport's Big Creek Reservoir. There were 12 members and 2 guest, thank you so much for those who took time to help. As you can see in the pictures
we picked up a lot of trash that people left behind and or dumped at the reservior. We also hung several SOLV bags at the uper Reservoir area. After we were finished, some of us went to the Agate Beach Golf Course for lunch. Thank you again for those who helped, took us less time with this many hands.
(To enlarge the pictues click on one picture and then arrow back.)
(pictures taken by Charles Burke)

Scientists: Warming Triggers 'Dead Zone', Scientists Say Global Warming Triggering Fish-Killing 'Dead Zone' in Oregon - CBS News

Scientists: Warming Triggers 'Dead Zone', Scientists Say Global Warming Triggering Fish-Killing 'Dead Zone' in Oregon - CBS News: "Scientists: Warming Triggers 'Dead Zone'
Scientists say global warming triggering fish-killing 'dead zone' in Oregon

GRANTS PASS, Ore., Jul. 27, 2006
By JEFF BARNARD AP Environmental Writer
(AP) Bottom fish and crabs washing up dead on Oregon beaches are being killed by a recurring 'dead zone' of low-oxygen water that appears to be triggered by global warming, scientists say.

The area is larger and more deadly than in past years, and there are signs it is spreading north to Washington's Olympic Peninsula."

Here are some of the pictures of the Fish Cravings that Frank Stout was talking about that was in the show last week down in California. Great pictures Frank, thanks for sharing them with us. Just click on the pictures to make the larger.

Received From Frank Stout.........

My uncle and I also chartered a guide to take us bass fishing on Clear Lake in California. I was raised on Clear Lake but it has developed into the 2nd rated bass fishing lake in the world. In a four hour period the two of us caught 35 large mouth bass. I had 19 and my uncle had 16 (but who's counting). They ranged between 3 1/2 and 4 1/2 pounds If any of you are interested please let me know and I can provide you with the web site of our guide. He was fantastic and I can say that I have never had such a great experience fishing. There were boats all around us and we were the only ones having any luck but it was all due to the skill of our guide.

Frank sent pictures of some fish carvings that was also in the show down in Sacamanto, they will appear in the next article. Frank took 1st place in the area that he was judged in, with many others from different parts of the states and a few foreign country's. Complete article is on the main web page of LVH's. Great job Frank!

"TIME TO STEP FORWARD AND HELP"












We will meet at the LVH clubhouse at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday for the monthly cleanup of Big Creek. We could use all the help we can get. Let's plan to get together for lunch afterwards.

Please reply to Wayne Hill via email if you could help us with this worthwhile community project.

Thank you

"GREAT TRIP HAD BY LONGVIEW HILLS FISHING CLUB YESTERDAY"

For the members and guests that went to the Siletz fish trap with Casey Deckard from ODFW, I think that all would agree that this was a once in a lifetime adventure. For those that didn't go you missed the best trip ever. Here are some of the picture that member Wayne Hill took to share with those of us that coudn't make the trip.

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(pictures by Wayne Hill)

News and Highlights: 2006 - Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife:

Sport anglers may no longer retain vermilion rockfish

NEWPORT ......Beginning Monday July 24, saltwater sport boat anglers may not retain vermilion rockfish. Fishing for other bottomfish - such as most rockfish species, lingcod, cabezon and greenling - remains open.

LAST CHANCE..........NEED TO KNOW

If you have not yet responded and plan on going on the Siletz fish trap, please respond to Wayne Hill via email.

We plan on meeting at the LVH Clubhouse at 8:00 a.m. to carpool and then proceed to the entrance of Moonshine Park to meet and caravan to the Siletz fish trap. Bring a lunch and drink. We will return about 2 p.m.

If you didn't make it to the meeting today, you missed a great meeting. Casey Deckard gave a very good presentation regarding fish in the Siletz River with particular attention to the summer steelhead. We were able to obtain some good information on this fishery.

REMINDER

Meeting this Thursday @ 9:00 a.m. at the Longview Hills Clubhouse. We will have Casey Deckard from ODFW give us a presentation on the Siletz fish trap.

Then on the following day--Friday--we will meet at the Longview Hills Clubhouse at 8:00 a.m. for a trip to the Siletz fish trap. We will discuss this in more detail at the Thursday meeting. We do know that we will need to carpool in as few vehicles as possible due to the heavy log truck traffic between Moonshine and the trap. The plan is to leave at 8 and will return about 1 or 2 p.m.

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