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WEEKEND EDITION

Friday January 3 2020

www.currypilot.com

SERVING CURRY COUNTY SINCE 1946

Brookings, Oregon

Must mark crab buoys

A lucky New Year’s Eve

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rabbers are reminded that all surface buoys used with recreational crab pots or rings now must be marked to identify the owner of the gear. The identifying information should include first and last name or business name, and at least one of the following: permanent address, phone number, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) ID number, or the vessel identification number. The identifying information must be visible, legible and permanent. Tags are not an acceptable substitute for More Buoys on Page A5

New year, new laws

The Lucky 7 Casino celebrated New Year’s Eve with a variety of merrymaking activities. The Roadsters band played all night, specializing in their own brand of rock music. The casino also offered a Cash Cube that provided a selection of guests chosen throughout the evening with a chance to try their hand in 10-minute giveaways. At midnight, each guest was given a flute of champagne to welcome in the new year, as 15,000 balloons showered the game room. Photos by Sarah Russell.

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Max Kirkendall For The Pilot

s we install the 2020 calendars and implement our New Year’s resolutions, Oregonians will be faced with several new state laws affecting our day-to-day lives. Following the state’s 2019 legislative session, hundreds of new laws that passed became official Jan. 1. Here are a few of those changes: HB 2509 Bans stores and restaurants from providing singleuse plastic bags at the checkout counter, and requires More Laws on Page A5

Chetco Chrome Challenge is ready for fish O

Linda Pinkham Staff Writer

regon South Coast Fishermen is kicking off its second-annual Chetco Chrome Challenge. The raffle and fishing rally is set for 5-7:30 p.m. Jan. 8 at Chetco Brewing Co., 830 Railroad St. in Brookings. The event runs for two weeks. The rally’s goal is to catch 100 steelhead for the Chetco River hatchery steelhead project. Last year, nearly 50 people attended the event. And even more joined after fishing began for the bright silver, sea-run fish that can weigh as much as 20 pounds. Participants pay a $20 fee to be entered into a raffle drawing and then receive a permit from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) to collect, hold and transport any live steelhead they’ve caught. Fish donated to the program do not count against

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the fisherman’s tag or daily limit, although an ODFW authorization permit is required to transport and hold live steelhead. The fish caught are placed and held in tubes, fish pens and holding boxes located at popular fishing holes along the Chetco River. Volunteers from Oregon South Coast Fishermen pick up the fish daily using their live tanks. Andrew Wells of ODFW comes by with a big tanker truck to transport them to the Elk River Hatchery north of Port Orford. The hatchery will raise 50,000 steelhead to be released back into the Chetco River. In addition to the raffle, with high-end prizes worth up to $300, each steelhead donated to the hatchery program provides even more chances to win. Those prizes include a charter fishing trip, two rod-and-reel combos, fishing tackle, and gift certificates to local businesses. The Chetco Chrome Challenge in the Chetco River

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Leonard Krug shows off a steelhead he donated in 2019 during the Chetco Chrome Challenge. Photo courtesy Leonard Krug. runs from Jan. 8 through Jan. 22. The closing event and raffle drawings will be held from 5-7:30 p.m. Jan. 22 at Chetco Brewing Co. Fish guides and recre-

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ational sport fishers participate in the event. The project is the brainchild of South Coast Fishermen president Dave Kuehn, who attended a similar

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event, while visiting his son in Blue Lake at the Mad River Brewery for a fishing contest held on the Mad River in northern California.

“Wow, I wondered if I could do something like that to help our brood stock?” Kuehn said. “When I saw More Fish on Page A3

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