ON THE WATER FOR JULY (2008)

ON THE WATER FOR JULY                  (2008)       

 

Well, here we are Pard with JUNE behind us >>&<< July just about to Catch the Shirt Tail of Summer & It’s sure moving right along !!  Would you believe, we had our first 3 Coho Salmon in the Siletz Fish Trap with lots of Summer Run Steelies moving up the river !!!  June has been a Month of Highs & Lows ……… Losing the COACH was a Hard Lick to Take >> & << We have a Bunch of Our Good Folks on the Angel List >>Bev Winebrenner, Mac Andrews, Dick Garvey, Lou & Linda Reed & there is probably somebody I missed << That’s what happens when you get to be a Dull Hook !!  On a much brighter note >>> Welcome Aboard to our Newest Member JOHN HALL & it sure was great to see Mike Samples, Doc Smith & Mike Rosica at our Last Breakfast Meeting.

 

We do have some additional GOOD WORD that ODFW will allow a Limited Sport Salmon Season in our Coastal Area & Phil Reed is reporting that he has been able to Boat several Chinook Salmon out of the Tillamook Bay. Hank Bryson is up in Astoria with his boat & what with Boat Problems & Tough Fishing Conditions this has not exactly been a Red Letter Fishing Cycle for him, but these 2 men are fine Professional Fishermen & we wish them well……..I hope you all have been following the Claming Information we have been receiving from our Good Friend & Member Bill Lackner … THE CLAM GUY … Thanks Bill for keeping us in the Clam Loop !!!  

 

It is worth a moment for us to reflect on 3 FC June Event High Lights >> Another Successful Big Creek Kids Fishing Day. This was our 3ed year teaming up with our ANWS & CCFF Friends to make this a Special Day for our Coastal Children. Of course, we enjoyed on Annual Pilgrimage to visit the US Coast Guard Station here in Newport. As always they were most hospitable to us. I am sure, by now, you all have read about our recent “Rip Roaring Road Trip” to the Ghost Town of Valsetz >> but <<  Did I tell you about the SOME FOR BUSHES !!!!  Well as you can imagine our trip took us into a very remote area which did not provide for … how to be delicate about this … the challenges of finding Gender Specific Bathroom Facilities. I raised my concerns, regarding this issue, with our Wagon Master (Wayde Dudley) & he told me not to worry …… All we need to do is find SOME FOR BOYS BUSHES & SOME FOR GIRLS BUSHES !!! >> << Lo & Behold, we found the Necessary Bushes & had a really Great Road Trip & have begun considering new adventure destinations >><< Please let us know if YOU have trip suggestions.

 

A quick look at JULY suggests a little slower pace …….. However, the Yaquina Bay Crabbing Trip is a New FC Event, that we hope you all will find exciting & enjoyable. I think you will also find our General Membership Meeting Guest Speaker, Charlie Plybon, representing the Surfrider Foundation, to be very informative & interesting. His topic regarding Water Quality Issues in and around Newport should stimulate a constructive information exchange. We will continue to follow Water Quality Issues with next months Guest Speaker, Virginia Tardaeweather, representing the Mid-Coast Watershed Council. Just as an aside, several of us ODFW Aquatic Angler Instructors will be covering an ODFW Booth at the up coming Lincoln County Fair scheduled for 18 thru 20 July, 2008 >><< Please stop by & say Hello !!!  

 

Let me give you some quick insight into a FC Video that we are producing. It will provide the viewer with insight into what is involved in Servicing a Fish Trap. Most of the shooting was done at the Siletz Fish Trap with some footage at Schooner Creek. Wayde Dudley is the “Executive Producer” of this very innovative piece. He has been working with Newport Middle School Media Students & a lot of his FC & ODFW colleagues who have been doing Actor, Staff & Dish Washer Duties………Stay Tuned >><< We really think this will be a very worthwhile piece of work ……..

 

In closing, let me leave you with this Old Joke about, “the Little Ant who was Confused because all of his Uncles were Ants” !!!  There’s a message in there someplace … Good Luck finding it ………..

 

Well, that’s the Top of the News as it looks from here, Hope to See You On the Water ……….. THE HOOK

 

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