Fishing with Cliff

I was just reading up on the fishing down in Oregon, and it looks like the Steelhead and Coho are the way to go if you are looking for something to fish for this weekend.  According to Oregon Fish and Game:

More winter steelhead have entered area rivers with the little batch of rain last week. Look for fish numbers to be increasing in the coming week, with improving angling prospects. Streams such as Big Creek, North Fork Nehalem, Wilson River, and Nestucca River offer good opportunities.

The county boat launch at Netarts Bay is scheduled for maintenance work Dec. 15-18. The ramp will be closed during this period.

The seasonal coho fisheries on Siltcoos and Tahkenitch lakes offer an unusual opportunity to fish for wild coho salmon. Fishing is currently good as large numbers of coho have been returning to the lakes recently. The fishery is expected to remain productive over the next couple weeks.  More fishing news from Oregon

Now I am unlikely to get a chance to drive down there and test out the waters, but get your butt up out of bed in the morning and get out there!  If you catch something good, come back and give us a shout!

OK, why is it a couple times a year I read stories with headlines like ‘dog shoots man’?  Are dogs really that hostile to their owners.  Notice that they never shoot women, just the men they are hunting with.  This time it was a Tillamook Oregon duck hunter and a 3-year-old Labrador as the assailant.

Tillamook-area man shot by dog recovering

A 23-year-old man accidentally shot with his 12-gauge shotgun Saturday on the Tillamook Bay isn’t upset with the culprit — his dog.

The bizarre incident sent Matthew Marcum to Portland’s Legacy Emanuel Hospital & Health Center, where he was recovering Sunday with injuries to his legs and buttocks.

Marcum was standing in the bay Saturday morning, about to tie up an 11-foot open aluminum boat, when his 3-year-old Labrador, Drake, jumped into the boat and set off the gun, his Father, Henry Marcum, said Sunday. The blast blew a hole in the boat before hitting Marcum. Full Article

Where do these dogs get the motivation to shoot their owners?  Is there actually a secret doggy assassin network somewhere, or a support group for dogs that hate their owners?  Why do they do it?  Were they kicked one too many times, denied canned food or possibly left to sleep outside when it got cold?  In any case we must defend ourselves against the evils of dogs that are shooting people.

Either that or people need to learn basic gun safety and not leave a round in the chamber…. 

Dumb asses…