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Fall Foliage in the Fog at Barton Park

Clark was in town from a golf tournament yesterday in the rain, so Clark and I hit Barton Park early this morning in the fog.  There were Coho Salmon rolling all around  The fog stuck around for most of the morning, but then, around 9am, it started to break, and at about that time, Clark got a strike and had it on for about 30 seconds, before it spit the hook, flipped us off, and swam away.  We didn’t see it close enough to tell, but it was probably a Steelhead or Coho Salmon.  But after that, it cleared off and turned into a beautiful day.  I should have got a picture of the colorful tree after the fog lifted.

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OK, anyone looking at JkbWorld.com in the last week would probably mistake it for some kind of cooking site, with smoked tuna and clam chowder on the top of the page.  So, just to make sure that doesn’t happen, here’s some actual footage of fishing going on out at Barton Park on the Clackamas River.  Yeah, I admit, it’s a crappy video of me landing a Pikeminnow.  So let me set it up:  I tossed my line out and then got a text message.  I took my iphone out of the ziploc bag I usually keep it in to check the text, when suddenly, down goes my float!  I set the hook and felt something lightweight on the end.  So I switched my phone onto video mode, clipped it to my vest and reeled the bugger in.  Les Stroud of Survivorman would probably take a look at my crappy self-camerawork with the clip obscuring the view and shake his head sadly, while Bear Grylls would probably eat the Pikeminnow in disgust…

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1 Limit of Ocean Shores Razor Clams

If you remember all the way back to May, we posted the Clam or Be Damned!! thread, that covered the trip that Paula, Clark and I took up to Ocean Shores to dig Razor Clams on one of the year’s lowest tides.  We all limited out on both days and had a ton of Razor Clams in the freezer.  Well, this past weekend was windy and cool, so I made some clam chowder with a few.

Razor Clam Chowder

Having never made Clam Chowder before, and not really following a particular recipe, just making it up as I went along, I was very happy with the way it turned out.  Hopefully, you’re looking at it and salivating, but if you’re not, you should be, because it was really delicious!  Read on…

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Smoked Tuna! Are you drooling yet?

I saw this thread on I-fish about Smoked Tuna, and decided to give it a try on the Little Chief Smoker on Saturday while watching some football!  We had some leftover tuna from canning that I was saving for just this occasion.  Needless to say, I remembered that I was going to take a picture after we attacked it so there was a bunch missing.  Otherwise, it was TASTY!  See below for the recipe…

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