Little better day today with some showers, but not real heavy rain.
We had to make our weekly trip to Coos Bay again to get some dog food and other items. Since we have Lacy on a special diet we get her a special dog food that most pet stores don’t carry.
We have been giving her a brand called Canidae. It does not have any corn or chicken bi- products, which we have found out is no good for dogs. Even Purina and other brands have the corn fillers so you may want to check it out. We used to think we were buying Lacy a pretty good dog food which was Kibbles and Bits. The food was not really cheap dog food like some of your off beat generic brands like Wal-Mart carries.
One of the reasons we went to Canidae brand was because Lacy is getting old (12 years +) and she had developed a strong odor . Doing some research on this we found this could be caused by low grade dog food with fillers. We also found out that a lot of Golden Retrievers have the same problem because of their long hair and the water repellent constancy of there hair. The odor they can put off can be down right obnoxious. Being an old dog we keep her in the house, which compounds the problem of being confided in tight quarters.
The store we found in the local area to purchase our brand was a local ma and pa pet store that sell the better quality dog foods . They also have a dog grooming service where you can have the dog bathed, or you can do it your self for 1/2 the price. Really pretty good deal for $15.00 if you do the grooming compared to $30.00 if they do the grooming and bathing.
Since it was still pretty early and the tide was still high we made an attempt to fish under the bridge in North Bay to see if we could at least catch some perch. Based on the showery conditions this would be an ideal spot to weather any adverse, inclement conditions that could occur while we were fishing and stay a little dryer.
What we did not plan on was the trail below the road too the spot we wanted to fish had a large Culvert about 30” in diameter. This made it impossible for us to get the dog over the culvert to the spot under the bridge since she is so old she can’t really climb or jump any more. So we threw that idea out and went over the North Bay along the Trans Pacific road.
We were looking for a place that we could fish from our vehicle without walking a long distance and since the dog was still a little wet from her bath we wanted to leave her in the car. We did find the BLM Boat ramp, but did not see anyone fishing, however it was still showering and we were probably the only idiots in the bay looking for a fishing spot. The main thing we were looking for is a spot where down the road, we could fish from the car as an alternate spot in case it did rain. However we did find a spot that will be good for digging Eastern Mud and Eastern Softshell clams.
EASTERN SOFTSHELLS CLAMS
Since we did not find that ideal fishing spot we headed back and decidedto stop at the oyster farm, Clausen Oysters. Theyre located along North Bay Road. At the retail counter we read some real interesting things about how oysters are raised.
CLAUSEN OYSTER FARM
I guess they have over three crops of Pacific oysters growing on 700 leased acres. Clausen’s is a pretty big operation.
Naturally I had to buy 1 lb of the small ones for my oyster shooters and make up an oyster stew that I plan on for supper t0mmorow. I would fry them up, but Helen is not into these too much, however she will eat the oyster stew.
OYSTER BED PLANTING
Kind of funny you can’t gather oysters for your self, the commercial market has it all sewed up so you have to buy them from a commercial source. No biggie the cost is quit reasonable. Think I paid around $7.00 for a lb of the shucked oysters.
The ones in the shell sell for around .50 each, which is about the same you would pay at Susanville Super Market, however they'er not as fresh as the ones you get here.
They have a real neat photo gallery and a lot of interesting information to read about Oyster farming, just click on the link below.
http://www.silverpointoysters.com/Gallery/
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