SEPTEMBER 24, 2008
Some of you have been asking why you can't zoom in on the Goggle map I made up where we're located (dated September 22, 2008.) However, thanks too Randy for his help, I was able to put it in the blog.
Enjoy:
In order to open the file do the following:
1. Click on Tom's Placemark
2.Under the File download window, click on Save
3. Save the file on your desktop
4. Then go to your desktop and it should open for you.
When your through with it, you can easily delete the file.
If you have Explorer 7. It will ask you to save it , however it will put it in a program called MiniDM. This will open it automatically without putting the file on your Desktop.
Tom's Placemark
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
CHECKING OVER THE NORTH EAST SIDE OF COOS BAY
September 23, 2008
Another clear day again, with a little breeze. Should have went crabbing, but decided to do a little looking at some of the homes North of Coos Bay. We have never looked around this area on any of our previous trips here. On our way we decided to stop by a Myrtle wood store which is called naturally, The Myrtle Wood Factory. Neat place, that specializes in furniture and nick knacks made of Myrtle wood. They do have some beautiful bowls made of Myrtle wood, but pretty pricey.
The bowls vary in price anywhere from $20.00, up to over $75.00
If you go back to one of my Blogs dated 4/4/08, (FINAL PLAN FOR RETURN) you will see a picture of a home that has a Myrtle wood tongue and grooved floor.
We noticed traveling back an forth from Coos Bay to Coquille some nice looking homes on the North East end of town. There was several homes along the mountain side just above the slough. Some of the homes look pretty nice from the highway, so we figured why not see what they had to offer.
We noticed there was quite a mixture of older and newer homes. The views of the bay were not as great as we expected. The area has a lot more large trees and brush than I thought it would, so the view was very limited. Oh well, we have plenty of time to find a home we like. I think one of our problems is we're trying to compare what we have now, with what we want to find here. Can't do that; like they always say there are no two things alike.
Another clear day again, with a little breeze. Should have went crabbing, but decided to do a little looking at some of the homes North of Coos Bay. We have never looked around this area on any of our previous trips here. On our way we decided to stop by a Myrtle wood store which is called naturally, The Myrtle Wood Factory. Neat place, that specializes in furniture and nick knacks made of Myrtle wood. They do have some beautiful bowls made of Myrtle wood, but pretty pricey.
You can get this little Jewel for around $750.00
The bowls vary in price anywhere from $20.00, up to over $75.00If you go back to one of my Blogs dated 4/4/08, (FINAL PLAN FOR RETURN) you will see a picture of a home that has a Myrtle wood tongue and grooved floor.
We noticed traveling back an forth from Coos Bay to Coquille some nice looking homes on the North East end of town. There was several homes along the mountain side just above the slough. Some of the homes look pretty nice from the highway, so we figured why not see what they had to offer.
We noticed there was quite a mixture of older and newer homes. The views of the bay were not as great as we expected. The area has a lot more large trees and brush than I thought it would, so the view was very limited. Oh well, we have plenty of time to find a home we like. I think one of our problems is we're trying to compare what we have now, with what we want to find here. Can't do that; like they always say there are no two things alike.
Monday, September 22, 2008
AREA WERE STAYING AT VIA GOOGLE EARTH
This is for Randy. He is always trying to track my moves and he does a great job of that. To save him time I found the site that I was able to edit and show the area we're staying in. You will notice that I also show some of the hot spots for crabbing and clamming.
Weather today was a little on the cool side, but did get up to 58 degrees, however it was sunny all day with a slight breeze.
Still seeing fisherman coming in every day with limits of crab. Not sure what their doing with so many crabs? I will need to finish up the crab that was given to me a few days ago, which means a large crab cocktail and maybe a small crab Louie salad. It all sounds good too me.
Now if I can just find someone that would be willing to crack the crab and get the meat out of the shell it would be great. I asked Helen if she would like to learn the fine art of cracking crab. Yep, you guessed her answer. Must be from her knowing me too long.
Hoping to take the boat out tomorrow assuming the weather will remain the same as today. By then I will be ready for some more crab. I would like to take some fresh crab up to her cousin, which lives in Coquille. Of course, if both Helen & I catch our limits that would be 24 crabs, so we would have to spend some time cracking crab. Would like catch enough to freeze and take home with us.
Been trying to figure out how I could use my Seal-O-matic so the shell does not put holes in the plastic wrap. Tried to freeze some last year by this method and found the plastic bags you use for the machine are not heavy duty enough, causing the shell to poke holes in the bags.
I want to do some clamming, but the tide is still to high unless a person wants to get up at 2 am. I think it will improve in a few days where the tide is low at a more reasonable time.
JUST FOR THE HALIBUT
September 21 2008
Well we went into town like I stated, however the storm they were predicting never materializes in fact it got down right warm that day. I guess I should have shot for getting out in the bay, but not knowing how the weather conditions change in this area we felt it may not be a good idea.
Went down to the dock around 4 or so, to see what the fishermen were bringing in this time. Both cleaning stations were busy with fishermen cleaning Halibut. They got some pretty nice fish. I had to ask them where they went and they told me about 15 miles outside the bay.
I believe all of the fishermen limited out. Tried to learn how to fillet the Halibut by watching them fillet, but I don’t think I learned much. According to them it’s pretty easy, but of course it’s easy to them since they do this all the time. I think they were local residents. I was able to take few pictures of them filleting, but really looking at the pictures don’t show you much.
There is a charter boat here at the marina that specifically goes out for Halibut, but its pretty expensive. Who knows, when I get my new 45 foot yacht. I may attempt a trip or two out in the wide open Ocean. I know, dream on Tom.
Well we went into town like I stated, however the storm they were predicting never materializes in fact it got down right warm that day. I guess I should have shot for getting out in the bay, but not knowing how the weather conditions change in this area we felt it may not be a good idea.
Went down to the dock around 4 or so, to see what the fishermen were bringing in this time. Both cleaning stations were busy with fishermen cleaning Halibut. They got some pretty nice fish. I had to ask them where they went and they told me about 15 miles outside the bay.
I believe all of the fishermen limited out. Tried to learn how to fillet the Halibut by watching them fillet, but I don’t think I learned much. According to them it’s pretty easy, but of course it’s easy to them since they do this all the time. I think they were local residents. I was able to take few pictures of them filleting, but really looking at the pictures don’t show you much.
There is a charter boat here at the marina that specifically goes out for Halibut, but its pretty expensive. Who knows, when I get my new 45 foot yacht. I may attempt a trip or two out in the wide open Ocean. I know, dream on Tom.
KICKING BACK
September 18, 19 & 20th. 2008
Pretty much stayed around the park the 3 days enjoying the weather. Like I mentioned it’s a little cool in the am, but nice in the pm. It is supposed to storm Sunday, so we won’t do much that day. Probably a good day to travel into Coos Bay to Bi-Mart and Supper Wal-Mart for the necessities of life, you know like the evening beer when you’re just sitting back doing nothing except enjoying the great outdoors. Good day for taking pictures!
TOUGH CRABBING
September 17 2008.
We pretty much stayed at the RV site all day since I was feeling a little under the weather that day. The weather for the past 4 days has been excellent. Nice in the afternoon, but a little cool in the early morning.
Funny I was out side basking in the warm sun when a fellow Rver parked down the road came over to talk to me and offer me some fresh crab they had just caught. Being the gentleman that I am I could not hurt her feelings and jumped at the chance. I really only wanted enough for a meal, but her and her husband gave me 10 crabs all were cleaned, so all I had to do was boil them. I know something’s are a little tough, but I guess I have to do a little work boiling them. Have to watch the critters cook. I had been boiling them for 15 minutes, but now the new way is no more then 10 minutes after the water comes to a boil. To be on the safe side I tried boiling them for 12 minutes, came out ok.
I ate 3 of the rascals that evening by myself. Helen was not into eating crab that night.
Still have 3 packages left to munch on.
I would like to get enough crabs and clams to make a large pot of Cioppino.
Maybe I can get enough fish together before we leave to make up this tantalizing dish.
I talked to some Rvers that are going out in beyond the bay and catching Lingcod and Sea Bass. I will attempt fishing for them in the bay, but not much faith in catching them in this part of the ocean. They are catching Salmon, but I’m not interested in them.
I was able too find an old rock jetty that was built back in the teens that may be a great place to catch rock fish. The jetty is under water now, but with a depth finder you could find it. It extends on both sides of the bay just off shore.
We pretty much stayed at the RV site all day since I was feeling a little under the weather that day. The weather for the past 4 days has been excellent. Nice in the afternoon, but a little cool in the early morning.
Funny I was out side basking in the warm sun when a fellow Rver parked down the road came over to talk to me and offer me some fresh crab they had just caught. Being the gentleman that I am I could not hurt her feelings and jumped at the chance. I really only wanted enough for a meal, but her and her husband gave me 10 crabs all were cleaned, so all I had to do was boil them. I know something’s are a little tough, but I guess I have to do a little work boiling them. Have to watch the critters cook. I had been boiling them for 15 minutes, but now the new way is no more then 10 minutes after the water comes to a boil. To be on the safe side I tried boiling them for 12 minutes, came out ok.
I ate 3 of the rascals that evening by myself. Helen was not into eating crab that night.
Still have 3 packages left to munch on.
I would like to get enough crabs and clams to make a large pot of Cioppino.
Maybe I can get enough fish together before we leave to make up this tantalizing dish.
I talked to some Rvers that are going out in beyond the bay and catching Lingcod and Sea Bass. I will attempt fishing for them in the bay, but not much faith in catching them in this part of the ocean. They are catching Salmon, but I’m not interested in them.
I was able too find an old rock jetty that was built back in the teens that may be a great place to catch rock fish. The jetty is under water now, but with a depth finder you could find it. It extends on both sides of the bay just off shore.
LOTS OF TUNA THIS YEAR
September 16,2008
Got up late this morning and decided to try our luck crabbing on the docks. Was not ready for the boat as of yet. Still had to do some more maintenance on it like install the depth finders. We crabbed for about 3 hours with very little luck. Caught several small Dungeness crabs and some small rock crabs. Decided to call it quits for the day around 4:30 or so. On the way back we noticed a fisherman at one of the cleaning stations on the dock cleaning Albacore Tuna. Naturally I had to stop and watch the man cut up the tuna. Most of the tuna he was cleaning were around 25 to 30 lbs each. He would fillet them and cut them into large boneless steaks. I guess the man comes down to the dock every evening to clean other fisherman’s tuna. They’re catching the Albacore about 30 to 40 miles off shore, which is pretty close. They are predicting a large harvest of tuna this year in Oregon.
I talked to one of the fisherman and asked how much they were charging for their tuna this year and he told me $2.50 a lb. Now figuring you have a 20 lb fish and you pay $2.50 per lb, that’s about $50.00 per fish. Of course you have to figure in for waste such as the head, entrails etc and that makes up about ½ the weight, so in realty you’re paying around $5.00 per lb and getting about 10 lbs of fish.
Got up late this morning and decided to try our luck crabbing on the docks. Was not ready for the boat as of yet. Still had to do some more maintenance on it like install the depth finders. We crabbed for about 3 hours with very little luck. Caught several small Dungeness crabs and some small rock crabs. Decided to call it quits for the day around 4:30 or so. On the way back we noticed a fisherman at one of the cleaning stations on the dock cleaning Albacore Tuna. Naturally I had to stop and watch the man cut up the tuna. Most of the tuna he was cleaning were around 25 to 30 lbs each. He would fillet them and cut them into large boneless steaks. I guess the man comes down to the dock every evening to clean other fisherman’s tuna. They’re catching the Albacore about 30 to 40 miles off shore, which is pretty close. They are predicting a large harvest of tuna this year in Oregon.
I talked to one of the fisherman and asked how much they were charging for their tuna this year and he told me $2.50 a lb. Now figuring you have a 20 lb fish and you pay $2.50 per lb, that’s about $50.00 per fish. Of course you have to figure in for waste such as the head, entrails etc and that makes up about ½ the weight, so in realty you’re paying around $5.00 per lb and getting about 10 lbs of fish.
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