
There is another month I love but its only for the selfish nature of receiving gifts!( Thank you Jesus).
October holds so many things I like to do. Let’s start with MUSHROOMS! It is so much fun to stomp around the woods looking for
Chanterelle Mushrooms here on the Oregon coast! They are a native mushroom to this area and you can find them from about early September through November, until the frost begins! Of course, for a few weeks, it can be a little hairy galloping around the country side, dodging deer hunters and all that wildlife that can eat you, these are few and far between, but when you are picking in some of the higher elevations around saddle mountain, I know there are Cougars and some bears, but I’m told they are supposed to be more afraid of us than them, but I swear, with my luck, I’d might as well have a pork chop hanging from my neck! Anyway, they are very delicious, but I warn you if you have never picked them, take someone who has! There are many look-alike mushrooms out there! I understand some of them could really ruin your day;)
Fishing for King Salmon on the
Necanicum River in seaside, Oregon! These big bruisers come in late July, till the middle of November. Nothing quite like hooking a 30 plus pounder in a small river with a million places for them to snag themselves! This will be my first season in my new boat you’ve read about, so I am anxious to get out there and try it out! Trolling spinner and floating eggs under bobbers is another, one which I intend to master now that I can go alone as often as I want!
And of course, Razzor Clams! Oh ya! They have had allll summer to rest and eat, frolic in the waves and of course, ejaculate their sperm and eggs in a giant bivalve wave of love! Yes, you got it! I’m excited….I think I need to talk to someone about that…J
Oh ya, and one last thing, only a month left till the first of the Steelies come in the local rivers!
M