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12 CapitalPress.com November 3, 2017 Exhibitor shares love of fishing with Expo attendees By GEOFF PARKS For the Capital Press Courtesy of Kristi Crawford Justin Doane of Dangerous Baits, Pacific City, watches a customer put in for a two-person guided fishing trip during last year’s Expo. Filtration • Pumps • Irrigation • Electrical Not all backers, support- ers, volunteers and exhibitors at the Willamette Valley Ag Expo are directly tied into the agricultural industry. And though Justin Doane’s fishing guide business, Dan- gerous Baits Guide Service, seems even more distant from ag than most, his presence as a vendor and supporter during the three-day event demon- strates the quality of the rela- tionships he has formed over the years of the event. Since 2009 Doane, 35, has run several boats out of Pacific City. He stays busy throughout the year ferrying clients to the ocean and its surrounding bays, estuaries and rivers in pursuit of salm- on, steelhead, sea bass, ling Courtesy Photo From left, Amos Grell, Dustin Grell of Papé Machinery in McMinnville and Dave Kauer of Kauer Farms in Amity show off their catch from a guided fishing trip led by Justin Doane of Dangerous Baits. cod and other fish. “A lot of my customers are in the grass seed and hazelnut and other seasonal ag busi- nesses,” Doane said. “The ag world is pretty small, but has www.trailer-world.com • www.trailer-world.com for all your needs, we can handle it for you! Come See The Best Trailers...Best Prices! is a certified Irrigation Designer with over 30 years of irrigation experience, specializing in Micro-Irrigation, Filtration, and Water Treatment. Matt can provide you a uniform, efficient design that conserves water and energy. Wilson GN Stock Trailers coming soon to Woodburn store. ALL CHARMAC ON SALE NOW. • Tow behind your ATV/UTV • 11” Ground Clearance • Steel Bed We’re in Booth #136. Be Sure To Stop By! 20179 Main St. • St. Paul, OR 97137 DA#1878 Website: www.ErnstIrrigation.com Please call today, 503-633-1111 John 3:16 Ernst Irrigation is a full service dealership, including a Supervising Electrician on staff. We can handle it! and many others! Visit Booth #336. Let’s Talk! Covering western & eastern Oregon, Washington, and Idaho Ontario, OR Woodburn, OR Bend (Tumalo) , OR Coming soon 541-889-4310 503-981-8777 541-389-9849 to Hermiston www.trailer-world.com • www.trailer-world.com WVAg17-1/100 Matt Corcoran • Always lowest prices guaranteed. • Anthony Tasselli is a Drip/Micro Specialist and has trained with Matt the last several years. He has an Ag and Environmental Technology degree from North Carolina State, is fully trained in Irricad Design, plus is a certified Nelson Twig System Designer. • Always Best Service guaranteed. • 22GN Goosenecks with Mega Ramps! some really, really good peo- ple in it. “I’ve found throughout the years that, with ag folks and the business of farming, when it’s not harvest season, it’s ‘game on’ for fishing, so it kind of made sense to adver- tise my service to like-minded folks.” He said he especially loves it “on the day the FFA and 4-H get to come out and see the Expo.” The expo is over 250,000 square feet of exhibitors, equipment, food, seminars and classes, said Scott Ingalls, event producer. Doane’s Expo display fea- tures one of his drift boats and a banner, with a large fish bowl parked at the front door of the Willamette Build- ing to receive tickets for a drawing. The winning ticket drawn is rewarded with a two-per- son, eight-hour fishing trip worth $200 per person. “Last year, we had over 1,300 people drop a ticket in the bowl,” he said. “The peo- ple that run the Expo are the best. They’re why I elected to participate and support it.” Dangerous Baits Guide Service plans to be at the Wil- lamette Valley Ag Expo again this year.
