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About Sandy post. (Sandy, Oregon) 1938-current | View Entire Issue (July 29, 1982)
• —SANOT (Of* ) rOST Thur» July 7* 19*2 (Wc I) Crayfish offer an alternative for hunters sidered food for crayfish vegetable matter Simple Contrary to popular belief, wire traps are available however, the crayfish likes commercially, or are easi its food fresh and is not par- ly made at home by anyone with some hardware cloth, While many of us travel O c u la rly a ttr a c te d to wire cutters and small the length and breadth of decomposing materials This liking for fresh foods hognngs our state in pursuit of trout Traps can be soaked for a and steelhead, deer and p ro vid e s the key to few hours while the fisher elk. others find satisfying transferring good numbers man goes off in pursuit of outdoor sport in their own of these anim als from fish or other recreation backyards "The L ittle natural habitat to cooking But the most effective pro Sports." are what outdoor kettle Crayfish are easily cedure is to leave them in writer Ted Trublood once attracted to a trap with the water overnight The dubbed those ancillary out such baits as fresh carp, "sm ell” of the bait lays door activities that occupy suckers, scrap meats or down a trail through the so many outdoorsmen bet* even, we are told, some ween and in conjunction with other major outdoors events One of "the little sports * that is available to sport smen almost anywhere in Oregon is pursuit of the hum ble c r a y fis h . F o r Lances Ladies w ere Shamrocks. some, the crayfish is a They ended up with a m ere c u rio s ity . . .th a t knocked out of action third round this weekend in the 22 14-1 record Although it so m ew h at fo rb o d in g could have been better. creature with the big claws ASA State Softball Tourna Staab said it was "a good seen in the shallows of lake ment, for girls 16-18 In the first round the season,” and stream But for many Ladies were tied 6-6 with G in a B r ig a n tic of others this crustacean Gresham ended the season relative to the lobster pro Salem after seven innings having scored 39 runs vides a satisfying outdoors The defense held throught Rudisill ended up batting past-time and a delicious the eighth and nineth, with Shannon Demoret walking 339, and Gray ended up addition to the fam ily across the plate and Debbie with a fielding average of table 95«. One or more of three Rudisill knocking in Patty "She wanted to play and closely related species of Gray for the final 8-6 win. It was a "super" game, win,” Staab said about crayfish is found in nearly Gray "That was really ap every freshwater lake and said Coach Lance Staab, "and my fingernails are preciated ” stream in the state. Like He felt she had her best the crab in saltwater, the short ’’ Gray had the only hit in a season "She outdid herself freshwater crayfish is part 5-0 loss to Lebanon on in all aspects,” he said of Nature's cleanup detail “ We ju s t Rudisill was picked up by Fish, insects and other S a tu rd a y Thomas Distributing of crustace«»«, m am m als, couldn't get any momen turn going,” Staab said Salem to compete in the b ir d s . . v i r t u a l l y Sandy suffered its second regional tournament in anything organic which Billings, Mont dies and finds its way into loss. 8-1 against the Eugene by KEN D U RBIN Oregon Department of Kith A Wildlife water which the crayfish will follow until they have located the bait Youngsters have often been delighted to learn they could attach a bait to the end of a string, and that a crayfish intent on eating the bait would often hang on while drawn gently through the water to a waiting dipnet And while not often terribly produc tive. kids can have a ball wading a shallow stream, turning over rocks, and at tem pting to catch the speedy crayfish as they jet away In Oregon, no license is required to take crayfish and the daily lim it is 50 per person The season is open the entire y ear at all hours, and crayfish may be legal ly taken by angling, band, baited line. net. rings and traps Near the turn of the cen tu ry . Oregon was the number one US producer of crayfish for the market In later years. Louisiana took over this honor, but Oregon still is an important pro ducer of crayfish, and the species found here are priz ed worldwide for their eating qualities Like other crustaceans, whose skeletal structure is on the outside of their bodies, the crayfish can grow only through a moulting process wherein the old shell splits and is exited by its occupant which then grows a new. larger shell to accom modate a growing body After molt and during the growth and hardening of this new shell, the crayfish is in what is known as the "softsheU * state During th ie tim e it is v e ry vulnerable and secretive, hiding itself under rocks or other cover Some crayfish are estimated to molt up to 12 times during the first year Crayfish in warm, nutrient rich waters grow faster and larger than ones in clear, cold water A lare adult crayfish in Oregon waters would measure five inches or more from tip of nose to end of tail The average size is smaller Crayfish are very sen sitive to water quality and are good pollution in dicators When the oxygen level in the uater goes down, the crayfish either die or seek new waters So the presence of large numbers of crayfish usual ly indicates good water Ladies fall but it was ‘a good season’ the water can be con- Dodson’s take two for title Dodson’s Bargain Store won the city league cham pionship Tuesday night, downing Paola's 5-4 and 10-1 in a doubleheader " It was definitely a team effort with all the girls pull ing for each other,” said John Dodson Seven Bargain Store players hit over 500, T he team averaged 450. and played "great defense” as well The Sandy Area Softball Association women s tour nament will be held Satur day and Sunday at the high school field Hw y 26, Sandy Phone 66« 8058 JIZZA JJ^C /has just the buy for you! ¡¡sj SEMPERIT RADIAL? 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