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Chris Sessions
02-22-2003, 09:00 AM
http://www.sportfishingwest.com/scgrandfather.jpg
This is a picture of my grandfather in early 1900's on Tillamook bay.
You can view this and other interesting pictures on my new web site that Jennie L Martin designed and put together for me. She is modest regarding her talent for this kind of work but I think she did a wonderful job!
Chris' Guide Service (http://www.sportfishingwest.com)
Thank you Jennie!
Chris Sessions
[ 02-22-2003, 09:01 AM: Message edited by: Salmon Shark ]
Grant Scheele
02-22-2003, 09:10 AM
Great picture Chris!
Kruechief
02-22-2003, 09:11 AM
Wow, sweet legacy Chris!!!
Krue
Gus Orviston
02-22-2003, 09:23 AM
Great report! where did he catch it, what did he catch it on, what color socks was he wearing....
why are all the reports Zipperlipped. :depressed:
gus,,,desperate and in need of a fish fix. :grin:
Chris Sessions
02-22-2003, 09:50 AM
Gus,
Tillamook Bay, Spinner, Black or White :smile:
Chris
Great picture. That wouldn't be Clarence would it?
ampersat
02-22-2003, 10:20 AM
look at that boat:
- no freeboard
- probably 14' or so
- no motor
these days, folks wouldn't consider it safe to go out there without at least:
- twice the freeboard
- 15' foot at the minimum
- 15hp motor and a 6hp kicker
on the other hand, folks back then were a lot more in touch with nature. i'll bet he knew the currents that flowed through the bay with each tidal change and how to use them to his advantage. you didn't have many folks trekking out from the portland area with little or no knowledge of the bay's personalities.
you have a lot to be proud of there, chris.
I Fred
02-22-2003, 11:34 AM
Great lookin fishing hat :cool:
Chris Sessions
02-22-2003, 01:01 PM
rojo,
Wow, you knew Clarence Sessions?
The picture is of my grandfather Christensen from my mom's side. He lived on the lower Kilchis and owned Christensen's Meat Co. The packing plant is long gone but the house is still there, big blue house on old hwy 101. This is where I used to live as well and fished with my grandfather every chance I could.
My grandfather Clarence owned and operated Garibaldi Boat Works, now Old mill Marina area and built many of the large wood commercial fishing boats, some still there and maybe in operation. Wish I would have learned more about boat building from him. He also spearheaded the building of the original reproduction of the Morning Star and he and others sailed it from Tillamook to the bi-centennial celebration at Jantzen Beach. A reproduction of his reproduction can still be seen at the Tillamook Cheese factory. Both men were excellent fishermen for the era and I feel lucky and proud to have been part of their lives.
ampersat
You are so right.
They were experts at using the tides and currents with their row boats. My cousin Tim Christensen who now owns Oil Can Henrys in Tillamook still uses some of these proven methods.
Chris
Birdnest
02-22-2003, 01:28 PM
That is a very cool family history you got there Salmon Shark. graemlins/applause.gif
PS You should use it as your avatar (sp?)
[ 02-22-2003, 01:30 PM: Message edited by: Birdnest ]
Clarence was a friend of my dads. I was raised in Garibaldi. I worked one summer at a dairy just south of the meat plant and flipped hides at the plant in off time, think I was 16 then. I know of one of his boats(I think he built it) the Solo it started as a gill netter and bay crabber and was converted to one of the first charters in Garibaldi, it is in hood canal or it was a couple years ago. Also have a short article in Pacific Motor Boat(1945 june addition), which became Sea Magazine. It mentions the lanching of the Captain Ludwig built for the Christensens. Built at Bay City...Roger
Uncle Roman
02-22-2003, 04:51 PM
I love those pictures, man, was I born too late!
Spoiled Daddy
02-22-2003, 07:32 PM
Chris,
You have a great family legacy and should be very proud of it! :smile:
That is a fantastic pic with great detail!
I am going to your web site to check out more of your pics.
Way to go! graemlins/applause.gif SD
Nanook
02-22-2003, 08:03 PM
In the genes! graemlins/applause.gif
Chris Sessions
02-23-2003, 10:25 AM
Thanks for sending that Roger. Do you still have that article? The Capt. Ludwig was a 62or 63 ft. drag seiner that eventually caught fire somewhere up in Alaska. Grandpa Clarence also built a sister ship to the Ludwig and both were designed by well known navel architect End Monk. He also built the 48ft seiner "Barracuda" and the Nancy H and many others.
Chris