You could say time is of the essence when it comes to operating and participating in a fish rodeo. Just take a look at the Philomath Frolic Fish Rodeo, which was offered Thursday evening at the rodeo grounds.
First, the delivery could occur only 60 to 90 minutes before the 5:30 p.m. start time of Thursday evening’s Frolic Fish Rodeo at the Philomath rodeo grounds.
“He delivered them today and the fish will last about an hour, an hour and a half,” organizer Chris Workman said while watching over the wading pool where the event took place. “Then hopefully they either get caught or they’re ready to get cooked up by then.”
In all, 200 rainbow trout were delivered to the site. The event needed to take place on a Thursday this year because the company supplying the fish was not able to make the delivery on a Saturday…