![]() ![]() “One of the most important things, especially as our wild fisheries continue to be challenged, is that customers start paying more attention to where their product is from, and ask questions: Is it local? Is it domestic? Is it healthy to eat?” said Gildersleeve. New shipments of fresh fish, oysters and shellfish are expedited from sustainable suppliers to Flying Fish Company weekly. ![]() He is extremely discerning, however, about the sustainability of the fish he buys and sells for his market and restaurant, meaning that it was harvested in a way that doesn’t threaten the ocean’s food supply, consumers’ health or the environment. Gildersleeve doesn’t discriminate when it comes to types of fish or shellfish-he buys, sells, cooks and eats all kinds. Trout fishing isn’t so easy, as Miles discovered on a recent excursion, when, after catching a trout it flew out of his hands. His son recently caught his first salmon in Alaska, though favorite family destinations are around Mount Hood, at Timothy Lake or Trillium Lake, where lakes are well stocked in spring, for good, old-fashioned angling. Gildersleeve’s children, 8-year-old son Miles and 11-year-old daughter Juniper, enjoy family backpacking trips where the sky is blue and the trout are jumping. At the same time, their fisheries are thriving in Portland as well as in Durango, Colorado and Sandpoint, Idaho. Flying Fish Company expanded across three states and launched dining options, including a food cart in 2010, a fish shack in 2011, a food stand in 2016, finally docking in February 2020 on East Burnside Street in Portland. What started as born destiny morphed into a family industry. He fished throughout his entire young life, eventually studying aquaculture at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at Florida Atlantic University. From the time Gildersleeve’s tiny hands could hold a fishing pole, there was one in them. The year was 1979, and his parents, Sandy and Craig Gildersleeve, launched the first Flying Fish Company in Sandpoint, Idaho. Lyf Gildersleeve, president of Flying Fish Company in Portland, is a trout aficionado.įishing is a family affair for Gildersleeve-his career in the fishing industry started the year before he was born. Historically, trout was a favorite of Europeans who noted catching it on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula in 1792, but rainbow trout is native only to North America’s lakes and rivers and a favorite of anglers. Trout is generally found in cool streams and lakes, making Oregon a hot spot for this culinary delicacy. Paulina Lake, also in Central Oregon, boasts the state record trophy brown trout, weighing in at more than 28 pounds. Redband trout are native to Central Oregon and historically found throughout waters connected to the Deschutes River. The most common is rainbow trout, which is widely stocked and distributed throughout the state. Trout is Oregon’s most popular fish to catch and eat, with several trout species, both indigenous and adopted decades ago, to pursue. One man’s journey from child angler to fishmonger businessman and sustainable seafood advocate written by Julie Lee
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