U-DA-MAN!

The 2007 U-DA-MAN Chinook Salmon Derby was held this weekend in Newport’s Yaquina Bay. Over 250 anglers and 98 boats fished from the Yaquina Bay Bridge to the Red Barn in Toledo on a sunny coastal day. Winners of the derby were Maureen Munson for Biggest Catch - 31.3 lbs, Cody Malloy for Second Biggest Catch - 24.6 lbs, and Kevin McCarthy for 3rd Biggest Catch - 23.4 lbs.

The U-DA-MAN Live Auction and Dinner was held Saturday night at the Rogue Ales World Headquarters and featured the unveiling of the 1st Annual U-DA-MAN Chinookie Ale 22oz bottle.

Record turnout for the Salmon Derby and generous auction purchases helped to raise over $25,000 for Chinook Salmon Enhancement, a program that supports the enhancement of salmon in the Yaquina Bay and Estuary. All profits from the sale of the U-DA-MAN bottle will be donated by Rogue to U-DA-MAN.

Celebrating its second century, Rogue Ales is an Artisan Varietal Brewery founded in Oregon in 1988, as one of America’s first 50 microbreweries. Rogue has 550+ awards for taste and quality and is distributed nationally and in 9 other countries. Rogue Ales also operates 9 embassies: Brewers on the Bay, the Rogue Bayfront Pub, the Rogue Wolf eel Cafe and the Rogue House of Spirits in Newport, OR; Rogue Distillery and Public House in Portland, OR; Eugene City Brewery in Eugene, OR; Rogue Astoria in Astoria, OR; Issaquah Brewhouse in Issaquah, WA, and the Rogue Ales Public House in San Francisco, CA.