Notes from the Fishing Grounds

Life can be short up here. Especially when someone
goes down or falls out of a boat. There’s not many
people to see something happen, and the water is so
cold you don’t have much of a chance.
An eagle scout, scoutmaster, (and my lawyer) dropped
his kid off last night from their skiff on their
beach, and then [...]

I took my skiff over to our cabin at Horse Island
yesterday afternoon. After 2 months of wrangling with
the state over regulatory issues, much of that stress
drained away when I rounded the corner to the boat
launch, and saw the mountains with snow through the
clear sunshine of the late afternoon. I’d collected
many issues of old [...]

I went to Costa’s diner for my weekly installation of
news and views of owner Collette, a Juneau original.
If you get to Juneau, get to Costas. It’s right next
to the only stop light downtown.
Unfortunately, she wasn’t there. The place was
packed, but I got my coffee, wrote down my order on a
sticky note, and found [...]

Spring is finally here. With snow down south, we’re
basking in ever longer days and highs in the mid to
upper 40s. Ranger Dug and I went out with the crab
rings to try our luck in the channel in front of town.
It’s pretty cool to be able to fish right in front of
a capital city of [...]