Notes from the Fishing Grounds

I pulled the crab pot this morning, and had 20 king
crab in my dungeness pot. Little female crab, and
the season is closed anyway, so they were just taking
up the pot. So, tossed them all back, rebaited with
fish heads, then returned home.
Tonight, I’m watching a black bear across the
Gastineau Channel, up on the [...]

Went to Sitka and got a hundred king salmon from the
last 2 days of the winter troll season. After years
of pushing totes of fish up and down our docks in
Juneau, it was such a pleasure to load the fish once -
from the boat to the totes on my truck – and drive up
the ramp [...]

For some reason, I thought about a trip to Sitka to
buy king salmon from the last 2 days of the winter
king season. Prices had falled from the highs of over
$8 at the dock, so I thought maybe I could go buy a
few fish and get some king salmon as we’ve been out
for months.
Turned out [...]