Notes from the Fishing Grounds

My 2nd cousin Amy is here from Portland. We went over
and pulled our crab pot, and it was loaded. We took
13 dungeness crab out, and tossed back about 5 hawgs
that had just molted, and so the meat would not taste
good.
Saw no whales, and I’ve not seen many around where
I’ve been. [...]

My fishing partner and his group of fisherman came in
with their catch today. My partner’s daughter and her
husband and his wife were all there helping. Their
nephew was helping to offload king salmon from a boat.
He tossed the first fish into the fish tote, and a
unified gasp and chorus of condemnation of his [...]

So, I’m stuck somewhere between a business and a day
off. I went down in the boat I’d planned to buy fish
from in the round and then dress them on board, except
our DEC says I can’t do that. So, I was heading down
the channel to see if I could help a fellow fishing
business with [...]

Flew down to Wrangell on Tuesday to buy fish from my
brother in law. Although it was a expensive airfare,
I’m always apprehensive buying for the first time from
someone – even my brother in law. Turns out his fish
were real good. I gave him one pointer about
“milking” the blood from the belly walls, and [...]

We’re under an overcast sky of uncertainty here this
season. King salmon prices are at all time high
prices. Interest in our king salmon has always been
high until now, as our prices seem to have exceeded
the price tolerance of our customers, even though our
pricing is still less than what’s out there on the
market. So, we’ve [...]