Notes from the Fishing Grounds

I was at my processor last week. He was cutting the
pink salmon I’d brought in. I grabbed a fillet to try
and headed to my “real job” office, and put it in the
fridge.
Today, starved and bored to death, I put half a fillet
in the microwave, and cooked it about 4 minutes. Took
it out, [...]

After having one fisherman not show up with fish after
agreeing to do so 12 hours previously, I headed to
Sitka, where I arranged to buy fish from a friend who
started trolling the same year I did. I bought fish
from him in April, and they were fabulous. He talked
me into paying a higher price [...]

A troller called last evening, and said he was coming into Juneau and did I want to buy his fish. He and I kind of grew up together fishing. I asked him about his fish – were they iced or FAS, had he raked the belly walls, did he pressure bleed them. [...]

I took my cousin Amy to Sitka with me to get fish. Poor girl doesn’t like the rain, and I can see Southeast Alaska may not be for her. It rained on the way over, while we were there, and all the way home. King salmon fishing is very slow this year, and so [...]

I left Juneau on July 4 to head out to the outer coast for king salmon. I only set foot in one of my favorite places in the world, Elfin Cove, for about 30 minutes last year, so I was eager to get back to familiar surroundings.
I left town in my 26 foot boat. [...]