Notes from the Fishing Grounds

The local electric company, who has been taking all
the heat since an avalanche took out the power lines
(lots of angry users think they “should have saw it
coming”, etc. and don’t want to pay the 500% increases
in electric rates we’ll have running on diesel until
the lines are repaired) is cutting a right of way for
new power [...]

Got up at 415 am this morning, made coffee and
sandwhiches, and jumped in my friend Kurt’s truck when
he picked me up at 5 am. We were heading out to fish
for king salmon at a place I used to catch them often
in my former life before commercial fishing. When we
got there, there were already [...]

A Houston, Texan 20 something lady called today,
wanting some information how she and her husband could
“get into the salmon business”. She said her
grandparents had some friends who lived in Seattle and
came to Alaska fishing in the summer. She said that
sounded good, because she didn’t think she could
handle all the extreme cold her.
So, I [...]

So, my partner emails me and says he sold the fish I’d
already sold to my customers!!!!! Luckily, he sold
them to another local fish market. I called the
owner, and it looks like I’ll be able to buy back
enough fish (at retail!) to fill the orders from my
customers. Since I know the fish was [...]

Yesterday, I offloaded a salmon troller with my
quasi-business partner, his son in law, and another
woman who works with his group. The fish were from a
boat I’d never bought from before, so I was a little
apprehensive – especially with the record high price
of king salmon.
Turns out, it was some of the best fish we’d ever
seen. [...]