I’ll try to keep this one short and simple since I know most of my readers are foreign to the Commercial Herring Sac Roe fisheries. Say what? Yep that’s right, roe are eggs, and we are in the market for the eggs here folks. Not just any eggs though. These eggs are such a delicacy [...]

I’ll try to keep this one short and simple since I know most of my readers are foreign to the Commercial Herring Sac Roe fisheries. Say what? Yep that’s right, roe are eggs, and we are in the market for the eggs here folks. Not just any eggs though. These eggs are such a delicacy [...]

Most people get grossed out by fish, fish heads, jelly fish, slime, gooo, and basically all things fish. For me however, I grew up around this slimy show, and so have become accustom to the fishing scene. It must be in my family’s blood but seafood is a must in our diet, in fact if [...]

Minus the rain and snow, things have been shaping up pretty smoothly here. Fishing should open in a week or so but for now we are just getting the boat ready to go, along with the 49 other fishing vessels parked around us. Here is a fun video of my sister and I trying out [...]

Fishing has yet to start. The committee has been working on a price agreement with the Japanese and so its taken longer than normal. It’s imminent that fishing will start up tomorrow though, in which case its time to get lots of rest and be focused. Herring fishing will be a first for me and [...]

From the Colorado ski slopes to the Alaska fishing grounds,  it’s time for yet another fishing adventure, this time its Herring season. My dad is a commercial fisherman and inevitably I grew up in the world of fishing, spending many of my summers in Alaska. I am on the plane, headed North to Seattle then [...]