You saw it on Hook Line & Sisters, boats ramming boats. Yes it is true, there is such a thing as ‘combat’ fishing. Relive the story of my first time herring fishing in Sitka. Every Man For Himself Wednesday, March 24, 2010 – 5:09:50pm. 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 and the 2010 Sitka Sac Roe Herring fishery is officially [...]
PLEASE NOTE: Additional updates will be made to TheRealAlaska.com throughout the summer. Like fishing, we all gotta stay flexible. TheRealAlaska.com is a personal story following two childhood friends, Sierra Anderson and Brett Veerhusen through our re-admittance into the commercial fishing industry in Alaska. Slowly, we will branch out past commercial fishing and cover many Alaskan [...]
So begins my first of many posts about the start of our fishing season in Bristol Bay. The crew and I finally finished the engine fiasco and started fishing on June 29th. Our first day we caught almost 9,000 lbs. of fish, which on one hand is great because that is a fantastic day. On [...]
Sierra and Brett would like to extend our deepest sympathies to the family of Captain Robert Royer, who went down with the F/V Northern Belle on April 20th. Rob was a common site when we were growing up in Chignik as the Northern Belle tendered for the different canneries for many years. Brett explains his [...]
Throughout these entries I’ll jump around from momentous points of the summer, so don’t expect this to be fully linear. Before I left for the fishing grounds, many friends asked whether I’d have access to laundry or a shower? Two out of three of these I can give an answer leaning on the ‘no’ side. Yesterday, [...]
So whats all this fuss about Herring eggs anyways? I was wondering the same thing. So while my dad was cooking up a storm in the galley, I couldn’t help but smell the aroma of slimy egg pouches on the fryer. Before I made any more judgments, I needed to try it myself. Bookmark on [...]
The first Alaskan salmon fishery will begin on Thursday, May 13th at 7 a.m. The Copper River red salmon are widely known to be the first salmon caught and distributed out of the state and the first fresh salmon are airlifted by Alaska Airlines to the markets in the lower 48. The twelve hour opener [...]
