Author Archives: Sierra Anderson

Sierra was born in Anchorage Alaska and grew up in the commercial fishing scene, participating in such fisheries as Cod, Salmon, and Herring. Sierra is an explorer at heart who enjoys traveling and outdoor adventure sports. As an athlete, she’s successfully competed in several major sports, including downhill ski racing, bike racing, and running, before eventually being recruited to run for Southern Methodist University on a full athletic scholarship. At 25 years old she has traveled to over 45 countries on 6 continents, competed in the NCAA D1 Cross Country National Championships, graduated from SMU COX School of Business, and in 2009 launched a world travel internship sponsored by her University. Sierra met her childhood friend Brett Veerhusen after the 2010 Sitka Sac Roe Herring fishery and they created the idea for this website to showcase the lives of Alaskans.
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  • Feb, 2012
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Photo Album: This is Sitka
POSTED BY Sierra Anderson IN Featured Posts, Photographs, Sierra Anderson, Sitka Herring, Sweet Spots
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As the 2012 season approaches, we thought we would share some amazing photos Sierra took in past seasons.

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  • Jan, 2012
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I wish I had better news to share…
POSTED BY Sierra Anderson IN Announcement, Featured Posts, Hook Line Sisters, Sierra Anderson
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It’s about time I let you all know what’s really going on and why my show hasn’t been on TV. Last Friday I got the terrible phone call and found out TLC pulled the plug on Hook Line & Sisters.

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  • Dec, 2011
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My Biggest Test
POSTED BY Sierra Anderson IN Featured Posts, Sierra Anderson, Sitka Herring
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My biggest test in the skiff has come. It’s Sitka herring season. After our second opener, I have never been so challenged as a skiff woman as I was then. Maneuvering through such chaos was crazy to say the least.

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  • Dec, 2011
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This. is. Herring Fishing.
POSTED BY Sierra Anderson IN Featured Posts, Occupation, Sierra Anderson, Sitka Herring
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The nature of competition can be intense. This is the herring fishing season and what is soon to be unveiled in the new TLC fishing series, “Hook Line & Sisters”. Let me give you some context into the world of herring fishing and my experience leading up to what you will see on the premier tonight.

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  • Dec, 2011
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Lights, Camera, Sitka!
POSTED BY Sierra Anderson IN Featured Posts, Hook Line Sisters, Sierra Anderson, Sitka Herring
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With Hook, Line & Sisters airing two weeks from today on TLC, we thought we would share Sierra’s post again from this Spring when she wrote about what was happening before the Sitka season.

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  • Dec, 2011
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Television Premier of Hook, Line & Sisters
POSTED BY Sierra Anderson IN Chignik, Featured Posts, Hook Line Sisters, Salmon, Sierra Anderson, Sitka Herring
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HOOK, LINE, & SISTERS will premier on TLC December 29th at 9PM (ET/PT). I am excited to post behind the scenes videos and photos on The Real Alaska!

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  • Apr, 2011
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Photo Album: Sitka Herring 2011 by Sierra
POSTED BY Sierra Anderson IN Featured Posts, Photographs, Sierra Anderson, Sitka Herring
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Indulge in photos from this year’s 2011 Sitka Sac Roe Herring Season. I captured most of these photos but some are contributed by my sister Memry. Brett and I want to give a huge thanks to her support. This album show the beauty of Sitka, Alaska and the essence of this fishery.

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  • Jan, 2011
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Video: Boat Maintenance
POSTED BY Sierra Anderson IN Chignik, Featured Posts, Sierra Anderson, Sustainability, Video
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This is a short video of us fishing in Chignik Alaska and taking a little breather before the 3rd opener. This is our second twenty-four hour closure of the season. The fishery opens and closes at different times throughout the season to allow time to meet the escapement goals. Closures can last anywhere from a [...]

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  • Jan, 2011
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Photo Album: ‘My Sandbox’
POSTED BY Sierra Anderson IN Chignik, Photographs, Sierra Anderson
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Chignik is a small fishing village located off the Alaskan Peninsula. In essence, this was my ‘sandbox’ growing up.  It’s a beautiful area broken up into 3 small areas: Chignik Bay, Chignik Lagoon, and Chignik Lakes. This Album is a montage of pictures from both the Bay and the Lagoon. We had very little time [...]

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  • Dec, 2010
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Video: Touring the Ocean Fresh Processor
POSTED BY Sierra Anderson IN Chignik, Sierra Anderson
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It’s always nice to know where your food is coming from, so I decided to document at least one of the other steps in the salmon supply chain. With the fishermen being at the top of course, the processor usually comes in third. The tender (delivery boat) will pick up the fish from the fishing [...]