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!
August 13th. We fished until 4pm, before finally admitting that the wind was getting the better of us. The forecast was calling for 40 MPH winds, and I’d been anxiously anticipating it. I could use a day off to just sit and sleep. I knew we should have finished at 2 pm, but there was [...]
It’s 4am. I’m curled up in my bunk, but despite being asleep I’m consciously aware of the pain that courses through my body. It keeps me in a half-sleep stage, where every move, every roll onto my side, jolts me awake momentarily from the throbbing discomfort that races up from my hands into my forearms. [...]
Prior to my Alaskan adventure, I had not spent any considerable amount of time near the ocean, let alone on it, but the quote that I stole from Eugene O’Neill for the title of this post made me slightly apprehensive going into the summer. I had seen the Pacific ocean for the first time just [...]
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 [...]
The fishing season begins when the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G), who are responsible for the management of the fishing season, have established “openings” for the fishermen to begin. All salmon return to spawn in the river that they were born in, so after spending their adult life in the ocean, they return [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Within the fishing community, an incredible amount of diversity exists in boats, captains, and crews. Take a walk along the docks in Homer and you’ll see boats ranging in size, color, and shape. Some of them are so beautiful it seems a shame to use them for dirty fishing work, while others appear unable to [...]
What do you do with free time when you’re in a fishing village in the remote bush of Alaska? Well, when it’s in Chignik prior to the fishing season, the options are limited, but great! The fishing season didn’t begin until June 16th, so for the 2 weeks leading up to it we spent a [...]
