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.
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.
The Real Alaska team is ecstatic to launch our own line of apparel – allowing people to proudly promote their unique connection to Alaska with hoodies and various t-shirts.
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.
Television Premier of Hook, Line & Sisters
POSTED BY Sierra Anderson IN Chignik, Featured Posts, Hook Line Sisters, Salmon, Sierra Anderson, Sitka Herring
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!
Pebble Counterpoint: Comparing to the Kennecott Mine
POSTED BY Brett Veerhusen IN Brett Veerhusen, Bristol Bay, Featured Posts, Opinion, Pebble Mine, Salmon
After I got home this summer, I spent some time browsing blogs, reading fact sheets and listening to pro-Pebble ads. In a short series of posts here at The Real Alaska and Alaska Waypoints, I’m going to present some point/counterpoint on the Pebble situation.
POINT: Kennecott didn’t kill the Copper River, so that must mean Pebble won’t kill the Nushagak and the Kvichak
The Save Bristol Bay Road Show has been to three cities so far and nearly 1,000 people in total have learned more about the Pebble Mine. San Francisco is next!
It is so refreshing to see a site like Alaska Waypoints launch. I believe every commercial fisherman will say the same. Sierra and I have never aimed to act as an online news source; and frankly, we’re glad someone did!! Our hope is to present authentic, first-hand Alaskan experiences to the best of our abilities. [...]
Scoring a Bristol Bay job in 1990
POSTED BY Sean Ruddy IN Advice, Bristol Bay, Featured Posts, Fishing Advice, Greenhorn, Occupation, Salmon
This is usually how you find a job when walking the docks. Someone gets fired, hurt or has an emergency and has to go home. Two weeks of sleep deprivation, cowboy fishing and I had $10,000 cash.
My first 24 hour Halibut opener… fairly calm water but a few boats went down from overloading. Boats always sank in those crazy, short, get as much as you can openers.
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