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  • Mar, 2011
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Most Lucrative Fishery
POSTED BY therealalaska IN Featured Posts, Fishing Advice, Occupation, Sierra Anderson
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It’s March and the Sitka Sac Roe Herring season is about to begin. The Real Alaska will be there with a reality television crew to capture it on film!

  • 14
  • Nov, 2010
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Photo Album: Boats of Chignik
POSTED BY Sierra Anderson IN Photographs, Sierra Anderson
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Here are a few of my favorite pictures I took of boats from the Chignik salmon season. Enjoy!

  • 22
  • Oct, 2010
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Video: Bristol Bay Commercial Fishing
POSTED BY Brett Veerhusen IN Brett Veerhusen, Bristol Bay
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Most of what you will see will features the 2010 Bristol Bay fishery. His second Bay season was a huge success but Brett will also show how a commercial fishery can be a bust, a risk that every fishermen takes. The boat he crewed on during his second season of the summer in Dutch Harbor caught next to nothing.

  • 19
  • Oct, 2010
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What’s Next for The Real Alaska
POSTED BY Brett Veerhusen IN Uncategorized
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Howdy Folks! We have some exciting updates and news planned for our future and we want to give you a preview of what to look forward to. It has been a very busy summer for us at TRA and we are compiling our stories, branching out and gearing up for some awesome upgrades. Here is [...]

  • 14
  • Sep, 2010
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Captured: Bristol Bay Photos
POSTED BY Brett Veerhusen IN Bristol Bay, Deadliest Catch, Photographs
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I found it extraordinarily difficult to take my hands off the wheel and pick up the camera, but I managed to net a few that display everyday life for Bristol Bay fishermen. I hope that you enjoy them, and if you have any that you would like to share, shoot us an email at therealalaska@gmail.com

  • 11
  • Jul, 2010
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Photo of the day: Sitka Herring
POSTED BY Sierra Anderson IN Photographs, Sierra Anderson, Sitka Herring
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My photo from the 2010 Sitka Sac Roe Herring fishery was featured in Pacific Fishing Magazine. Boats Delivering hundreds of tons of Herring into the night Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend

  • 11
  • Jun, 2010
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3 Laws of Cooking at Sea
POSTED BY Sierra Anderson IN Longlining, Occupation, Sierra Anderson, Video
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While knowing the ABC’s of Cooking are an important key to help you become a more skilled chef at sea, what is even more important, is that you abide by the 3 LAWS. Yes, that’s right folks. There is a code to cooking on fishing boats.  If you violate one of these laws, this is [...]