• 20
  • Jun, 2010
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Crossing the Gulf
POSTED BY Sierra Anderson IN Chignik, Sierra Anderson
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I’m leaning over the rail, somewhere so far out in the Gulf of Alaska that the sky and ocean have become an endless gray entity. The ten-foot swell is picking up and my stomach is in knots. I lay down at the galley table where I know I have easy escape access to the outside. [...]

  • 02
  • Jun, 2010
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From Seattle to Anchorage by Car
POSTED BY Brett Veerhusen IN Advice, Travel
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Oofta. 2,400 miles sure does sound like a lot. Starting on May 28th I will be embarking on a journey I’ve always wanted to do: driving from Seattle to Anchorage along the Alcan Highway. I couldn’t think of a better way to mentally prep before the fishing season and slowly meander my way to Alaska. [...]

  • 12
  • Mar, 2010
  • 2
Back to the Mothership, ALASKA
POSTED BY Sierra Anderson IN Sierra Anderson, Sitka Herring
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From the Colorado ski slopes to the Alaska fishing grounds,  it’s time for yet another fishing adventure, this time its Herring season. My dad is a commercial fisherman and inevitably I grew up in the world of fishing, spending many of my summers in Alaska. I am on the plane, headed North to Seattle then [...]