by Tele | May 16, 2020 | Alaska, Commercial Fishing, Environment, Hooked Favorites, Salmon Trolling
For Southeast Alaska’s salmon trollers, the longest day of the year falls on July 1: opening day of Chinook salmon season. Every July 1 finds us – two humans and our boat, the 43-foot Nerka – forty miles offshore in the Gulf of Alaska. We’ll be...
by Tele | Aug 13, 2015 | Alaska, Commercial Fishing, Environment, Sustainability
Joel and I went to a movie the other night. We finally saw The Breach, an award-winning film I’ve been anxious to see since its 2014 release. Described as a love story for wild salmon, it’s a love story in all the truest ways – risk,...
by Tele | Oct 15, 2013 | Culture, Environment, F/V Nerka
Often, the most important thing you can do for yourself is also the hardest thing. That was Cap’n J’s experience last spring, when his doctor took one look at his knee’s MRI and shook his head. “You’re not getting on a boat this summer.” Those eight...
by Tele | Jun 29, 2013 | Environment, F/V Nerka
Five days goes fast when that’s the fix to carry you through the next three months without your sweetheart. Cap’n J and I made the most of it, though. Breakfast with our favorite folks at The Little Cheerful. Family snuggle time with Bear. Making...
by Tele | Dec 21, 2012 | Alaska, Culture, Environment, Wildlife
As you know, I’m not so much into the holidays, but Solstice always resonates with our seasonally driven, migratory life. So it was a special treat to start today with one of Lynn Schooler’s stunning Alaskan photographs, captioned with his own...
by Tele | Nov 12, 2012 | Culture, Environment, F/V Nerka
Almost at National Novel Writing Month’s midpoint, I’m still buried in this month-long exercise to produce as many words as possible. (They say 50,000; I’m shooting for writing every day and being thankful for whatever results. I’m already breaking the...
