by Tele | Jul 29, 2011 | Alaska, Commercial Fishing, Environment, F/V Nerka, Hooked Favorites, Salmon Trolling
Cap’n J and I spent the past 12 days chasing coho. They’re always on the move, searching for a steady food source, and they travel incognito, invisible to our above-water existence. But the meal plan they’re looking for, from tiny shrimp-like krill to...
by Tele | Jul 16, 2011 | Alaska, Commercial Fishing, F/V Nerka, Salmon Trolling, Sitka
I’m cheating with this one, sweeties. After our 12 day king salmon opening, my written voice is as stiff as my hands, and our imminent return to sea has no leeway for an awkward post that can’t hit its stride in a timely manner. The short update is this. Yes,...
by Tele | Jun 28, 2011 | Alaska, Commercial Fishing, Environment, F/V Nerka, Salmon Trolling, Sitka, Women in Fishing
The Nerka is moored on New Thomsen’s 4th finger, a trek to the ramp that typically takes my short legs a 4 minute march. But the harbor is a different neighborhood than it was a week ago, and Cap’n J and I now incorporate a half-hour buffer – at least –...
by Tele | Jun 17, 2011 | Alaska, Commercial Fishing, F/V Nerka, Salmon Trolling, Sitka, Women in Fishing
After doing such extensive work on the good ship Nerka this winter, her insides pulled apart, mucked about, and put back again, we left Bellingham riddled with anxiety. Would everything work? What gremlins would reveal themselves? Spend time with boats, you...
by Tele | Jun 8, 2011 | Alaska, Commercial Fishing, F/V Nerka, Women in Fishing
Seems that no matter how much advance planning and preparation time there is for the trip north, our final days are always frantic. Way back in late April, before I headed off on the Charity, Cap’n J and I set a departure date. June 8th sounded just right…...
by Tele | Jun 3, 2011 | Commercial Fishing, F/V Nerka, Longlining, Salmon Trolling, Women in Fishing
I launched Hooked under the grim oversight of the Pacific Northwest’s lingering winter. Between relentlessly gray days and our “off” season’s luxury of personal time, it seemed the ideal opportunity to start this long-procrastinated...
