by Tele | Apr 6, 2011 | Alaska, Commercial Fishing, Environment, Salmon Trolling, Sitka
One of my early boat kid memories is of my parents pointing out the sleek schooner-troller Karmon Dee fishing alongside us on the drag. “That’s Senator Eliason’s boat.” I still remember the new understanding born in my brain that day. Politicians could...
by Tele | Mar 21, 2011 | Alaska, Commercial Fishing, Hooked Favorites, Salmon Trolling, Women in Fishing
A special mentor recently shared the concern she’d felt upon imagining my life at sea. Cradling a glass in her hands, she recalled, “I wondered, ‘Is she ever scared?’” I immediately assumed she was referring to the fear that comes of realizing how...
by Tele | Mar 10, 2011 | Alaska, Commercial Fishing, F/V Nerka, Salmon Trolling, Women in Fishing
Whenever I tell people that I’m a commercial fisherman, they’re full of questions. “That’s cool – are you the cook?” (Sometimes, when I have to be, and much more than just that.) “Aren’t you awfully small for that work?” (This is code for ‘Aren’t you awfully...
