Tele Aadsen

writer - fisherman - listener

Hooked Visits New Friends & Goes Fishing

by | Apr 25, 2012 | Alaska, Commercial Fishing, Longlining, Reading & Writing, Sustainability | 12 comments

Just a short update here, friends. The deck is loaded with all of our long­line gear, the fish hold is opti­mistic with plen­ty of ice and bait, and I just got my last show­er until we’re back in town. All that remains is a quick run for gro­ceries, then we’ll untie this evening and set off for our first hal­ibut trip. Deliv­er­ing fresh fish, we can’t stay out for longer than five days; hope­ful­ly, we won’t need close to that much time to catch our small quota.

Before head­ing out of com­mu­ni­ca­tion, I just want­ed to share some news with you. Hooked had a big day yes­ter­day, appear­ing some new places, mak­ing some new friends.

Author Patri­cia Sands’ blog’s tagline is, “Every­one has a sto­ry,” and Patri­cia is a pow­er­ful facil­i­ta­tor in shar­ing those sto­ries.  We’ve been fol­low­ing one anoth­er’s work since last fall, and I’ve been impressed with Patri­ci­a’s enthu­si­asm, com­mit­ment, and gen­eros­i­ty in host­ing a diverse range of guests. I was hon­ored to be inter­viewed on her blog yes­ter­day, talk­ing about the fishing/boat life, boat cats, and writ­ing. Please do pay her site a vis­it, and Patri­cia, many thanks — I had a great time talk­ing with you and your readers!

If you’re not famil­iar with Grist, this is an excel­lent time to get to know their work. “A bea­con in the smog,” this envi­ron­men­tal online mag­a­zine is known for its wry, hip tone — yet they accept­ed an arti­cle from so-not-fun­ny me any­way, “How Catch­ing Salmon Can Save a For­est.” Thanks for let­ting one of the not-so-cool kids sit at your table, Grist!

Just in time… The cap­tain’s got his gro­cery list ready to go, my crew­mate’s fin­ished sub­mit­ting a cou­ple pho­tos to some con­tests, and I’m the only one hold­ing up this pro­gram any­more. Best wish­es, all — be well, and we’ll be back in touch soon.

 

12 Comments

  1. Tom Jr
    Tom Jr on April 25, 2012 at 7:34 pm

    You and the crew be safe and enjoy the free­dom of the water ! Fill the boat with fish !

  2. pierrmorgan
    pierrmorgan on April 25, 2012 at 7:59 pm

    Good luck! Fair weather.

  3. patriciasands
    patriciasands on April 25, 2012 at 8:13 pm

    Tele, it was such a plea­sure hav­ing you hang out on my blog and I know a lot of new read­ers dis­cov­ered you and “Hooked”. Thank you so much for your kind words here. Safe seas to you, Cap’n J and Bear and any oth­er crew! We’ll be wait­ing to hear from you.

  4. Lisa W. Rosenberg
    Lisa W. Rosenberg on April 26, 2012 at 5:45 am

    Con­grat­u­la­tions on the Salmon arti­cle! Hap­py fishing!

  5. andrew thoms
    andrew thoms on April 26, 2012 at 12:15 pm

    Great arti­cle on Grist Tele. And thanks for the props to the Sit­ka Con­ser­va­tion Soci­ety web­site!!! All the fish­er­men and women who read your blog and have been writ­ing to and call­ing pol­i­cy mak­ers on pro­tect­ing and restor­ing salmon habi­tat are hav­ing an impact. We are hear­ing from peo­ple with­in the fed­er­al agen­cies that they are real­ly hap­py to hear from fish­er­men and are hap­py to hear them speak­ing up about where their salmon are com­ing from and why it is impor­tant to man­age the land for salmon. There are so many peo­ple (even with­in the For­est Ser­vice) who know that it is bet­ter to man­age the tem­per­ate rain­forests for pro­duc­ing wild and sus­tain­able salmon rather than clear-cut­ting old growth Forests. Your blog real­ly gives a forum for bring­ing togeth­er like-mind­ed peo­ple and helps them make their voice heard and is exact­ly what we need to go against the pow­er­ful resource extrac­tion cor­po­ra­tions and their lob­by. Thank you so so much!!!

  6. Spencer severson
    Spencer severson on April 27, 2012 at 2:14 pm

    Joel, you’ve got a good eye! Spencer

  7. Linda Lambert
    Linda Lambert on April 28, 2012 at 11:05 am

    Have a great five days, plus or minus; I look for­ward to read­ing your posts…but it’s much bet­ter hav­ing you in class.

  8. Dawn
    Dawn on April 29, 2012 at 5:30 pm

    Tele, I am hon­ored and hum­bled by your com­ments on my blog. Thank you so much for tak­ing the time to read my pieces and intro­duc­ing your­self. We have so much in com­mon with our blogs, right down to your work as an advo­cate for youth in Seat­tle. I have enjoyed read­ing your sto­ries of your fish­ing life, and so look for­ward to read­ing and learn­ing more. You made this a red-let­ter day for me. 🙂

  9. Tele
    Tele on May 1, 2012 at 8:24 am

    Thanks for the kind words, all. Return­ing to your com­ments is a high­light of com­ing back to shore! (Yes, the trip went well enough; turn­ing around and head­ing back out shortly.)

  10. fivereflections
    fivereflections on May 1, 2012 at 6:30 pm

    some peo­ple have all the fun — because they are fun!
    David in Maine USA

  11. Tina L. Hook
    Tina L. Hook on May 2, 2012 at 10:18 am

    Patri­ci­a’s blog sounds fan­tas­tic. I will be vis­it­ing her short­ly. Safe travels.

    • Tele
      Tele on May 3, 2012 at 9:59 am

      Tina, I sus­pect that you and Patri­cia would get along fab­u­lous­ly — you both do such good work cre­at­ing con­nec­tions and spread­ing inspi­ra­tion! I think she’ll love your Blog Mingle.