Tele Aadsen

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The Fish of our Labor: The Nerka Returns

by | Jul 13, 2012 | Alaska, Commercial Fishing, F/V Nerka, Salmon Trolling, Women in Fishing | 8 comments

We’re back safe and sound, friends, and here they are — the first king salmon of our 2012 season!

We’ll take anoth­er day or two in Sit­ka before head­ing out to chase coho for the com­ing weeks, and I’m hop­ing to share some more detailed sto­ries with you before we leave. Mean­while, just want­ed to let you all know we returned safe­ly, and with a lot of grat­i­tude. After a nine-day open­ing of most­ly good weath­er, a well-behaved boat, excel­lent team­work, and some very lucky calls on where to go, we’re feel­ing very for­tu­nate. Thanks for your good wish­es; hope all’s been good for you, too, over the past few weeks.

8 Comments

  1. steffanyr
    steffanyr on July 13, 2012 at 12:28 pm

    Great report. I look for­ward to the sto­ries that go with it.

  2. patriciasands
    patriciasands on July 13, 2012 at 12:49 pm

    Wel­come home … even briefly! It’s so good to hear your trip was suc­cess­ful and we are wait­ing eager­ly for the stories!

  3. Pam
    Pam on July 13, 2012 at 1:35 pm

    Wow, those are some darn big fish. Nan says they aren’t bit­ing too well in Chig­nik, mak­ing for crab­by fish­er­men and guests.

  4. Ashley
    Ashley on July 13, 2012 at 8:28 pm

    Clas­sic pho­to! No match­ing shirts?

  5. Julie Farrar
    Julie Farrar on July 14, 2012 at 1:36 am

    glad to see you back in port safe and sound

  6. pierrmorgan
    pierrmorgan on July 14, 2012 at 7:59 am

    You look great! So glad the Kings found you. WOW. Good­ie — more stories!

  7. Claire 'Word by Word'
    Claire 'Word by Word' on July 14, 2012 at 11:51 am

    Great pic­ture, look for­ward to hear­ing more of your adventures.

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