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...
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...
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...
by Tele | May 27, 2011 | Alaska, Commercial Fishing
“Heading North” is a story from May 2, 2011, and was originally published on www.alaskawaypoints.com, in my column, “Southeast, Variable.” This post has been slightly expanded from the original. A low southwest swell urges the Charity’s 46’...
