by Tele | Jun 18, 2013 | Commercial Fishing, Longlining, Reading & Writing
When Joel’s injury made it apparent that neither he nor the Nerka would be fishing this season, some of my writer friends saw an unexpected silver lining for me. “Now you can spend the summer working on your book!” My shaking head dashed their...
by Tele | Jun 17, 2013 | Commercial Fishing, Longlining
Lindy, one of my bosses on the Kathleen Jo, aimed her iPhone down the fish hold hatch. She called, “You hate me now, but you’ll appreciate these later!” “No way,” I replied. “I’d never hate you, and I already appreciate them.” And it was...
by Tele | Jun 8, 2013 | Alaska, Commercial Fishing, Longlining, Women in Fishing
Since launching Hooked two years ago, I’ve joked that the boats I work on may institute a confidentiality clause in my crew contracts. Some captains, upon seeing themselves in print, discover they’d prefer to keep their business private,...
by Tele | May 23, 2013 | Commercial Fishing, F/V Nerka, Longlining, Women in Fishing
I spent Saturday morning considering odoriferous towers of fish clothes. How threadbare was too much so? The same $3 Value Village hoodies and blood-browned T‑shirts surrounded me, sorted into piles destined to serve yet another season. The...
by Tele | May 30, 2012 | Alaska, Commercial Fishing, Longlining, Women in Fishing
Marlin, Joel and I spent the first half of May waiting to go halibut fishing. Just getting to our destination, a shallow plateau over 40 miles offshore, required more than a day’s run. We’d been watching for a four to five day weather...
by Tele | May 3, 2012 | F/V Nerka, Longlining, Reading & Writing
One of my lit star heroes is Ariel Gore. As a social worker, I pressed Atlas of a Human Heart into the hands of the young women I worked with, one after another. And a ragged copy of her guide, How to Become a Famous Writer Before...
