Your an idiot sports fishing doesn't supply anyone with fish except the person catching it. When I fish in Bristol Bay we can deliver hundreds of thousands of pounds every summer just on one boat..... there's 1000 boats and it's all natural and the fishery has been around since they fished out of sail boats, it's self sustaining. Farmed salmon are disgusting and pumped full of crap. Do some research bone head.
hey i was wondering if you could give me some info on fishing on bristol bay cause i am working on a bristol bay boat as a deckhand so if you dont mind that would be greatly appreciated
Weak sauce I Set net in Kodiak and there stepping on the fish and leaving them in the sun. We have bins and ice much easier and efficient set up I'll put my videos on
In 2002 in Uyak Bay, Kodiak on a little Island of Bear Island with Fields and Sons Wild Salmon, we had 17 sets and got 169,00 lbs of Reds, and 600,000 lbs of Pinks. At the time Reds were .65 a lb, and Pinks were .06 a lb. Pretty pathetic. We were getting record numbers of fish daily, worked twice as hard as years past, and got half as much pay. But the experience was incredible.
Our skiffs were set up different too. We had bins with bailer bags and ice. It looked a little neater than the skiff in the video with all the fish on the ground. However, there were a few times we over-flowed our bins and had to just put the fish in the hull of the skiff. One time I remember we overweighted our skiff and started taking on water and ended up loosing half of the fish to the ocean. The back half of the skiff was under water and another boat dragged us to shore. Pretty scary.
@dracco44 This is in Viekoda bay, up the island from Uyak. We are a smaller fishery than the Fields with only 2 permits and 3 nets. Our skiff operation allows for maximum load of salmon to be put into these boats because in August we will routinely fill these boats with pinks.
2002 was a hard year also because we plugged the canneries and had to tie up the nets. Glad to see the prices are back but now it seems like they wont let us fish anymore...
Hey nice work. I am also working on a documentery film about commercial fishing. I have been working on it since 1997. Its not only Alaska but also the squid and sardine fishery in california and Oregon . I just finished the Sitka sac roe fishery and am posting my video right now. Most of my stuff is in the music video format but I am also doing a nat. Sound crew video that is been on going for 4 years. Its taking a long time to put it together. I'm going to sundance when I'm done.
I'm currently in the processing of putting together a Documentary on Commercial Fishing. I have a trailer on youtube alaska sockeye - search alaska fishing documentary.
I need help in all areas producing the documentary please contact me if anyone can help. I am shooting this summer. Need subject a deckhand to follow history footage ect ect..
The salmon runs in alaska have actually been getting stonger for the past decade, fish and game has learned from their mistakes and are able to maintian a run at its optimal numbers
and a big chunk of the commercial salmon fishing is on hatchery released fish so they have nowhere to go except in the anyways. the bigger question is how this might affect the wild runs.
Get your facts right littlegoobie, I fish in alaska commercially and trust me I don't get to fish if the Weirs haven't met there standards to keep the run strong. Karluk a river, over escaped too many fish and now the wild run is not so good. We help manage the runs by catching the fish and watching the numbers. Just saying don't talk shit unless your lively hood depends on it like some of us. Fishing is life.
Private fisherpersons in Alaska are all about preserving/protecting the resources. It dies, we die. Who you should hate; walk up to the first person you can find that's involved with "Dragging" and kick him in the balls as hard as you possibly can, then repeat. Dragging = environmental rape by soul-less corporate scum.
Don't be. In 1999, the fleet average was 24,000 pounds. that is what you can catch in a day sometimes. Of course, these setnetters couldn't do it in a day. Last year, All of the 80 boats at my company had at least 140,000 pounds. I think i may have heard a rumor of 300,000 pounds....
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iluvmei12344 5 months ago
set netting in Uganik is where its at.
iluvmei12344 5 months ago
@iluvmei12344 Viekoda Bay is where its at!
pakendal 5 months ago
Cool video
myconcepts2reality 8 months ago
I'm gonna play the devil's advocate here:
Why don't we start focusing more exclusively on the sport fishing side, and reduce the commercial?
Sportfishing brings in way more money as per the amount of fish taken.
We should farm salmon in inland ponds/lakes, not in the ocean.
my $.02
TheSkatingforlife 1 year ago
@TheSkatingforlife
Your an idiot sports fishing doesn't supply anyone with fish except the person catching it. When I fish in Bristol Bay we can deliver hundreds of thousands of pounds every summer just on one boat..... there's 1000 boats and it's all natural and the fishery has been around since they fished out of sail boats, it's self sustaining. Farmed salmon are disgusting and pumped full of crap. Do some research bone head.
ewuhockey17 9 months ago
hey i was wondering if you could give me some info on fishing on bristol bay cause i am working on a bristol bay boat as a deckhand so if you dont mind that would be greatly appreciated
pkam150 1 year ago
Weak sauce I Set net in Kodiak and there stepping on the fish and leaving them in the sun. We have bins and ice much easier and efficient set up I'll put my videos on
hlinscheid 2 years ago
In 2002 in Uyak Bay, Kodiak on a little Island of Bear Island with Fields and Sons Wild Salmon, we had 17 sets and got 169,00 lbs of Reds, and 600,000 lbs of Pinks. At the time Reds were .65 a lb, and Pinks were .06 a lb. Pretty pathetic. We were getting record numbers of fish daily, worked twice as hard as years past, and got half as much pay. But the experience was incredible.
dracco44 2 years ago
Our skiffs were set up different too. We had bins with bailer bags and ice. It looked a little neater than the skiff in the video with all the fish on the ground. However, there were a few times we over-flowed our bins and had to just put the fish in the hull of the skiff. One time I remember we overweighted our skiff and started taking on water and ended up loosing half of the fish to the ocean. The back half of the skiff was under water and another boat dragged us to shore. Pretty scary.
dracco44 2 years ago
@dracco44 This is in Viekoda bay, up the island from Uyak. We are a smaller fishery than the Fields with only 2 permits and 3 nets. Our skiff operation allows for maximum load of salmon to be put into these boats because in August we will routinely fill these boats with pinks.
2002 was a hard year also because we plugged the canneries and had to tie up the nets. Glad to see the prices are back but now it seems like they wont let us fish anymore...
pakendal 5 months ago
Hey nice work. I am also working on a documentery film about commercial fishing. I have been working on it since 1997. Its not only Alaska but also the squid and sardine fishery in california and Oregon . I just finished the Sitka sac roe fishery and am posting my video right now. Most of my stuff is in the music video format but I am also doing a nat. Sound crew video that is been on going for 4 years. Its taking a long time to put it together. I'm going to sundance when I'm done.
skysirrico 3 years ago
I'm currently in the processing of putting together a Documentary on Commercial Fishing. I have a trailer on youtube alaska sockeye - search alaska fishing documentary.
I need help in all areas producing the documentary please contact me if anyone can help. I am shooting this summer. Need subject a deckhand to follow history footage ect ect..
edwardjcarr 4 years ago
IF YOU NEED HELP CALL ME
allen3200 4 years ago
or untill numbers start slowing down to the point of extenction
jetlaged 4 years ago
The salmon runs in alaska have actually been getting stonger for the past decade, fish and game has learned from their mistakes and are able to maintian a run at its optimal numbers
pakendal 4 years ago
well that is good news and a good sign, im skeptical on allot of commercial fishing
jetlaged 4 years ago
and a big chunk of the commercial salmon fishing is on hatchery released fish so they have nowhere to go except in the anyways. the bigger question is how this might affect the wild runs.
littlegoobie 4 years ago
except in the "nets" is the word i missed there. sorry
littlegoobie 4 years ago
Get your facts right littlegoobie, I fish in alaska commercially and trust me I don't get to fish if the Weirs haven't met there standards to keep the run strong. Karluk a river, over escaped too many fish and now the wild run is not so good. We help manage the runs by catching the fish and watching the numbers. Just saying don't talk shit unless your lively hood depends on it like some of us. Fishing is life.
hlinscheid 2 years ago
Private fisherpersons in Alaska are all about preserving/protecting the resources. It dies, we die. Who you should hate; walk up to the first person you can find that's involved with "Dragging" and kick him in the balls as hard as you possibly can, then repeat. Dragging = environmental rape by soul-less corporate scum.
amp32ak 4 years ago
Don't be. In 1999, the fleet average was 24,000 pounds. that is what you can catch in a day sometimes. Of course, these setnetters couldn't do it in a day. Last year, All of the 80 boats at my company had at least 140,000 pounds. I think i may have heard a rumor of 300,000 pounds....
Rastaboardshop 2 years ago
Cool. Where was this? I went fishing salmon fishing in Ketchikan when I was up in Alaska.
matt891 5 years ago
just wanna say pretty work boys i doing the same on east coast fill them totes boys
commercialfisherman 5 years ago