Fishing Tales

Alaskan Life Portraits Fishing Tales is a complement CD to our first CD Stories from the Last Frontier. In it seven Alaskans reveal what fishing in Alaskan waters is really like. Fishing in Alaska is a life altering experience - a way of life. There are so many dangers, so many things that can go wrong that one wonders why anyone would set foot offshore. Imagine being on a boat in constant motion working with sharp knives and hooks sturdy enough to bring up a 300 pound fish. You eat, sleep, go to the bathroom, live for extended periods of time on a tiny floating island. Your whole world and everything you need to survive is on the boat. If something breaks, you have to fix it with what you have on board or radio someone and wait for assistance. If someone gets sick or injuried you have to deal with it until help arrives which could take several hours or even days depending on the weather. If a storm hits you have to endure whatever it brings your way until it's over. And when the fish are running, you work day and night until the work is finished. The act and purpose of fishing has always been the same since man first discovered he could catch and eat fish, but the methods have changed dramatically.
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Alaskan Life Portraits Fishing Tales is a complement CD to our first CD Stories from the Last Frontier. In it seven Alaskans reveal what fishing in Alaskan waters is really like. Fishing in Alaska is a life altering experience - a way of life. There are so many dangers, so many things that can go wrong that one wonders why anyone would set foot offshore. Imagine being on a boat in constant motion working with sharp knives and hooks sturdy enough to bring up a 300 pound fish. You eat, sleep, go to the bathroom, live for extended periods of time on a tiny floating island. Your whole world and everything you need to survive is on the boat. If something breaks, you have to fix it with what you have on board or radio someone and wait for assistance. If someone gets sick or injuried you... Show full description