Fishing up North Stories of Luck and Loss in Alaskan Waters

Name: Fishing up North Stories of Luck and Loss in Alaskan Waters
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ISBN: 9780882408965

ISBN-10: 0882408968

ISBN-13: 9780882408965

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Authors: Brad Matsen

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This new edition contains new stories and updates from the super-heated days when fishing fleets turned king crab into fortunes, to the annual circus of Bristol Bay's monster salmon runs, to the bucolic life of the open-ocean trawler, the true stories inFishing Up North: Stories of Luck and Loss in Alaskan Waters"captures the flavor of the modern fisherman's life and fortunes in the waters off Alaska. You'll find firsthand accounts of frightening weather, good fishing, terrible fishing, great days, and sweet living from the decks of crabbers, trawlers, longliners, trollers, and gillnetters. This book and others inspired film crews to trek to Alaska and cover the crabbing seasons for…

Book details

List price: $16.99
Publisher: West Margin Press
Publication date: 8/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 242
Size: 5.57" wide x 8.52" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Prelude: Getting Lucky


Map



The least of Ugly Seasons


King Crabbing


Dutch Harbor, 1981



Talking Price and the Cruel Sixteen


Salmon Gillnetting


Bristol Bay, 1981



The Billion-dollar Bottomfish Dream


Groundfish Trawling


Kodiak, 1985



Kenny and the Council


Westward Hilton Hotel


Anchorage, 1986



Flying Fish and the Death of a Plane at Egegik


Salmon Setnetting


Bristol Bay, 1985



A Beautiful Place to Be


Salmon Trolling


Southeast Alaska, 1987



Fishing with Modest Ambition


Codfish Trawling


Kodiak, 1987



Fishing the Flats


Salmon Gillnetting


Prince William Sound, 1987



The Dream Comes True on the Chain


Pollock Trawling


Dutch Harbor, 1988



The Resurrection of the Rebecca B


Codfish Longlining


Gulf Of Alaska, 1989



Helping for Crude


The Exxon Valdez Spill


Prince William Sound, 1989



Derby Days, Sleepless Nights


Halibut Longlining


Southeast Alaska, 1992



Salmon in the Trees


Logging The Tongass


Southeast Alaska, 1999