The fishing industry in Alaska is not what I expected in many ways, but in others it is exactly what I expected. There are a few types of people who go for this type of work. In the canneries especially you’ll see a lot of migrant workers taking advantage of opportunities that they couldn’t get…

July 2025 – Naknek, Alaska Read the previous chapter to this story here. After finishing up at the cannery in Naknek on Saturday, I put out a post on the local Facebook jobs group, and by Monday morning I had three calls from different boats looking to hire me. The first asked me to come…

Alaska – June to July 2025 I always loved salmon. Looking back on my youth, I can recall the first time the salmon came to me in a dream. The seed was planted, but like a stomache ending in a long and satisfying fart, it took a long time to finally come out. The salmon…