Late-August 2012:
Commercial power trolling for King Salmon and Coho in
the outside waters of Southeast Alaska...
[Photographs courtesy
via my husband Captain Max of the F/V Chelsey
and his deckhand Scott]
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| Captain Max's nighttime view at the helm of the F/V Chelsey... |
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| Marine navigational charts are a must-have... |
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| Blue Shark are not a fishermen's friend by any means, as Captain Max has lost many half-eaten-salmon when they've shown up in instances such as this reigning havoc... |
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| Captain Max jumped in the pit and brought up the lines just in time, so no King Salmon or Coho were lost to that particular Blue Shark this time around... |
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| The thick, dense fog rolled in quite fast and so did the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) helicopter... |
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| Captain Max said the USCG helicopter hovered over the F/V Chelsey for some time before continuing on... |
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| The thick, dense fog bank finally started to break... |
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| Heavy storm conditions minutes away so the fleet quickly headed to safe harbor to ride out it out for the night... |
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| Headed to Hoonah to offload the catch, chow down on a nice steak dinner, and down a few Alaskan Amber... |
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| Thank you Scott for providing these photographs while you took in your first sightings of Hoonah... |
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| Hoonah Cold Storage... |
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| Cold Storage workers sorting troll caught salmon... |
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| Scott was determined to take part in the infamous Icy Strait Point ZipRider (world's largest zipline) as they promise a great tour: 5,300' long, 1,300' vertical drop, 60 mph maximum speed, and 300' at the highest point from the ground for a 1.5 minute ride time, with 6 side-by-side cables - although it was to no avail because they were not operating on that particular day... |
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| Impossible to pass up this important establishment in Hoonah during a short stay while in port... |
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| On-step after unloading in Hoonah overnight, then heading back out to the ocean... |
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| Military pilots conducting extensive aerial maneuvers... |
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| Whales feeding along the sunny shoreline... |
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| More whales feeding offshore... |
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| Blue Moon rising, with a running light to the right on the commercial boat in the horizon - after a long day of fishing what a welcome sight... |
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| Whales feeding in dense fog... |
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| Captain Max of the F/V Chelsey entering Statter Harbor in Auke Bay just before the storm hit on outside waters... |
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| Time to get a good night's rest, unload fish, and take an additional couple of days R&R waiting for weather to improve before, hopefully, heading back to outside waters for a final trip in 2012... |
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