Commercial Fishing

[h20hunter]

Capt and crew? 

[Skillet]

 

Capt and crew? 

Doing the math, that adds up!

And it checks out logically, considering what that trip was worth when we got in.

[Skillet]

I bet I know where you could dump a big batch of black cod.....

Think we could put about a 15k# fresh black cod group buy together??   

[WSU]

I bet I know where you could dump a big batch of black cod.....

Think we could put about a 15k# fresh black cod group buy together??   

I'm in for 10#.

[Skillet]

I bet I know where you could dump a big batch of black cod.....

Think we could put about a 15k# fresh black cod group buy together??   

I'm in for 10#.

Roger that.  One 6# and one 4#'er right?
 

[Sitka_Blacktail]

Skillet, did you see the new SOA Mandate 17, Appendix #1? It looks like we are going to have a lot more paperworks to do to jump through the hoops.

[Skillet]

I just read the email.

I'm gonna need to keep one bin in the hold just for Covid paperwork this summer.

UFA is hosting on a webinar on the 29th to help guys like us navigate this.  You have the link to register for it? 

[tmike]

I’d like to see that link if you get it. My boat is being re powered now and I can’t get up there with work down here having a 14 day quarantine. I’m hoping when I go I can quarantine where it is. Good luck

[Sitka_Blacktail]

I just read the email.

I'm gonna need to keep one bin in the hold just for Covid paperwork this summer.

UFA is hosting on a webinar on the 29th to help guys like us navigate this.  You have the link to register for it?

Yes. And I agree on the bin for the paperwork. Whoever wrote this Appendix has never worked on a small boat, it's pretty obvious.  I don't think they realize the conditions we work in or deliver our fish in. It sounds good to them on paper.

[Skillet]

I’d like to see that link if you get it. My boat is being re powered now and I can’t get up there with work down here having a 14 day quarantine. I’m hoping when I go I can quarantine where it is. Good luck

I'll send you the email if you want to pm me your address.

Where's your boat being repowered?  Some towns are pretty militant about Alaska's 14 day mandatory quarantine for all interstate arrivals.  In Craig, for example, you cannot even quarantine on your own boat unless it's considered a liveaboard residence (usually documented by paying liveaboard fees to the marina). Quarantine must be in a hotel or permanent residence, and you cannot leave until the 14 days are up.  Working on a boat project would definitely put you in violation.

Some towns are comparitively lax, but they are all giving the side-eye to out of staters.

Bristol Bay communities are among the most stringent, I'm hearing.

Just a few thoughts to hopefully help you avoid a nasty surprise.

[Skillet]

I just read the email.

I'm gonna need to keep one bin in the hold just for Covid paperwork this summer.

UFA is hosting on a webinar on the 29th to help guys like us navigate this.  You have the link to register for it?

Yes. And I agree on the bin for the paperwork. Whoever wrote this Appendix has never worked on a small boat, it's pretty obvious.  I don't think they realize the conditions we work in or deliver our fish in. It sounds good to them on paper.

Truth.
We've got enough bureaucratic rules and regs to get caught up in not perfectly complying with as it is.  This now adds another potential year in jail and and $25k fine to the potential penalties.

A seiner, a gillnetter, and a troller are in a car.
Who's driving?

The cop.

[tmike]

Thanks I’ll pm you my email. It’s in Kenai and as I understand it I can quarantine on site at the cannery. Only problem is my boat is about 15 miles from there at a warehouse. I’m hoping the guys in Cordova have a problem free fishery.

[Sitka_Blacktail]

Thanks I’ll pm you my email. It’s in Kenai and as I understand it I can quarantine on site at the cannery. Only problem is my boat is about 15 miles from there at a warehouse. I’m hoping the guys in Cordova have a problem free fishery.

I'll keep you updated tmike.

Here's one of the new rules in Mandate 17 appendix 1 that could be changed to make things easier. From my reading of it, I have to give a copy of my agreeing to the State rules to every tender or cannery that I deliver to. And they in turn have to keep that copy until the end of the year.   It would be much simpler if before the season each fisherman turns in a copy to each cannery he intends to sell to and each cannery makes a list of fishermen who have complied and hands it to their tenders.  I might deliver to 10 or 12 tenders a year, depending on where I am fishing and if tenders and moved around during the period.  Sometimes they get plugged and another tender gets sent to take their place.  It's hard keeping track of who I have delivered to and who is new over the course of the season. And sometimes there is a long line up at the tenders and everyone is trying to get delivered and get back to fishing. Add a big blow on top of that and it's a mess.

[Skillet]

Time for an update on this very odd season.  Early season dinglebar is in the books!

For those who haven't had the chance to read up on the dinglebar fishery in my earlier posts, I'll describe it here in a few short posts with pics and a video. 

Dinglebar fishing is essentially trolling for lingcod.  The gear is a bit different from boat to boat, but mainly consists of a dinglebar, a train, jigs, and floats.

My preferred dinglebar stock is 2" round bar, 6' long, with a strap welded on the top.  Weights about 70# total. I hang that from the bottom of my troll wire with a breakaway strap.  Attached to the troll wire, above the breakaway, is the train.  The train is the main "leader" that the jigs and floats are attached to.  I use sections of floating line, usually about 30' long. Each train carries 5-6 jigs that hang down on leaders.  The jigs I use are 12 oz, 12/0 hooks with white Kalins 10" single twister tails.  Also attached to the train are floats, to try and achieve neutral to slightly positive bouyancy.  The whole apparatus is lowered to the bottom while under way, and the bar is used to tickle the bottom while the jigs trail along behind just off the bottom. 

A pic and short video are probably best to describe this.  I laid it out on the dock as a demonstration.

[Skillet]

You're gonna have to forgive the video quality.  Vertical orientation and some really heavy breathing.  Not my finest work