Fishing Up North: Stories of Luck and Loss in Alaskan Waters
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Book Overview
From the super-heated decade 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 in ""Fishing Up North"" carry the flavor of the modern fisherman's life and fortunes in the waters off Alaska. In ""Fishing Up North,"" 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. Commercial fishing's home ports -- Dutch Harbor, Kodiak, Naknek, Cordova, Petersburg, Sitka, and Seattle -- are classic fishing towns, where docks bars, and even quiet living merge in colorful portraits about life on the last frontier.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0882405020
ISBN13:9780882405025
Release Date:May 1998
Publisher:Alaska Northwest Books
Length:223 Pages
Weight:0.65 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.5" x 8.2"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Solidly written book on fishing
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
Ill keep this brief. The book has many sections ranging from basic trips out on the grounds, to harrowing tales of lost life and salvation. Also, to those who are very interested in the innerworkings of the industry, there are some gray areas that are cleared up in a rather dry but informative chapter. I reccomend it to fans of Spike Walker's books E
Good read
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
An intimate look at what it is like to spend your life chasing fish. Matsen's experience inside the industry gives a hard look at the reality of long hours, tight quarters and the gamble of the catch. Tight prose pack a lot of information.
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