Fish Camp Life

Two Captains talking logistics at the beginning of 2022 season Skiffs are hauled to the dock via forklift Once skiffs are on the dock, they are lowered into the water via a crane Leaving Naknek in the dark – heading...
Continue reading

A great video of Lake Iliamna, which is the ultimate spawning point for salmon headed up the Kvichak River that we fish near. If you want to see how sockeye salmon spawn and what the end of their life-cycle looks like, check out this video.
Continue reading

Anna Echo-Hawk, sister of Captain Joe Echo-Hawk, and director of our East Coast seafood operations joined the fishing crew for part of the 2022 season. Her second day out fishing involved catching over 11 tons of wild sockeye salmon. Chaos...
Continue reading

Buildings in Graveyard, Alaska are slowly disappearing. Big tide changes and big wind hammer the coast. Erosion is a constant and buildings are being washed away at a regular pace. Some of these places will only exist in photographs by...
Continue reading

Graveyard Point, Alaska 2022 – What a summer it was! Over 76 million sockeye salmon returned to Bristol Bay this summer and shattered the previous record set last year. Our crews were busy. Everyone in the fishing fleets and processing facilities ramped up for a large run … and the fish did not disappoint. We are proud of our crew – they put in some work! Processors ran out of cans, and even filled the freezer space on the barges. At a time when food shortage stories hit the news on a regular basis, it’s a privilege to be part of bringing back one of the healthiest and renewable proteins on the planet.
Continue reading