SITKA SAC ROE HERRING SEASON is in full swing. Approximately 5,000 tons of the slippery little silver dollars were netted on the second opening held Thursday, March 26, 2009, which means that roughly half the quota of 14,504 tons remains to be scooped up before the season ends. Immediate rumours of herring spawn lacing the beaches [...]
Entries from March 2009
March 24, 2009
No Fish Shall Spawn Before It’s Time
On Sunday, March 22, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG) issued a 15-minute sac roe herring fishery in Hayward Straits for a season opener that produced approximately one-fifth of the allotted quota for 2009. This is, after all, what all those pretty play-ahz really came to town for, right?!
Prior to any fishery being [...]
March 16, 2009
Make Mine Kelpy Green
Stepping away from the epicenter of the really big holiday unfolding here in Sitka this month, we have to insert a shout out to another high profile event: The Drinking O’ TooMuch holiday: St. Patrick’s Day.
Let me preface this little piece by telling you that the WSW is Irish by insemination only. That said, there is [...]
March 14, 2009
Almost ROEdeo Season
Saddle up your skiffs, buckaroos! Word on the docks is that the herring fleet is sneaking into the harbors, and they are here to get their spawn on!
For anyone not familiar with the annual Sitka Sac Roe Herring fishery, you can stand to learn a little sumpin’ sumpin’ by checking out the one-hour program, [...]
March 6, 2009
When Life Hands Ya Lemons…
This blog has just received the LEMONADE blogger award! Am told that it is bestowed on blogs that show great attitude and/or gratitude. Yer guess is as good as mine as to how the WSW might have earned this honor… What I mean is that I don’t remember going home with any judges last night….
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