"Red Fish, Blue Fish, Big Fish, Small fish!"

Wow! We have had an interesting introduction salmon fishing market here in Dillingham, Alaska! It started with a tour of the Peter Pan Cannery. Dillingham is basically the only place in the world where a sustainable wild salmon run still exist in conjunction with a fishing market. All other salmon runs have been damage by human contact (over fishing, habitat destruction.) Anyway, we got to see how the salmon is processed from wild fish to canned salmon. It was pretty amazing! Damon's face was pricless when he saw the beheading and gutting process. Pretty gruesome! Then we were finaaly able to experience fishing the native way (with a set net.) After two excursions yesterday, we ended up with 21 fish. Damon cleaned them while I filleted them all under the supervision of brother Jon. Then I vacuum packek everything and it is in the freezer ready to ship home! GrandPaul came with us on our first trip early in the morning but he stayed home on our second trip at 10:30 pm. We have to fish with the high tide so we can insure a better catch. A highlight for me was see baloga whales in the bay. They were everywhere! And of course watching Damon's face when we pulled in six fish at once. I am pretty tired today after getting back home at about 1:00 am. But it was worth it! Expecially sitting with Jon and Damon and eating steak and King Crab as a midnight snack when we returned. Where else can you do that!