fishing planet alaska fishing with spinnerbait

He told me he loaded the boat down with fish. My father, your Grandpa Pressy, was out winter fishing in his usual spots and he started catching kings. I ask my dad to tell me a story about fishing for winter kings. Time is like an endless sea as we troll along slowly. My children’s and grandchildren’s ancestors have been fishing for salmon in this area for thousands of years and salmon school up in our family’s Sámi, Finnish and Irish mythologies. Grandson Jonah loves to go fishing, but we haven’t been able to take him due to COVID-19. Salmon have always been a part of our lives, with the sixth generation of salmon fishermen coming up. We bait up, and then my dad resumes his captain’s seat at the wheel, ready again for the next pass.

The fish is bonked, unhooked and put into the fish cooler.

It’s a cloudy winter day, and we’ve been out a couple hours now trolling back-and-forth in front of the island. My dad works the pole and fights the winter king toward the boat where my husband nets the fish and heaves it over the gunwale.

Fishing planet alaska fishing with spinnerbait