 Along with our bed and breakfast, which we
just built and opened Summer 2006, our family owns and
operates a commercial fishing operation. Although commercial fishing is
not as profitable as it once was, it’s a great way of life! Every
summer our family works together fishing for Alaskan wild salmon on the
Clam Gulch beach. Our season runs from late  June to early August. During
this time we eat, work and sleep on the beach in a rustic Alaskan “A”
frame cabin with no running water, electricity or indoor plumbing.
Our life
revolves around the tides. The Cook Inlet, where we fish,
is known for its strong currents. Every time the tide changes we take
our aluminum skiffs out to check our nets. On a good day we can catch
over 1000 sockeye salmon and over a dozen king salmon.
Our whole family
takes part in the fishing industry. As a family we set and
pick the fish from our nets. After a long day of fishing we pull our
nets and prepare for the next fish opening. We fish twelve 35-fathom
gill nets anchored with sand bags and buoys in the Inlet spaced from
shore to a mile and a half out. It’s hard work, but there is nothing
like the feel of the sea breeze blowing through your hair or the sound
of the waves as they crash on the shore. I grew up fishing on my
father’s beach site and my husband and I now raise our six children on
our own beach site every summer.
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tide goes out you can find us digging razor clams for lunch in the mud
flats or jumping through the waves on warm summer days. When we are not
fishing we enjoy beach combing for shells and beautiful rocks,
watching the bald eagles sour overhead and talking around our campfire. | |
On occasion we leave the beach to deliver our salmon to the local
buyers, take showers, wash cloths, do our grocery shopping, and greet
our B & B guests. It’s a way of life for us. A life we love and
would like to share with you when you stay with us at “The Moose is Inn”. |
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