Posted in Commercial Fishing Crew, Commercial Fishing Family, Jazzercise on December 30, 2007 | No Comments »
I suppose it’s only fitting that the local radio station, to which I’m listening in my living room, is playing every sad song ever recorded in the 70s. It’s probably also fitting that rain is pouring down outside my window to a backdrop of pitch black, and that a certain amount of wind accompanies it all.
Our [...]
Posted in Commercial Fishing Boat, Commercial Fishing Crew, Commercial Fishing Family, Commercial Fishing Seasons, Jazzercise on December 28, 2007 | No Comments »
Happy New Year! I know we aren’t there just yet, but we will be soon.
Tomorrow, George is leaving home early in the morning to return to Westport, where he will officially start the Washington Coast Dungeness Crab Season. He’s spending today chasing around the town and the harbor, dropping off the flatbed trailer and picking up the [...]
Posted in Commercial Fishing Family, Commercial Fishing Seasons, Jazzercise on December 23, 2007 | 1 Comment »
When George and I were newly dating, he was the captain of a boat that fished year-round in the Bering Sea. George flew back and forth between Seattle and Dutch Harbor every few months, while the boat stayed put in Alaska. This style of fishing meant that when George was home, he was home, and [...]
Posted in Commercial Fishing Crew, Commercial Fishing Family, Commercial Fishing Seasons, Jazzercise on December 20, 2007 | No Comments »
(From November 15, 2007)
George is working down at the harbor with Brett and my dad each day, overhauling crab pots and getting the boat ready for the Dungeness crab season, which is set to start in December. He leaves the house each morning at 7 a.m. and returns each evening at 6:30 p.m.
I spent yesterday [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on December 20, 2007 | No Comments »
Okay, I had a post back in early November entitlted “Rigging Gear…or Drinking Beer?”.
Tonight, instead of just going to sleep, I began to fuss with this blog and the worst thing happened—I accidentally deleted that post! I’m pretty sick over it.
I am crossing my fingers that somebody printed out that post or somehow has a copy [...]
Posted in Commercial Fishing Family, Commercial Fishing Seasons on December 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I have some good news to report for the families of Washington Coast Dungeness Crab Fishermen—the start of the season has been delayed by four days!
Fishermen, processors, and reps from the WA Dept. of Fish and Wildlife met today in Montesano and agreed to postpone the season by four days. Although I don’t know exactly [...]
Posted in Commercial Fishing Family, Jazzercise on December 17, 2007 | No Comments »
I was so happy to read C.S.’s comment (see it under the post, “Crunch Time…” 
because she summed up exactly why I started this blog in the first place.
It does get so lonely once your fisherman leaves. After the commotion and energy surrounding the departure dissipates, and you are adjusted once more to your “alone” routine, the days can get pretty [...]
Posted in Commercial Fishing Boat, Commercial Fishing Crew, Commercial Fishing Family, Commercial Fishing Seasons, Jazzercise on December 13, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I’ve decided that for a captain and crew, the beginning of the Dungeness crab season occurs in about three different phases. Phase one is the beginning of the gearwork that starts around the first of November and lasts about a month. Phase two is taking the boat to Westport and tackling the gearwork that awaits there. Phase [...]
Posted in Commercial Fishing Boat, Commercial Fishing Crew on December 12, 2007 | No Comments »
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Posted in Commercial Fishing Boat, Commercial Fishing Crew on December 12, 2007 | No Comments »
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