 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 four children on our own beach site
every summer.
 When the 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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