Breaking In The Deckhand - Jigging Rockfish in Alaska 

Thank you very much! Good luck on your season.

Thanks Russel, he did great!

They are delicious Steve. Great in so many dishes too. Thanks for joining us!

Thanks Vivian. It would have been a perfect day if Mom was with us.

Our pleasure! Thanks for watching Richard!

Ahh, that's tough Philip. Seasickness is pretty miserable. Glad we can share with you, take care.

Thanks Billy. She needs a little attention in the engine room and the hull, but just cosmetic.

Thanks! We love seeing your FB posts and they always bring big smiles to our faces. We love you all so much!

Thanks! We like them too. Quick, easy, and yummy!

Thanks for watching, Camp!

You are welcome!

I bet, way to cold for me. It's close to 40 here today and raining. That's Kodiak weather for ya!

You may be on to something there. Maybe that's why last years Tanner fishery was so slow.

Thanks Greg. Panko works great and that sounds delicious! Grilling, baking or in soups and chowders. Rockfish is awesome. We have done a few catch, clean and cook videos. Need to get some more out though. We sure enjoy Big Lew's videos. Picked up a Lodge grill after seeing him cook fish on it.

@@EISAlaska ...Just re-watched that fish cook. Does my heart good you guys left him a nice message. Will be ordering once you get your haul processed.(edit)..is the dungenous over this season?

Flour, egg and Panco, deep fried into a rolled flour tortilla with classic cabbage mix and chipolte/mayo mix. Rockfish heaven!

@@garyammerman2153 HELL YEAH... Mr Gary got the program down 😎

Thanks 👍

Raining here the last few days. Mid to high 30's.

Here we are with another day of snowfall and freezing weather

Hehe. I know! We have new wire and boxes, one of these days gonna get it set up properly. One of these days....

If you look closely, there is a wheel. It only has one spoke and is for back up, but she steers so easy that's all we used before we put an autopiloton.

Hi Joe. Yes, we have 2 bunks in the focsle, a head, and the galley below.

We cruise at 7.2- 7.5 kn. Loaded a little slower, maybe 6.8 or so.

@@EISAlaska yeah not too bad we traveled on our boat a about 7 1/2 to 8 your lingcod do you guys get very many green lings I swear they taste better

Welcome aboard!

Lugger 6414T (Deere block) 220 hp at 2450 rpm.

Hey Fishin Magician. The steering is hydraulic. The autopilot sends a signal to the pump that sends fluid to the steering ram. There is also a manual helm pump incase the autopilot pump ever fails.

@@EISAlaska Will wonders never cease. I was always on the tiller in my dad's 25 footer.

Hopefully January 15th. Not sure which vessel we will be on though.

Hey Tom. Thirty fathoms or so most of the day.

With tax it was $321 total.

Hi Sheng. We are using 5 pound weights.

@@EISAlaska will more weight prevent tangle happen?

Up here, dusky, black, dark, and yelloweye are all rockfish we catch. They live on the rocky edges and sea bottom.

It may seem that way, but the average mean temp. in Kodiak is 38 high 28 low, January thru February with an average of 14 days rain. Also seawater freezes at 28.4 degrees, so it needs to get very cold to even get pancake ice.

@@EISAlaska wow now i am confused.. from what i have seen of videos in Alaska, the weather is worse then here in north western Ont. Canada, were our winters are long and very cold, weeks of 40 below, 7 to 10 feet of snow. ice brakers have got hung up in the Alaska sea ice, i seen hundreds of Alaska winter videos, never seen rain in Feb.. .. just nasty cold and big snow.. people out moose hunting in Alaska like here freeze to death. i know salt water freezes at a little lower temp then fresh water at 32F, but for being Feb,, it just dont look right for Alaska for every thing i have seen on many i follow that live in Alaska, i have been to the Yukon and it is just as nasty, all our commercial fishing boats are lifted out at the end of the fall Haring season and blocked up on land, i have been on an worked these fishing tugs here in the largest of the great lakes, and even with power net pullers and a big barrel wood stove burning old rail road ties it dam cold in side with the net doors open ether the side in door or the back out net doors

Kodiak Island is located out in the Gulf of Alaska, so our weather is heavily influenced by the ocean. If we have hard Northwesterlies it gets cold, but the arctic blast most people associate with Alaska still has to cross the Shelikof Straight warming it up. Really cold weather for us is 5 to 10 degrees F. and is infrequent. Easterlies bring us warm, moisture laden weather that generally results in rain. We do get snow in the higher elevations, but below 600-700 feet it gets rained off quickly.

@@EISAlaska WOW I KNOW ALASKA IS HUGE but i didnt know the climate was so different in different parts, of ALASKA thanks for informing me,,, 60 years old and one would think, they thought they knew stuff by what they have seen, been in, travailed,, when i think of ALASKA, i think ice road truckers, or ALASKA moose hunt.. i have seen hundreds of you tube ALASKA videos, put until last night when i came across your channel. it had me very confused.., what i would give at my age for a winter that never gets colder then 5 to 10 deg.. and little to no snow, these 40 to 50 below winter has taken a toll.

Yep, my little brother Tristen.

Lugger 6414T, (John Deere block).

jeffery i was first

@@WILLITGROW no

@@WILLITGROW yea no one cares about your comment, childish your acting

No one cares about your dumb comment on who's first not like anyone is feeling special

@@WILLITGROW bud it was showing no comment 34 second after the vid started why I said first so chill

Dude no one cares about who's first

Thanks schlaznger. We appreciate the feedback and will work on getting better audio. We are looking at a few different options to try and improve the quality, hopefully it helps.

@@EISAlaska other than the audio I love you videos!

@@schlaznger8049 Thanks. The tricky part is dealing with wind noise. Looking into a few options and hoping we can get a better setup.