Setting and Hauling Halibut Longline - Alaska Commercial Fishing 

Haha, brings back the memories, huh? Thanks for tuning in.

Fished with Afishunt Charters Captain Seth in 2019 out of Ninikchik. Only missed out quota once but that guy was throwing back quality fish going for a barn-door fish.

It is indeed most pleasurable working at the rail each in tune with the other. Minimal wasted steps and each knowing what the other is about to do, even knowing what they're thinking. Like clockwork.

Sure thing, Bart!

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Glad you enjoyed it thermann9. It is a lot of work, but also very rewarding career. The opportunity to work with our family and share our experience with everyone is great. Thank you for joining us.

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We're glad you enjoy them Peter, thanks for tuning in!

Thank you Kevin! We are incredibly lucky and ever so thankful we landed in such an incredible profession and lifestyle. We do our best to respect the resources we depend on and we are honored to able to share it with so many great folks out there.

@@EISAlaska Truth I'm a city boy never even seen a Halibut until this video don't fall off the boat laughing but i thought those were giant flounder.

Thank you!

Thank you very much, Rubens!

Oh yeah, thanks for your concern. Appreciate you watching walrus!

Thanks Steve. There are alot of small halibut vessels, as the IFQ permits are bound to vessel size. We are D class, which is under 35'. This keeps quota in small operators hands and helped prevent excessive consolidation by large vessels and corporations when the IFQ system was implemented.

@@aculasabacca I remember two. There's F/V Provider, which I believe is a halibut schooner 130 feet. And then there's F/V Alaska Provider at around 180 feet long which is a dragger. I think the Alaska Provider is presently in Dutch Harbor and F/V Provider not sure. I haven't been to Dutch Harbor in years. Presently live in the southwest.

How much line did you leave in the great Alaskan waters??? While diving you can see the tremendous damage lost, broken and abandoned longline do. It is hard for me to describe without being mad. PLEASE BE CARFULE WITH THOSE LINES!

@@donbrown3972 You have a good point. Under normal fishing condition, fishing vessels here in AK very seldom lose any of their gear. Each deckhand is responsible for lines and all other gear. If lost, it comes out of their share of pay. Thousands of dollars. One of the problems here is boats from Japan, Russia, and other countries, who in the past have left behind unbelievable amounts of crap on the bottom. I've been on longline trips where we would drag up miles of old Japanese longlines. It makes for a horrible knotted-up mess. We never threw it back overboard. We would sometimes set seven miles of gear, where the Japanese would set out hundreds of miles of it. They would have an army of deckhands who made all their gear themselves right on the boats.. Lines, hooks, and glass floats. We are constantly finding them today.

@@Shipfixer I believe this is also a problem in the South China sea, massive Chinese fish factory ships come inside the phillipines' waters and steal all the fish from them. I don't know if they have the same problem but I highly doubt they take the utmost care of the environment.

Glad you like them! Thanks Caleb.

Glad you enjoy the videos, we appreciate the comment.

We're definitely fortunate to have these resources at hand. But yeah I agree, its kind of a give and take. Fresh fruit is so good, Kodiak is near the end of the line, so not always the best quality fruit and veggies. Thanks for watching, and appreciate the comment.

Stop brown nosing to these folks. We have lots of fish AND fresh fruit where I live and I disrespect it all and take it for granted whenever I can.

Glad you enjoyed it, Abe! I rather enjoy it as well.

Our pleasure!

Thanks Debbie Sue! You’re the best😄. It’s crazy to think we have a video with that many views. All thanks to wonderful folks like you. Have a wonderful New Year!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks Billy! Yep, we try our best.

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Thanks for the comment, Merlin!

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Appreciate that Derik! Thanks for watching and commenting.

It's very clean and tidy compared to tub gear! We love not having to overhaul tubs after we haul it in, works great for our little boat.

@@EISAlaska IDK if the Pathfinder's still around but I worked on it for a few years, back in the 90s. It was needlessly hard work.

More to come! Thanks for watching!

Absolutely, Victor. Thanks for joining us.

In the darn winter especially ignoranti!

It's so danger cold in other northern countries TOO! 🤔

It's beatiful because no one wants to live there lol means barely anybody is bothering the area

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I thought about living in Alaska, but you don't get to see women in short skirts all year like we do in Texas!

Thanks! Will do Mark!

Thanks Michael!

Yep, got that right Cesar.

Welcome!

Thanks gazellis! It's a pretty fun job, we've tried to make it easy as we can though. Glad you're enjoying the vids!

Thanks for watching!

In the Russian u said the work is difficult but in the English translation said the opposite. Don't know if u meant it that way, hope this helps.

Хорошо что Аляска Американская, у наших было бы как на Чукотке!

Great haul! That would take some time to clean up I bet. Feel good at the end of the day though.

Cheers, Zazito. Hopefully we can all fish responsibly someday.

EIS Alaska com certeza! Desde já parabéns por essa pesca maravilhosa! For sure! From now on, congratulations for this wonderful fishing. Thank you ! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Thanks for the comment Mr. Nielson! It's hard work, but lots of fun!

Thanks for watching Lisa! Its hard to hurry up and wait, lol.

Cheers Michael.

Thanks! 👍

Thanks Kevin!

Our pleasure!

Mostly dependent on schedule and weather, sometimes a couple times if it works out.

Our pleasure! Thanks Canadian!

Cheers, Nicholas!

Thanks Keith!👍

Thanks Joseph! Glad you enjoyed it.

Mass destruction of the ocean is fun and exciting. These idiots are destroying the oceans

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