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Fisherpoet: Maggie Bursch

Maggie Bursch is one of the youngest female skippers in Bristol Bay. She runs her drift boat, the F/V Georgette Rose with a crew of young fishermen (mostly baddass ladies) and grew up set netting...

Family Fishing Traditions Part 1: Sitka's Lexi Fish Hackett | Repost from AMCC

"I grew up spending time on my parent’s longline and salmon tender boat. I took my first trip on the boat when I was 9 months old. I didn’t fish with my parents during the derby days (not so kid...

Cheers to 2015! Remembering this good year.

At the end of this year, we’ve had some time to reflect on everything we were able to accomplish throughout it. Looking back, one of the things that really stood out to us was just how much all ...

Introducing! Smoked Salmon by Salmon Sisters Seafoods

As Salmon Sisters has evolved, we've become aware of the importance of locally-sourced and locally-accessible seafood. Even though so many Alaskans spend their summers on and near the ocean, goo...

AK Wild Woman: Astrid Rose (Lessons from a Kodiak Fishing Family)

"It's mid-August in Kodiak which is synonymous with peak salmon season in our life.  This year we're navigating things a little bit different because I gave birth to Silas Finley Rose 3 months a...

AK Wild Woman: Holly Dickson (Fisherwoman and Gameswoman)

"The first time salmon got under my skin I was seventeen and working on a tender boat in Bristol Bay. I laughed when I woke up and found I had fallen asleep, scales still stuck to my face and a...

#AKSALMONSISTERS

We love Instagram. Not only because we love seeing what our friends and fans are up to everyday in their creative and adventurous lives, but because it helps connect a unique community of inspiri...

AK Wild Woman: Nelly Widmann (Adventurer)

"I grew up in a fishing family where I would work together with my brothers and dad on a seine boat every summer in Prince William Sound, Alaska. I loved the adventure of working on the water and...

We Alaskans: Salmon Sisters in the Alaska Dispatch News

We've been honored in a big way! Last week Salmon Sisters hit Alaska's biggest newspaper, in the "We Alaskans" section of the Sunday edition. We'd like to extend a big thank you to Elissa Brown, ...

AK Wild Woman: Lindsay Olsen (Adventurer)

Meet Lindsay Olsen: an Alaskan fisherwoman, writer, world traveler, extraordinary cook, historian, artist, national champion rower, Thomas J. Watson Fellow, and storyteller. We grew up with t...

"Homeward": by Kristin Vantrease

"You start off small, spherical, orange, translucent.  Immediately, you are surrounded by your family, stuck directly to them, hundreds of your brothers and your sisters.  The water around you,...

AK Wild Woman: Camrin Dengel (Photographer)

"As a photographer and a storyteller, I aim to inspire people to live a slow and connected life, one that is full of raw, organic beauty. Though, life on an Alaskan fishing boat is fast paced...

AK Wild Woman: Kristin Vantrease (Artist)

We grew up with an amazing girl named Kristin Vantrease. Her linocut prints are beautiful snapshots from the past 13 summers that she has been commercial fishing in Bristol Bay, Kodiak and Prince...

Salmon Sisters on Alaska News Nightly

“I started designing some screen prints of the fish that we’d catch on the boat,” Emma said. “I always really liked the Japanese-style fish prints, so I started with a rockfish.” “That was ou...

Custom Boat Apparel

Another year - another round of designing for fishing families around Alaska! We received requests from boat-owners around the state for our custom boat apparel and I drew eight vessels at my b...

Fishing Photos: Our Instagram Favorites

We love fishing photos. We especially enjoy the ones we've seen recently of our fish-loving followers! We picked a few to share here, but many more can been found under the hashtag #aksalmon...

Salted and True

The beautiful girls I know don’t need to wear makeup. They are beautiful when they’re covered in hydraulic oil and fish scales.  They radiate confidence and competence. Orange raingear become...

Fishing Family

These past weeks have been busy ones for our family and for most others gearing up for another summer at sea. We anticipate packing up everything we need for the summer in rubber totes, shoving our...

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Why It Matters

We have each found meaning in the days we spend at sea. For some, fishing means family, for others, a simple and naturally rewarding lifestyle. We find pleasure in small comforts while fishin...