We just cooked some old smelly salmon for our dog ruby. The house now will smell like salmon for all eternity.

Hadn't thought of that before. Do they pick up much in the ocean? I didn't think they hung out at the bottom where all that stuff gets collected. Interesting topic!

Well, I prolly shouldn't say it as if I know personally, I have friends who live and fish in Homer and it's something I heard, then looked up (it's one of those things where you would have to go through lots of research, research the studies, etc) I don't think we should just Google and run with what pops up) I used to do volunteer field water testing in California and some of the things we found in the waters pretty far from any civilization were scary) Salmon are in low on the list of contaminated fish at least... I was not trying to be negative here, I'm just bugged by such stuff

@@davidkostelny9368 I had never heard of this as a potential problem. Honestly, the good is likely far outweighing the bad in this case though.

Couple things, but before I mention, there isn't any code requirements in this area. It's a 12 foot span, so not much there. I used fairly large gussets and doubled them up. This isn't to replace rafter ties, but makes them crazy strong collar ties. The walls pushing outward issue is eliminated by how I put in the second floor. I balloon framed it, so the joists of the second floor are acting as low rafter ties. I used timber locks and a ton of nails to hold all these joints together. All this is plenty to hold everything, but furthermore, the roof pitch is steep enough that the snow sluffs off. If it seems to accumulate I'll scrape it really quick. Takes us 20 minutes to clear with a rope. Check out the short I made last winter on clearing the roof.

@@wickedalaska I am a builder by trade, and I live in the northeast so I deal with snow. I know all about balloon framing, but you still have a few feet past the joists that are cantilevered vertically, so the joists arent really going to hold the walls together. They will help, and clearing the snow helps, but do you want to do that forever? Rafter ties need to be on the bottom third of the rafters to be effective. I realize you arent worried about code, and I am not either...but I am just warning you about the potential of the roof collapsing. Collar ties do zero to help. You should consider putting in an LVL under the ridge or even just putting in 2 rafter ties would greatly help, but I know you probably dont have the headroom. Just something to think about. if you had just made the walls a little taller, then you could have the head room for proper rafter ties

Thanks for the tips. How do you think my design would compare to a gambrel roof as far as strength? Lots of places up here use the gambrel in sheds with a 12 foot floor plan. They seem to do okay.

No settling at all. The level is as it was when we first put it in. It's been awesome!

We'll, the salmon die with or without us. There's a lot of politics around the fishing industry up here. A lot good and bad is happening.

And evade bears, otters, seals, and fisherman! Hah!

It was so cool seeing the look on his face when I gave it back to him. Totally worth it!

Do you get ice on a plane by chance?

For many reasons I'm sure.

Hah! I hadn't even considered the lion king.

So surprised the baby didn't wake up during the net extraction. Ahah!

It's a spawn thing, however, all the other factors you mention amplify the transformation I'm sure

True. In this case both the males and females die after spawn. A salmon will never meet its parents.

Very unique place.

For sure!

Thanks! Trying my best and learning a lot!

A racoons paradise, though we don't have racoons up here.

Sure is!

It's a brutal natural cycle, and at the same time, beautiful how the ecosystem works.

It's truly the circle of life. The fertilized river banks grow vegetation, which the. Provides cover for salmon fry to hide, survive, and eat for the first year of their life. Beautiful!

What's this from?

Your use of capitalized words and quotation marks is nonsensical and makes your diatribe even more nonsensical. 😂

It's a pretty amazing thing to witness.

It gets pretty gruesome after the many million salmon die and start floating around. It is a beautiful cycle of life though.

It's a really amazing circle of life. I agree, it has all the ups and downs to teach.

<=== Caught this one on the Quinault River in '17. My kids learned about salmon when they were in elementary school. They raised fry and released them into a local creek. They have returned for years as the teacher did this for years.

Interesting. What time of year was this? I'd guess that lagoon is the key here. Was it a terminal run into a lagoon? In that case they probably circled in and out of that lagoon for a while. To my knowledge, they all are "chrome" well before spawn. If you saw them colored up, they must have been turning from an initiated spawn.

Thank you!

I don't waste energy on fake stuff. It was just a really cool story.

Good idea! I also have this rock fish identification deck of cards that fish and game gave out a while ago. Nice way to learn them while playing cribbage!

We've since found out that these were greenling

It was so awesome that I found the owner. What are the odds?!

Heavy jellyfish year this year.

Oh cool! Thanks for the info. I'll pass that along to Tristan.

@@wickedalaska 💞♥ great video too!

@@cookiedechocolata9468 thank you! I have a couple more days of my bike ride to get out and then I have a couple bigger Italy videos I want to make from my footage. I'm excited to share them with you. Cheers!

Water taxi was approximately 40 bucks one way. It's super nice though, because you can haul a ton of gear, and it doesn't cost any different. Thanks for being such an awesome supporter of my channel. I put a lot of work late into the evenings to edit these videos. I'm learning so much from the experience and plan to continue to both grow my content and become a better storyteller. It's people like you that keep my motivation for those things high. Cheers, Cyle

@@wickedalaska Right on brother! I like your work, and I am real familiar of the areas you film, helps me when I'm sitting in the office dreaming about the good times in Alaska!

I don't think I've caught one of those yet. They look very similar to some fish I have caught though!

I think you are correct. I caught a bunch of kelp greenlings in the same area on the same trip. Super fun outing. Video drops Saturday!

Ahah! I had that same thought going through my mind, but wanted to show you the fish.

I've never caught a ling cod this red though.

Hah! All my years playing Pokemon and I didn't make the connection right away. Thanks for the nostalgia!

You are a meat wad!

She's a rebel.

Emergency gelato with boobs!

If you ever want to meet in the middle for a hunt, let me know. Especially next spring. I have a spot between us that is pretty good.

@@wickedalaska That would be great! Cait is really wanting to get her first bear, not sure it will happen this fall. We're also so new to it that it feels intimidating to do alone, so going with friends would be great!

@@semi-wild-alaska feel free to reach out early in the year. Well before the vegetation in the mountains start to pop. Once the mountain sides start to grow up it gets much harder to spot them.

Death spider? Hah!

No, but I don't know how often people need a new one. I've been using a hand-me-down that's been running for dozens of years.

Army.

I think it's hard to find an affordable mechanic for something like this. If you can buy one new for 1000 bucks, I'd never pay someone close to that to fix an old one.

No. They'll be a shortage in town in a month or two and you won't find a new one after that!

Absolutely. That's exactly what happens

These are city people snow blowers! Ahah!