Salmon Gill Netting - Subsistence Fishing in Alaska

Hi everyone. Today we are heading out to the Buskin River to do some subsistence salmon gill netting. Get ready as we battle some seals, and chase some reds!
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[@Tealtra]

Great to see you out teaching your son's a way of life they can then pass on to their kids.

[@joeymc5272]

A way of life you can pass to your sons? Have you seen how bad of decline the salmon are in? They wont be around much longer because of this kind of fishing. Hook and line is the only way to save fish. Bs they get to use nets

[@mikerichards2098]

Hard work and family deserve everything you catch

[@aladdin3959]

I have to say that, since I ran into your channel here on KZbin I like it a lot & I think you deserve a lot more followers who has passion for fishing,

[@EISAlaska]

Thanks Stone Cold. We really appreciate the comment and the support from you and all our viewers. Our channel has grown a lot this year, and we are happy to share our viewpoint from a small family fishing perspective.

[@aladdin3959]

I have to say that, since I ran into your channel here on KZbin I like it a lot & I think you deserve a lot more followers who’s passion about fishing,

[@EISAlaska]

Appreciate the comment Stone, glad you found us, and enjoy the videos!

[@francisaffolter3160]

Hey you guys, I have watched a lot of your videos but never noticed where you were at in Alaska. That is until this video when you commented about dropping your net near the Buskin River. Buskin River! !! I fished it from the bank a long, long time ago. You see, when I was in the Navy i was stationed there 1961-1962. Your videos have been informative, entertaining and probably heavily edited. Everybody is way too calm. LOL

[@bigmallly7863]

You guys work so hard, you deserve all the beauty that comes with it.

[@lidrec]

Just watching makes my heart up! Best times of my life!!

[@connieaquiapao6102]

Wow! Happy to see your new video again. The three musketeers plus one (that's me! hahaha)are out fishing again. Yes! let's have fun. Hope to hear the voice of Tristen too. He seems to be shy.^.^ I'm having fun with you guys! "Stealing" those fish from the seal's dinner? hahaha^.^ Five fish for five people. (Four for your family and one is mine)

[@EISAlaska]

Hi, Connie! Tristen is a bit nervous, kinda like our first vids, haha. Yeah its a fun experience, gotta stay on your guard around these rascals! Thanks for the comment!

[@XG916]

I almost thought that was sitka cause the crazy runway lol. Your channel helps my fishing fix, im from southeast Alaska but I'm land locked for now in Colorado.

[@nwscrew63]

You know, you guys are making "Deadliest Catch" look bad...LOL, Always mellow, and having fun, while working hard... most of the time! Good job!!

[@EISAlaska]

Lol, not as much drama, but I guess that's OK. Thanks for watching, nwscrew!

[@goldshieldenterprises692]

I Love the Bad Horsie!!! Sweet little vessel.

[@Not_So_Weird_in_Austin]

Thanks for the great videos. I had 2 seasons on my brother's gillnetter in Prince William Sound in 1989 & 90. Great times. I sport fished the Buskin in fall during Silver season on rising tides. A bull from the cattle ranch kept billowing at me in the background...I like your manual bowpicker set up...Running the net, looking for splashers.

[@user-ge3uy4us3z]

Can't bet that fresh fish right there thats some good eating.. nice too see your girl out there helping ya all. Enjoy the dinner . Love ya all videos. Keep them coming.

[@EISAlaska]

It's good stuff! He's a boy, but yes its good to have him aboard, makes a great cameraman too! Thanks, Jeff!

[@markmaccani9411]

Nice job on another video. Keep them coming. Good luck on upcoming fishing.

[@EISAlaska]

Thanks Mark!

[@sherrilee230]

Thank you guys for sharing looks like a lot of fun.

[@EISAlaska]

Our pleasure! Thank you, Sherri!

[@outfishing8499]

Looks like a lot of fun work, I'm in idaho, my parents live in petersburg alaska, we like to listen to the gill neters on the cb, they get really excited when stuff happens, other boats, sometimes whales, cool video, just earned another subscriber!!

[@EISAlaska]

Hey out fishing! Thanks for joining us and the sub. Hope your folks are having a good season. Take care down there.

[@jackarmer8560]

Really enjoy your videos but love your fresh fish we are hooked Keep it up

[@EISAlaska]

Thanks Jack!

[@billchatwin9167]

Great video guys. I just smoked a sockeye filet for supper tonight. Keep up the good work and videos

[@EISAlaska]

Sounds delicious, enjoy, and thanks for watching!

[@Hockeyfan9884]

Now that looks like an awesome day of fishing .

[@ThydaCookingTV]

That’s awesome job

[@RGB06084]

Great stuff guys. It's beautiful there. USCG Kodiak Hurc's and Alaska Airlines landing what more can you ask for!

[@EISAlaska]

Pretty neat to watch, that's for sure!

[@stubby8663]

Great Video guy's and was good to see you all are well, This is the First notification I've got from KZbin in 2 months, I have some catching up to do !

[@EISAlaska]

Welcome back! Hope you're staying healthy Stubby, enjoy!

[@reynaldobalisi9008]

A great catch today,power bro, Fish-on 😊☺😄😀😁

[@EISAlaska]

Thanks! 👍 Tight lines, friend.

[@mikefriend1514]

That’s a lot of hard work for 5 fish! Just hope you guys enjoyed a couple of beers after whilst repairing the net!

[@EISAlaska]

It was more like a day off for us, nice to get out and enjoy the water.

[@mikefriend1514]

EIS Alaska what I wouldn’t give to enjoy those same views! Glad it’s not all hard work for you guys.

[@woosimon9286]

Poo

[@redfishfun540]

We have the same problem here in Texas. Bottle nose dolphins and sharks they grab the fish off the line sometimes and the fish quit biting when they show-up

[@EISAlaska]

Oh wow, what a pain. I bet the dolphins are even quicker than these.

[@h.caner.karayer]

in turkey every time we try gill netting bottle nose dolphins destroy our nets.

[@troyottosen8722]

Just another day “ on the rock”!😉👍

[@EISAlaska]

Rock on!

[@jayfromtexas6718]

Eating good in the neighborhood!

[@mahmoudloussafna8926]

Bon boulot et Bon péché 🐟🐟

[@hanskevinvlog]

Nice Fishing Guys... Keep making vidz on your adventures... thanks

[@EISAlaska]

Thanks!

[@josephsuva6676]

hello guys watching from phillipines////

[@redwood9741]

Another Great Video..keep them coming..cheers from POW, Alaska ! They don't let you use seal bangers ( noise makers ) there ??

[@EISAlaska]

Thanks, cheers! Some people do, it doesn't keep them away for long. Usually they just swim to the other end of the net, lol.

[@sherwinmendozaanago4174]

👏❤️💚🤗😍☺️👍 watching from Philippines 🇵🇭

[@billycrockett886]

Looks like a lot of fun,thx.

[@markgrueber1277]

Watching fron Florida

[@southernstormoutdoors4006]

Love yalls videos ... keep em comin

[@EISAlaska]

Thank you! Will do!

[@richstiefel]

Sweet looks like fun!

[@EISAlaska]

It was!

[@roddypryce454]

Enjoyable video!

[@EISAlaska]

Many thanks!

[@sylviaduke6731]

If i wasn't allergic i would order from you!!!!

[@scotabot7826]

Kodiak is one Beautiful place! Cool video, and just subbed.

[@EISAlaska]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@paulmunson4710]

Love all your videos but definitely would like to see more of your subsistence type activity’s. Thanks for sharing!

[@EISAlaska]

More to come! Thanks, Paul.

[@paulmunson4710]

EIS Alaska Awesome!

[@albierossouw3809]

Nice job guy's 👍

[@EISAlaska]

Thanks, Albie!

[@lidrec]

Set Net fishing always used to pay me well !

[@scottessery100]

what species are the salmon? glad you guys are ok after the earthquake a few weeks ago

[@EISAlaska]

Thanks Scott, these are reds or sockeye salmon.

[@townbeach3603]

We come from the land of the ice and snow

[@robert12345678912312]

Healthy wild salmon. 👍🤪

[@barrypeers8665]

yeah duuuuuuuuude maaaaaan

[@cantwellron11]

Shore is sweet lookin country I live on edge of Simpson desert quite different CHEERS FELLAS no green

[@ThydaCookingTV]

Really good video

[@mahoneimagesphotography638]

What kind of boat is that!! I need that!! Love watching your videos! Keep up the good work!

[@EISAlaska]

Its a Brown's seine skiff, 16' long 8' beam. It's a nice stable platform!

[@thomas1144]

I fished salmon for years in Ireland on a similar set up as this seals would make your blood boil between pulling heads out of the net holes they make horrible. Would be nice if you could shoot the net close to shore and have someone scan it with a 308 ive been told this works 😅

[@ravennelson827]

Hey you are supposed to do a war dance aren't you before you can catch them fish right ???? LOL good vide guys

[@EISAlaska]

Aha, well I suppose its a battle against seals, sooo... Thanks for the comment!

[@tonyschaff5683]

Sure would look good on my smoker nice job guys

[@allanclose4181]

A few shots with a wrist rocket will scare the seals away.

[@jvalentine8376]

What competition ? The lack of any other boats around is amazing and the fishing looks good . My mother was born in Oregon so can I claim US citizenship and move to Alaska ? On second thought I will need a whole new wardrobe , shorts and thongs is not going to cut it . lol. The cold would probably kill me .

[@EISAlaska]

Yeah, little bit of competition this day, but not many. I think the sealions and seals are the biggest threat. Idk about your other question, I'd assume so if you were born here, I'm not an immigration officer though, lol. But yes, xtratuff boots and grunden bibs you'll be all set.

[@jvalentine8376]

@@EISAlaska My mothers father died in Oregon and my Mother ended up going to the UK to live with her Aunt and Uncle . She married an English guy and I was born in Red Hill Surrey UK . Then the whole family immigrated to Australia when I was only two months old , our passage was paid by Mr Roebuck of Sears Roebuck and Co. a close friend of my parents , to Australia . Before WW2 my Parents were quite wealthy but after WW2 they were broke as my dad was crippled in the war at Dunkirk for several years and it sent him broke . So now I am nothing really , not really a Pommy not accepted as an true blue Aussie and not American either .

[@oldpolak5203]

Hey guys were those coho or sockeye salmon? My son and I caught some coho in a river in BC ,they were very good eating . Them seals were in the river too . One tried to steal a salmon a guy had tied up to his rod holder. I hear BC is thinking a season for seals .

[@EISAlaska]

Hi Andy! These were sockeye. Coho come later in the fall mostly. The seals are a real pain. Sneaky little thieves, lol.

[@oldpolak5203]

@@EISAlaska Sockeye are the best for cold smoking or even frying up . Rock fish are pretty close to halibut , but a lot less expensive here in Alberta . I love fresh fish,thanks for doing your best to keep them fresh . It really makes a difference .

[@julesdussault159]

22 is a good remedy for them sealed

[@EISAlaska]

Saw someone lose their rifle (could have been a bb gun) into the water here once, it got snagged by the net and *slash*. Not sure they went back for it.

[@gusbat]

Biutiful sea

[@tiagobarcelosschaeffer9542]

Que pesca legal abraços do Brazil

[@ThydaCookingTV]

Brazil is beautiful

[@robert12345678912312]

“Eating their (seals) ‘lunch’! “

[@gregkerr725]

Are plungers on Salmon Seiners still a thing up there? Man, when we'd closed a set our skipper was hot on us plunging till we'd pursed. Even the skiff man had a little short handled plunger!

[@EISAlaska]

You bet! Nothing has changed there. You would be amazed with everything else. 20' tractor jet skiffs with 400+ HP, huge power blocks with gripper wheels that haul a set in 12 minutes or so. Very competitive, we are just small fry!

[@gregkerr725]

@@EISAlaska i'd love to witness a modern seining operation. Wait,,,,I see one you did from above on my recommended list...I'll check it out.

[@aluptown]

Hows it going T !

[@josephmaschari1073]

Good video, hope to see more. Is that an average day?

[@EISAlaska]

Hi Joseph. It was a little slow that day, but we also have had worse. We are kinda die hard fishermen, and should probably pack it in sooner, but such beautiful surroundings it's easy to say "let's give it another 15 minutes or so''. Glad you enjoyed the video. Take care.

[@user-pr8ng7ob4r]

Хорошая у вас природа и рыбалка👍👍👍

[@Adventuresandfamily777]

What’s the best size for salmon hill nets? And the mesh size, I wanted to buy one and it will be our first time to use it, any recommendations and probably where to buy it? Thank you!

[@Adventuresandfamily777]

I meant gill net *

[@EISAlaska]

Hi Guys. I think it depends a lot on the area you want to fish. Nets come in differen't shades and some work better than others. I believe our mesh size is 5". If there are any commercial gillnetters in your town, ask them for advice. They will have the lowdown and may even have some old gear you can repurpose or know someone that hangs nets that can build one for you. Other resources are the local ADFG office and marine stores. Wish I was more help, but we are just hobby gillnetters ;).

[@almeidacheang7853]

When is going start the fishing,what kind

[@EISAlaska]

Halibut commercially, but this one is subsistence salmon gill netting.

[@almeidacheang7853]

@@EISAlaska ok i got,thanks,soon halibut,wonderful

[@townbeach3603]

Green peace

[@lyhuyenphuchuynhloan3894]

Hello bạn chúc bạn ngày mới tốt lành 💕💖💕

[@larrycresse753]

Five fish and I think one of them us mine

[@brinkee7674]

Have you ever used seal bombs for the seals and are they legal for you?

[@EISAlaska]

Some people use them, but we don’t. From what we’ve seen the seals don’t go away for long.

[@dks13827]

Why do you slit the gills?

[@EISAlaska]

It's to bleed them out. Dispatches the fish, helps with keeping the fillets clear of blood.

[@tyetullis6406]

So gill netting and killing all that come through?

[@EISAlaska]

No, only salmon.

[@StephenMortimer]

How many "mesh" deep is the net??

[@thienpohthiam2208]

May i know wat airport is it near by..

[@EISAlaska]

Yep, the only airport in Kodiak.

[@user-pj4kf9vv8f]

Super!!! I want to see you 😭

[@ThydaCookingTV]

Super amazing

[@arnoldromppai5395]

THAT IS REALLY STRANGE GILL NET FISHING FOR SALMON. and hard to be leave your pulling in a 300 foot long net or longer by hand, we have hydrophilic net roller pullers,net lifter and the net comes off the lifter and runs down a stainless steel table with 3 or 4 people pulling the fish out of the net, we set the net in the morning one day and go back the next morning and lift, each trip we fill many 100 pond tubes. unless the waves on the great lake are 10 to 12 feet high then they get left until the next day, same weather we fishing salmon, haring, chubs, white fish and others, we never sit around a net once its in .. watching your other videos i keep asking my self why are the fishing with a big real and line with a string of flash hooks and not using a gill net, on them huge fish were your long lining i can see why no gill net there way to big a fish for that but the rock fish and them yellow fish red eys and cod why waste your time with hook and line they would go in the right size gill net, we get guge lake trout in gill nets an huge salmon, walleyes,, it also dont look like you have lead weights on the bottom of the net.

[@Steve-qn8gn]

Aren’t gill nets illegal?

[@EISAlaska]

They are legal in Alaska for the harvest of salmon. Bycatch rates and incidental takes of seabirds and marine mammels are very rare due to the fact the nets are not left unattended and also location they are fished. Hi-seas drift gillnets were banned to to the high rate of bycatch, lost gear "ghost fishing" and general disregard for the environment and fish stocks.

[@Steve-qn8gn]

@@EISAlaska I’ve watched a few of the seal rescues from Namibia, the Gil nets seem to do the most damage. Anyway, thanks for the reply. I thought they were out loaded in US.

[@Bulluth]

how many millimeters are these mesh holes?

[@Bulluth]

50 mt 130 cm?

[@WashingtonTuna]

I have become a good shot with my wrist rocket and .50 musket balls.

[@ThydaCookingTV]

It’s awesome

[@rich-ard-style6996]

See to it please, that you do NOT loose some of that gill net. It kills a lot of animals unnecessarily.

[@mrhairul8483]

my place say " karau jaring..

[@prinyaaamorn4740]

It will perfect if show how to cooking 😉

[@EISAlaska]

Stay tuned!

[@davionbellamy2437]

how long is that net? and what size net it is?

[@EISAlaska]

50 fathoms long. I think it's 5 1/4" mesh.

[@davionbellamy2437]

@@EISAlaska thank you

[@user-mr4jd5cc7k]

Ок

[@aluptown]

You gotta work the net more , run it every now an then to scare the fish into the net

[@mrblackbeast7172]

Porud be a fisher man From sri lanka தமிழ்

[@EISAlaska]

Hello, welcome.

[@juandediosrodriguezotero5783]

Yo con la caña cojo más peces 😂

[@moacirprestes1041]

👍👍👍👍👍👍🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷😃

[@user-cr5mt3bc9m]

ทำไมไใม่แปรเป็นไทย

[@ronwakefield2014]

B

[@user-ze6op3wh3h]

Можно немного по русски

[@VYyoutubeTurkey]

I want to do this job with you. can you help me. I live in Turkey. and I want to live there forever. i am married I have 3 adult children. I turned 47 yesterday.

[@cmonbigfishwiththebuff]

Great vid! I miss catching those. Just posted a crabbing video on my channel. Check it out if ya get a chance.

[@roblockhart8410]

Why don’t you shoot the seals? You should bring some ice for the fish too.

[@DuggieWest]

fix ur net guys

[@EISAlaska]

Those sealions did a number on it, lol.

[@davidball8064]

Stop using gill nets, there illegal in most of the world

[@t5sur1]

i always thought subsistence meant one did not have ready access to grocery stores. you know , like people actually need the resource unlike you who seem to have a bunch of money and equipment, but mainly money.

[@EISAlaska]

Subsistence harvests generally apply to residents in any rural area or community. My community meets that requirement so we have these opportunities available to us. The Alaska constitution provides equal access to subsistence resources regardless of economic standing. As for having a bunch of money.... maybe.....someday.

[@StephenMortimer]

11:53 I see three SEA LYINGS. (all fishermen are liars)

[@antoniocaneo43]

What a ridiculous catch of a salmon per person!

[@EISAlaska]

Not really. Salmon aren't available year round, so we put them up for the winter, and the rest of the off-season until they return again. Recovery for these fish is about 3-4 lbs, you have to consider that is not very much protein.