I Am A Hooligan Fisherman | INDIE ALASKA

Alaska is known for its abundant salmon fisheries, but few outsiders have ever heard of the yearly hooligan runs.
These fish earned the name "candlefish" from being so fat during spawning, with up to 15% of total body weight in fat, that if caught, dried, and strung on a wick, it can be burned as a candle.
Local subsistence fisherman Warren Jones is a father, a recent college grad, and a Marine Corps veteran who served with the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance battalion as a scout from 2002 to 2006.
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Video:
Travis Gilmour
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Travis Gilmour

[@Poopeye907]

Holy shit... At 0:05 in the back round the black truck and the small aluminum boat is my friends boat and I am in the truck... I go fishing in 20 mile river(45 minutes out of anchorage) for dolly varden, pinks, silvers, and jacks. That is so crazy. The truck is my dads and the boat is our friends.

[@AlaskaPirates]

How’s the fishing there?

[@danielobriot3116]

Grew up on the lake Michigan shore line .we dip net for smelt in April .in the good old days

[@Qugyuk]

Thank you sir, I rewatched it I think I came across the way I hoped I would. Semper Fi

[@benjamsak-alaskanelevatora7410]

Excellent Stuff.. From a fellow Vet!

[@AlaskaPirates]

This channel has such amazing content. I love how there is so much in so little time.

[@indiealaska]

One of our favorite comments of the year! Thank you!

[@AlaskaPirates]

@@indiealaska hey no worries! Thanks for the inspiration. I try to keep my videos short when I can! Love it, keep up the good work

[@JosephMorrisAK]

Best video I have seen on youtube in a long time. ~Semper Fi

[@jsinmanrique7856]

I’m getting ready to go to that same spot tomorrow!!!!

[@akhoneybee9076]

Hooligan are super good! I’m stark white and love them. They’re super great for canning, smoking, and frying. I spend most of the free time in summers gardening, fishing, and gathering. It helps incredibly for getting us through winter. My kids are learning these skills as well. Harvesting your own food with respect for the animals themselves and the environment is such a critical thing that our society has lost. When the grocery store closes, the fishermen and hunters will continue to survive!

[@Stormvue]

Well it's hooligan season again. Hope to catch the big runs and fill the big coolers for everyone. Happy fishing Alaska, stay safe 👍👍👍

[@chrismcdonald6481]

I seined fished in BC years ago. We were anchored out 5 boats sxs . One Queen Charlotte native guy told me his grandfather was deathly ill with psp(paralitic shellfish poisoning)and they gave him ooligan oil and he recovered. Right up there with CBD oil or even better

[@billnelson31]

Very cool!

[@MangoRiotness]

semper fi

[@michaelkaylor6770]

Semper Fi

[@laviniusana3808]

Where can i buy hooligan fish? (smoked, frozen, or live) Thanks

[@shelaneadu]

some one gave my daughter a big bag of those fish an they are in my freezer, so now I know how to cook them, thanks...

[@beduhncarl]

Nice video--Semper Fidelis

[@valentinachebukina5374]

👍👍👍😉👍👍👍

[@Harold710]

I heard that a lot of Natives liked them, but I never knew anyone that ate them.

[@drawinglife6422]

That is my dad

[@indiealaska]

Your dad is so cool!

[@drawinglife6422]

@@indiealaska yep

[@tainanye9232]

Thinking of going fishing for hooligans this year on May this will be our first time there any advice if we need fishing licenses? Also what's the name of this lake?

[@sachitaoutdoors5990]

Yes you’ll need a license. This is at 20 mile ❤

[@daddyspacebear]

my native cousins just brought some over from girdwood I think, I don't know how to cook them

[@miaraqjones3308]

+Doctor Dollars I salt 'em and let 'em set for a bit, I feel like it firms up what is otherwise kind of mooshy flesh. You can half-dry them too but it can't be too hot for that. Then roll them in flour (I add paprika) and fry them in hot oil just like you were doing fried chicken and when they are golden brown all around and stiff let them cool down and I eat them whole, some people like to strip out the spine. Can also split and dry them, if you like fish they make good dried fish. Brine in salt/brown sugar and smoke them with whatever you want, although cottonwood is best.

[@ashtoncunningham6981]

wow i just got some ang i costed 10 for 4

[@chrisladue6581]

It's ooligan, not hooligan.

[@hexiong5868]

Asian , you mean natives?