I concur. Very smart. You are the type of people I appreciate out there. Keep it up.
@Prairie777711 жыл бұрын
A whole lot of people down here in the lower 48 just don't get it. Alaska life just doesn't compute. I've lived in AK twice and am moving back up to Wasilla in the real NEAR future. Back to the good life. Cold in the winter but, that's Alaska. No finer place on earth. I'll be partaking in some dip-netting as well next siummer and filling the freezer with moose, caribou and no doubt a lot of grayling. Thanks for you video. It really brings back fond memories and cranks me up for some more.
@healerf1811 жыл бұрын
MrEaten - good questions! Yes, you just wait with the net sitting vertically on the bottom and the fish swims in. It's a gill net, so they get caught and you feel the struggle quite dramatically. It's obviously not as sporting as real fishing, but it's still a ton of fun. As I've noted below, this fishery is very carefully monitored with very short seasons.
@healerf1811 жыл бұрын
Hi error404found, this is in Alaska and the salmon are coming in to the Kenai River from the Gulf of Alaska. The season for dipnetting is only about 2 weeks long and it only opens if there are good fish numbers. It is rather fun!
@healerf1811 жыл бұрын
Hi Lars, good question. This isn't a sport fishery. It's simply to fill the freezer with salmon for the long Alaska winter. :)
@healerf1814 жыл бұрын
FYI - this fishery is carefully managed and regulated. It is entirely sustainable. It also happens to be the only place in the world where the average person can harvest enough salmon for the entire year. We are very blessed!
@healerf1811 жыл бұрын
Agreed! The video makes it look much easier than it usually is. My family of 3 are allowed a maximum of 35 fish. We're beat after hauling the gear to the beach, standing in freezing water for days, washing/filleting/vacuum sealing/freezing each fish, loading the truck and camper, and finally heading home only to unload and and store everything. Great eating though!
@joehunter69212 жыл бұрын
Nice Job, Shannon. More people should be like you
@healerf1811 жыл бұрын
Hey Torben. Thanks for the comment. Why don't you like it? What are your concerns?
@healerf1811 жыл бұрын
jade, local businesses in Alaska make them. They aren't cheap, but they last for years. Thanks for the comment!
@healerf1811 жыл бұрын
Hi Haluk, these fish mature in the Pacific Ocean and return to the river to spawn. This river is a bit cloudy at times, so yes it looks dirty. Thanks for the comment!
@corbfisher10 жыл бұрын
Great video. Wish we had the resources here in WA to allow subsistence fishing too. That is some good eating there and I like the way you bleed the fish to preserve the meat.
@healerf1810 жыл бұрын
Hi corbfisher, thanks for the comment. Yes, the blood is the first to spoil. These fish are among the best eating in the world IF they're properly taken care of.
@echo1er12 жыл бұрын
never heard of this. This is pretty cool. Do anglers do this a lot of is this a season thing?
@healerf1812 жыл бұрын
Hmmm, hadn't thought of ripping out gills as being disrespectful. The fish are already dead from application of a little "wooden shampoo", but we like to bleed them. Makes them better on the table. Some people cut the gills with a knife, but pulling them is definitely safer!
@healerf1812 жыл бұрын
Hahaha, I think you're the first to pick up on ripping out the gills. We find it easier and safer than trying to bleed them with a knife!
@healerf1811 жыл бұрын
Hi WillTrollForTatertot, thanks for the comment. Obviously, I disagree - this is a subsistence food fishery that is very carefully regulated. We would rather catch our salmon ourselves than buy it in shrink wrap at the store. How about you? :)
@P3ral3z12 жыл бұрын
That was one of my favorite things to do in AK. We always went to Fish Creek and had excellent success.
@healerf1811 жыл бұрын
Hi SongOfWhiteWolf, I don't have any more just yet, but I will. Thanks for the comment!
@healerf1812 жыл бұрын
echo1er - It's a really short season. There are a few rivers in Alaska that allow this for a week or two during the Sockeye run. It's a great opportunity to put some great salmon in the freezer!
@healerf1811 жыл бұрын
Hi Dag Koj, the salmon come in from the Pacific Ocean, so most years there are millions. As you note, however, sometimes we stand all day and don't catch anything1
@healerf1814 жыл бұрын
Good point. I've seen taxidermists work miracles! The fins are cut so they can't be sold on the commercial market. This fishery is for personal/family use only.
@FishingRidingHunter612 жыл бұрын
Great catch ! That's Fishing Fun ! :-))
@healerf1812 жыл бұрын
Grumpy - I'm happy to post your comment.
@healerf1811 жыл бұрын
Michelle M - this is a very carefully controlled fishery that sustains healthy fish runs. Alaska has been doing this for many years and those runs continue to be strong and healthy.
@healerf1811 жыл бұрын
Hi aodhfinn - we purchase annual hunting and fishing licenses and all the money goes back into the resource. We work hard to preserve this fishery and wouldn't even think of taking a fish if they were endangered. How do you give back to wildlife? Thanks!
@healerf1811 жыл бұрын
Hi OHSOOOFLY, yes it's to bleed the fish. Makes them much better eating!
@MrEatenSandwich11 жыл бұрын
So how does this work? You wait till they swim into your net, and how do you know if they are in there?
@healerf1812 жыл бұрын
Actually epikous, they are in their prime. They haven't entered fresh water yet or started turning color. They are fantastic on the table!
@mikejone19348 жыл бұрын
was that a salmon? oohh! i love salmon! sadly, there's no salmon in NYC.. only black sea bass, porgy, bluefish, striper, tog, and mackerel nice catch btw!
@healerf1811 жыл бұрын
ment2008, yes, we use the same gillnets the boats do because this isn't a sport fishery. It's just to get salmon in the freezer.
@healerf1812 жыл бұрын
Why Jon? Is it better to buy fish pre-packaged in the store or catch your own?
@healerf1812 жыл бұрын
Such a beautiful place!
@PavelStrogov12 жыл бұрын
Такой способ ловли вижу первый раз.
@AK47Prodigy11 жыл бұрын
Umm where do you buy that net from nice vid
@playboy12345ization11 жыл бұрын
were is the sport in that kind of fishing?
@PhilthyMr12 жыл бұрын
That's awesome. Good job Shannon!
@UnkyBuzz18 жыл бұрын
Love salmon. Have you tried walleye? One of the best tasting freshwater fish.
@healerf188 жыл бұрын
+T. Wat Haha, oh yes. Walleye are excellent eating!
@healerf1812 жыл бұрын
Abbas, this is the mouth of the Kenai River, Alaska.
@olsonjacob112 жыл бұрын
what a pro! I want to try this someday
@Skysohigh9910 жыл бұрын
This is what happens when you like fishing but your're way to lazy and impatient to actually fish.
@healerf1810 жыл бұрын
Hi Skysohigh - thanks for the comment. We fish hard all summer the normal way, but Alaska allows us to dip net Sockeyes to stock up for the winter. It's carefully controlled and the opening only lasts about 2 weeks each year.
@PorkBoy699 жыл бұрын
Skysohigh99 Lol you're really butthurt
@alfbittner648911 жыл бұрын
Way to go girl you just walk right in there and pulled out a salmon?, never seen it done this way, and you have a whole bucket of them. You gotta go on great invention list, go girl.
@kuwaitboy112 жыл бұрын
what is name this place
@healerf1810 жыл бұрын
วัชชิดล - Yes, we either rip the gills out or cut them to bleed the fish. The blood spoils quickly and can ruin the meat. Prepared properly, these are some of the best eating fish in the world (IMHO!) :)
@healerf1810 жыл бұрын
Haha, yes indeed!
@nikitin29 жыл бұрын
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@asantengo31769 жыл бұрын
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@healerf1811 жыл бұрын
Prairie Falcon - You're right, people don't understand because they don't have the sustainable resources that Alaska does. Welcome back!
@Cosesha201212 жыл бұрын
Where can I buy a dip net replacement. I need one shipped to South America.
@11happychap8 жыл бұрын
Are there daily limits when you dip net Salmon? We don't do this type of fishing in NZ
@healerf188 жыл бұрын
+11happychap there is no daily limit, but there is a limit for the year. Our family is allowed 35 fish. It's a very unique fishery!
@11happychap8 жыл бұрын
How long does the season last?
@healerf1812 жыл бұрын
Not sure if your comment is a typo or a Freudian slip!
@MrHdradeon9 жыл бұрын
Salmon is so good, my favorite fish. I wish we had them here. I'll have to stay with my snook.
@healerf189 жыл бұрын
Hi Rafael, we definitely agree! Salmon is wonderful if properly prepared. Some day I would love to try Snook.
@MrHdradeon9 жыл бұрын
healerf18 If you ever come to Puerto Rico hit me up.
@healerf189 жыл бұрын
Rafael Breban Likewise if you come to Alaska!
@MrHdradeon9 жыл бұрын
skyym3 write me at hdradeon@gmail.com
@skyym36299 жыл бұрын
Rafael Breban Thanks, I will.
@SongOfWhiteWolf11 жыл бұрын
So that's how its done. Got more?
@healerf1811 жыл бұрын
Hi scottcoulter162 - this isn't a sport fishery. It's for food for the long Alaska winter. I'm not sure I agree that catching food responsibly is barbaric. Do we have to buy wrapped in plastic to make it civilized? Thanks!
@gypjet12 жыл бұрын
I love it. A good ole Alaskan girl ripping out the gills to bleed it. Good job, nice video.
@healerf1814 жыл бұрын
No, it's not fishing. It's a personal salmon harvest just like a commercial fishery except we can't sell what we catch.
@Meetoniceyou11 жыл бұрын
How do you catch salmon like that? they just run into the net?
@healerf1810 жыл бұрын
Hi Yao. Thanks for the comment. Yes, the net sits on the bottom and the salmon run into it.
@Meetoniceyou10 жыл бұрын
Thanks. I wanna experience that one day.
@shade382118 жыл бұрын
Wow , comment section is ridiculous here. What is difference spearing, netting, trapping , hooking, or even pen raising? The object is to feed your family not have a sporting contest with a fish. Don't think most understand Alaska has a subsidiary living option where residents can basically live off the land. Long time since I was stationed there , but many get hooked and never leave.
@healerf188 жыл бұрын
+shade38211 Nailed it!! Thanks for the comment.
@aodhfinn11 жыл бұрын
happy little hunters , what did ya do in return ? .... what did you give back , for thanks ?
@terrantankz14 жыл бұрын
you call this fishing?
@healerf1812 жыл бұрын
True, there are clear differences between commercial fishing and dip netting, but contrary to some viewers' belief that this is a wholesale slaughter that will doom Sockeye to extinction, the entire fishery is carefully regulated and monitored. I'm not sure, though, how dip netting can be considered welfare, unless you also consider gathering firewood and subsistence hunting welfare. Welfare is receiving something for nothing.
@pulesjet12 жыл бұрын
LOL! I guess some folks buy there meat at the Grocery Store where it's made? Never seen nets set up like that! Cool.
@tongkaixiong14 жыл бұрын
I got five at Kasilof River yesterday 7/5/2010
@javitennn112 жыл бұрын
Is not easier to drain the lake?
@adamkielty674811 жыл бұрын
That was a pretty good catch
@LRMluisreyes51512 жыл бұрын
i had never seen this way to fish good job...
@MsBongkong12 жыл бұрын
Looks like a good method for catching your dinner. She should have dispatched the fish as soon as she got it out of the net though, instead of letting it suffocate.
@healerf1812 жыл бұрын
MateWiggy, this is in Alaska! Thus all the cold weather gear... :)
@shaneg.67649 жыл бұрын
i wish i can catch a size like that..good job.
@healerf188 жыл бұрын
+Shane Gould Thanks!
@cemsahin63597 жыл бұрын
It is possible in places where there is a lot of fish but I never give the love of the hunting to the hunter.I have dried dried grasshopper and I am enjoying the delicious fish and it is wonderful I am a farmer and I sell grasshoppers very cheaply
@prikitiuwism10 жыл бұрын
oooo good...... What a big circle net.... Nice film.... very very informatif.... GOOD.
@healerf1812 жыл бұрын
Why?
@P3ral3z12 жыл бұрын
You've never tried it, you can't judge.
@ryanreeves411912 жыл бұрын
thisis awesome!
@Qasif_mohammad7 жыл бұрын
Nice Fishing...
@healerf187 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mohammed!
@flissfloss9157 жыл бұрын
what pisses me off are the people who say "omg, you killed the fish, spare it some life" like really? you do realise our ancestors caught, killed and ate fish?
@healerf187 жыл бұрын
Great point Lafayette. Thanks!
@healerf1812 жыл бұрын
Yep, everything's bigger in Alaska! :)
@healerf1812 жыл бұрын
TeMgAnStA - Why? Is it disgusting to harvest your own food to eat? Nothing goes to waste.
@halukkiran11 жыл бұрын
WHAT IS BEUTUFUL FISH LIKE THAT DOING IN THE DIRTY WATER LIKE THAT?
@jamiemc10212 жыл бұрын
I never knew this type of fishing existed. I live in Florida. Doesn't seem like there is any sport in it, but commercial fishermen use nets and they probably waste just as much sealife as they keep. At least this way what ever fish is caught and killed, is eaten.
@healerf1811 жыл бұрын
imhecticas, good points. We do try to kill the fish asap - bonk 'em on the head and pull their gills to bleed them. That said, sometimes the fish's nerves still kick for a few minutes.
@healerf1812 жыл бұрын
Hahaha, I'll keep that in mind next time!
@epikous12 жыл бұрын
but these are the old salmon coming back to spawn... not the best fish...
@pattersonthomasj12 жыл бұрын
No it's NOT like commercial fishing more like the state feeding the people for free, more like welfare.Commercial fishermen make a resource available to the general public to buy at the store.Commercial fishermen have a huge investment in equipment and permits that are for sale on the open market and limited to the amount of permits that exsist.You too can spend tens of thousands and have a small business as a commercial fisherman but why? when you can get it for free from the state.
@pimowski252513 жыл бұрын
@TheBubbagump101 actually it is !!!
@MorbidMarrow11 жыл бұрын
I guess you preferre fish out of aquacultures, where the yearly dose of antibiotics is included, spears the doc and is much more sophisticated than this. also dont forget the good treatement of algae to prevent it from extinction. (i hope you get the irony) but seriously, compared to industrial processing of fish (or other animals) this is not barbaric in any way.
@Gow110411 жыл бұрын
Friggen need 50 fishing for that.
@MorbidMarrow11 жыл бұрын
I guess he preferres fish out of aquacultures, where the yearly dose of antibiotics is included, spears the doc and is much more sophisticated than this. also dont forget the good treatement of algae to prevent it from extinction. (i hope you get the irony) but seriously, compared to industrial processing of fish (or even other animals) this is not barbaric in any way.
@healerf1811 жыл бұрын
Really? How are people to feed themselves? Even strict Vegans have to either kill something or deprive it of its life in order to survive.
@edwardfranco279910 жыл бұрын
buena idea para pescar ...
@cristinaat53458 жыл бұрын
Well I don't know about you but I catch and release
@healerf188 жыл бұрын
+Cristina Mort We usually do too, but this is a harvest fishery rather than a sport. It's for stocking up for the winter on some of the finest fish in the world. :)
@oriel2297 жыл бұрын
Great fun. If you're going to fish do it quick and clean like this. The holier-than-thou catch and release artists, who love to torture for fun and the selfie, should go home.
@healerf187 жыл бұрын
Haha, great point oriel!
@oriel2297 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Catch and release appears to be a new sort of religion, fronted by holy rollers with fishing rods and selfie sticks. When I catch an edible fish over the required weight it gets killed and eaten. Anything undersize gets thrown back. I do not see, and I speak as a keen fisherman, how sticking a hook into an unsuspecting creature and watching and feeling its struggles for as long as possible, for the 'fun', and the selfie, can ever be morally justified. It's sheer bloody sadism.
@boatesun591611 жыл бұрын
Yum. Why do rip his gills out? To get out the blood?
@healerf188 жыл бұрын
+วัชชิดล กันหาสีหา Thanks for the comment. Yes, to get the blood out. Salmon blood spoils very quickly so the fish is much better eating if we bleed them.
@NKJVScriptureSongs12 жыл бұрын
Hi Shannon, You look great! Remember, animals are not people. It's okay to kill and eat animals. This looks like a fun vacation!
@flathead347410 жыл бұрын
IS THIS LEGAL WAY TO CATCH SALMON?
@healerf1810 жыл бұрын
Hi Joel, thanks for the comment. Yes, it's legal. Alaska carefully controls subsistence fishing and hunting. Dip netting for Sockeye salmon (as in this video) is open for about 2 weeks each year, if the fish show up in good numbers. If they don't show up, no fishing!
@Davidbasque1510 жыл бұрын
YES I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S LEGAL CAUSE THEY WOULD NOT PUT THAT VIDEO ON KZbin IF IT WAS NOT!
12 жыл бұрын
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@Broxty8 жыл бұрын
What a horrible way to catch fish... How do the fisheries allow this? Doesn't give the fish a fighting chance, might as well throw some TNT out there at the same time!
@healerf188 жыл бұрын
+Broxty this isn't really fishing, rather it's a harvest. It's much like commercial salmon fishing, except that we can't sell the fish we catch. Strictly personal use The fisheries monitor it very closely and will close it down if the salmon numbers are ever threatened.
@lm21938 жыл бұрын
+Broxty LOL fighting chance. well say it to your next fried chicken "this chicken should be given a fighting chance before you fry it".
@joehunter69212 жыл бұрын
Nice
@Frozelle12 жыл бұрын
Ouch just ripping out its gills. Kind of disrespectful. Put it on ice or wait for it to suffocate.
@volcomsworld73998 жыл бұрын
This is the laziest fishing I've ever seen if you have to use a net it should be for a hammock hahha no one learns squat by netting something that should be reserved for the natives maybe and not every guy and his dog hahah get real and grab a rod!!
@healerf188 жыл бұрын
+Volcom's World Haha, it seems lazy, but it's an enormous amount of work. We're exhausted by the end of the weekend!
@Tallnut32112 жыл бұрын
I want to marry her
@Atoku012 жыл бұрын
That is really funny. You compare welfare with actual hard labor at the river? Private fishermen also buy equipment, licenses etc., and spend their time. The whole fish is very regulated and monitored. And finally with welfare, you take something from others to redistribute the wealth. Here you do not steal from people but hunt fish yourself like a bear for personal use only.
@JonEirikBrobak12 жыл бұрын
this is so sad
@michelemichele52048 жыл бұрын
you are beyond cruel. you cannot knock em out, spare them some pain, or would that cut into your precious fishing time.....bleeding them out! wow, i used to fish all the time when i was younger, and never ever did i have a need to torture any animal ever! and thats a fact. when they were caught, they were killed right away....no pain, they never saw it coming...you r freaks...karma karma karma
@healerf188 жыл бұрын
+Cindy Sue Hi Cindy, the video is edited, but be assured the fish is bonked on the head right away. It didn't suffer at all.