The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - Inner Kitoi Salmon Opener

[@robert12345678912312]

all the netted salmon are coming on board & a great catch. Thanks for the on-board view. 👍

[@loftiefleet8104]

proud how you all worked with that mess,no yelling or kussing.

[@EISAlaska]

Thank you, loftie! Yep, freaking out doesn't help the situation.

[@Vernosifuel]

Great job ! Love the way you work and how when things go wrong there’s no angry outbursts or cursing, you just get it done without drama.

[@EISAlaska]

Thanks Vernosifuel. That set was something else! I was so proud of my family for being on top of things, keeping the web clear of the stern and toughing it out. We sure learned a lot that day!

[@ravennelson827]

Awe the fun of fishing and trying to avoid other boat's net's and shore...awesome video ...blessings

[@米哈伊Julian]

What makes record perfect is we see families working together, everyone is watching eachs back, rush quarters more flexible

[@markmaccani9411]

Matt and Family, Nice set. Looked like a lot of work but you guys got through it beautifully.

[@EISAlaska]

Thanks Mark, it was a battle for sure! We were glad to have it back onboard, lol.

[@gsanislo]

Only if every skipper remained that calm and collected during times of pressure I might still be a commercial fisherman in Alaska. Well done cap!

[@andybowyer3602]

Loving the back catalogue 🤪you've got some great fishing content, the locations where you practice your trade are truly stunning such beautiful scenery cant wait to see the new boat put through its paces!😉👍

[@EISAlaska]

Glad you like them Andy! We'd like to get out and do more walkabouts on Kodiak.

[@SubhashKumar-uk3fl]

Enjoyed this video. Too much hardworking. Big salute

[@EISAlaska]

Thanks!

[@kerrypitt9789]

This video was far more interesting than I was prepared for. These look like Pink Salmon? I hold Salmon Sacred in my life. They must be treated with respect, because if they ever disappear it will be the end of us. Seining has always been a mystery to me. I watched from a distance but never got the gist of it. Tristan!!! You can move when you have to!!! Holy smokes my man! You knew what had to be done, why and when! You are amazing! Your Mom is no less incredible, you two work well together, I have not had the opportunity to see that. Len when chaos appeared to be running the show, you stepped out and brought calm and encouragement, all Matt needed was a Lariat and a six gun! 😁 I really appreciate you giving an insight to this method of harvesting fish. I do not feel quite as negative about it as I did. I'm still not sure Salmon should be so heavily used but so far some runs are okay. Coho (silvers?) And Springs (Kings?) Seem to be the worst abused species. That is why I don't like Guide Boats, for them it is all about masculinity and Male Pattern Baldness! In other words "I may not be much of a man, but with a few thousand dollars I can compensate. That is why I do not fish salmon in freshwater. They do not eat and they have strength for one spawning run. Anyway I digress. This video helped me see better

[@christianerno9040]

Good work. Love to see the family working together.

[@EISAlaska]

Thanks for watching!

[@tbone344]

Great patience and team work. Great video!

[@strawcarpenter9559]

That was one beautiful Alaskan fire drill! Nice catch. Congratulations to the Fish Tale crew.

[@Sheddtycoon]

Great video guys. Enjoyed very much.

[@EISAlaska]

Glad you liked it Bill!

[@barbarabeagley6650]

I sure hope you do this opener again this year. I really enjoyed this video. It was great to see that huge catch!

[@robert12345678912312]

Saw a You Tube film in Tamil Nadu (India) netting anchovies off the beach (Indian Ocean) there was about 80 people hauling in the catch. Plenty of anchovies for all. Consequently, there was lots of excitement. Really interesting. Fishing is of course the common theme. The sense of #independence and #joy of a large catch is #Wonderful Thank you EIS Alaska for many interesting hours of viewing.😊 God Bless You. RB (an aussie) & cheers for great catch too. I eat salmon regularly each week - healthy natural food. 😊

[@EISAlaska]

Wow great comment Richard. And very interesting to see fishing in other countries. Cheers to healthy eating!

[@robbo-yg1rd]

great catch guys awsome job

[@TrappingTheRock]

Enjoyed the video tremendously. The coastline, terrain and foliage is amazingly like here in Newfoundland. Great catch!

[@EISAlaska]

Thanks for watching! How often do you check your traps?

[@tarundighore2673]

Free

[@hoaluu351]

Wow you guy got a lot fish I never seen , good job work together

[@EISAlaska]

Thanks!

[@cutbaitkenny]

insane combat fishing, what a haul......I thought the net was gonna get hung in the rocks.

[@robert12345678912312]

A fried #salmon with a squeeze of #lemon would be good for my breakfast plate. #yum

[@terryleonard2491]

Let's talk about working together ! Amazing guys ! Very impressed ! You are being blessed by the one and only true living GOD ! THANKYOU , LORD !

[@EISAlaska]

Thanks so much, Terry.

[@mukeshnandanam8592]

Very good idea....

[@robert12345678912312]

Alaska is a wonderful fishing state.

[@КоляКорчеватський]

Wow! Nice fishing, nice team job, nice operation. What Fish?

[@EISAlaska]

Thank you. Wild pink salmon.

[@rhodorarodriguez1929]

Wheeew!Mr.Clint E!😝😜

[@EISAlaska]

Lol.

[@weinerdog137]

Pinks. I fished long ago...no market for pinks then. They were kind of a pain. At least i didnt see any jellyfish. Crazy set, btw. What was the poundage? Guessing 10 12k

[@EISAlaska]

Yeah this was a gnarly set, bunch of snaggy hook jaw fish. Yep pretty close, I believe it was 13k.

[@couvelox]

Magnífico, top show 😃😃😃 parabéns 👏👏

[@WoyLad]

Wow, that was a s#!tshow, but NICE set! Good to see someone that has their rolling bunt set up correctly and knows how to use it. We were used to so many routine small sets that we rarely used it. When it came time, we had to totally re-educate ourselves. Good job Y'all.

[@EISAlaska]

Absolutely. The toothed pinks were just nasty to be honest. Made a heck of a mess to clean up, lol. Yeah it works great for our boat, around 1000 lbs full.

[@andybowyer3602]

Whats that plunger thing you use? Is it for the net? Cheers andy🤪👍

[@EISAlaska]

You plunge it into the water and it makes a column of bubbles which spooks the salmon back the other direction.

[@aluptown]

Good job T !

[@EISAlaska]

Thanks!

[@ipoopinwalmart5968]

How does one get on a boat like this? I'm headed to Alaska in a few weeks hoping to get onto a boat for the summer then go crabbing in the fall/winter.

[@EISAlaska]

Hey CJ. Best bet is to beat the docks this time of year. Seiners have been gearing up for the coming salmon season. Best of luck if you find your way up here!

[@rawrawdidit8779]

I work in Alaska for the summer for the salmon season in kenai AK

[@philipmccumbee3624]

What is the long pole that you hit the water with prior to pulling in salmon net?

[@EISAlaska]

Hi Philip. It is called a plunger. The noise and bubbles that are forced into the water help push the fish back into the net so they don't swim out past the end.

[@lonnielengkeek7]

Are the fish supposed to go through the block up there when they're in the net

[@EISAlaska]

Nope, not typically. It couldn't be helped in this case, they were late season fish at a hatchery opener, so they had what are called "hook jaws" which salmon develop late into their life cycle. As it implies the salmon have gnarly jaws and teeth that snag up on the web and get dragged up into the block.

[@Tinyshooterbill]

What is the purpose of the plunger in the water while you are pulling in the nets?

[@EISAlaska]

The noise and bubbles spook the fish and keep them from running out the net. The skiffman also plunges when the net is held open.

[@gonagin58]

Nice haul

[@EISAlaska]

Thanks for watching, Chris!

[@michaelbrausch8874]

What relation is everyone on the boat?

[@EISAlaska]

Hi Michael, we are a family. Mom is Anita, Dad is Len, and two sons Matt and Tristen. It's usually me or dad replying to comments.

[@chriskulpa4056]

so, are the fish that go throuh the block like they did still viable or does it mash em up and make them wasted?

[@EISAlaska]

The reality for this flare opener was all that fish was past it's expiration date. They took to long getting the brood stock and doing cost recovery and by the time they opened the hatchery the fish we beyond marketable. It is primarily a roe fishery at that point anyways. We still got paid and it was a sweet little bonus for us.

[@metubewot]

That would have taken me all day on the fly rod, lol. Great catch guys.

[@EISAlaska]

You got that right! Thanks for your comment, Ian.

[@carlpeters8658]

What is the plunger for

[@EISAlaska]

Hi, Carl. The plunger creates a stream of bubbles when you plunge it into the water, it spooks the fish back into the net.

[@carlpeters8658]

EIS Alaska ok that make a lot of sense that’s kinda what I thought it was to scare the fish thanks for answering

[@allenschwinn9699]

What's the purpose of the cup on the pole?

[@EISAlaska]

It's called a plunger. As you force it into the water it makes a popping noise and also pushes air bubbles into the water. The fish see and hear it turn around and swim back into the net.

[@allenschwinn9699]

@@EISAlaska you were using it to force the fish to another part of the net. Gotcha. Thanks for responding. Love your channel.

[@EISAlaska]

@@allenschwinn9699 Yes. They will try to run out the end of the lead (main vessel end of net). The skiff man also does the same if he sees fish trying to move up the corkline.

[@allenschwinn9699]

@@EISAlaska its very interesting. Thank you so much for sharing your business, livelihood and family.

[@ewenwalker7740]

And when do they retrieve the fish

[@EISAlaska]

We delivered our catch to a tender after we made this set. There were several tenders staged in the bay to receive fish and transport it back to town. We offload to the tender in the next video. Thanks for the comment and watching.

[@paulhamby3779]

I'm like way to many boats fishing to close. Woe.

[@johnmeeks9618]

The footage is amazing, but it would have been great to have a voice over telling us what was going on with the net, the hoist, and the out boat.

[@atkpirate7831]

So are these going for filets like you see in a super market? Or are they going to be processed and turned into fake crab\animal food?

[@EISAlaska]

Hey Patty. These would go to fillet markets if they were harvested earlier. By the time this area was opened the fish were in poor shape. Most likely the majority ended up at the fish meal plant. The roe is used also if it is still good.

[@somruppun]

Good catch and I enjoyed watching your videos. I hope to see how this fishnet works in the bottom and how it trapped the fish? When this pandemic is done, I would like to go back to Philippines and apply your long line fishing for halibut but of smaller version. I have noticed different style of long line fishing in the Phils. and it's so frustrating especially they do it manually and so messy. Thanks for video and I subscribed and keep watching it.

[@somruppun]

I think I figured it out after watching your seining videos how the fish is being trapped except the process how to gather those bottom rings and was placed on a big steel hook being lifted separately on the side of the boat.

[@EISAlaska]

Yep, you got it! Thanks for watching.

[@rhodorarodriguez1929]

Please throw me one 🐟 here Mr.Clint E🤗😜

[@LoneWolf-ki5ee]

WELL DONE

[@ddbrink663]

whats the deal with the guy stabbing that thing in the water from time to time?

[@EISAlaska]

Hi Daniel. That's called a plunger. It creates noise and bubbles and spooks the salmon so they don't run out of the net.

[@glenking3337]

Start to finish, how long was this in real time?

[@EISAlaska]

Hi, Glen. The whole set until we rolled the last bit on was 2 hours long. It was a bit of a struggle as you could see! Thanks for watching!

[@glenking3337]

@@EISAlaska I really enjoyed watching it. Shoot if I was younger and not all wornout it looks like something I would like to do someday.

[@EISAlaska]

@@glenking3337 We felt as worn out as those nasty old humpies when we were done with that set. Usually you only have a dozen or two that get hung up in the net. Those old hook jawed fish snag everything and when we backhauled our net we removed two thousands pounds of fish from it. Still had a great time though!

[@Babakobra1453]

Berbat tayfa gurubu,harika bir kaptan.her türlü tersliğe rağmen balığı tekneye çekti.

[@joannwebb9068]

9 ĹLLLLLllllll lll LEe

[@townbeach3603]

Drive by!!

[@lonnielengkeek7]

I don't think anybody's ever seen it done that way before

[@shamchang9895]

Wow

[@stevehammond2016]

Well done , if you did not have moments of intensity you would not be able to call it work !

[@EISAlaska]

True, this day was a real pain. But we got 'er done.

[@stevehammond2016]

Thatś all that counts .

[@stevenk6638]

Engine is not tuned correctly - black smoke is waisted fuel !

[@EISAlaska]

Rolling coal...all diesels do it!

[@gonagin58]

Kinda tight quarters, eh?

[@EISAlaska]

Yep! Things got a little sketchy!

[@PaulRodvik-lx8xk]

You would think after all these years these boats would be required to have waist-high bullworks. And at the very least a PFD that's automatically goes off if you're unconscious in the water. Apparently some of the wisdom hasn't made it down through. If you don't believe me jump in the water with the reindeer and see what happens make sure you got a rope in your hand.

[@shanechostetler9997]

Looks like a major cluster.

[@EISAlaska]

You're not wrong! LOL.

[@homiehomesteading]

I am an elite hired assasin 😉 This is what I am This is what I do 🗡️🐟 #sicariodesalmon

[@EISAlaska]

Sweet. Go get em Homie!

[@reginaldoaparecido4658]

👏👏👏👏👊👊

[@ramlijak7955]

Cakep alhamdullillah mantab.

[@lindalworkman2150]

I'll help

[@townbeach3603]

Did someone order some fish 🐟

[@larryjames4402]

That was one of the most backwards ass sets I've ever seen.

[@EISAlaska]

LOL! I don't think we could have screwed it up more if we tried. Somehow we managed to save that set, but it was a struggle.

[@larryjames4402]

@@EISAlaska yeah, as messed up as it looked... you filled the hatch. Good job and I will say...I appreciate how calm and encouraging the captain was.

[@EISAlaska]

@@larryjames4402 Thanks Larry. My crew did a wonderful job getting the net clear of the stern. We are new to the seining world, and we sure learned a lot that day!

[@paulhamby3779]

Owe wow, yall working mom way to hard, lol, don't fall in mom.

[@lindalworkman2150]

Dam too meany

[@ugurergun4183]

Molaaaaaaq

[@ibraheemcabuyao9337]

purse seiner L O A X WIDTH X HEIGHT X Engine H.P. and purse seine net LENGTH X DEPTH ,please..?

[@perrywatson8505]

That popping the water looks like boring strenuous work after a while, what about electronic devices or adult snap& pops? they pop on the water.. just looks like tiresome work to me AND IM SURE IT IS. THANKS for NO arguing/ cuss fights on deck , staying cool,flowing TOGETHER, : the key to MOST jobs anyway, 👍👍✌

[@BeeRich33]

I like fish

[@suirberauchannel7294]

I am subscraibe youtube

[@william6526]

What a mess

[@EISAlaska]

It really was.

[@husnibaadila2001]

5÷

[@STILLPHENOM]

How many fish can you kill? Holy shit!!

[@anthonygaller482]

So cute little 500 lb rolls

[@benrogers5808]

That’s the fastest I’ve ever seen benchmark move. 🦞😂

[@opotikisid]

What a mess