ALASKA PHOTO ALBUM

A Fishing Story - 1996 the f/v My Colleen
by C. C. Crow photos by author

Late fall 1988 and winter of 1989 I helped my nextdoor neighbor Les Meredith build the f/v My Colleen, a 35 foot, 11 ft. beam, gillnet (sockeye salmon) fishing vessel licensed in Cook Inlet, Kenai, Alaska.

There was no fishing that year due the Exxon Valedz oil spill so I returned to finish the story in 1996 as a deckhand.

Putting the Boat In the Water

The boats are stored on land over the winter at the Ward's Cove cannery. So the first thing after any needed repairs is to put them back in the water.

Les's old Chevy which made it up the Al-Can a few years back- is called into service

Here's the boat hauler coming for our neighbor

Now it's our turn

Down we go

Smoke is a good sign, right?