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EP 95 Captain Jeff Olsen "Smooth as a Baby's Bottom"

EP 94 Captain Casey Coupchiak "Waqaa!"

Waqaa! My name is Casey Coupchiak, my Yup’ik name is Ernerculria. It was given to me by my grandma, Mary Coupchiak. I am the daughter of Norman Coupchiak and Greta Horn. Granddaughter of William “Willie” and Mary Coupchiak on my father’s side. Ed Glotfelty and Mary Hanson on my mother’s. My family has been fishing Bristol Bay for millennia and I am lucky enough to have inherited my Grandfather, Willie’s commercial drift permit. I have been fishing it since I was 18 and couldn’t imagine spending my summers anywhere else than on a drift boat in Bristol Bay! I recently moved back to Alaska to get more involved in Alaska’s fisheries, work towards co-management of our fisheries with Indigenous peoples, and finish a BBA in Marketing from the University of Alaska - Anchorage. When I’m not fishing, I direct market a small amount of my catch. I love to snowboard, hike, mountain bike, and anything outdoors. Quyana Mark for having me and listeners for listening! 

EP 93 Captain Brad Angasan "Fish don't run In the Winter, You can sleep then"

Brad Angasan was born and raised in the remote Alaska fishing village of South Naknek in Bristol Bay. Brad has a lifetime of experience commercial fishing for wild sockeye salmon. His experience ranges from set netting on South Naknek beach as a child with his grandparents, fishing with his father on cannery owned drift boats, to owning and operating his own state of the art fishing vessel along with his wife and son on the FV Novarupta. He is a 30 year captain. Brad is a staunch advocate for fisheries resource management and food security for traditional use foods.  Brad is married to Ronalda and has 5 children, a grand daughter and 2 dogs. He winters in Anchorage, AK.

 

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EP 92 Deckhand Zane Behrend "Comfortable, Being Uncomfortable"

Zane has been a deckhand for 8 years. Born in Central Oregon now living in Las Vegas, he feels he fits best in the trenches with other deckhands and crew alike. "Comfortable, Being Uncomfortable"

EP 91 CHB, Captain/Owner Charles Hardin Bundrant Trident Seafoods

I was never able to record Chuck during his lifetime so over the course of a couple years I did a series of interviews with some of his closest friends in order to share some of the stories. Charles Hardin Bundrant was born on January 31, 1942, in Lawrenceburg Tennessee. He graduated from North High School, Evansville, Indiana, in 1960. He spent a short time at Middle Tennessee State University, before dropping out and moving to Alaska. You can read his story in some of his own words by Reading  Catching a Deckload of Dreams https://www.amazon.com/Catching-Deckload-Dreams-Bundrant-Seafoods/dp/1933245344

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Special thanks to those who participated:

Vic Scheibert

Casey McManus

Diane Miller

Brian Parsons

Dave Ross

Dave Abbassian

Jim McManus

EP 90 Captain Vic Scheibert

In his own words.

EP 89 Captain Konrad Uri Born in 1934, "I'd Still be Fishing if I Could Be Insured"

Konrad Uri, Born in the PNW and started his fishing Career just before and during WW2, amazing story here guys, listen in his own words.

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EP 88 CAPTAIN/VESSEL OWNER LOUIE LOWENBERG

This is what it's about, capturing the Old School guys. Louie brings decades of experience and stories in a well spoken matter. 

 

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EP:87 Head Cook Larry Carrol "I Loved to Cook"

Larry Carrol joins us today to share what it is like to spend an entire career Cooking on the water.

 

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EP: 86 Captain Jason Miller "I Had to prove Myself"

Jason Shares his Story, forgive the background Hydraulic Noises.