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The Halibut Man

Saturday, 18 April 2009 16:52

Sue:

The Halibut Man came to town yesterday. It's much like Santa Claus coming to town, only in reverse. Everyone hears he's coming and runs down to the docks with their sacks. Phil and I were going to get some too when we thought it would be nicely fileted for us, but no such luck. This dude was on his own, and there's some law about the captain of a boat not fileting the fish. So we would have had to get a whole fish, guts, bones and all, and even though a couple of our neighbors offered to filet it for us, we decided to pass. Even though it was only $5.00 a pound. Woo nelly. That's a deal. But I did get some pictures of our neighbor's haul before they cut it up:

Halibut cooler

Ron wanted me to take a picture of him with the halibut, but I refused to show his face because he was not the fisherman:

Fresh Halibut

Aren't halibut cute, with their two little eyes on the same side of their face? And look at it smiling. Ok, it really looked like it was frowning, so I rotated the picture until it looked happier about its fate.

Smiling Halibut

A little while after I took these photos, some other nice neighbors of ours showed up at our door with a sack of freshly fileted halibut and told us to take some. And they wouldn't even take our money. Isn't Alaska a friendly place? Smiling fish and giving neighbors. To quote a beer commercial, "life doesn't get any better than this."

Tags: halibut, skagway, alaska, sue

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Comments (4)

kathleen

18 April 2009, 19:48
Are you working for Corringtons in the 2009 season? We are headed to Skagway to work for them. Would appreciate any advice.
World of Payne

18 April 2009, 21:02
Kathleen, we sure do work for the Corringtons. Its been three years now. We love them. If you want to, we have a review of working here under our Workamping section. If you have any other questions, email us using the Comments, Questions, Suggestions button on the menu here, and well be happy to email you. See you soon!
Mom Pat

19 April 2009, 12:27
Id call that a good birthday week, 2 parties, cup cakes, and fresh halibut. We tried to get ourselves to buy some frozen last night but just not the same. Paula and I did the RV show yesterday. They did not have the 3 tier 5th wheel. Mostly just had the big bus 2hundred K things. Did see lots of Air Streams. They had a nice 5th wheel but it cost twice the value of our house! But it was fun. Paula discovered RVing Women and was ready to sign up on the spot. We missed you all terribly. I kept wanting to show you the lousy way drawers were built. She just kept asking where you were. We did decide we had already seen pretty much everything they had to offer--at least at this show. Also, decided we are not ready to decide what is next just yet. But we have a couple clear ideas of if then, maybes. Im still waiting to hear if IRB approves my research proposal so I can leave a week from today. Cross your fingers!! Rest of work is going well. Even recruitment is up for Paulas grant. Maybe she will still have a job come fall. Or maybe she will get hired on as faculty. One spot just opened up. Spring is definitely here. Daffodils are done; tulips and iris in full bloom. Red bud trees are aglow. Life is good. Hugs, Pat
paula

21 April 2009, 13:50
And the sprinklers that you installed work great. Yeh...the halibut we saw was 9.99 a lb...and not nearly as pretty! We knew there would be no comparison to the Skagway variety.I liked some of the Airstreams and a few Winnebagos...and the Naveo, still. Missed you two like crazy!