|
|
|
|
 |
||||
|
||||
|
|
|
|
Our salmon comes fresh from the pristine waters surrounding Ketchikan and is brought to you by local resident and long time fisherman Wayne Jackson. Wayne was born and raised in a Tlingit village on Prince of Wales Island and he first took to the seas following in his grandfather's footsteps in 1959, the same year Alaska achieved statehood. He has fished ever since, except for a month long stint in a traditional job in town, which only affirmed his desire to return to a life upon the ocean wave. Each summer, when the salmon return from the open seas, Wayne fires up his forty foot boat the F/V Ocean Pearl, named after his mother and heads south to the fishing grounds just north of the Canadian border. He spends three weeks at a time fishing by day and anchored up in a remote bay in the short summer nights. His work day starts early at first light, (in June in Alaska that means 2:30am) with the last fish being pulled aboard around 10:30pm. Wayne says he doesn't notice the long hours and saves sleeping for winter! Silver salmon, or Coho, are known for their superior texture and succulent flavor and are considered one of the best easting salmon. It is these fish that Wayne targets and each day they are taken fresh by tender to Silver Lining Seafoods in Ketchikan where they are carefully hand selected for the smoking process. The brine recipe is one that was chosen only after Wayne had checked out all the others. He has settled on a winner. The smoking process results in salmon that are moist, flaky, firm and robust in flavor. Finally the strips are carefully hand packed and sealed in a can and marked under Wayne's own Ocean Pearl label. Just 300 cases are produced annually and it is sold only in a few select Ketchikan stores. Southeast Sea Kayaks is lucky enough to be able to provide Ocean Pearl salmon on our Orcas Cove trip and full day adventures, although we do like to doctor it up a little. Just take a good water cracker, add a little cream cheese, a chunk of smoked salmon, a few capers and some very thinly diced red onion and you will be reaching for more! Fishing
for wild salmon is a way of life in Southeast Alaska with many locals
making their living from the sea. It is always a joy to see the first
silvery splash of the returning salmon each spring. To that end we encourage
you to eat only 'wild' Pacific salmon. Not the farmed salmon which has
been injected with antibiotics in order to survive and dyed to give
it color. Be sure to ask, even on board the cruise ship, "Is the
salmon wild?' If it isn't, wait until you can really get a hold of the
true taste of the Far North… fresh and wild Pacific salmon. |
|
Southeast
Sea Kayaks
|
|
