10 Cast Net: Alaska Fishing Boat Jobs

Tuesday, 2 October 2012

Alaska Fishing Boat Jobs

If you desire to work as a deckhand in Alaska during the summer, chances are that you will be working on a salmon fishing boat. Although, there are other fisheries that are in operation during the summer months, salmon is king during the summer in Alaska. This is particularly true if you are a student and are working in Alaska during your summer break from school. Thousands of college students travel up to Alaska each summer to work in the salmon fisheries. There are three type of salmon fishing boats that fish in Alaska's waters: Trolling for Salmon. Trolling is different from other types of fishing, in that the quality of the fish is stressed over sheer quantity. Typically, four stainless steel lines, each equipped with 8-12 leaders and a variety of lures, baited hooks and flashers are dragged from a slow moving boat. The lines are periodically reeled in to remove the fish and rebait the hooks. The leaders (18-36 feet of 50-80 lb. test line) must be pulled in by hand. The troller's deckhand will often experience the thrill of fighting a 60-pound king salmon, inch by inch, much like sport fishing.