The set net skiff Wilson and Hill are working on now is 23 feet long by nine feet wide. The average turn-around time is four weeks with a cost of $24,000, not including freight.

A truck pulls a net from the beach, while boats in the distance fish from the sea. (Brian Venua/KDLG) “You know, I think days are different now, compared to what my grandfather used to do ...

A haul of set net-fished salmon are spread out on Ekuk Beach on July 12, 2024. (Deon Lopez, KDLG) On social media, set netters educate drift boats on how to prevent damage to set net gear.

A judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the United Cook Inlet Drift ...

JUNEAU, Alaska — A Coast Guard helicopter crew has rescued two men on board a disabled 15-foot skiff adrift in Alaska’s remote western Aleutian Islands.

An Alaska school district set its ... Five elementary school kids are drifting along on a skiff with a couple of adults. Everybody is focused on a series of red and white buoys attached to a net.

Sisters Emma Teal Laukitis and Claire Neaton discuss how growing up on a remote Alaskan homestead shaped a simple, respectful approach to nature, life and wild ingredients ...