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Hello Fishies!

Here is a great story by Captain Jerry Tilley Sr., the father of Captain Jerry “Corky” Tilley of the F/V Aleutian Ballad and F/v Watchman.

From Pacific Fishing Magazines series: The Life

Men and women describe the life of commercial fishing

We are pleased to present an opportunity for those involved in commercial fishing in the Pacific to describe the way they work, the way they live.

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By Jerry Tilley

Mix it with the Gulf of Alaska, and it just may save your life

Jerry Tilley was born in the fishing village of Tokeland, Wash., in 1931, and has lived the life of the sea and fishing. One of the most memorable — and frightening — interludes came aboard the F/V Hekla off Alaska in 1962.

November in and around Kodiak Island, Alaska, is windy, wet, and, at times, very cold — snow falls sideways. And that’s under normal conditions. Wind velocity was clocked at 128 m.p.h. at the U.S. Naval Air Station in November 1962. Chill factors were off the scale. But those who have to go fishing to pay the bills are not worrying about a chill factor.

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