Two elderly Native American women stayed at my campground. At night they went out dip netting which means they stood in the river water near the shore, or they stood on the shore, and held out their nets in the water to try to catch fish. Even though the water was freezing, and it was cold at night, they net fished in their regular clothes - no wading boots - no waterproof clothes. They fished for hours. When they brought the fish to their campsite, they had a tent set up just for the fish. The tent had three wooden poles on which they hung the fish to dry. In order to hang the fish, they filleted it, but left the tail intact so the sides of the fish hung from either side of the pole. Then, in order to help the drying process, they sliced the fish evenly from one side to the other. They said the fish needed to hang like that for three days in order for it to dry properly. Unfortunately our head ranger made them leave on the third day because she felt the fish might bring in bears. I don't know if it would have, but one thing I noticed was that the fish had no smell that I could detect. I was sad to see them leave.
This is an example of Native American art that can be found all around the Kenai peninsula. It is hand carved. I think the bottom animal is a beaver because of its tail, the middle one is an eagle and the top one is a whale.
Just a beautiful sunset
The houses and vehicles of the temporary fishing camp on the Clam Gulch beach.They will stay there until probably the middle of August.
A lone boat waiting for the "call" to go get the fish.
Sunset
