• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Buchanan Salmon Fishing

Commercial Fishing for Wild Alaskan Salmon

  • Home
  • The Skippers
    • Tom Buchanan
    • Nathan Buchanan
    • Perry Buchanan
    • Steve Buchanan
  • The Salmon
    • Kippered Salmon
    • Lightly Fried Salmon
    • Recipes
  • The Boats
  • Inside Alaska Novels
  • Videos
  • Contact

Tom’s Blog

Lettie Lavern Fox Buchanan

October 24, 2013 by Commercial Fisherman

L&P-BuchananDolly Fox Buchanan left us to join her husband Perry on Sept. 23, 2013. She was born on June 23, 1936 to Harriet and Thomas Fox in Seldovia, Alaska, the youngest of six children, and nicknamed “Dolly” by her family. She loved Seldovia, but left to move to Seward when she married Perry Buchanan, where they raised their three children. Perry and Dolly enjoyed having Dolly’s mother live with them in her later years.

Dolly loved fishing, helping string fish for the smokehouse, playing with her treasured Shih Tzu dogs and playing bingo with her friends. She especially loved doing beautifully detailed handwork, especially crocheting, often creating beautiful wedding dolls as gifts.

Wedding-Dolls

She is survived by her brothers, Thomas Fox, Arthur (and Martha) Fox and sisters, Mae (and Freddie) Sharp and Delores (and Pete) Peterson. She was predeceased by her brother Andrew Fox. Her children are Cathy (and Richard) Johnson of Bossier, Louisiana, Steven (and Janet) Buchanan and Thomas M. Buchanan of Seward, Alaska. She has eight grandchildren and six great grand children. She also helped raise many other children in the Seward area and counted Barbara Peterson as a special friend and one of her children.

A private service will be held in the spring of 2014.

Filed Under: Family

Caviar

July 13, 2012 by Commercial Fisherman










We made caviar from a few reds that they guys caught. It’s awesome!

DJ digging in!

We are really enjoying it – even Tom, who said “no, thanks” but then couldn’t stand to watch us enjoying something so much without trying it himself.

DJ and I searched recipies on Instructables the Food Network and YouTube (of course!) and we decided to do a double batch, testing brining before and after separating the eggs from the membranes. We didn’t see much difference, but we did see a lot of difference in the taste, based on brining time.

The eggs separated a lot easier than a previous time that I’d tried this, years ago. The freshness of the fish and cold temperature of the eggs really helped this time. We brined for about 6 minutes and that seemed to be just fine. The flavor is light and delicious and they are keeping quite well in the fridge – that is until someone pulls out the batches and crackers!

We’re looking forward to trying this with the silvers, pink and keta salmon too.

Filed Under: recipes

Humpy Burgers

July 9, 2012 by Commercial Fisherman

We’ve been talking about doing this for a long time: grinding up pink salmon and making burgers. It took waiting for some pinks to come in, and be caught, but we finally got one and today was the big day. Tom used his Kitchen Aid to grind the fish, after slicing out the bones, and then he fried the patties in olive oil. Trident Seafoods does this and Costco sells them, so we figured that they must be onto something.

Pink Salmon Burger


They are!

These were awesome! Tom, Marguerita and DJ each ate one, fresh (well, the salmon had been in the fridge for a day) and we LOVED them!

Marguerita had hers plain, DJ went all out with bread, lettuce, catsup and mustard and Tom started out with a plain burger and then added Monteray Jack cheese. What a great meal, we can’t wait to try this again.

Filed Under: recipes

Salmon Wars – A Video Documentary

June 9, 2012 by Commercial Fisherman

It looks like we in southcentral Alaska are not alone in our issues with the “business” of aquaculture and its harmful effects on native, natural, wild salmon and other stocks. For more information, visit the site of the video documentary Salmon Wars or the site of the producer, Silver Donald Cameron, The Green Interview.

Thanks to Dave Clark for posting this on Google+

Filed Under: Aquaculture, Farmed Fish, Fishing, Politics

Perry Nathan Buchanan

January 12, 2012 by Commercial Fisherman

Perry N. Buchanan

Until we meet again…

I am sad to say that we’ve lost the Buchanan patriarch. Born in Roseberry, Idaho, May 28, 1929, Perry left us on January 8, 2012.

Perry moved to Alaska with his brother Gene in 1951. He met Lettie Lavern Fox (Dolly) in Seldovia in 1953 and they were married on January 2, 1955. They had three children, Cathy, Steve and Tom.

Perry worked longshoring and in a lumber mill in Seward from 1951 to 1965 when he joined the Alaska Marine Highway, working on the brand new M/V Tustumena from 1965 to 1988. Perry loved fishing and he commercial fished for salmon in Lower Cook Inlet from 1967 to 2000 with his sons Steve and Tom. When he retired Perry greatly enjoyed wintering in Arizona, enjoying the sun and the warmth with his wife, and summering in Alaska on the family property at mile 7 of the Seward Highway.

Perry leaves his wife Lettie; daughter Cathy and son-in-law Richard Johnson and their children Catherine and Richard Jr. (Ricky) and four great grandchildren; son Perry (Steve) and daughter-in-law Janet and their four children, Nathan, Michelle, Andrew and Jeffrey; Tom and his children Thomas and Melissa.

Perry’s ashes will be spread in Seward in the summer of 2012, with a private family ceremony, according to his wishes.

Warm winds and smooth seas Perry, you are dearly missed.

Filed Under: Family

Fish & Wildlife Jobs in Alaska

November 7, 2011 by Commercial Fisherman

From this site –
Comes this link to upcoming Federal Fish & Wildlife jobs in Alaska.

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Farmed Salmon Virus Attacking Wild Stocks

October 19, 2011 by Commercial Fisherman

Richard Routledge, an environmental scientist at the university who leads the sockeye study, suggested that the virus had spread from the province’s aquaculture industry …
NY Times Story

Filed Under: Aquaculture, Farmed Fish Tagged With: aquaculture, farmed fish

NPR on the waste of farmed fish

October 14, 2011 by Commercial Fisherman

It takes about three pounds of feeder fish to produce one pound of farmed salmon.

Filed Under: Aquaculture, Farmed Fish Tagged With: aquaculture, farmed fish

Clean up

September 27, 2011 by Commercial Fisherman

It’s final clean up day here. The boats are dry docked, the nets are stored and the crew has gone home for the winter. We’re drying the last tarps, cleaning out the skiff, packing the radios off the boat and sealing her tight for winter.

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Seldovia

July 19, 2011 by Commercial Fisherman

Dolly B sits at the end of the transient dock, Seldovia Alaska

The boat made a slight detour to Seldovia for an overnighter. Tom’s mother grew up there (nee Lettie L. Fox) and he enjoyed taking some pics to show her what it looks like today.

Tom enjoyed walking the docks and drydock, checking out the boats.

Tom checking out the Dee Dee II

The crew enjoyed the Linwood Bar for a few hours and Dave found a great coffee shop/book store to enjoy.

Dave found The Warehouse - awesome shop & coffee

Leaving Port

Filed Under: Crew, Down Time

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Page 4
  • Page 5
  • Page 6
  • Page 7
  • Page 8
  • Page 9
  • Go to Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Read Thunder Bay for Free

Thunder Bay Seiner Series

Find the Books On Your Favorite Bookseller:

Amazon
Apple
Google Play
Kobo

Pages

  • The Skippers
    • Perry Buchanan
    • Steve Buchanan
    • Tom Buchanan
    • Nathan Buchanan
  • The Boats
  • The Salmon
    • Recipes
    • Lightly Fried Salmon
    • Kippered Salmon
  • The Crew
  • Contact
  • Videos
  • Tom’s Blog
  • RSW
  • Inside Alaska Novels

Blogroll

  • Alaska Corruption Probe Wiki
  • Alaska Saltwater Charters – F/V Florette C & Capt. Dianne Duboc
  • Artifishal – The Documentary
  • Ben Stevens – Wiki with info on Fisheries Corruption
  • Captain Jack's Alaska Seafood
  • Citizen Salmon – Fish Broker in Homer, Alaska
  • Coal Point Seafood Company
  • Deck Boss
  • J Dock Fishing Company – Charter & Market
  • Qutekcak Native Tribe
  • Reporting on the Corruption in Alaska Fishing & Politics
  • Salmon is 2nd most digestible protein
  • Salmon People
  • Salmon Wars Documentary
  • Save Bristol Bay!
  • The Brig
  • Undercurrent News
  • Wild Fish Conservancy
  • Wild Salmon Org

Categories

Gone Fishing

Copyright © 2026 · Dynamik-Gen on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in