Great video Brian. The loved the shots you got off the bow of the boat. If I could get my hands on half the big logs you have down there, I’d be in hog heaven.
@@AnAlaskaHomestead hello, guys great place to visit 😍😍😍😍 I have my brother live in Anchorage for over 20 years, he loves it there because He loves fishing, hunting and camping . I visited him couple times and I’m from Ohio 😍🙌 Take care guys 👍👍👍😍😍😍
It’s getting harder though. Getting a lot more comments these days. I do try. I feel it’s the least I could do for those taking time out of their day to watch a video and leave a comment.
22 years of my life was spent in Alaska, i loved it and miss it but it's a young person's state and hard to take as an oldtimer with creaky bones and a bad back.
I understand but for me it’s the opposite - the older I get the more I miss the dry cold of Northern Alberta. I live in Southern Ontario and the dampness is a killer. I don’t actually know if Alaska is a dry cold or damp. I guess that would make the difference.
@@wcolautti SE Alaska is a rain forest with the area getting 12-14 FEET of rain per year. Northern parts nea Anchorage and further are drier, colder and more snowy.
I Agree, I think me walking around this wilderness the past forty years has helped! I have had many folks from down south, shocked when I tell them I am 55 years old!
I wish I had acted on a dream to move to Alaska. Being in the 60’s that time is gone. Always go for your dream! My experience has become advise for our children and push them to always go for it.
Such a beautiful clean place natural beauty plenty of food and you must feel truly free.. I wished I'd went when I was a younger man but never did I love watching these shows, # God's country
You all look happy!😊 I know it's a challenging life. It's looks so beautiful though - I love watching videos of people living the life they want to live, and showing others.
Victoria is a champ bring up them pots! No wonder they live on your brutal island... they are tough enough to handle it! Great job getting stuff done B! You gotta be on top of stuff if you want to thrive, not just survive. Awesome video as always! Thanks for sharing.
Grew up in Wrangell. Crabbing has always been a favorite activity since I was small. Ryan’s wife Von is actually one of my oldest childhood friends. Love those guys, their channel is awesome. ❤ Boy your video makes me miss my SE Home.❤
Looked like a good time out on the water. What a great resource to have in your ocean yard. That stump graveyard is something else. Good luck with moving those things.
Oh I know. Luckily we haven’t had sea otters move in. The river otters Sue enough damage as it is. Tons of small kings along the beach thanks to those guys.
I really like the way you and your neighbors help each other and share resources when possible. Some day I hope to see a video on the history of your island. Has it every been logged? How tall are the trees? I look forward to your next video....have a safe and productive week to come.
The history of the island. That is something we never covered before. It’s all about helping each other out. The trees are 80 to 120 foot tall. Thanks for watching David and have a great week.
If you were starving, could you eat those crab you threw back? They allow deer and other wild game taken for starvation purpose in some areas, and i think Alaska is one of those.
I was born in Alaska but was moved when very small. I do not have much memory of it. I think of maybe going back someday. I wrote a mostly fictional book (Weak Love and Strong Love) that had a Russian tsar as a character. After choosing him as a character for the book, I read somewhere that in reality he was the tsar that sold Alaska to America. I was very pleased and found it significant I had picked him for the book and then found out he had been the one to sell the state I was born in to America.
@@AnAlaskaHomestead Thank you for the opinion. I believe a trip to Alaska is probably in my future if I can make it happen and would be one of the most rewarding things I could do.
Deer looked mighty tasty. They better look out come season. Are you allowed to dig a small canal to pull the boat into on low tide? Man that was sad to see those crabs was not the right ones. Your friend Victoria done an awesome job. She shonuff Got-R-Done! Stay safe my friends and have a great week!
Ha mmmm deer. I’m going to try to make it to Fairbanks this moose season. If I don’t deer hunt video this fall 😂 Victoria did an outstanding job. Hope you guys are staying safe. Have a great week.
Love your videos I subscribed and have watched many, I think it is a beautiful place right on the ocean, ya a bit crazy with the tide and the storms you deal with, I'm I00% percent off grid and love it :) fresh crab m....
Great looking young Kings......I didn't know you guys had that many Kings in your neck of the woods! The Dungies you can get should be HUGE compared to those down in WA state! I LOVED the young lady's attitude and heart......AND the fact that she was armed! Gunner needed some more loves......but then I'm partial to old dogs! Cheers from the Oil Patch in Central WY
Yeah Victoria did a great job pulling in the pots. She was a little frustrated with couldn’t keep any. We are rebaiting them in a couple days so hopefully we will get the right kind next time. Take care JR.
Them stumps can be sassy. did you ever think about the whistle and chooch method? Could try the old snatch and whirl technique. Frigsaking will woller out a tractor, boy howdy. i seen the back woods hicks do it with a log and a horse, I'll tell you what.
If you put all your household waste into a net tied to a long rope with a marker at the other end drop that into the water at the same place every time you can attract crabs and fish to the same spot then set your traps, just have a go and see, you might be surprised at the results, fish and crabs always go to places they know where food is, just the same as us 😁👍
We use the folding king crab pots up here for through the ice. If you pay shipping ill send you my extra's closed our commercial season so i dont need the 15 or so ive got.
Just subscribed. We are visiting Alaska in June of next year and want to see if it will suit us for full time living. We currently live in central Wyoming. We want a more wild land to embark on. We have a 5 and 3 year old. Where would you recommend we visit to get a full experience of Alaska? We are homesteaders already and want to continue that along with hunting and fishing. On our visit we would be most interested in fishing, where should we go that is kid friendly terrain and most likely to catch fish? Thanks for your videos they are awesome!
That’s awesome. It’s also a very hard question. From east to west Alaska would stretch from Florida to California. There are so many different climates and and environments. I love where we live but the Kenai peninsula is also a nice place. I think Fairbanks area comes to mind when people here Alaska, cold and rugged. I don’t know how long you plan on staying but flying into Anchorage and renting a car is not a bad idea. Head south down to Homer or Seward. You can fish and hunt here. Matsu valley is also nice but a longer drive to fish for salmon and halibut. You can fish at lakes though. SE Alaska is it’s own animal and it’s so far removed from the rest of Alaska. Be careful though, if you come to SE you might just never want to leave. A place where the mountains meet the ocean and it’s very mild summers and winters. Good luck on wherever you end up going.
Ah - too bad there weren't any dungies around! I caught a mess of those baby kings at the beginning of last year as well. Hopefully that means good things for the future king crab population! Tight lines! Captain Zac
I agree for the kings coming back. This was the worst year we had for dungies. Then to make matters worse someone stole three of my pots.🤬 Sea otters have been spotted in the general area. That my the reason our season wasn’t good. Hopefully they move on and don’t decimate the crab population.
Brian I have to tell how much I enjoy your videos. I love the way you love Gunner and all of God’s creatures you live with. Woodstove Wednesdays is a blast with Diana. You have me laughing too! Was wondering if it is possible for you to put out shrimp pots?
Thank you Bill. We can put out shrimp pots but the area for shrimp is further away and I’d need a pot puller for that plus a couple of pots. Some day maybe.
@@AnAlaskaHomestead Do shrimp reside in deeper water or different bottom conditions? I have been catching up on all the videos you have posted and am a little sad that when I do get caught up I will have to be patient for your new posts. Keep them coming brother!!
I just love you two. I been watching your vidoes all day. Alaskan is so beautiful an were you live I loved to live there you guys have put alot of work into your home stead. My son has been in the Army next year be 21 years. He is in Washington State. He bought a home in New Jersey of all places lol But it a beautiful place. He wanted to be transferred to Alaska but they sent him to Jersey I watched a video of you talking bout been in the military.thats why I was telling you about my son. I've got a grandson that's in the Marine's too. Keep up your good vidoes I love the Wood Stove Wedesday. watching. at this time the one about is Alaska reality Fake. Love from Berea Kentucky.
Well tell your son we appreciate his service to our country. To make it 20 years you’ve had to put up with some mega BS. 😂 I never was stationed in Fort Lewis. I’m sure that’s a great place. I’ll keep my opinions to myself about New Jersey 🤣😂 Thanks for the great comment. We hope you have a wonderful evening.
I also watch Ryan's channel. Cool to see you guys met up! That tractor looked like it was having a time with that stump. Good videos! Still waiting for a Brad and Victoria channel!
Can yall adopt me?.....just kidding. Dungeness crabbing is a lot like blue crabbing here. Without having to worry about those pesky kings. But fyi my Hope's of moving up there are probably no longer. Just had the third surgery on my foot and starting hyperbaric treatments tomorrow. You keep posting I'll keep watching.
I would take some IBC totes and put them out abit on the water and fill them with rocks . and top part i would put concrete . and then you can easily build an bridge from land out long in the water to the concrete foundation . And the boat can be tied to bridge all summer
King crabs are my second favorite, next to Chesapeake blue crabs. But yesterday in Kroger's they were selling for about $90.00 for about 9 clusters, that didn't include the body. Sadly it looks like I'll never eat them again. ☹️
I like Dungeness crab better than king but we are having a hard time finding the males. It’s still early in the year. Couple more weeks and we should be in business.
Most crab sold as Chesapeake today are from Galveston Bay and the Sabine River. They are caught here , flown there, and rebranded as Local. That price you quoted is insane.
God blessed your place with crabs, in the Philippines we don't have that size, i'm not sure if it's the weather, water or else that makes your crabs bigger.
its because people catch and keep every thing they pull in so they dont allow fish to get big enough. hahaha j/k kindaof. these are alaskan crabs, im assuming alaskan king crabs, so you dont have it in the Philippines.
Hate to see that on them crabs in that pot Brian but cool that you follow the fishing rules, lots of folks don't and I hate that too!! Always dig the fishing and boat videos my friend!! Y'all have a good week and stay safe up there sir!! Dan
Wow...I admire people who really know how to live off the land... contrast to city folks living in a material world, insane taxes and corruption. The music adds a nice touch of tranquility.
That was fun! Too bad no Dungeness, but it was interesting seeing the kings. I’m hoping we can get out again this year to go crabbing...one of the best reasons to live here! I’ll also check out that other Alaska off-grid guy’s channel. Sounds cool. Really beautiful drone footage too, wow!
Thanks, Ryan has some great things coming up. I can’t wait to see his mill in action. We re baited the pots yesterday so hopefully we will have some crabs in them tomorrow.
amazing👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😊🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩 how is it possible to work as an Alaskan crab catcher? Is it possible for people from outside Alaska to work as Alaskan crab catchers?
@@AnAlaskaHomestead Because I'm from outside Alaska, I don't understand websites that provide information about work as an Alaskan crab catcher, maybe if you can help me to provide website information related to crab fishing jobs in Alaska ?🙏🏻
Great Vid on Crabbin Brian. Too bad it were King's. But there will be good catches soon I'm sure. Nice shout out to Ryan & Von's channel. Instant sub of course. I'm hooked on content coming from Alaska now! hahaha.
I see you catching Red King crabs more than Dungeness. Those Red King crabs were probably all females. Commercial fishing for Dungeness usely starts about June 15 and they get shalower through the summer when the humpy's/pink salmon get to the creeks. Have you ever run down to Rocky Island and tried around there for Dungeness crab or up to Saint James Bay before ? Get your saw out and start cutting the roots off the stumps a couple of 5 gallon buckets of water to wash them off them old Sitka spruce and hemlock trees. Well hope you have a good week up there
@@AnAlaskaHomestead you going down to port Snetisham to do a little driftnetting at sweet heart flats trying to get a few whiting river sockeye salmon. Right in the mouth of port Snetisham in between stephans passage up to where it makes the T in port Snetisham was good halibut fishing best place between the mouth of glacier bay was right in the mouth of port Snetisham I don't know how deep you can sport fish but if you got a way to get down to the bottom it's a good halibut spot. The run of sokeyes in the whiting river doesn't last that long inside Snetisham and there's a few Dungeness crabs on sweet heart flats but port Snetisham was always good for tanner crab. One guy I used to crew for always liked port Snetisham I can remember greycod fishing for tanner crab bait and the North winds in January watching Willie waes blowing out of the whiting river took a full day and half before we could get the jear back and then getting back up to Taku harbor and couldn't get accros Taku inlet and Jim had the sea plane come get us from Taku harbor which just about couldn't fly across because of the Taku winds in the inlet so he could watch the Superbowl. Dipnetting at sweet heart flats gets more humpies/pink salmon than anything else good luck at that.
@@michaelbaker9415 yeah that’s the goal. You’ve got some great memories from here. I’m just starting to make them. We’ve lived here for 7 years but it sure doesn’t feel that way.
@@AnAlaskaHomestead moved there September 1982. Graduation 1985 Juneau Douglas high school moved from up there September 2003 can't commercial fish anymore because legs getting bad as I get older because of getting burned when I was a kid. Wish I could go back to commercial fishing but can't do that Juneau costs to much to stay there in rent and other things.. My daughter and 2 grand daughters still live in Juneau. My scumbag older brother lives there to which like I said before it wouldn't be a big loss if someone grabbed him up and left him on grand island or someplace like that. I don't talk or deal with him any more how he stays out of lemon creek correction/prison I don't know. Last I knew one of my cousins still lives in Juneau. I don't talk or anything with him either all he is a drunk pot head. After spending a month and a half in the hospital when I was 8 years old and they kept me on a bunch of pain meds most of that time. Just not into any drugs or booze or anything like that. Circulation on my legs is messed up from getting burned got to make sure I don't end up in a wheelchair. Juneau just isn't the place to live anymore. It was getting so I couldn't live on the boat I had and Juneau 2 ways in and out of their. I wish I could go back to commercial fishing or down here go drive a freight truck or do something.
@@AnAlaskaHomestead Having them is one thing, wearing them is another, kinda like wearing your battle-rattle before you go on patrol. They don't help unless your wearing them. Heavy outwear, injury, sudden immersion, disorientation, cold water, non-swimmer?, It's a gamble not worth taking. Having survived an accident at sea off the coast of Norway, I can tell you from first hand experience, out of 24 Marines, 15 of us were able to make it out alive. It was only minutes in the water before hypothermia hit us. All of us were strong swimmers. Stay safe and continue with those awesome videos.
I don’t know the Yukon shows, sorry. So not sure. We could really get enough fish, crab and deer to last all year. Veggies is our weakness, we are working on that area though. We still by beef, chicken and pork from the store because it’s nice to switch things up now and then. The truth is even if you could hunt and grown all your food you’d still need to buy things from the store. Stuff to make bread and seasons for your food.
We own the land here. Some other islands the land is leased. Our friend has a cabin on admiralty and after his grandson dies the land and cabin will go back to the state.
Great video Brian. The loved the shots you got off the bow of the boat. If I could get my hands on half the big logs you have down there, I’d be in hog heaven.
Thanks Ryan. If I could get a kick As mill I’d be on tickled pink😂 Hope you all have a great week.
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@@AnAlaskaHomestead hello, guys great place to visit 😍😍😍😍
I have my brother live in Anchorage for over 20 years, he loves it there because
He loves fishing, hunting and camping . I visited him couple times and I’m from Ohio 😍🙌
Take care guys 👍👍👍😍😍😍
@@appleorange3041 cool
#1. Can we all appreciate that he takes the time to reply and/or like nearly every comment? Awesome!
It’s getting harder though. Getting a lot more comments these days. I do try. I feel it’s the least I could do for those taking time out of their day to watch a video and leave a comment.
22 years of my life was spent in Alaska, i loved it and miss it but it's a young person's state and hard to take as an oldtimer with creaky bones and a bad back.
I understand but for me it’s the opposite - the older I get the more I miss the dry cold of Northern Alberta. I live in Southern Ontario and the dampness is a killer. I don’t actually know if Alaska is a dry cold or damp. I guess that would make the difference.
@@wcolautti SE Alaska is a rain forest with the area getting 12-14 FEET of rain per year. Northern parts nea Anchorage and further are drier, colder and more snowy.
I Agree, I think me walking around this wilderness the past forty years has helped! I have had many folks from down south, shocked when I tell them I am 55 years old!
@@troyottosen8722 you're only 55 dude. Thats the new 40.
@@CB-rv2lj “Dude”, And your ass has spent how many years here in my Alaska ??? Already know your answer! Young, igipunk!😳🤪😳
I wish I had acted on a dream to move to Alaska. Being in the 60’s that time is gone. Always go for your dream! My experience has become advise for our children and push them to always go for it.
Great advice 👍
Fun. Thanks. ✌️👊
This is the best of the american spirit, much respect
Pretty much👍
" Thank you Rocky, I um here " lol. That darn rocky anyway.
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Great video Brian and Diana
Glad you enjoyed it
Such a beautiful clean place natural beauty plenty of food and you must feel truly free.. I wished I'd went when I was a younger man but never did I love watching these shows, # God's country
Thank you Phillip. One of my high school friends from Oklahoma took a fishing trip up here. He fell in love.
Thanks for explaining why you had to throw all those crabs back, had no idea regarding those rules
Yeah it’s sucks but those are the rules.
You all look happy!😊 I know it's a challenging life. It's looks so beautiful though -
I love watching videos of people living the life they want to live, and showing others.
Thanks Wanda. We are happy😊
Just gorgeous! We will be visiting up there again, after a three year hiatus! Can’t wait.
Man, this whole Rona threw a kink in everyone’s plans.
Victoria is a champ bring up them pots! No wonder they live on your brutal island... they are tough enough to handle it! Great job getting stuff done B! You gotta be on top of stuff if you want to thrive, not just survive. Awesome video as always! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks TSP. Victoria pulled those pots like a champ.
I live in Brazil, but i watch alaska videos and i love alaska, as i wanted an opportunity to live there our was going to change my life.
Grew up in Wrangell. Crabbing has always been a favorite activity since I was small. Ryan’s wife Von is actually one of my oldest childhood friends. Love those guys, their channel is awesome. ❤ Boy your video makes me miss my SE Home.❤
They are an amazing couple. We enjoy spending time with them.
Looked like a good time out on the water. What a great resource to have in your ocean yard. That stump graveyard is something else. Good luck with moving those things.
Ha it’s definitely time for crabbing and fishing. 😋 Those roots are a nightmare😂
You guys have a great evening.
You have an excellent crew! Especially Gunnar!No crabs left where we are! The Sea Weasels as cute as they are, have eaten them all.
Oh I know. Luckily we haven’t had sea otters move in. The river otters Sue enough damage as it is. Tons of small kings along the beach thanks to those guys.
Like the place so quiet and beautifull sorroundings
Watching from the Philippines
Wow i suppose they’re all legal the second catch
Thanks
@@AnAlaskaHomestead you’re welcome and thanks too for your acknowledgement...
Wonderful presentation .The rewards of crabbing are many. God bless.
Thanks
Thanks
I really like the way you and your neighbors help each other and share resources when possible. Some day I hope to see a video on the history of your island. Has it every been logged? How tall are the trees? I look forward to your next video....have a safe and productive week to come.
The history of the island. That is something we never covered before.
It’s all about helping each other out. The trees are 80 to 120 foot tall. Thanks for watching David and have a great week.
Water is beautiful..❤
If you were starving, could you eat those crab you threw back? They allow deer and other wild game taken for starvation purpose in some areas, and i think Alaska is one of those.
Woah!
I've missed this one!
Just look at you there Brian, so young and innocent!
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Oh! And Gunner too! ❤
Oh. No Gunner was my fishing buddy. Sure do miss him.
@@AnAlaskaHomestead
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Boy do those crabs look YUMMY! Love your video. Thanks!
Thank you 😊
I was born in Alaska but was moved when very small. I do not have much memory of it. I think of maybe going back someday. I wrote a mostly fictional book (Weak Love and Strong Love) that had a Russian tsar as a character. After choosing him as a character for the book, I read somewhere that in reality he was the tsar that sold Alaska to America. I was very pleased and found it significant I had picked him for the book and then found out he had been the one to sell the state I was born in to America.
That’s pretty cool. It would be neat to come back and visit where you were born.
@@AnAlaskaHomestead Thank you for the opinion. I believe a trip to Alaska is probably in my future if I can make it happen and would be one of the most rewarding things I could do.
Hi from Melbourne Australia. Such peaceful music. Nice way to start the day. 😀🇦🇺
Hi Lynda, good to hear from you half way around the world.
Deer looked mighty tasty. They better look out come season. Are you allowed to dig a small canal to pull the boat into on low tide? Man that was sad to see those crabs was not the right ones. Your friend Victoria done an awesome job. She shonuff Got-R-Done! Stay safe my friends and have a great week!
Ha mmmm deer. I’m going to try to make it to Fairbanks this moose season. If I don’t deer hunt video this fall 😂
Victoria did an outstanding job.
Hope you guys are staying safe. Have a great week.
What do you do if your motor has issues? Easy to get parts to fix? Backup motor? Hope all is well!
We have the little small motor called a kicker. You can’t get back home on that if need be.
Love your videos I subscribed and have watched many, I think it is a beautiful place right on the ocean, ya a bit crazy with the tide and the storms you deal with, I'm I00% percent off grid and love it :) fresh crab m....
Great looking young Kings......I didn't know you guys had that many Kings in your neck of the woods!
The Dungies you can get should be HUGE compared to those down in WA state!
I LOVED the young lady's attitude and heart......AND the fact that she was armed!
Gunner needed some more loves......but then I'm partial to old dogs!
Cheers from the Oil Patch in Central WY
Yeah Victoria did a great job pulling in the pots. She was a little frustrated with couldn’t keep any. We are rebaiting them in a couple days so hopefully we will get the right kind next time.
Take care JR.
Them stumps can be sassy. did you ever think about the whistle and chooch method? Could try the old snatch and whirl technique. Frigsaking will woller out a tractor, boy howdy. i seen the back woods hicks do it with a log and a horse, I'll tell you what.
There is definitely more than one way to skin a cat.
If you put all your household waste into a net tied to a long rope with a marker at the other end drop that into the water at the same place every time you can attract crabs and fish to the same spot then set your traps, just have a go and see, you might be surprised at the results, fish and crabs always go to places they know where food is, just the same as us 😁👍
Sounds good.
What a beautiful place
Please load this music on a dvd player and listen to it all day. Have fun
Glad you like it.
We use the folding king crab pots up here for through the ice. If you pay shipping ill send you my extra's closed our commercial season so i dont need the 15 or so ive got.
Thanks that’s awful kind of you. They only open kings up for a a couple of days in this area. However as you can see they are making a comeback.
Just subscribed. We are visiting Alaska in June of next year and want to see if it will suit us for full time living. We currently live in central Wyoming. We want a more wild land to embark on. We have a 5 and 3 year old. Where would you recommend we visit to get a full experience of Alaska? We are homesteaders already and want to continue that along with hunting and fishing. On our visit we would be most interested in fishing, where should we go that is kid friendly terrain and most likely to catch fish? Thanks for your videos they are awesome!
That’s awesome. It’s also a very hard question. From east to west Alaska would stretch from Florida to California. There are so many different climates and and environments. I love where we live but the Kenai peninsula is also a nice place. I think Fairbanks area comes to mind when people here Alaska, cold and rugged. I don’t know how long you plan on staying but flying into Anchorage and renting a car is not a bad idea. Head south down to Homer or Seward. You can fish and hunt here. Matsu valley is also nice but a longer drive to fish for salmon and halibut. You can fish at lakes though.
SE Alaska is it’s own animal and it’s so far removed from the rest of Alaska. Be careful though, if you come to SE you might just never want to leave. A place where the mountains meet the ocean and it’s very mild summers and winters.
Good luck on wherever you end up going.
Very beautiful nature of Alaska! Great filmed! 👍thanks..
I'm so happy to find your channel. I love An Alaska Homestead. It's my new favorite channel. Good luck and SUBSCRIBE!
Thank you and welcome to the channel.
You have good neighbours in good hands
Thanks for an enjoyable video
Thanks OT
2 of my favourite channels 👍
It was great being able to meet up with Ryan.
I want to get out of the city and start living in peace with nature. God I envy you guys. God bless you and yours my man. Love your podcast. 😊
Thank you Steven.
I'd have a hard time getting many chores done if I lived there.. I'd spend all day looking at all those rocks.
Enjoyed watching 👍
Ah - too bad there weren't any dungies around! I caught a mess of those baby kings at the beginning of last year as well. Hopefully that means good things for the future king crab population! Tight lines! Captain Zac
I agree for the kings coming back. This was the worst year we had for dungies. Then to make matters worse someone stole three of my pots.🤬 Sea otters have been spotted in the general area. That my the reason our season wasn’t good. Hopefully they move on and don’t decimate the crab population.
Brian I have to tell how much I enjoy your videos. I love the way you love Gunner and all of God’s creatures you live with. Woodstove Wednesdays is a blast with Diana. You have me laughing too! Was wondering if it is possible for you to put out shrimp pots?
Thank you Bill. We can put out shrimp pots but the area for shrimp is further away and I’d need a pot puller for that plus a couple of pots. Some day maybe.
@@AnAlaskaHomestead Do shrimp reside in deeper water or different bottom conditions? I have been catching up on all the videos you have posted and am a little sad that when I do get caught up I will have to be patient for your new posts. Keep them coming brother!!
@@Bill-wq1ob Yeah they put pots out between 200-400 feet. That a lot of line to pull by hand. lol
I just love you two. I been watching your vidoes all day. Alaskan is so beautiful an were you live I loved to live there you guys have put alot of work into your home stead.
My son has been in the Army next year be 21 years. He is in Washington State. He bought a home in New Jersey of all places lol
But it a beautiful place. He wanted to be transferred to Alaska but they sent him to Jersey I watched a video of you talking bout been in the military.thats why I was telling you about my son. I've got a grandson that's in the Marine's too. Keep up your good vidoes I love the Wood Stove Wedesday. watching. at this time
the one about is Alaska reality Fake. Love from Berea Kentucky.
Well tell your son we appreciate his service to our country. To make it 20 years you’ve had to put up with some mega BS. 😂 I never was stationed in Fort Lewis. I’m sure that’s a great place. I’ll keep my opinions to myself about New Jersey 🤣😂
Thanks for the great comment. We hope you have a wonderful evening.
I also watch Ryan's channel. Cool to see you guys met up! That tractor looked like it was having a time with that stump. Good videos! Still waiting for a Brad and Victoria channel!
Yeah he’s a cool guy.
thoroughly enjoy your program,you guys seem like you enjoy life and nature .Cheers.
We do indeed. We live in a beautiful place.
Can yall adopt me?.....just kidding. Dungeness crabbing is a lot like blue crabbing here. Without having to worry about those pesky kings. But fyi my Hope's of moving up there are probably no longer. Just had the third surgery on my foot and starting hyperbaric treatments tomorrow. You keep posting I'll keep watching.
That’s a bummer. Hope you have a speedy recovery. Keep me updated👍
Looks like SO much WORK!
It’s a trade off from a 9-5 job.
Beautiful, while in the Navy we pulled into Sitka, stayed for couple weeks, for years I've wanted to go back to Alaska...
The southeast is a beautiful place.
wow..the landscape is breathtaking...lucky u
I would take some IBC totes and put them out abit on the water and fill them with rocks . and top part i would put concrete . and then you can easily build an bridge from land out long in the water to the concrete foundation . And the boat can be tied to bridge all summer
Wow..I want to have a new friend here in your place..Alaska....I'm faye from the Philippines..
Hi Faye.
My buddy just bought 40 acres in tok. They plan to farm and substance hunt etc.
Just saying as a forty year resident of Alaska, you could have picked a much better place the the interior, Tok!😳🤪🤣
Use the resources you have around you..❤️👊 I could eat crab every night..😊 Have a wonderful week you guys..!!
Thanks Ron. You have a great day too.
Guy says ,,, she’s got crabs and I burst out laughing
Loving your film-making Brian! like your new titles and branding moves. :) Great work Victoria.
Thank you
keep living THE DREAM! Thank you for sharing : - D
Beautiful scenery. ❤
King crabs are my second favorite, next to Chesapeake blue crabs. But yesterday in Kroger's they were selling for about $90.00 for about 9 clusters, that didn't include the body. Sadly it looks like I'll never eat them again. ☹️
I like Dungeness crab better than king but we are having a hard time finding the males. It’s still early in the year. Couple more weeks and we should be in business.
Most crab sold as Chesapeake today are from Galveston Bay and the Sabine River. They are caught here , flown there, and rebranded as Local. That price you quoted is insane.
It’s great place to visit 👍👍👍
ZZ Top from the Pole !
Rocky is like good morning 😁 I just figured out how to subscribe. Keep the videos coming I love this
Good to have you with us. Have a great day and a great 22.
Brian I notice your style of vlogging has improved the last few....good job!
Thanks Gail.
Beautiful place
Thanks for the nice vid. Living the dream. Looked like she was using halibut harpoon to grab lines
Ha she was, I didn’t have my gaff hook
God blessed your place with crabs, in the Philippines we don't have that size, i'm not sure if it's the weather, water or else that makes your crabs bigger.
its because people catch and keep every thing they pull in so they dont allow fish to get big enough. hahaha j/k kindaof. these are alaskan crabs, im assuming alaskan king crabs, so you dont have it in the Philippines.
Hate to see that on them crabs in that pot Brian but cool that you follow the fishing rules, lots of folks don't and I hate that too!! Always dig the fishing and boat videos my friend!! Y'all have a good week and stay safe up there sir!! Dan
Thanks Dan. I hate throwing them back to but to help the population grow we need wildlife management.
Wow...I admire people who really know how to live off the land... contrast to city folks living in a material world, insane taxes and corruption. The music adds a nice touch of tranquility.
Thanks👍
That was fun to watch. To bad it was the wrong type of crabs.❤💫✌
I know 😫
Do you guys ever dig for clams or mussels?
We don’t. I personally don’t like clams and we also have red tide here.
That was fun! Too bad no Dungeness, but it was interesting seeing the kings. I’m hoping we can get out again this year to go crabbing...one of the best reasons to live here! I’ll also check out that other Alaska off-grid guy’s channel. Sounds cool. Really beautiful drone footage too, wow!
Thanks, Ryan has some great things coming up. I can’t wait to see his mill in action. We re baited the pots yesterday so hopefully we will have some crabs in them tomorrow.
Do the traps need to be on the bottom ?
They do need to sit on the bottom.
Wow you need some catch and cook next time, what a great video!!! Well made, great music and love your soothing voice. Great job, I'm subscribing
Soon, especially when the salmon are running.
amazing👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😊🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩
how is it possible to work as an Alaskan crab catcher?
Is it possible for people from outside Alaska to work as Alaskan crab catchers?
I’m sure there is. You’d have to check with the state of Alaska to find out what all is involved.
@@AnAlaskaHomestead
Because I'm from outside Alaska, I don't understand websites that provide information about work as an Alaskan crab catcher, maybe if you can help me to provide website information related to crab fishing jobs in Alaska ?🙏🏻
@@bennysamba252 sorry Benny I don’t know anything about it. Your local embassy or a US embassy could also help out.
@@AnAlaskaHomestead thank you for you information 🙏🏻😊
What was that soothing guitar music? I would love to nap with that on.
I horrible at not posting the names of the songs in the description and I forget by the time the video comes out. Sorry.
Great boat video😉 what drone do you have? Have a great week!
Thanks 😊
I got the mavic pro. Hope you all have a great week too.
I didn't know that you can't eat a king crab nice too see them and Victoria muscle them up in the BOAT GOD BLESS
Oh yeah she pulled them pots in like a champ.
King crab must have been out of season.
What a view
I hope to visit Alaska one day.
You should. It’s a nice place to visit.
Thank you so much!
Yes someday
Thanks for sharing!
Thank you
loves her side arm!
Issued to everyone @ 18 yrs old, or on the way to the outhouse
Great Vid on Crabbin Brian. Too bad it were King's. But there will be good catches soon I'm sure. Nice shout out to Ryan & Von's channel. Instant sub of course. I'm hooked on content coming from Alaska now! hahaha.
Ryan and Von are such nice people. Glad we were able to meet up. He’s retired Coast Guard.
Gunner has the listening skills of a PFC that scored a 47 on the asvab! 🤣
😂🤣that a great way to put it
Bahahahahahaha
I see you catching Red King crabs more than Dungeness. Those Red King crabs were probably all females. Commercial fishing for Dungeness usely starts about June 15 and they get shalower through the summer when the humpy's/pink salmon get to the creeks. Have you ever run down to Rocky Island and tried around there for Dungeness crab or up to Saint James Bay before ?
Get your saw out and start cutting the roots off the stumps a couple of 5 gallon buckets of water to wash them off them old Sitka spruce and hemlock trees. Well hope you have a good week up there
No I need to get out more but I always have a lot on my plate. My man exploration goal this summer is to go down to sweetheart creek.
@@AnAlaskaHomestead you going down to port Snetisham to do a little driftnetting at sweet heart flats trying to get a few whiting river sockeye salmon. Right in the mouth of port Snetisham in between stephans passage up to where it makes the T in port Snetisham was good halibut fishing best place between the mouth of glacier bay was right in the mouth of port Snetisham I don't know how deep you can sport fish but if you got a way to get down to the bottom it's a good halibut spot. The run of sokeyes in the whiting river doesn't last that long inside Snetisham and there's a few Dungeness crabs on sweet heart flats but port Snetisham was always good for tanner crab. One guy I used to crew for always liked port Snetisham I can remember greycod fishing for tanner crab bait and the North winds in January watching Willie waes blowing out of the whiting river took a full day and half before we could get the jear back and then getting back up to Taku harbor and couldn't get accros Taku inlet and Jim had the sea plane come get us from Taku harbor which just about couldn't fly across because of the Taku winds in the inlet so he could watch the Superbowl. Dipnetting at sweet heart flats gets more humpies/pink salmon than anything else good luck at that.
@@michaelbaker9415 yeah that’s the goal. You’ve got some great memories from here. I’m just starting to make them. We’ve lived here for 7 years but it sure doesn’t feel that way.
@@AnAlaskaHomestead moved there September 1982. Graduation 1985 Juneau Douglas high school moved from up there September 2003 can't commercial fish anymore because legs getting bad as I get older because of getting burned when I was a kid. Wish I could go back to commercial fishing but can't do that Juneau costs to much to stay there in rent and other things.. My daughter and 2 grand daughters still live in Juneau.
My scumbag older brother lives there to which like I said before it wouldn't be a big loss if someone grabbed him up and left him on grand island or someplace like that. I don't talk or deal with him any more how he stays out of lemon creek correction/prison I don't know. Last I knew one of my cousins still lives in Juneau. I don't talk or anything with him either all he is a drunk pot head.
After spending a month and a half in the hospital when I was 8 years old and they kept me on a bunch of pain meds most of that time. Just not into any drugs or booze or anything like that. Circulation on my legs is messed up from getting burned got to make sure I don't end up in a wheelchair. Juneau just isn't the place to live anymore. It was getting so I couldn't live on the boat I had and Juneau 2 ways in and out of their. I wish I could go back to commercial fishing or down here go drive a freight truck or do something.
Maybe get a side pull for the nets
A small davit would be handy
Hi new subscriber here in he U.K. , my dream is to move to Alaska, such a beautiful country .
Welcome. Love hearing from folks across the ocean.
Nice work mate would love to get up there one-day great job
Thanks
No floatation jackets. Cold water kills quick.
We’ve got 9 in the boat and two mustang suits.
@@AnAlaskaHomestead Having them is one thing, wearing them is another, kinda like wearing your battle-rattle before you go on patrol. They don't help unless your wearing them. Heavy outwear, injury, sudden immersion, disorientation, cold water, non-swimmer?, It's a gamble not worth taking. Having survived an accident at sea off the coast of Norway, I can tell you from first hand experience, out of 24 Marines, 15 of us were able to make it out alive. It was only minutes in the water before hypothermia hit us. All of us were strong swimmers. Stay safe and continue with those awesome videos.
New friend here from Philippines.
Glad to have you here. 👍
Is your place closer to Sand Point Alaska?
No we are in southeast. 👍
Today's price of Alaskan king is unavailable here but could not afford. But have tasted and it's so good.
They are delicious
how much do you actualy live off the land brian? does anyone have boats like the guys on the yukon shows big open bow with cabin in the back?
I don’t know the Yukon shows, sorry. So not sure. We could really get enough fish, crab and deer to last all year. Veggies is our weakness, we are working on that area though. We still by beef, chicken and pork from the store because it’s nice to switch things up now and then.
The truth is even if you could hunt and grown all your food you’d still need to buy things from the store. Stuff to make bread and seasons for your food.
That's a bummer for me and I think for you too Brian, I had high hopes, oh well when is it ever easy?
We are just getting started. We will be knee deep in crab soon😂
@@AnAlaskaHomestead GREAT! Thanks.
What size is that boat sir?
It is 20 foot
@@AnAlaskaHomestead I thought so, it looks like it handles those waters well. I enjoy watching how y'all are living.
@@scottcoleman162 that’s been a great boat for the last 7 years but we just bought a 25’ boat. It handles the rough water a lot better.
How do you keep your chickens safe from predators like bears? That didn’t look like very stout coop fencing. Not critical, just curious.
Electric fence and a 30-06
@@AnAlaskaHomestead Aww! Good plan!!
How does land work on the island ? Do you own if? Or is it a land lease deal ?
We own the land here. Some other islands the land is leased. Our friend has a cabin on admiralty and after his grandson dies the land and cabin will go back to the state.
Very interesting
Hey man. My goal is do exactly what your doing in Alaska .
It’s definitely possible