A Fishing Family
Doug and Dawson chatting at sea Doug’s son Dawson bought his own gill net fishing boat this summer, the Krista C. This is Dawson’s 5 th year as a commercial fisherman. He has previously gill netted, worked on a purse seiner, been halibut, spot prawn, tiger shrimp, dungeness and tanner crab fishing - but this is the first time he’s captained his own boat. He fishes the waters closer to Haines so we were fortunate enough to run into him in the Lynn Canal (twice) during a break in our season in August. It was super fun to see him out fishing, tie up to him while his net was “soaking” and chat for a few minutes. We are so proud of him and he seems happy figuring out his own fishing scene! Doug’s daughter, Marirose, has been crew every summer since he first fished Pacific Son in 2016. This summer is the first that she did not fish with him as she took a full time position in Haines for her last high school summer break, but she told us that she mis...