| A-fishing
We Will Go!
An educational fishery organized by Ninilchik Traditional Council,
under the guidelines of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game,
recently gave a group of Ninilchik youngsters the opportunity to
try fishing methods that are far removed from modern high-tech fishing
rods and reels. On the evening of May 28, Craig Bock and Everett
Pinnow started construction of a weir and basket, which the boys
and girls, in grades 1-6, helped complete the following morning.
With sun sparkling on the water and warming the morning air, the
youngsters donned blue and yellow life jackets, compliments of the
Cook Inlet Tribal Council Summer Reforestation and Cultural Enrichment
Camp, which is held near Ninilchik. Divided into groups of three,
the boys and girls helped Pinnow perfect construction of the weir
(pictured above), while another group worked with Lorita Lindner
to strengthen the basket. Meanwhile, Demidoff and the third group
made colorful “salmon” hats from construction paper.
No fish were caught, but that did little to diminish the time-honored
tradition of being by Ninilchik River on a warm, sunny day. (Photo
by McKibben Jackinsky.)
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