Herring Fishing on Lake Superior sponsored by the Bayfield Maritime Museum

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"A Day on Lake Superior Fishing Top Nets for Ciscoes/Lake Superior Herring"
SCRIPT:
Robert J. Nelson
MATERIAL:
Great Lakes Fishery Commission
for material printed in 2016 MONOGRAPH entitled Ciscoes of the Laurentian Great Lakes and Lake Nipigon
DATA CONTRIBUTION:
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
HISTORICAL INFORMATION PROVIDED BY:
Bayfield County Press
VOICE OVER:
John Klungness
SPECIAL THANKS:
Craig Hoopman
Craig Hoopman Fisheries of Bayfield, WI
for sharing time to join his operation in filming a 2017 Herring harvest from his fish tug Eleanor B.
and
Bill Bodin
Bodin's Fisheries of Bayfield, WI
for accomodating time in filming a 2017 Herring processing at Bodin's.
FILMED & PRODUCED BY
Oxygen Imagery and Web Design LLC

Пікірлер: 91

@tercelfish00 4 жыл бұрын

Keep catchin them and I'll keep eating! Glad to support a local fishery and see populations are stable. Thanks for the video!

@Ibuywithpridellc 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching tercelfish. Check out the Bayfield Maritime Museum if you are ever in Wisconsin.

@johnthekiwi1601 4 жыл бұрын

Always love seeing videos of the different elements of the commercial game. As a kid growing up in NZ I worked on boats (all hand pulled gill netting fisheries) from when I was about 12 until literally the day before I came to the US aged 24. Every weekend and on every school break and occasionally when I just decided to bunk school. When I was at uni and the very long Christmas holidays rolled around and all of my mates were getting ready to dole bludge and head to the beaches for the summer I was fishing. It wasn't just the money it was the sense of achievement and the enactment of a plan. Brutal hours, tough weather and intermittent bouts of real danger.....greatest time of my life!

@ronaldkrull6314 2 жыл бұрын

Double thumbs up. Nice job, much respect guys

@ajaxmaintenance5104 Жыл бұрын

Fascinating. Looks like cold, hard and a little bit dangerous work.

@heheheehehe4277 3 жыл бұрын

I'm 13 years old and I want to do this. I'm always biking to our harbor to look at these boats and I'm obsessed. I really hope I can do this when I'm older

@allenpeck8239 5 жыл бұрын

There will always be a massive demand for fish as a resource... A good thing, I believe

@vecair 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent education for us out west! Thanks much for making this video for all of us. Cheers from Arizona!

@Ibuywithpridellc 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching in Arizona!

@MrAC1978 4 жыл бұрын

I worked a couple seasons on a similar fishing boat out of Killarney Ontario, it was an amazing experience

@u.p.woodtick3296 4 жыл бұрын

Fished on a gill net boat in Northern Lake Michigan in 1972, ate fresh smelt all through the winter. It was my favorite job I ever had, but for money I spent 37 years in a papermill.

@yaddahaysmarmalite4059 4 жыл бұрын

I wish more people would learn to appreciate smelt for eating.

@Ibuywithpridellc 4 жыл бұрын

Thats also a popular ritual around these parts.

@bobheinrich5034 4 жыл бұрын

@@Ibuywithpridellc I've seen those boats before. Who manufactures them and what type of boat are they?

@miked1765 4 жыл бұрын

Yaddahay smarmalite I love Smelt.

@Ibuywithpridellc 4 жыл бұрын

@@bobheinrich5034 I wish I had an answer for you Bob.

@MegaBait1616 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video........ be well.

@jonasheinzerlingoxygenimag295 Жыл бұрын

Thanks MegaBait

@MegaBait1616 Жыл бұрын

@@jonasheinzerlingoxygenimag295 , thank you....

@arneservatius8686 3 жыл бұрын

I loved those diesels their sound was unique. You could move the magneto lever back and cause the engine to fire backwards amazing simple. But reliable engine. Michigan

@crashweaverda 4 жыл бұрын

You only hear about sport fishing not the commercial fishing. Didn't even know it existed till now and I lived in the great lakes area all my life. Just turned 55.

@79tazman 4 жыл бұрын

No kidding I live on Lake Erie and know lot's of commercial fisherman and boat owners even did some back when I was a teen I'm 41 years old now

@toms7947 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video!

@mikepierce1724 2 жыл бұрын

First job was sardine factory. Then trucking the waste and eventually my own truck hauling herring in from 900 mile area where boats work

@danfish4life249 3 жыл бұрын

I've fished whitefish with trap nets and I got to say this looks a lot easier on your back. It's a killer leaning over the side and netting them out of the pocket. Ya I'm old.

@andrewjamesokey7559 6 жыл бұрын

Nice work!

@Ibuywithpridellc 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Andy.

@Z-Bart 4 жыл бұрын

Big Herring = Big Lake Trout. 👍

@gregorydryden7865 Жыл бұрын

great video thank you

@Ibuywithpridellc Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Greg.

@danno1ize 4 жыл бұрын

Man I love pickled herring!!

@u.p.woodtick3296 4 жыл бұрын

jeb stuart my refrigerator is never without a jar of it in there

@3.6pentastardude81 4 жыл бұрын

I love pickled herring. Yummy

@Forevertrue 4 жыл бұрын

I was born in 1949. I can remember fishing boats on Lake Erie seining for perch. For as far out as I could see, I could see bottom. Sounds strange today to say that.

@arneservatius8686 3 жыл бұрын

My dad was on a fish tug out of south haven Lake Michigan storm of “29” I think his crew all drown, he would of too but had to take care of personal business that day. Michigan

@williamhommel4252 5 жыл бұрын

I see a market for folks that to some serious fishing and freezer stuffing and aren't afraid of getting wet.

@savagecub 4 жыл бұрын

I saw some funny looking boats moored up in Sheboygan Wisconsin. I bet this is what they were.

@dwetick1 5 жыл бұрын

We used to have the herring here (ERIE), but I think they're all gone...still some in Ontario.

@ericharris893 4 жыл бұрын

D Wetick plenty

@darrenkastl8160 4 жыл бұрын

Pitch and roll! Pitch and roll! Lol!

@heheheehehe4277 3 жыл бұрын

I've always wanted to do commercial fishing. I'm 14 by the way and I want to buy my own turtle back and go fishing in Michigan

@williamhommel4252 5 жыл бұрын

Are these what we typically see packaged as pickled herring? I'm in South Central Wisconsin, about 70mi. from L. Michigan, and near 300mi. from L. Superior. MSN area. Just curious. BTW, If so they are yummo, and some of the best durn snackin' in this neck of the woods! Thanks for the yummies, boys! Can I buy fillets or whole (gutted) fish too? Only too glad to throw some fish bux at you v. Mrs. Paul. Ick.

@Ibuywithpridellc 5 жыл бұрын

Most of the herring is used locally and sent to Europe. They also ship the roe all over the world. I know Bodin's is working to supply the pickled herring industry but I'm not sure how much is. Thanks for watching William.

@khadijagwen 4 жыл бұрын

LOL, I've been trying to figure out what was in those funny looking boats. I have no idea what they do on the Pacific Ocean where I live, but the boats look nothing like these.

@joequinn309 2 жыл бұрын

Just curious if anyone knows why all the working areas on these boats are enclosed. Atypical of most fishing boats I have seen. Thanks

@Ibuywithpridellc 2 жыл бұрын

The "Turtle Back" design was adopted so that fisherman could fish all year around. The sturdy hull allows them to plow through pack ice. www.greatlakesfisheriestrail.org/collection.asp?ait=jv&jid=10

@joequinn309 2 жыл бұрын

@@Ibuywithpridellc Thanks for the feedback. I've never seen this design before watching these videos.

@genegustafson1665 2 жыл бұрын

How many trout and salmon do you get in these nets

@robertforrester4019 4 жыл бұрын

Do you ship any herring to laporte indiana area? And if not , how do I buy you're product?

@Ibuywithpridellc 4 жыл бұрын

Robert Forrester I’m not sure if they ship to the Hoosier land but you can contact Bodin’s www.bodinfisheries.com/contact-us.html or Bay Fisheries facebook.com/Bay-Fisheries-LLC-1617312855204510/

@stankwasny56 3 жыл бұрын

Are Ciscoes also called Chubs as in smoked Chubs ?

@Ibuywithpridellc 3 жыл бұрын

I'm not a fish expert Stan but I believe that Chubs can be Ciscoes but the term can be applied to several species of fish, depending on the region.

@crazykansan3026 4 жыл бұрын

That’s some pretty nasty water in November isn’t it ?

@Ibuywithpridellc 4 жыл бұрын

Season of the Nor'easters. "Lake" is not an adequate adjective to describe the vastness and weather that come with Superior.

@blogengeezer4507 Ай бұрын

"Wind in the wires made a tattle-tail sound"...."Twas the Witch of November come Stealin".. Gordon Lightfoot, Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. ;]

@cheezhead6007 5 жыл бұрын

Is this species different from the traditional "smoked chubs"?

@Ibuywithpridellc 5 жыл бұрын

yeah ther. Dem smoked chubs are a tad bit smaller eh

@79tazman 4 жыл бұрын

@@Ibuywithpridellc LOL!!

@79tazman 4 жыл бұрын

You like those smoked Chubs do ya

@turdferguson74 4 жыл бұрын

What r the mercury levels like in these fish ?

@billyboy4797 4 жыл бұрын

mercury levels are very low, herring and forage fish are on the low end of the food web.

@Forevertrue 4 жыл бұрын

Not as bad as the left would like you to think and its going down every year. .5 PPM is considered a danger but most fish in Lake Erie for example, fall in the .18 -.19 range of PPM. Hardly a headline the left wants. I am no scientists or Doctor but these stats are out there.

@northernwiman.7472 7 ай бұрын

We were cruising around Madeline island this past Labor Day weekend (2023)cruising at cocktail speed when this boat came around us. The number of sea gulls following it was unbelievable.

@danfish4life249 3 жыл бұрын

Earing your pay everyday. Your on them

@keithsage7258 5 жыл бұрын

Looks like the Dyker Lass

@Ibuywithpridellc 5 жыл бұрын

A standard and successful model for these Great Lakes fishing boats.

@stevevassallo4323 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing that and, eat less threatened species of fish and more of the local and healthy stocks people.

@nuvindkerkar4186 4 жыл бұрын

Can you make videos on tug fishing boat

@Ibuywithpridellc 4 жыл бұрын

Would love to...if I could find the funding.

@herkusmantas2641 4 жыл бұрын

I thought herring is a ocean fish.

@Ibuywithpridellc 4 жыл бұрын

The are both fresh and salt water fish.

@79tazman 4 жыл бұрын

I’se the b’y who builds the boat I’se the b’y that sails her I’se the b’y that catches the fish And brings them home to Lizer

@williamhommel4252 5 жыл бұрын

If you're of Port of Bayfield, you might even find folks who would pay to work on your boat. I would, but maybe a new greenhorn on deck every day wouldn't be productive.

@Ibuywithpridellc 5 жыл бұрын

That's possible but these good folks seem receptive.

@PBRStreetgang66 4 жыл бұрын

mmmmm I can just taste those suckers all pickled and served in sour cream. That is my favorite!!! No one cares for it.

@Ibuywithpridellc 4 жыл бұрын

I'm not a fan, sorry to say, but I do appreciate the acquired taste. I fell in love with the taste of fresh herring after this project but am still trying to convince my family.

@coldspring624 4 жыл бұрын

between these guys and the indians.....

@wishiniwasfishin8164 4 жыл бұрын

cold spring if you are referring to the commercial fisherman and the natives destroying the fishery don’t forget about the federal ammunition facility that dumped all those barrels up out of Duluth! Do you thing the fisherman and natives had anything to do with that you ignorant fuck head?! How bout all the creosote ponds in the chequamegon Bay Area, oh and don’t forget about DuPont in barksdale, as the rivers that ran off that property used to have a red tint to them. Sounds like the natives are really hard on the lake.