opinions on a book (Naknek, Egegik: to buy, living in, bill)

[socal4now]

Hey all,
recently read a book written by a guy who did salmon fishing out of Egegik called Red Summer by Bill Carter. I liked the book and the authors candid comments about life there. There was a lot there that "locals" might want to give their views on though.

Have any here read this book? if so any thoughts on it

[starlite9]

Originally Posted by socal4now

Hey all,
recently read a book written by a guy who did salmon fishing out of Egegik called Red Summer by Bill Carter. I liked the book and the authors candid comments about life there. There was a lot there that "locals" might want to give their views on though.

Have any here read this book? if so any thoughts on it

Never heard of the book, but what kind of comments were you refering to?

[Rance]

I fished on a beach site north of there for a number of years. Up the Kvichak River north of the Naknek River. It was pretty cool wandering through the old abandon canneries and seeing many bears. Had some rough times fighting with the drifters tho. Lot's of shotgun and machette's involved. Not to mention cuss words.
Living in a canvas tent for a month and a half had it's up's and downs as well. Picking nets for 3 days and nights straight, 10 million salmon coming in all at once, fingers cramped from picking fish, cold, wet, miserable...oh yeah...good times!

At least we had a tent and a cook stove onshore. Back in the day it was 2 guys to a sail boat and cooking on a Swede stove, living under a tarp, and maybe staying out on the water for a week or two at a time. I've never read this book you speak of. But it might be something to consider.

[Marty Van Diest]

I fished for about 10 years in Egegik. I lived in town and fished with a local. We drifted in a 25 foot skiff with a 50hp outboard for about 4 years until we had a good enough season for him to buy a larger boat. It was just he and I on the boat every summer. Hard work, but a lot of memories.

I know the town and the fishery, I'll look for the book.

[JavaPhil]

The power plant in Egegik is a nightmare. Sent a guy out there, he took one look, about 30 pictures, called the boss. Boss looked at the pics and said, "GET OUT!!!"

[bethmarywhite]

Originally Posted by Rance

I fished on a beach site north of there for a number of years. Up the Kvichak River north of the Naknek River. It was pretty cool wandering through the old abandon canneries and seeing many bears. Had some rough times fighting with the drifters tho. Lot's of shotgun and machette's involved. Not to mention cuss words.
Living in a canvas tent for a month and a half had it's up's and downs as well. Picking nets for 3 days and nights straight, 10 million salmon coming in all at once, fingers cramped from picking fish, cold, wet, miserable...oh yeah...good times!

At least we had a tent and a cook stove onshore. Back in the day it was 2 guys to a sail boat and cooking on a Swede stove, living under a tarp, and maybe staying out on the water for a week or two at a time. I've never read this book you speak of. But it might be something to consider.

Your post takes me right back to Bill Carter's book. I like to read books about Alaska during the winter, especially just after just coming in from shoveling snow myself, and I'm inside, warm, and snuggled up.

[freezengirl]

I haven't read the book but am slowly working my way through a lengthy list of Alaska writers. Thank you for the heads up, I will try to locate a copy.

[akravenlady]

This sounds like a good book so I just bought a copy! Glad I read this thread!