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Originally posted by relentless
S Journey,
I remember King Cove well, we stopped there quite a bit when I was stationed on board the buoy tender FIRE%$%$%$%$, homeported out of Kodiak. I rember many a night pulling in there and walking to Ricks or the Peter Pan Bar. OK everyone yes I did drink at the Peter Pan bar but there were no fairies in this place. It was owned by them as they packed a lot of the crab out of there. Did you ever have the pleasure of transiting through Bechevin Bay? Boy you talk about one bad ass wterway saving 24 hours steaming time with no water under you in a few of the spots. The unisea was always a good watering hole in Dutch and I hope to get back up there this summer. Where was the boat out of you fished on? Was it a Seattle or Kodaik boat? Have a good night.
Dave
PS: Sand Point was my least desirable port to pull into.
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Hey Dave,
WOW, someone that knows King Cove! Right on!!!
Yup, Peter Pan bar and Ricks, spent many a night in those bars
I liked Ricks better because it was closer to the boat and the walk back from the PP bar sucked at 2:00am
You ever go in to one of those bars at the end of crab season? What a good time. Every time the bell rang that was another guy buying a round for the entire bar, and the bell never stopped ringing all night
Did you know the Peter Pan cannery in King Cove is the largest cannery in Alaska?
The boat I fished on was originally based out of Kodiak until the owner moved down to Seattle. Then it was based full time out of King Cove because we sold to Peter Pan and it was closer to False Pass, the route we would take to the Bering Sea from the gulf. We would take her back down to Bellingham WA after the opillio season to do repairs and upgrades and get ready for the summer salmon tendering season.
I only went to Dutch Harbor a few times and we never hung out long so I never got to go to Unisea. We would be in King Cove for two weeks before the season, a week after and the rest of the time we would be in the Bering Sea and would deliver to St George or St Paul.
Never saw Bechevin Bay, is that located on the bay side near cold bay?
You might have even seen one of our boats, the "Mary J" or the "Betty J".
My family also owns the Aleutian Ballard and the Ocean Ballard. They live down in Fort Bragg CA but keep the boats running out of Seattle.
You must have seen that boat that went down, the “Big Valley”. They were out of Kodiak and frequented King Cove a lot before the season. I never met anyone from that boat but did see it a few times.
Rich