Pacific Troller: Life on the Northwest Fishing Grounds

By Francis E. Caldwell

Book Overview

For four decades writer-photographer Francis (Frank) Caldwell has fished the Pacific Coast from Alaska to California. In this always readable book unfolds a clear, close-up view of the fisherman's day-to-day life. The author shares the excitement of a school of fish biting furiously at dusk, the frustrations and humor of the radiotelephone, the many characters he has known, the close shaves, the storms, the too-frequent tragedies of friends lost at sea, the frightening experience of seeing a UFO off the Oregon Coast one spooky night. Included is a vivid description of the terrible giant wave that occurred in Lituya Bay, Alaska, in 1958.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1552122832
• ISBN13: 9781552122839
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Trafford on Demand Pub
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.5" x 5.8"