(G) Take home fish.
Taking home fish from your Alaskan trip is a great way to share some of your experience with family and friends. It does require some planning! Will your fish be fresh or frozen? What will you use as a container? How long will your fish last in transportation? How will your fish be transported home? As baggage, maybe excess baggage, or will you need to ship them? Perhaps you will have your fish custom processed in Kodiak and shipped to you at a later time. How much is it going to cost you? These are all things you will need to consider. There is no point in going to the trouble and expense of taking home fish only to have them spoil before you get there. As long as you are prepared, you will be able to enjoy some great product at home.
(1) At the lodge.
The lodge has a smoker, a vacuum packer and freezer space for each guest to keep up to 70 pounds. Guests need to provide their own container for transporting fish. The best way to transport fish is in a sturdy cooler. You can use your cooler as a piece of luggage on your way to the lodge, include an extra duffel. On the way home the fish go in the cooler and the items you brought in the cooler go in the duffel. It is reasonable to expect frozen fish to remain frozen, in a good cooler, for 24 - 36 hours depending on the outside air temperature. It takes a big cooler to hold 50 pounds of product.
(1) At the camp.
At the Camp, we practice mainly "Catch & Release". It's not the ideal situation for keeping fish because there is no refrigeration and there are a lot of bears. However, each guest may keep up to five salmon to take home. These fish need to be caught on the last fishing day and then flown out with the anglers when they depart the following morning. Camp take home fish will be of the "Fresh" variety. It's reasonable to keep fresh fish for about 48 hours before they need to be processed or eaten. You can figure that the fish will be nearly 24 hours old when your reach the City of Kodiak on your return trip. If your travel plans are not set up to get you all the way home in the next 24 hours, you should consider having your fish processed in Kodiak and shipped to you at a later time.
The staff at the camp will clean your fish for you but you will need to provide the container for their transport. The best way to transport fish is in a sturdy cooler. You can use your cooler as a piece of luggage on your way to the camp, include an extra duffel. On the way home the fish go in the cooler and the items you brought in the cooler go in the duffel.
Custom fish processing (freezing, vacuum packing or smoking) is available in the City of Kodiak. Custom processors can provide proper shipping containers and ship your fish directly to your home. For information contact:
Island Seafoods
330 Shelikof
Kodiak, AK 99615
(888)355-8575 or (907)486-8575
www.islandseafoods.com
or
Kodiak Smoking & Processing
P.O. Box 8022
Kodiak, AK 99615
(907)487-4407

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