"The Best Smoked Fish You've Ever Had"

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What a life!  Someone’s got to do it, it might as well be us.

When the salmon calls, you’ve got to answer.  That’s exactly what I did.  Who’d have thought that some 20 odd years later, I’d still be doing it and digging it.  Bringing the freshest fish right out of the cold north Pacific and slowly, over Alderwood coals, making the best smoked fish there is!!  That’s what our customers tell us.  Sunset Magazine agrees with them, and Ski Magazine, and the New York Times!  A great article in the San Francisco Chronicle, too.  And, most importantly, that’s what my wife, Sally, said when she bought some fish from me at a farmers market 15 years ago and decided not to let me go.  And then selling our fish at the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area farmers markets.  Talking and laughing with the people all day long.

At my first farmers market in Redwood City, I didn’t have labels or fancy packaging.  No prices even. I just guessed at what each piece was worth.  I tossed my first batch of smoked fish on the table and it was gone in just over an hour.  I thought, “That’s a good job!”.   And it’s been fun ever since.  I found a wife and a world of friends and great people at the farmers markets. Bringing the best fish to the best people.  It’s all about loving what we do.

Playing a little surf guitar when I need some down time, or riding the waves to let loose.  My absolutely gorgeous wife is a monster cook.  She usually interviews me at 4 am on the way to the Saturday farmers market about what I want to eat for dinner on Thursday!!!  Kayaking our North Coast rivers is her down time.

What a life! Hey, someone’s gotta do it, it might as well be us!