"I was just out jigging for pikes. Nothing today. I was fishing on the Kuskokwim [River]. It’s right on the other side of this river (Tuluksak River) about a mile away. I walk everyday about four to five miles a day. I go down here, I go down river, about an hour and a half walk. I like walking. People come by on snow machines and offer me a ride home and I say, 'no, I will walk home.' It’s a little different this year—only a little bit of snow, and last year we got nothing. There should be more snow. I have been fishing on the Kuskokwim River almost every year of my life. Most of my catch I give away to dog mushers in town. The Kuskokwim 300 [Dog Sled Race] is going to be pretty soon." — Tommy Owen is Yup'ik and lives in Tuluksak, Alaska.
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