Cole Bennett
August 18, 2025
This site’s focus is off-grid living rather than recipes, but salmon patties are worth an exception: they’re a genuine dietary staple in parts of Alaska and other salmon-abundant regions, the same regions covered in building a fish wheel for a subsistence catch, where fresh or canned …
Cole Bennett
August 18, 2025
Canned salmon is one of the more practical proteins for long-term food storage: it’s shelf-stable without refrigeration, nutrient-dense, and stores well either commercially canned or home-processed in jars — a natural next step for anyone who’s already catching their own salmon rather than buying it. Shelf …
Cole Bennett
August 18, 2025
A fish wheel is a current-powered device that scoops fish from a river into a holding basket as it rotates, requiring no fuel or electricity to operate once installed. It’s a traditional method most associated with Alaska’s subsistence and personal-use salmon fisheries, where consistent river current …
