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Hi Ed! So, would the good stuff be labeled EVSO(Extra Virgin Seal Oil)?  Jeff Only if the seal had never had sex... duh! Hi, Jeff! Yes, Art has it right. If it had already had sex, then it would simply be VSO. If that goes rancid, it is known as VSO-P (Virgin Seal Oil-Putrid) NOT to be confused with a decent brandy.  Ed
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The seal oil I had was very clear so first rendering. I don't know how it had been cared for after rendering or how old it was. Maybe it was perfectly good and I just don't appreciate seal oil. I'd be up to trying it again especially with some dried fish or caribou. Could have been oogruk (Bearded Seal) which is stronger flavored and more common. Could even have been Walrus, but I don't know anyone who renders that down for oil. Ed
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Lots of things sounded wrong with what happened with that whale - not the least of which was the reporting. I don't recall anyone getting their undies in a wad when one was netted locally some years ago....and subsequently cut up and dispersed to grateful residents. Not sure if it was pay-back a few years after when another grey came to the same area and hauled another similar net out to deeper water 30 miles away or not... Kind of fun to watch the big red buoys go 'swimming' away though.
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They net whales? That brings dipnetting to whole new level 
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They net whales? That brings dipnetting to whole new level Belugas, yeah. The school kiddos even learn to tie whale nets. One of my favorite memories of my early years teaching was seeing an 'academically challenged' kid who had tied a net the previous year in his bicultural class learn to cut the whale it caught the next fall. As for what it takes to hold them, #72 twine is minimum for the web on a net specifically intended to hold small whales. The strength of even a near-dead beluga is pretty amazing when he's tangled in the lines of a salmon set-net which is tied to the rail of a 90 hp'ed skiff. I knew it wasn't going to end well when he headed for an anchored barge and the metal flukes of the prop were no match for flukes of flesh. Dip-netting? Now that's an idea that I better not mention to my 16-year-old. Though he's presently recovering from a broken wrist which he suffered when he took a dive on his long board, I could just see him try riding a whale-powered 'jet ski'.
Sometimes, the air you 'let in'matters less than the air you 'let out'.
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That would be awesome!
I assume you guys are still in Fairbanks based on the skate board injury. Do you get back to SMK during the summer to get some fish?
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Were you able to get dip time Paul?
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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That would be awesome!
I assume you guys are still in Fairbanks based on the skate board injury. Do you get back to SMK during the summer to get some fish? That son has become a permanent 'city resident', but I, and three boys drove into town at 7AM yesterday. Some fishing got done, though pinks were choking our efforts considerably...... when we weren't dealing with clean-up issues. A brother who last came up for a visit 29+ years ago was about the only bright spot in an otherwise dreary summer. That was a fine week.
Sometimes, the air you 'let in'matters less than the air you 'let out'.
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Were you able to get dip time Paul? I spent a day down on the Kasilof with a friend and brought home 21. It was slow fishing but I won't complain about having some fish in freezer. So have you got your tractor yet?
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