July 9, 2024
Fire ends Bristol Bay fisherman's season
Once the fire on the Bristol Bay gillnetter, Jordyn Rose got out of control, there was little anyone could do. The boat burned so completely that local fire officials have nothing to investigate, and the cause remains unknown. Photo by Michelle Conor
On Monday, June 24, the F/V Jordyn Rose, a 32-foot fiberglass Bristol Bay gillnetter, caught fire and burned up almost completely. Fortunately, everyone got off easily as the boat was beached at Naknek Point near Naknek, Alaska.
According to sources from around the bay, the captain, Mark McCutcheon of Friday Harbor, Washington, left two crewmen aboard and was on his way to King Salmon to pick up another crewman. Michelle Connor filmed ineffectual efforts to extinguish the fire on the fiercely…
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Paul Molyneaux is the Boats & Gear editor for National Fisherman.
