How I Ran A Fishwheel On the Yukon River - Stan Zuray
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- Have been around Yukon River fishwheels for over 40 years and still run them each summer. Mostly for the fish my family uses but in my later years also have run fish counting projects using some unique technology that we have developed. Here are 3 videos put together over the years showing how they are run and catch fish.
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Great work ethic with modern technology, anything to make life easier and more efficient really love this video thank you so much for sharing blessings to you all.
Excellent design, looks well built, efficient and dangerous! Very admirable!
My Dad retired from the US Fish and Wildlife and one of his brothers, my uncle Frank Halfmoon, was a Fisheries Biologist. After retiring, and before his pension kicked in, my Dad worked in the woods at a small Sawmill operation, even setting chokers when he was in his 60's. During his entire life he fished and hunted. Our only source of protein growing up, other than legumes, was Elk, deer and salmon.
It would have been really, really interesting to talk with my Father about the way you did your fish counts. He worked on the Wildlife end of things later in life. Earlier in his career it was o the fish end. He passed away a year ago in November at the age of 94. He also worked for eight years on the governing body of our tribes after leaving the woods. He was active outdoors until he started Dyalisis at about age 90.
Although I have watched your show since it's inception. With the force of the water turning the fish wheel, how does running it 24 hours a day at times, affect the moving parts if the wheel? Are there gears involved and how do you keep everything from rusting and rotting as most things rust and rot away from exposure to moisture.
And are there other wheels counting fish? And what is the purpose for counting fish? I know that it's a typical practice, but does the count affect the amount of days you are allowed to fish? I have a curious mind. Sorry about all the questions. I live in Washington State and the oil and gas industry are doing their best to destroy our eco system which has a direct impact on the ocean and ultimately affects all aspects of fish and wildlife throughout the world.
I wish there was a love button for this. May your father rest in peace. he sounded like an amazing man.
I would have enjoyed talking to him I'm sure. When the USFWS hired me to let them tag fish out of my wheel that was the beginning of a lot of my fisheries science education. I went on to do it all myself and the object was to get a better idea of the runs so the proper management could be decided upon.
Still watching your vids @stan zuray , hope all is well with u and the fam.
Cup of Joe and watching you work the river, Thanks Stan and stay safe
Great to see a positive fishing approach to conservation. Hope fish numbers are growing on the river.
Fish numbers are not growing and even the opposite is happening. Commercial fishing moves from one species to another and it is a fallacy that Alaska has world class commercial fish management.
@@stanzuray that's not right, don't the commercial fishers want their rivers to have good levels of healthy fish for ever. That plain lack of foresight. Phil.
Fishermen are told the runs are fine to harvest large commercial numbers from it. The State has multiple fisheries divisions like the subsistence, sport and commercial divisions. Commercial fish div. is allowed to run the management even though subsistence (food for the people's use) is suppose to be the first priority by law. That kinds says it right there. Hard to expect the normal fisherman to not commercial fish when management says it's not necessary. Fishermen are good at fishing not biology and management.
How in the world did I miss this channel for so long? Awesome videos!
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Stan awesome video. Some really interesting gear to count the fish. Thanks for the time. Best to you all.
Behind the scenes with +Stan Zuray.......awesome! A nice supplement to Yukon Men....Wish i could visit there someday.
Enjoyed and keep them coming and stay safe out there Stan
+Stan Zuray
Hello my friend I hope all is well for you and the family. I love your amazing video's stan. Also I can't wait for yukon men new season to start...
Very interesting video, really enjoyed watching thank you so much for sharing.
Very cool technology!! Thanks for sharing.
Stan, It's getting closer for you to think about making a smaller aluminum fish wheel you can handle as we aren't getting any younger buddy. If you gather the needed supplies i would be happy to come up and help you assemble.
Great idea to modernize old tech. Camera genius.
Down to earth person
that is so cool I'd love to do that
Thanks for the Video Stan ,interesting tech now !
Very beautiful idea dear
Very Awesome 👏
Hi Stan, great to see a new video about this interesting technique. I always saw some of these on your TV Show Yukon Men. Unfortunately were are here a lot behind on the serie. German TV needs so long to show new episodes. For me as a passionate fisherman its a dream to see all this great salmons. May be you could show us a little bit about your trapping season. Best wishes from Germany and God Bless.
Massimo Serra // It’s only a plane ride away. You should go, it will change your life.
+ Stay Cool : That's right buddy and I always checked for such a trip but unfortunately a two weeks trip comes in total 8-10 grants all inclusive. Shorter trips as a week are not useful because I loose just two day only on traveling and it came also up to 5k $. At the moment on a dream to realize. May be in the future I will able to fulfill this dream. My best wishes to you and God Bless.
Good places. Best regards from river Ob. (Siberia)
I can watch this all day.We only us rods over here in New Zealand for Wild King Salmon.We have a King Salmon Factory in Nelson New Zealand that all 100% ocean farm Salmon.It awesome to look at ,because theres thousand of them,that you can see from the cliff or hills,but sad at the same time...Anyway love your video Stan ,much Aroha from NZ !!
Congratulations Stan, I love your videos and the way of life of the people of Tanana. I would like to know the city of Tanana and Alaska. I watch the series Yukon Men, I miss no episodes. I'd like to hunt with you. Embrace Stan, directly from Brazil.
I miss Yukon men especially Joe
Hi tech fish wheel, awesome
Hi Stan, I think your videos are great, I love them!
Is the road to tanana already finished ??
Greetings from Austria Tom!
Another great video Mr Zuray!!! I heard you say in one of you videos that you use bear meat to make a type of beacon in the basement. I would love to see how you do this if you get the chance!!! Hope you are well, I just saw it was -26 in Tanana!!!!
We had 49 below official at airport and 55 in the lower areas of Tanana few days ago. Been a warm winter before that.
Клёвая штучка умный человек придумал её всегда свежая рыба
Hey Stan hope your all keeping well! We need to see more great shows are you all still filming?
Check out my latest video and all the links and you'll get the whole just happening story. Yes we are embarking on a big project.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/thestanproject/the-stan-project?ref=discovery&term=The+Stan+project&fbclid=IwAR3CJeC2UtQ_4CZ1YeZid83ITXIQKwS038g_TqI00utLBbvfRKEq8cfv8_A
did you build the wheel? I enjoy your videos
I have a lot of aluminum polls that would help cut down the cost .
Thank you ...nice job
Stan in Brasil👍
I admire You like.
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Hi,
This is really fun to watch.Is it privately owned or is it a fish and game rig? Thanks for sharing!
Privately owned. But some years I was payed (contract) to count the fish etc that the wheel caught.
Great video didn't know you were making them did they ever get the road built to the town not able to watch the show anymore don't mean to bug you
Road is built - single lane frontier road. Local people use it regularly when open.
Thank you for the response sir look forward to more videos have a good day
Sorry did you and your wife ever move to your cabin out in the woods away from town if so do you have a video of that or no
It was never going to be a year round move. We have our fish camp on the Yukon each year we go to from spring till fall. I do have some video of the cabin and grounds I'm working on and hope to get a video made of it.
Sorry to bug you haven't seen the show in over a year last show was you were working on your son's snowmobile copper pipe for the radiator that was an ingenious idea thank you sir I've seen that done with black fuel line very thick stuff
Hi seen a few of your vids now. Does the wheel spin from the river or the generator? Great vid
River current only
Stan, what kind of decisions do the agencies make based on the counts you give them?
depends on the implications to the fishery politics at the moment but they do get used to add to the data taken on the river to assess the overall counts. It was valuable enough that the projects I ran were funded for years and I was actually asked to run them.
Bring back Yukon men
"in my later years" I don't quite understand,,you don't need the fish to consume during the hard month's?, so is this a paid job?,,,,update,,Man, Mr.Stan,,you ain't gonna believe this but, I quit watching TV about 8 years ago, seen some while visiting Mom,and Brother, but working all the time just didn't give TV time, use Internet for weather, who needs TV,,so I never heard of You. Until a couple days ago,,sure I watch you tube movies when I got free time, but Discovery Channel? not on my list to watch. I had a few channels I subscribed to, but that's it. Much',,more,,Respect to You. again,Safe Journey's.
Stan have you ever caught anything strange in your fish wheel or know of anyone else catching something?
Caught shrews and voles, mink (they just went for a ride and swam away). Lots of deformed fish but healthy otherwise. Nothing incredible though.
When will it be time to put the fish wheel back in the water stan
Go to fish camp around end of May and wheel usually in and running by June 15th.
I do likes to know if the road came from Anchorage is open to Tanana.
It is open in summer only to the Yukon river south side 6 miles upriver of the village. It is a boat trip from there without the truck. From Feb 1st to say April 10th the river is frozen enough to drive across and down to the village when the wind hasn't blown in the crossing etc. which is often. All that has reduced the roads impact considerably.
I do not understand, why the Government, don't built an Bridge over the Yukon, and make the lifes go easy to everyone around.
They spend money with nothing and they said it's hard to bilt out there.
You're looking at 50 million to put in a bridge. The road was peanuts compared to that. That's why there is no bridge and will not be for some time or ever, probably
U do have a great office dont u
What’s all this tagging in aid of stan?
Tags on fish let scientists research problems with fish numbers and destinations.
Is it always mud? Doesn't it ever clear up?
In winter it is crystal clear and the preferred drinking water
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As the years go by the number of fish decreases
It your not keeping fish for you what is the point
I kept as much as I needed for food. But I also ran it as a test wheel to count migrating salmon so managers knew how many were going into the upper Yukon Spawning grounds so they could open or close fishing accordingly.
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