The boats that braved the brutal weather to fish the bairdi tanner crab season in Kodiak, Chignik and the southern Alaska Peninsula are mostly done, in spite of a 10-day weather hold at the start of the season for the Chignik fleet.
A small handful of Homerboat crews have been braving wet and windy weather preparing gear and boats to head to Kodiak, Chignik and beyond for the 2012 bairdi tanner crab season that begins Jan.