As a part of my ongoing project documenting sustainable seafood in the SF bay area, I recently photographed two fishermen, Mike and Kirk, fishing for Two x Sea. They are using toss nets to catch surf smelt which are found along the coast from Southern California to Alaska. The older man with the yellow jacket was there fishing with his grandson. Looking through the photos I'm regreting that I didn't get his name or contact information to show him these shots... just maybe I can catch him out there again.
Surf Smelt Fishing With Kirk from Courtney Michalik on Vimeo.