The whole shebang was started by Peter Crimp and Paula Cullenberg, who, after fishing in Bristol Bay for 25 years, decided that they wanted to start bringing more than a couple of fillets back to Anchorage for friends and family. With the purchase of a direct-marketing license as well as a damn good knife-sharpener, Small Boat Salmon was born.
Now sons Matt, James, and friends run the harvesting side of the operation, catching, handling, and icing your fish with care, while P&P use their trained hands to gill and clean the fish back at the cabin, before shipping them off to Anchorage where more friends deliver them fresh to your door, usually within 30 hours of being caught.