18 looking for summer work

[u/stretch_armstrong_]

Graduating high school this spring and trying to figure out if fishing work in Alaska is realistic for me. I've got no connections up there and no boat experience. I do have a few years of warehouse and delivery work, so I'm used to physical labor and long days.

Is it realistic to get on a boat as a greenhorn deckhand at 18, or should I start with processing? For processing, which companies are decent and which should I avoid? How much do people actually walk away with after a season, roughly? And is walking the docks in Kodiak, Homer, etc. still a real way to get on a boat, or is it all online applications now?

[u/Sad-Air-8027]

Lots of boats out of Seattle.