It started as a dream. Over a decade later, it’s still just a dream. Perhaps no project is closer to the heart of Gig Harbor than its Commercial Fishing Homeport, a public dock that would provide ...

Being part of a commercial fishing crew takes training. Mending nets, navigating and line handling are part of the job, among other skills. Soon, a class in Gig Harbor will teach them. Longtime ...

A Gig Harbor group started building a wooden Croatian fishing boat, called the Batana, July 4. “The Batana Project” is taking place at the Gig Harbor Boat Shop. Anthony Michael Vlahovich, 72, who goes ...

GIG HARBOR, Wash. — The fishing community is a superstitious bunch. Never leave on a Friday. No black suitcases. No umbrellas. No bananas and, of course, no women on board. That changed in the 1970's ...