Cap'n Mike's Holy Smoke

PRODUCTS:
Alderwood Smoked Salmon
Indian Smoked Salmon
Black Pepper & Garlic Salmon
Alderwood Smoked White King Salmon
Indian Smoked White King Salmon
Smoked Sockeye Salmon
Northwest Style Lox
Northwest Style White Salmon Lox
Albacore Tuna Lox
Smoked Salmon Candy
Smoked Salmon Jerky
Smoked Salmon Sticks
Alderwood Smoked Black Cod
Smoked Albacore Tuna
Smoked Steelhead Trout
Alderwood Smoked Sturgeon

PEOPLE: Cap'n Mike and Sally Hiebert along with full-time employees Jeff, Michael Rappaport and Rachael, and 2-3 lox sandwich staff.

ABOUT: Cap'n Mike's first career was as a Methodist minister and pastoral counselor. In the late ‘80s, he moved to Bodega Bay, became a licensed sea captain and started fishing commercially and smoking his catch. Cap'n Mike's fish is prepared using traditional Pacific Northwest methods. It is brined and air-dried, then smoked slowly over Alderwood coals in a large custom-made metal smoker designed by the Cap'n. Smoke is piped into the chamber from a separate woodburning stove, allowing excellent temperature and smoke control. Along with their vacuum-packaged fish to take home, the Cap'n and Sally make a San Francisco Lox Sandwich to eat at the market on Thursdays and Saturdays.

SOURCING: When he started, the Cap'n caught all his own fish, but as business became busier, he began to rely on fish caught by other fisherfolk. All fish are wild and from Pacific fisheries, most from within 70 miles of the San Francisco Bay Area. Honey for salmon candy is sourced locally and sea salt is from France. All products are chemical-, nitrate- and preservative-free. Almost all ingredients in the Lox Sandwich are sourced from Ferry Plaza farms and artisans.