Notes on Alcoholic Munising Fish Operation

Transcribed from journal. Info on Munising here. Some details added in[].

-toothless, long-haired guy in [rubber] apron loading smoker with newspaper
-"go in. they're just in the back room cutting fish"
-2/3 of storefront abandoned
-32 gallon trash can of empty beer cans
-in back room, 2 guys in aprons chopping heads off fish. blood, guts everywhere.
-fillets on metal racks, bound for smoker
-guy #2 says they're just getting the smoker going. nothing ready.
-ok. how about the sausage?
-we're gonna make some. ready about 8pm.
-end up getting dry sausage oversmoked by guy #1's brother off the floor of a fridge. price goes from half to free, as long as we promise to buy some proper sausage the next time we pass through
-dry whitefish sausage makes excellent dip, [guy #1 says]
-as we leave, guy #4 arrives with a young girl and large dog. i feed a chunk of sausage to the dog.
-guy #4 enters the fish hut carrying 2 brown 30 racks of an unheard-of beer, something like Schwarz...