North Star Halibut

North Star Halibut 🎣 Petersburg, Alaska → 🌵Central Arizona
Small fishing family bringing you the BEST Alaskan seafood!

The moment you've all been waiting for....SMOKED SALMON DIP IS COMING BACK.We're just starting to get smoked coho back. ...
09/11/2026

The moment you've all been waiting for....
SMOKED SALMON DIP IS COMING BACK.

We're just starting to get smoked coho back. We'll have a VERY small amount of the dip this weekend at Payson Farmers Market Prescott Farmers Market and Sedona Community Farmers Market

Arrive early! 😉

Unfortunately, we still don't know how to clone ourselves. 😅Our Gold Canyon store is temporarily closed to the public wh...
09/09/2026

Unfortunately, we still don't know how to clone ourselves. 😅

Our Gold Canyon store is temporarily closed to the public while we transition our business. We apologize for any inconvenience or misunderstanding.

We plan to reopen in October, when our Phoenix-area friends return for winter.

We update our locations on our website and post schedule changes on Facebook and Instagram as much as possible.

Thank you for your patience and for supporting our Alaskan/Arizonan small fishing family business.

Thank you Payson Farmers Market for having us out this year!We're honored to be your community's source for clean, quali...
09/09/2026

Thank you Payson Farmers Market for having us out this year!

We're honored to be your community's source for clean, quality seafood you can trust. Thank you to everyone who stopped by and for supporting our small fishing family business.

With Jim and the kids in Alaska, Chelsea has done all the behind-the-scenes work it takes to get the catch to market. Wh...
09/06/2026

With Jim and the kids in Alaska, Chelsea has done all the behind-the-scenes work it takes to get the catch to market.

What did that look like?

Marathon trips to Mesa Cold Storage, where North Star receives its catch after being trucked from Seattle, then to Gold Canyon, where it’s briefly stored until moving on to markets in Prescott, Payson, and Sedona. That’s just the physical aspect. There’s also the constant inventory management, planning, and admin tasks. Not to mention packing up a house, moving it into storage, and trying to find a new home.

Things are slowly starting to come together. Jim and Connor are still out fishing but Chelsea and the girls are now residents of Prescott Valley. The dream of opening a storefront in Prescott is much closer, and we can’t wait to share updates as they arrive.

Schedule update: Chelsea and the girls are heading to Prescott Farmers Market this weekend.(No Payson Farmers Market thi...
09/03/2026

Schedule update:
Chelsea and the girls are heading to Prescott Farmers Market this weekend.
(No Payson Farmers Market this weekend)

Keep your eyes our for North Star's trailer. If you haven't visited it, you're in for a visual treat. The walls are covered with captured moments of what it's like to be a true Alaskan fishing family.

Curious about our process or standards? Just ask.

Remember when we said Jim had fish poisoning? It had nothing to do with food safety. Jim cut his hand on a fish's mouth—...
09/02/2026

Remember when we said Jim had fish poisoning? It had nothing to do with food safety.

Jim cut his hand on a fish's mouth—yes, fish can have really sharp teeth. Fish also have a lot of bacteria in their mouths, so naturally, Jim's hand got infected.

Being days away from shore, there wasn't much he could do. After two-ish weeks of basically being one-handed, he's finally starting to heal.

Few people realize how demanding and dangerous commercial fishing really is.

08/31/2026

Fishing isn't a 9 to 5 kind of job. It's easy for Arizonans to forget Alaska doesn't get dark in the summer.

Since fish are more active during dawn and dusk (even when "dusk" lasts for hours), Jim and the kids have been working in shifts all summer.

08/26/2026

Quality seafood begins the moment the fish comes aboard. We go the extra mile to process our fish in a way that prevents spoiling and preserves the flavor so that when you open a package from us, it tastes as fresh as if you caught it yourself.

Nora, Rails, and Connor ran fishing for three weeks this summer! Every fisherman jokes about one day being a "slipper sk...
08/18/2026

Nora, Rails, and Connor ran fishing for three weeks this summer!

Every fisherman jokes about one day being a "slipper skipper" - a captain that doesn't have to gear up and can stay in his deck shoes and just drive the boat. A three week case of fish poisoning in the hand wasn't how Jim planned it, but he finally got his slippers. 😂

From a mom’s perspective, it blows my mind when I remember doing this work with my infant son strapped to my back and now see my children do it.

The kids are a huge help. Most people don’t realize fishing is a 24/7 business. Our boat runs constantly and someone always needs to pay attention to the wheel. It can take 6 hours to reach "our spot" and then we only have a few days to fish, so work is non-stop and everything is handled in shifts, including naps! So proud of my wild Alaskan fishing family.

- Chelsea Smith aka The Fisherman's Wife

Hey everyone!We apologize for the last-minute announcement...we will miss the Sedona Community Farmers Market tomorrow.W...
08/16/2026

Hey everyone!

We apologize for the last-minute announcement...we will miss the Sedona Community Farmers Market tomorrow.

We hope to see you next week.

Address

6499 S Kings Ranch Road
Gold Canyon, AZ
85118

Opening Hours

Monday 11am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 11am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 11am - 4:30pm
Thursday 11am - 4:30pm
Friday 11am - 4:30pm

Telephone

+19075180216

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