Tom B.
Yelp
Stopping here was a great reminder of a couple things--one, when you're meandering through small town after small town at a leisurely pace, you need to be ready to stop and explore things spontaneously all the time (this plays havoc with your estimated travel times, so be ready to go slow). Two, it's a great reminder of how helpful Yelp is. It just took a second to see that quite a few people rated this place highly, so, even without ever having heard of it, it was an easy choice to stop here.
They're in one of those dockside buildings that kinda looks like a giant house, thanks to the way it was built (especially the siding and windows). You're right by the water, with that giant rivermouth bridge looming over you in the background.
You walk up some old wooden stairs that have stood up to lots of salt air, through the rickety old door with the brass latch, and past the lady who evidently has the office right by the door of the busy smokehouse. Does she work at the smokehouse? Probably, in some officin' kinda way. Does she get grumpy when the smokehouse has customers, stare at them scornfully, and close her door? Yes, she does--we don't need to guess about that.
Inside, they're mainly here to sell smoked fish out of a display case. There's a prep kitchen next to that, and a couple tables farther down the room. You can sit and have clam chowder and a salmon burger, or whatever, and that sounded pretty good. But there was only one person working, so let's focus on the to-go stuff. In the way back (practically hanging over the river at the dock end of the building), there's a little bathroom with a washer and dryer in it. Around the corner coming back the other way, there's a processing area where they package (and maybe even smoke) the fishes. It's all in house.
There are a few different smoked fishes, and I will happily vouch for the sturgeon and halibut--they're delectable smoked white fish. The Hot Sweet smoked salmon was maybe my favorite, but they are mainly known for the Wine and Maple smoked salmon. Those two were in a dead even heat, for my money. Haven't tried the lox yet, but grabbed some of that, too.
The staff here are nice--she was friendly and cheerful, and knew all about all their products. She did seem to be about ready to head home and savor a dab, but we've all had long days at work. Most helpfully of all from her, she pointed out that they ship, which I hadn't figured out by looking at the display case. They take orders online and over the phone. I'll probably be hitting them up for more fish, though I'd almost rather make the (very scenic and beautiful) drive to do it, rather than having it shipped.