Ray Troll and the Ratfish Wranglers

Ray Troll and the Ratfish Wranglers are a band based in Ketchikan, Alaska, led by Ray Troll, who is also a widely known Alaska visual artist. The group traces its start to the mid-1980s, when Troll was a substitute art teacher at Ketchikan High School and connected with local musicians, including members of a band called The Squawking Fish. The Ratfish Wranglers have played festivals, saloons, and dance dates across Alaska and the Pacific Northwest ever since.

The band's music is fish- and geology-themed folk-rock, self-described as "sub-aquatic neo-folk," with songs touching on salmon, ratfish, trilobites, and plate tectonics that mirror the natural-science subjects of Troll's artwork. Longtime members include Russell Wodehouse, with Bob Banghart among the collaborators on studio recordings. Troll and his wife owned the Soho Coho gallery in Ketchikan, which sold his fish-centric visual art until its closure in December 2023 after 31 years.

Ray Troll and the Ratfish Wranglers have appeared at Salmonfest (formerly Salmonstock) in Ninilchik, Alaska, across multiple years, including 2017, 2018, and 2019, and have also performed at the Fisher Poets Gathering in Astoria, Oregon.