Alaskan businesswoman Cherry Malotte (Evelyn Brent) wants to woo Boyd Emerson (Joel McCrea), so she gets a fishing job for the handsome stranger. Although Boyd doesn't return her affections -- he pines for another woman, Mildred Wayland (Jean Arthur) -- he happily accepts the work. But when Boyd learns that Frederick Marsh (Gavin Gordon), a well-connected man who also loves Mildred, is trying to scuttle his chance of earning a living, he realizes he might have to deal with this romantic rival.