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Tom Potter
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Initially Posted - 03/28/2006 : 20:42:01

Is anyone watching the series Deadliest Catch on the discovery channel? Great show, no sailing but lots of great sea action.

1997 250 TR WK (sold)
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Champipple
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Response Posted - 03/28/2006 : 20:53:39

We had the officers conference call. I made sure to chastise them for scheduling it during the show.

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Ben - FL
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Response Posted - 03/28/2006 : 20:54:52

Saw it last year. I had to watch it religiously. It is a disappearing way of life. Makes me think twice about what I order at Red Lobster!

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lcharlot
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Response Posted - 03/28/2006 : 23:11:29

I watched most of the episodes last year. I was wondering, since the King crab and Opelio crab seasons combined are only a few weeks in the fall and winter, what happens to the boats the rest of the year? Do they reconfigure them for some other type of fishing, like long-lining? Hard to believe that there is so much money to be made in only a few days, off of what ammounts to just a big marine spider. On one of the episodes the narrator states that every single live crab delivered to the dock at Dutch Harbor brings $5.00! The boats that manage to fill their holds make enough money to pay each crewman almost as much in a week as I make in a year! It's exciting to watch on TV, but I'm glad I'm not that eager for fast money. Looks like a job where it's easy to arrive back home a mass of bruises, cuts, and scrapes, even if you manage to avoid worse injuries like a broken arm or leg (or drowning).

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bear
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Response Posted - 03/29/2006 : 06:34:37

I watched the highlights from last year last night. What amazes me is the camera man during all this. He/she must be at great risk also.
I wonder what the waivers look like for the filming crew if something goes amiss with them.

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Champipple
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Response Posted - 03/29/2006 : 06:37:37

Larry,

I saw part of an episode that showed Sig Hansen and the guys from the Northwestern doing some other kind of net fishing in the off season. I wasn’t sure if it was the same boat or not.

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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 03/29/2006 : 09:14:13

Most of the big crabbers I've seen are optimized that fishery alone. They don't have the stern ramp and in general, the deck configuration for trawling or long-lining. They've got to make the big bucks during the crab season or they float in red ink.

Some of the smaller ones are multi-purpose boats though and can fish dungeness crab, trawl, or they head south and chase albacore in the east Pacific.

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bren737
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Response Posted - 03/29/2006 : 09:39:55

Bear,

At the end of Sunday's 'special episode' they had a short bit on the cameramen: they subtitled it the 'Second Deadliest Job In The World.'

GREAT series; my son and I got hooked last year (no pun intended).

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jwilliams
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Response Posted - 03/29/2006 : 20:35:00

Here's a wild idea and probably impractical as well...

Why doesn't someone refit a surplus Russian sub with a moon well and trap gear. Avoid the storms, make more frequent trips. Huh, huh?

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Tom Potter
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Response Posted - 03/31/2006 : 16:43:04

Here's season 2 TV [url="http://dsc.discovery.com/tvlistings/series.jsp?series=25186&gid=0&channel=DSC&clik=fanmain_leftnav"]schedule.[/url]. You can catch the first episode tonight at 8pm et

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Tom Potter
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Response Posted - 04/04/2006 : 18:20:48

APR 04 2006 @ 09:00 PM Deadliest Catch "Batten Down the Hatches"

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Waterboy
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Response Posted - 04/05/2006 : 21:59:33

'watched it. *ugh* I guess those boats are built to take it, but 30' - 50' seas are not my idea of a good time. I don't want to get rich that badly. I like the submarine crab-pot tender idea ... could it be yellow?

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