Deadliest catch

[Old Man Time]

Its one of my favorite shows. Does anyone else watch this discovery program?

I grew up where many of the boats are ported out of....like the F\V Cornelia Marie....I dont know phil personally but have seen him numerous times in Kodiak.

I used to pot fish around Kodiak and did one red crab season out west in the bering. Some of the best times in my life and watching this show brings back some great memories.
Any other fisherman round here that have been out west?

 

[bartender187]

loving fishing... dont have cable so havnt seen the show. sounds interesting tho, im always down for anything on Discovery Channel

 

[sqwirl]

I watch it. In fact I think it would be fun to try a season out, if I could grow big enough cahones.

I'm a steel worker, and all steel workers are High up there.

 

[Popeye]

one of my favorites.

Sig Hansen is the Micheal Jordan of crab fishing

 

[GOT_BUD?]

I watch it. In fact I think it would be fun to try a season out, if I could grow big enough cahones.

Same here. But then I remember the one day my family and I went deep sea fishing, and all I did was throw up.

 

[guest3854]

Was a deck hand on a floating processor (Herring & salmon ) for 2 yrs in '94 '95 . Saw some pretty harry shit for tha spring and summer months in Alaska . Unforgetable sights . Stayed in port in Cordova , was on tha docks , talkin' to a buddy down here in Cali as tha Northern Lights were 100' up in front of me , shimmering , moving an' changin' colors . Hope I never forget .........

 

[NOKUY]

I watch it, I know quite a few of the boats and guys personally. I used to crab (king and opies)on a boat out of Kodiak before the IFQ (I did that for 5 years). I also worked on several Halibut/Black Cod (sablefish) Longline boats (before and after the IFQ for halibut). I mostly fished halibut in the Gulf of AK and stayed in Seward, and Homer. I've worked on Halibut Charter boats from Homer and Anchor point AK too.

I've worked the Bristol Bay salmon fishery too, and after 1 season of that shit will NEVER salmon fish again on a commercial boat.

I knew Blake Painter when he was a 17 year old deckhand....and I know his dad really really well too. (he's not as arrogant as he comes across on TV).

When I move back to Alaska I'll be commercial fishing again.

I've come real close several times over the past cpl. years to just drop everything and buy a plane ticket to dutch harbor...I can walk onto a cpl. of different boats w/ just a phone call.

 

[Sinfuldreams]

My Favorite show
Sig or Phil I'd go out to sea with either of them.

Sin

 

[Guest]

Yea it is a kick ass show. I think I love it so much because it makes my job look like heaven.

 

[Carp]

Love the show, I think Sig and Phil are loaded half the time though.

 

[NOKUY]

My Favorite show
Sig or Phil I'd go out to sea with either of them.

Sin

Sig for sure...he's an ass, but that how I like 'em...gotta be to capt. a "highliner". the NW is a great vessel.

I woulden't get on the "Cornelia Mari" for all the money in the world. That thing is old and falling apart...the only thing it has going for it is it's size. Phil is a great capt., but that boat is liability and an accident waiting to happen.

I'm glad they got rid of the "F/V Rollo", as far as the show goes...That boat was a total joke (the capt. is anyway) ...I know Corey who used to be a deckhand on the Rollo (might still be), he is the best photographer I've seen in all my life...you guys should really see some of his pictures...he might have a website....I'll look.

 

[NOKUY]

as much as some of you may think that there are lots of drugs and LQ on the boats there isn't. (except caffeine)

The boats I worked on had crews of peeps who are adrenaline junkies (just like me). We didn't need drugs to keep goin', I dont even use caffeine. It may seem like you would need it, and most of you would.
but believe me you dont want anyone under the influence of anything in the middle of the bering sea. If you cant hack it bein' the type of person that you are, then you have NO business on a crabber. 1 mistake and people die....its not a joke.

 

[Crazy Composer]

I was on a processor ship in the early nineties. We were on an island called Unalaska, in a little bay called Beaver Inlet. This island was in the Aleutian island chain, and was some of the only US territory lost to the Japanese during the war.

I was lucky (or not) enough to be asked by the pilot to ride shotgun in a two-engine seaplane. The plane was taking seamen out to different ships around the island. There were no trees, only rocks and grass and fog and turquoise waters. We gave some sea lions a scare as we descended right on top of their family gathering. I remember the big one's eyes bulging out of his head looking at us as we shot right for him! We didn't hit anything hard, so I guess they made a succesful last minute run for it.

It was a crazy time for me in Alaska. The work shifts went like this: 6 hours on, 6 hours off, 6 hours on, 6 hours off, 18 hours on, 6 hours off... and it went on this way until the season was over. We got 15 minutes to ourselves during each shift, even the 18 hour shift, but i tell you what, those little breaks were really something! Sitting out on deck in my yellow rubber pants, stinking so bad I can hardly tell anymore, drinking coffee with the mountains and eagles. Then that was over and there was more work.

The treeless mountains rose straight up out of the sea and didn't seem to stop. Water cascades whisped down the mountainside, and bald eagles circled all over. The water was clear, but turquoise, as the Pacific often is, especially in the colder Pacific waters. You could see down so far into the water, you almost felt dizzy looking.

I wanted to get a job on a cruise ship somehow, perhaps as a musician, so I moved from the east coast out to Washington state to try and get a job with the cruise industry. When I found out it was quicker to get out on the ocean by signing up for the Pacific fishing fleet, I jumped at the opportunity. One of the hardest things I've ever had to do, but shit like that really builds character, you know?

I didn't turn gay on the ship, but I WAS force-fed bible passages by my fanatical Christian roomates from Harlem. They were all ex-cons, and I guess tossing around in the north pacific, living in a tiny room with 6 other dudes is better than some jails. I guess.

Dutch harbor was our major regional port. Never had better fried fish anywhere! Onion rings so big you could use them for excerscising with. I guess they were some of those Alaskan, gargantuan, 20 lb onions or something.

Good times, hard times. This is the first time I've really even remembered any of that stuff since it happened. Lots of cool stories. 20 foot wide international airports, whales, foreigners with smiles, bunkers, bomb craters and volcanoes. Good times.

 

[NOKUY]

heres that link I said I'd find to "corey arnolds" website/photography:
http://www.coreyfishes.com/news/index.html

hover your cursor over the cod (fish) image in the upper left corner to bring up his portfolio links.

here is one of Coreys pics from that site:

 

[clorox]

alaska is handa down the most beatiful place on earth, and my favorite place ive ever been. my second favorite place is whistler BC, which isnt too different from being in alaska

 

[pieceofmyheart]

I love this show!!! I've watched it from the beginning....just love it!

 

[VictoryGardener]

it is one of Discovery's best shows... very thrilling!!!! I love Sig and his crew.. Sig was on Letterman a few nights ago..

But I love The Northwestern and the Maverick

 

[Old Man Time]

Yeah I figured you seen it yukon.....I remember you sayin you fished.
Drugs on boats? Hahahahaha....you bet....lotta smoke. I never got down with the yayo or meth.....and I didnt know too many boats that did. We always smoked herb though.

If I could go back fishin out west it would have to be for sig.....that man always has his eye on the prize and makes the cash.

Glad to see lots of other folks watch it too

 

[VictoryGardener]

its a great show..
along with : Man vs. Wild, Mythbusters, & Planet Earth

 

[alexnalaskaOG]

ive seen whales at 10feet while mooching for halibut beside a glacier. i caught salmon and ate king crab freshly cooked on board the vessel that just pulled the 700lb oval pot he was just in.

alaska was a wonderous place of great wonders, about 30 days a year. the other 335 were cold, windy, wet, or dark.

i just want the facts to be known. Alaska is a great place to Visit. you want to live there? locals hate new ppl and everything cost3XLA. so, Alaska as a whole sux...imo.