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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Jackal1 on May 01, 2005, 07:36:06 AM
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Anyone watching this new series on Discovery on Tuesday nights?
I believe this coming week will be the 4th or 5th in a series.
These guys have cold steel cajones the size of grapefruits.
Best thing Discovery has done in a while.
Even has a Budwhizzer scoreboard to keep track of the King crab caught by each crew.
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Yeah, I have seen it, that wouldnt be for me, that is for sure.
dago
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yea I've seen one of the first episodes and it was pretty interesting the work these guys do. Apparently they make good money otherwise what's the point. Huge Brass ones is all I can say.
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I stumbled across it last night while surfing for anything decent to watch.....and ended up watching about 4 episodes back to back. I gotta say a couple of those young kids were major whiners but those are some brave dudes out there in that weather and elements on a little fishing boat. Amazing that the season only lasts a couple of days but the boat can pull in an unbelievable amount of money if they can find a good spot with a lot of crab.
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I now understand why Alaskan King Crab is so expensive.
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They had a special on the Discovery Channel at least 5 or 6 years, maybe more, ago about Crabbers. Guess they decided to turn it into a reality TV series.
Havnt seen it yet, but have seen the previews for a while, just cant catch it :P
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Originally posted by Sandman
I now understand why Alaskan King Crab is so expensive.
Heh! Yep, that`s what I thought after the first episode.
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the 800 lb cage smacking the railing everytime...Loss of limb..pinched off..
The frikn SWELLL....Over board...holy sheeeite..
Ill sit by Cpatn Hazelwood,,and pour the schnapps..
Dam ..King Crab can be HUGE!!!
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New episode tonight.. I plan on watching
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TIVO already set. :aok
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We've got a fellow AH'r in the fisheries.. Torque. Dunno if he's fishin crab or gill fish. Heluva way to make a living... brutal conditions, pretty much certain death for a bone-headed move.
Hat's off to 'em..
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JB91 is a pro bass fisherman, though i doubt he risks his life to get the crayfish for bait ; )
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Firefighting is known to be a hazardous job; out of roughly a million firefighters in the US, about 100 die each year on the job. That’s about one in 10,000. There are about 20,000 commercial fishermen in Alaska, of which about 20 or more die. That’s about 1 in 1,000 (or worse). Commercial fishing in Alaska is at least 10 times as dangerous as firefighting. Most of the deaths come from certain kinds of fishing.
Deaths aside, most of the commercial fishermen in Alaska that I knew had battle scars or missing digits. If you meet an Alaska fisherman with all of his fingers, he’s probably a newbie.
I used to be jealous of my friends that would rake in $30,000 to $60,000 in a short summer, until I saw how dangerous it is.
eskimo
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Watching it now, good stuff so far.
I like all the holes in the deck lol.
Impressive stuff.
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I didn't see the show, but i've heard that king crab fishing has one of the highest mortality rates of any profession. I've heard that people fall overboard and even lose limbs to rope sear. sometimes the whole boat gets lost. Not positive, but I've heard that a crewman can make $50,000 or more in one season.
If anyone thinks this sounds good, I'm trying to organise an expidition to Antarctica in a john boat!
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Originally posted by Hangtime
We've got a fellow AH'r in the fisheries.. Torque. Dunno if he's fishin crab or gill fish. Heluva way to make a living... brutal conditions, pretty much certain death for a bone-headed move.
Hat's off to 'em..
You mean Wardog, the other Canuck? ;)
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Spent 4 years patroling the Bering in the Coast Guard. Have they shown any Coasties trying to board crabbers from a 26ft motorsurfboat in 30ft swells? That's an interesting experience.
We called it "The Aleutian Chain Gang".
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Originally posted by rpm
Spent 4 years patroling the Bering in the Coast Guard. Have they shown any Coasties trying to board crabbers from a 26ft motorsurfboat in 30ft swells? That's an interesting experience.
We called it "The Aleutian Chain Gang".
why would you want to board a crab boat in 30ft swells? the captain wanted crab for dinner?
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Originally posted by john9001
why would you want to board a crab boat in 30ft swells?
Because we COULD! Harrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
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Well after the end of the king crab season episode I think one thing will be pretty clear. I don`t believe Cpt. Anderson of the Western Viking will be seeing the return of any of this crew for another season. :D
Sig Hansen, of the Northwestern seems to have his act together and seems to be the man to crew for.
Next week will start the episode of another variety of crab season. Can`t wait. Best thing on the tube in a while IMHO.
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I do alot of Buz fishing, I always seem to catch one.;)
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Im not sure if it was a new episode for last night. They replay them a dozen times. But I noticed last night one of the old timers on one of the boats was talking about the seasons and how short they've become. This year its only 3 days. Ten years ago it was a three month season.
Can you imagine doing that for three months? After three hours I'd be sucking my thumb and crying for my mommy.
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ROFL
Yea, 3 months would wear you down allright.
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i liked the lucky lady, and felt bad for the kid with the bad luck (falling into the hole in deck and stuff)
they were the smallest boat and only a crew of 3...
total $ / lb of crab not as impressive, but at the end of the season, they did $8000 / full share deckhand
thats as good as some of the big boats.
ditto on someone saying that northwest boat, forgot the name. crew isn't comming back captian is a weiner head
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Good Show. Their ratings must be good, there were a ton of commercials in last night's show. I swear there was one spot with only 3 minutes of show between commercials. Sheesh.
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The days of making $30,000 are over. The crab stocks are depleted due to overfishing. Thats why the crab season has gone from three months to 72 hours.
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Originally posted by JB73
i liked the lucky lady, and felt bad for the kid with the bad luck (falling into the hole in deck and stuff)
they were the smallest boat and only a crew of 3...
total $ / lb of crab not as impressive, but at the end of the season, they did $8000 / full share deckhand
thats as good as some of the big boats.
ditto on someone saying that northwest boat, forgot the name. crew isn't comming back captian is a weiner head
Yea, the little boat did pretty good. Not much overhead there so I would imagine crew and owner came out pretty well.
The Northwestern is the boat that came out on top and is captained by Sig Hansen. A dang good captain and seems to really know the business and his boat.
Western Viking is the one I believe you are thinking about that I referred to. Captained by Coleman Anderson, who is teh suck. :)
I was reading where the owners of this boat also said they had the boat gone over and put in top shape. LOL Everything but the bow broke.
:rofl
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That watermelon is nuts.
IRL people tell me Im crazy. but I tell ya what.
I aint that crazy
Not even for that kinda money. I'd sooner take my chances hunting Grizzlies with a bowie knife LOL
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Originally posted by JB73
i liked the lucky lady, and felt bad for the kid with the bad luck (falling into the hole in deck and stuff)
they were the smallest boat and only a crew of 3...
total $ / lb of crab not as impressive, but at the end of the season, they did $8000 / full share deckhand
thats as good as some of the big boats.
ditto on someone saying that northwest boat, forgot the name. crew isn't comming back captian is a weiner head
Isn't that the same boat that had the kid go overboard last season? Still had his hands on the pod they were recovering when it swung outwards and snatched him over the rail.
I don't care how much money they make, I can safely say that is not the job for me.
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Originally posted by indy007
Isn't that the same boat that had the kid go overboard last season? Still had his hands on the pod they were recovering when it swung outwards and snatched him over the rail.
I don't care how much money they make, I can safely say that is not the job for me.
yup... same kid fell into a hole in the deck this year
talk about a "sign" this job isn't for you LOL