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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Jackal1 on June 07, 2006, 05:09:08 AM
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Next week will be the final episode for this season.
All I can say about this show is.......WOW!
I sure hope they continue with this series. Finaly something truly worth watching.
With Andy pushing the limits on the edge of the ice pack and Sig pulling a rabbit out his hat once again it`s been a real interesting watch.
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Agree, one of my fav shows.
Had several of them back to back here on a sat recently.
Didn't get much on the honeydo list, but was a nice relaxing sat :)
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TV is hardly worth watching these days but this show has captured my attention. Excellent!
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never heard of it... what's it about?
lazs
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exellent show, and i thought my job was dangerous. (Heavy Equipment Operator)
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Originally posted by lazs2
never heard of it... what's it about?
lazs
Crab fishing in the Bering Sea. Its kinda like a reality show, but with none of that faked and rehearsed reality.
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Yea, it`s sorta kinda like a cross between a documentary and reality, but without the BS. Good show.
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Ok... I don't like boats on the ocean and I don't like fishing and I hate ice and snow. The show sounds like life in hell for me.
oh... and I truly hate "reality" shows.
lazs
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Originally posted by lazs2
Ok... I don't like boats on the ocean and I don't like fishing and I hate ice and snow. The show sounds like life in hell for me.
oh... and I truly hate "reality" shows.
lazs
I hate large fishing boats, I don't like crabbing, I'd rather NOT be in ice and snow, and I hate reality shows too. But this one caught my attention for 4 hours one night (they had Season 1 back to back episodes on) Like Jackal said, its more of a documentary than reality show.
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I didn`t really understand the thinking behind the rule the Dept. Of Commerce threw on the Rollo. Seemed a little over the top.
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I'd say it's a documentary, advertised like a reality show.
Definately not a job I'd do. I saw the episode where a rogue wave hit a boat and left them on their side, with no power. No thanks. I don't even like cold pools. I am interested to see how many captains played it too close and are gonna lose some gear to the ice.
And I still don't know what was up with the Rollo. Were they over their quota?
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Watch it on and off.
My son likes it
Why do they call it "The Deadliest catch" though?
I keep waiting for someone to die.
Nobody ever dies!:mad:
they should call it "the most potentially deadly catch" LOL
Either way. They can keep that job.
I hate being out on the water in a boat when its cold.
Let alone also being out there with waves that are higher then me too!
Watching the show a thought occured to me though.
When they were breaking the ice off.
Surprised nobody developed a heating system to run along the ship.
Would warm the ice just enough that a couple taps would cause it to simply fall off.
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Originally posted by DREDIOCK
I keep waiting for someone to die.
Nobody ever dies!:mad:
I thought someone went overboard last season?
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Originally posted by DREDIOCK
Watch it on and off.
My son likes it
Why do they call it "The Deadliest catch" though?
I keep waiting for someone to die.
Nobody ever dies!:mad:
Actually one of the boats from last season, The Big Valley, sank with all crew lost.
"EPISODE 10: THE FINAL RUN
Premiere: June 14, 2005
With the deaths of the Big Valley crew, this Opilio crab season has been a rough one. On every boat, crew members are reaching their limit, but are spurred on by the pressure to catch a year's wages in the next 24 hours. "
What I find strange is that with all the American boats in the crabbing fleet when I buy crab at the local supermarket it's tagged as a "product of Russia".
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lazs do you like to eat crab?
this show explains why its so expensive
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Originally posted by CptHowdy
Actually one of the boats from last season, The Big Valley, sank with all crew lost.
"EPISODE 10: THE FINAL RUN
Premiere: June 14, 2005
With the deaths of the Big Valley crew, this Opilio crab season has been a rough one. On every boat, crew members are reaching their limit, but are spurred on by the pressure to catch a year's wages in the next 24 hours. "
What I find strange is that with all the American boats in the crabbing fleet when I buy crab at the local supermarket it's tagged as a "product of Russia".
Oh ok.
Musta mssed that one.
Dunno. Maybe some of em are caught in Russian terratorial waters?
They do seem to get awful close
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Originally posted by BGBMAW
lazs do you like to eat crab?
this show explains why its so expensive
I dont bother with crab anymore
Too much work for too little meat.
and unless its fresh it tastes like crap
Gimme a lobster any day
Unless its fresh it tastes like crap too. but at least you get more meat for the work put in
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When I was preparing to be discharged from the Air Force I looked into getting a job on one of those commercial fishing boats. I found out you basically had to know someone who was already on a boat that had a job opening to get a job on one. Those guys can make some SERIOUS cash over the course of an entire fishing season.
My hope was to work 10 or so seasons while banking as much cash as I could for an early retirement......obviously didnt work out that way though heh.
And I still don't know what was up with the Rollo. Were they over their quota?
Yes.....and no. They had a contract to deliver 50,000 lbs of Opillio (Snow Crab) to a processing plant. Apparently they have to empty the entire tank when they unload a single tank. That tank had about 70,000 lbs in it. Then the Dept of Commerce guys come along and say they have to empty the ENTIRE boat before they can go fishing again.
Because they had a contract to deliver 50,000 lbs at a particular price, anything over that amount was purchased by the processor at a lesser rate per pound. (10 cents a lb less I think they said.) So the captain of the Rollo was really ticked (and shocked) when they had to sell everything on the boat at the lesser price.
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Why do they call it "The Deadliest catch" though?
Because the Bering Sea is so unpredictable and dangerous. I dont think a fishing season went by while I was stationed in Alaska where at least one fishing boat didnt get into some sort of trouble. Several boats were lost at sea with all hands.
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Originally posted by Elfie
Yes.....and no. They had a contract to deliver 50,000 lbs of Opillio (Snow Crab) to a processing plant. Apparently they have to empty the entire tank when they unload a single tank. That tank had about 70,000 lbs in it. Then the Dept of Commerce guys come along and say they have to empty the ENTIRE boat before they can go fishing again.
Because they had a contract to deliver 50,000 lbs at a particular price, anything over that amount was purchased by the processor at a lesser rate per pound. (10 cents a lb less I think they said.) So the captain of the Rollo was really ticked (and shocked) when they had to sell everything on the boat at the lesser price.
The 20.000 lbs over in the tank that was to be offloaded to fill the 50,000lb contract was understood. It was understood that that the overage would be sold at a reduced price. Didn`t make the captain and crew happy, but was understood.
I can understand the thinking behind that.
The problem came in with another tank onboard that was not designated to fill the contract. That tank had an estimated 20,000 lbs in it at the time also. The Rollo had pots soaking and intended to go back out , finish loading this tank and reloading the others to be sold on the open market and fill their quota. They were told that this was "A no can do". The D.O.C. told them that ALL tanks had to be offloaded once the unloading process was started. The overrage in the designated tank was not the problem. It would just have to be offloaded and sold at a reduced price.
To me, this is sort of like telling a trucking company that they cannot offload half or a partial load at one stop and another half or partial load at another stop.
Just goes to show you that stupid laws have been written and or enforced in any business I guess.
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Originally posted by CptHowdy
Actually one of the boats from last season, The Big Valley, sank with all crew lost.
"EPISODE 10: THE FINAL RUN
Premiere: June 14, 2005
With the deaths of the Big Valley crew, this Opilio crab season has been a rough one. On every boat, crew members are reaching their limit, but are spurred on by the pressure to catch a year's wages in the next 24 hours. "
What I find strange is that with all the American boats in the crabbing fleet when I buy crab at the local supermarket it's tagged as a "product of Russia".
I'm pretty sure one guy survived actually.
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I think you're right Curval, that was the guy that they interviewed in one of the episodes, right?
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Great show, nasty weather they have to contend with.
One good wave over a very loaded boat could sink em.
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iirc, most of the guys went overboard without survival gear :(
One guy was rescued in a raft and surived. They only found one other crewmember, in a survival suit, but he didn't make it.
Earlier in season 1 they had a guy go overboard, but they managed to get him back on board in a hurry. Another boat had a member go over the side. They almost had him back on board, but they couldn't get him over the rail, and lost him in the end.
Hell of a job :(
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Originally posted by indy007
iirc, most of the guys went overboard without survival gear :(
One guy was rescued in a raft and surived. They only found one other crewmember, in a survival suit, but he didn't make it.
Earlier in season 1 they had a guy go overboard, but they managed to get him back on board in a hurry. Another boat had a member go over the side. They almost had him back on board, but they couldn't get him over the rail, and lost him in the end.
Hell of a job :(
It's what I call one of those "Too much testosterone jobs"....I had a macho General Manager that I worked for in a restaurant in the 1980's that quit his job and went crabbing up in the Bering seas for a season. Once.
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Originally posted by Ripsnort
It's what I call one of those "Too much testosterone jobs"....I had a macho General Manager that I worked for in a restaurant in the 1980's that quit his job and went crabbing up in the Bering seas for a season. Once.
Did you catch the episode earlier in the season? It was the episodes before Opilio season started... a boat hired a guy off the dock.
He flipped out and was threatening to jump overboard in less than 24 hours. They had to leave their pots and go all the way back in to port to drop him off. Sucks for the crew. He's lucky they didn't just let him jump off.
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Originally posted by Ripsnort
I think you're right Curval, that was the guy that they interviewed in one of the episodes, right?
Yup, he managed to get his survival suit on and got into the survivor raft. He was very very lucky.
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Originally posted by Jackal1
The 20.000 lbs over in the tank that was to be offloaded to fill the 50,000lb contract was understood. It was understood that that the overage would be sold at a reduced price. Didn`t make the captain and crew happy, but was understood.
I can understand the thinking behind that.
The problem came in with another tank onboard that was not designated to fill the contract. That tank had an estimated 20,000 lbs in it at the time also. The Rollo had pots soaking and intended to go back out , finish loading this tank and reloading the others to be sold on the open market and fill their quota. They were told that this was "A no can do". The D.O.C. told them that ALL tanks had to be offloaded once the unloading process was started. The overrage in the designated tank was not the problem. It would just have to be offloaded and sold at a reduced price.
To me, this is sort of like telling a trucking company that they cannot offload half or a partial load at one stop and another half or partial load at another stop.
Just goes to show you that stupid laws have been written and or enforced in any business I guess.
I understood that they had to sell the 20,000 lbs of crab in the other tank at the reduced price as well. As oppossed to selling it in Dutch Harbor on the open market for a better price.
So the Rollo had to sell a total of 40,000 lbs of crab at a reduced rate instead of just the 20,000 lbs that were in the tank containing the crab for the 50,000 lb contract. I think thats a $4,000 loss at .10 less a lb.
Or....did I miss something? :D
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Originally posted by lazs2
Ok... I don't like boats on the ocean and I don't like fishing and I hate ice and snow. The show sounds like life in hell for me.
oh... and I truly hate "reality" shows.
lazs
I'm simply overwhelmed.
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No, you got it right bud.
I just couldn`t understand the thinking behind that.
I can understand them having to offload the one tank that was designated for the contract , even if it was over poundage. The unloading process would kill a lot of crab and possibly contaminate that tank if not offloaded completely.
What I can`t understand is why the other tank with 20,000 lbs had to be offloaded. They had pots soaking to fill that ank and refill the others.
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I cant understand why they had to unload the other tank either. Apparently it's not something the captain of the Rollo had ever heard of before either. Those DoC dorks just stood and stared at the Rollo's captain after they dropped their bomb. Didnt offer any explanation or quote any regulations that I saw.
I was wondering why the tank with the 50,000 lbs of crab for the contract had to be completely unloaded as well. Makes sense now that you mentioned crabs being killed as the tank was unloaded since they had people standing in the tank on top of that huge pile of crab.
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Crap the second season is over?
I didnt even know there was one, I hope they re run it.
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Originally posted by GtoRA2
Crap the second season is over?
I didnt even know there was one, I hope they re run it.
It's almost over. Next Tuesday evening is the last episode for this season.
They should have re-runs though. They already had a *marathon* I think 2 Saturdays ago?
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I was born in a crabbing town in Alaska and grew up in Anchorage. I knew a lot of guys who were commercial fishermen. There are a lot of different forms of fishing and all of it is pretty darn dangerous. It seemed that every fisherman that I knew or met had scars or missing digits from their work. They made a hell of a lot of money, but there were no guarantees. Sometimes they made next to nothing.
Some of the biggest money is in fish spotting though. When a very short season opens, time is everything and boats hire fish spotters in planes to go looking for their fish. The spotters typically get a portion of the boat’s earnings (like maybe 10%) and can have contracts with several boats. Most of us could fly over a million dollars worth of fish and not have a clue what we are looking at; it’s a very specialized skill. Good spotters are rare and can earn $100,000 on the first day of a season.