There was an episode last season when one of the guys they hired off the dock was going to jump overboard rather than stay on the boat any longer. They ended up having to take him back in. The captain said that was the last time he'd ever hire someone on the spot like that.

The thing about the supervolcano under Yellowstone was awesome. They actually mentioned how screwed we'd be in KC if it ever does happen.

Last couple of shows they've shown the one boat doing nothing but cod fishing off the coast of dutch harbor...20 straight hours of setting and pulling the traps.

FUG THAT!

That said...I like the show and watch it regularly. Dont know what the draw is about the show.

I saw that too. Crazy stuff.

The larva moves from the abdomen to the head (munching happily along), eventually dissolving the tissue in the neck till the head falls off.

Rough way to go.

It can't happen any too soon.

P***y, you must be a KU grad. :)

Did it, loved it, bought a house, stayed in Seattle.
I'm older now, married, kids, but I would still love to do it again. My wife has a different opinion. If I was going to die doing a dangerous job it would be that job cause the cold water kills you quick by going to sleep and drowning deep.

Picasso, how accurate is the show as it relates to the risk. Are they over dramatizing it or not? Also how long are the King Crab and Opelio Crab seasons?

yes, I just got over being hooked on a couple of other shows and now this one comes along...

Extremely accurate IMO. There is always a risk even while you sleep. You never know when a rudder is going to stick in the middle of 35 foot swells like it did when I was up there. You wake up on the wall and you realize shit there is something wrong here.
You can get over confident and horse around out of boredom and usually those guys get hurt if they don't come back to earth. I saw it many times. And many times it was guys just doing their jobs and somebody else not paying attention and hurting them by accident. Including captains and first mates. Every year guys get killed you just hope it isn't you or someone you know. On crab boats it's worse because you're on a flat deck with hardly a rail and you have to reach out past the rail to bring the cages in. It's mother nature that kicks your ass then. The Berring Sea can be calm and sunny one minute and the next 2 inches of ice on everything, 20 below and raining ice and snow the next. That means your wet rubber boots instantly freeze to the deck, your gloves turn hard and you can't just quit what you're doing you keep pulling in cages.
I know that the seasons used to be 13 weeks and then they went down to 13 days. Tell ya the truth it fluctuates so much I wouldn't know what it is now and haven't kept up on it. I believe though that the last season for reds was 4 days. Now they have a lot of boats crossing into russian waters in the winter months for snow crab and I believe that season is longer because of the distance.

I think it's called the Crab Derby because of the short season these days.

According to the show, Alaska Fish and Game stopped the derby style race for crab. My understanding, which could be wrong, is that prior to the season Fish and Game tells each boat how many lbs each individual boat can catch (based on prior years success rates). Instead of saying there are 100 crab out there everyone scramble for them, they now say boat X you are entitled to 5, boat Y you can catch 7, etc.

Everytime I watch it I want to quit my job and go crabbing.

i know its a tough job and there is a good chance of me diing, but really its more exiting than what I am doing now.

Thats pretty close, and thats why some of the guys were mad that so many lost their jobs....Several of the smaller boat owners, sold their "crab shares" to the big boys.


Cad....Since yowah up theyah in cah pahkville...wouldn't it make more sense for you to go climb in a North Atlantic Swordboat?

Was it worth watching?