Heads up on Discovery Channel show tonite
 

This is supposed to be quite the show. Tonite at 9pm.

http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/de...ch/splash.html

was looking forward to this thanks for the reminder!!! :btu:

Yea I saw a coomercial for this the other night. It looks good. If I remember correctly S-Journey worked these boats...

Thanks for the reminder - I've been waiting for it to come on -

I know what I am doing at 9pm
thanks

but you'll miss "The Big Break III. Ladies only..." :doh: :doh:


i thought this was on a year or so ago. is this a new ?

looks like a new series, but this Alaskan crab fishing is starting to get old. they should show the Tuna Cowboys off of Argentina. that chit is badass...

I'm taping it starting tonight!
Anyone know the schedule,
Is it going to be on every night starting tonight or weekly?
I was told it is an 8 part series!!!

Ye ha. Thanks for the reminder.

should be a thrill
 

dangerous job.... but what a payday....

schedule
 

go to the link above and it shows the schedule

Thanks Salty

Thanks for the reminder. I saw the commercial for it, looks interesting.

thanks big guy //just put it in DVR for the series // :pop:

Thanks... just in time

that was sooueweee :walk: eet

You see that braces wearing 19 year old freak bite the head off the herring? Funny as hell. Looks like the military guy might have trouble making it. Stay tuned I guess.

Matt that was gross :yak5: Will be interesting to see what happens next week. Too many commercials though.

"American Idol" and "Fear Factor" combine and go crab fishing. snore.

DVR'ed it and watched it this AM. It is a dangerous business working on boats non-stop like that but IMO the regulators bring this on. There is no reason to have a 5-day crabbing marathon where guys "Have" to stay out in all weather around the clock. It is stupid and not needed. IMO, there is no reason why anyone should have to die fishing for a crab. Think about that for a moment.

Here's a suggestion: Adjust the season 1 day per week and they pick the day. There are only a couple hundred boats it would be easy to manage.
If anything, that show illustrates the greed and low intelligence level that many Comm. fisherman and all regulators seem to have. Why must you catch the entire seasons crab allowance in 5 days? This has turned into a crab race which really is a stupid idea.

Comm fishing regulators are run by guys that must look like this ---> :alien:

MR.S..
Thats a good point;
From what I remember the Halibut fishery used to be the same way up there, but so many boats got into the "derby" that they were getting dangerous and all would head out on the 1 allowed day (more days and they overshot the quota) regardless of weather..

That being said, the possibility of making 40k in 5 days, is remarkable

Yes, I did 1994-1997.....

Well I watched it and have mixed feelins about it.
It is a dangerous, tough job.
I have seen the other crab fishin documentaries, but I didn't quite get this one. Is this a game show? It is sponsored by Bud weiser, so is it a tournament? Why did they have the "crab count"? Does the "greenhorn" that can't hack it get voted off the boat?
This show seems like a commercialized, dressed up overkill remake of the alaskan crabbin gig.
The guys are die hard to go out there and do it. Bless the guys that didn't come back and were never seen again.

Time for a career change if you ask me. $150,000 is no good if your on the bottom of the ocean floor :smash:

That show is no documentary. It is a reality show. If they mentioned one more time that this was the world's most dangerous job, I was going to scream. I saw enough and it was bad.

The people who regulate commercial fishing are typically ex comm guys.
And they're a bunch of back stabbers, they cowtail to the fish houses and keep pushing prices down while lowering quotas and the boys out there get %$%$%$%$ed over.

Pacific fisheries regulators are generally regarded as some of the best in the World (they understand sustainable yield and apply it - Real Life) . . . they set a hard quota and stick to it. The reason for such a short season has nothing to do with timelimits - it's amounts. These boats all fish for a dozen different species over the course of a season and spend time in between prepping the boat and gear for the "turnover". It is unrealistic to think a one day a week season for 5 weeks is any safer than a 5 day season - not only would that be economically unworkable (think about fuel cost to steam 100's of miles) but the time on the water would expose the fleet to even more hostile weather. Everyboat fishes at its own pace - notice the boatload over over 50 year olds . . . and the family operation that lets the pots soak 15 hours. Bottom line grown men make a choice to do this who are we to second guess them?

The book Working the Edge by Spike Walker was great.

Redlite - they count and plot each trap catch as a way to determine where and in what direction to reset the traps . . . no "ego factor" as far as I can tell . . . that's done at the end of the trip when checks are handed out :)

If S-Journey had some time I (and I bet others) would love to hear some "fish stories"

Green Horn
 

I thought the show was trying to appeal to too many people.

The fact that these "best in the world" regulators can only come up with a system like this illustrates just how scewed up comm fishing regulators in the US are.

So many stories - so little time

If there is anything you would like to know about or any storys relating to a specific portion of my advetures let me know. I'm more than happy to share my stories and pictures.